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But does it work?
Authored by: dbs on Apr 25, '08 08:23:22AM

This same approach worked just fine with 10.5.0, except for the little caveat that it failed when time machine needed to prune (delete) old backups to fit in new ones. Have you tested it with this to make sure it doesn't decide to erase your whole backup as it did in the past?



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But does it work?
Authored by: mkuron on Apr 25, '08 09:08:24AM

I've been using something very similar for a couple months now (since the 10.5.2 release) and it works like a charm. Backing up, restoring files, thinning out old backups, ...



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But does it work?
Authored by: kuranuk on Apr 25, '08 08:21:31PM
Evidently, there has been a fix to that very issue.
Again, your mileage may vary as this isn't officially sanctioned:

Time Machine Update Fixes Sparse Bundle Handling

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