Apple Time Machine Not Filling Disk

[komatos]

On 2/29/08, Gert van Santen <g.vansanten at chello.nl> wrote:
>
> Andy Tarpinian schreef:
>
> > Migration with style.
> > To make setting up a new Mac even simpler, Time Machine shares its
> > data with other Mac utilities. Use Migration Assistant to copy
> > portions of any TimeMachine backup to a new Mac, or select "Restore
> > System from Time Machine" in the Leopard DVD Utilities menu. Choose
> > any date recorded in Time Machine to set up your new Mac exactly as
> > your previous Mac was on that date.
>
> That sounds already better. But what do
> you do if you are, say, on tour, you
> have no Leopard DVD's in your bag, and
> you have to do a complete restore?
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At that point you should've just done what I do currently with Tiger (and
did with Jaguar for the short time I had it on my Mac Mini) and what I'll do
with Leopard if/when I ever purchase it: don't bother with Time Machine and
it's incremental backup and fancy features at all.  Don't waste your money
on Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper unless you need those incremental
backup features.

Instead, just use OSX's built in Disk Utility and do a full restore to your
external FW HD from your internal HD on a regular basis.  That way, if your
internal HD craps out, all you have to do is plugin your already backed up
external FW HD, turn it on, choose it as the bootup disk, and you're running
a regular production machine.  Only takes about a minute (the regular bootup
time).  All you loose is whatever hasn't been backed up since your last
backup.  The more regular you backup (I usually do at least once a month,
though I've been slacking lately as I'm trying to catch up on my Mail before
I do another full backup), the less you loose.

--komatos
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