Thank you Lee, maybe someone else gained from this discussion as much as I have.
John > On May 7, 2018, at 11:58 AM, Lee Larson <leelar...@me.com> wrote: > > On May 7, 2018, at 11:48 AM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@icloud.com > <mailto:profilecoven...@icloud.com>> wrote: > >> So under Apple’s new file structure what backup will protect the integrity >> of the data? This article talks about HFS+ but for those with High Sierra >> and a SSD now implementing APFS, what works with this format? > > APFS is okay as a source for Time Machine. It just can’t be used as a > destination. I suspect Apple is working on a new version of Time Machine that > can write to APFS. > > I always want more than one form of backup. For most people, I usually > recommend a network hard drive and something like Carbon Copy Cloner as an > extra backup. If you have really important data, copy to the cloud and get it > out of the house in case that dormant volcano decides to come up through your > basement. > > L^2 > > -- > Lee Larson leelar...@me.com <mailto:leelar...@me.com> > > The world is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can > imagine. — J.B.S. Haldane > Possible Worlds and Other Papers (1927) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=RQPJz5I93ZF4ahlsVfY2S9AJvpWG6BKdDTchY4r-kaU&s=Lfm5vADsAE-lCv62_mb8BnIT2usYNybJiHp_RZ0orAM&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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