Awesome Tim, thanks for taking the time. I have a 4BK file from 0400 yesterday so will only have to redo the work from yesterday.
Best Rob -- Robert C. Faucett Collections Manager Ornithology Burke Museum Box 353010 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3010 Office: 206-543-1668 Cell: 206-619-5569 Fax: 206-685-3039 rfauc...@uw.edu www.washington.edu/burkemuseum http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/ornithology/index.php http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/genetic/index.php On 3/8/18, 11:36 AM, "4D_Tech on behalf of Timothy Penner via 4D_Tech" <4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com on behalf of 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >If you are not using the built-in 4D Backup System, then it will be near >impossible to get a good backup of the 4D files. This is because the >changes are made in memory and periodically flushed to disk (default >interval of 20 seconds). There is no mechanism between 4D and time >Machine to enforce consistency of the files during that backup, therefore >the files restored from time machine will usually be corrupt or invalid. > >The only way to properly backup a 4D Database is to use the built-in 4D >Backup System. This will create a 4BK file every time the backup runs. In >addition to that, you should enable the journal file. The journal file >will contain all of the changes since the last backup. If you still want >to use Time Machine then you should configure it to back up the 4BK file >and the possibly even the Journal file. > >However, you mentioned the data file is listed as last modified 1 week >ago; I would venture to guess that maybe you are looking at the wrong >data file. You should probably double check the path to current data file >in 4D to confirm you are even looking at the correct one, for example >from the information page of the MSC: >http://doc.4d.com/4Dv16R4/4D/16-R4/Information-page.300-3330288.en.html > >-Tim > > > > > >********************************************************************** >4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html >Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com >********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
