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Old 04-09-2008, 05:38 PM   #6 of 19
Joe Casey
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Re: Backing up


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Originally Posted by Andrew Pratt
Given how easy Apple has made doing backups with Time Machine people have almost no excuss not to backup now.

Whereas Time Machine is a great concept, it's sorely lacking in the implementation department. It's very intrusive and does not provide for turn-key recovery. Hourly backups are great if you're running mission critical applications, but to not let the user modify any settings whatsoever other than turning it on or off and choosing the target disc are short-sighted. It needs user adjustable parameters for frequency of backup, bootable disc mode, file/directory settings etc that are commonly available on other off-the-shelf backup products. I still use Carbon Copy and .mac Backup and can't see any benefit to Time Machine whatsoever.

Maybe future updates will make it a little more user-friendly.



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