I use bootcamp, so that isn't a problem; mac and windows are on separate partitions. True, though, things like disk images are bad backup candidates, especially on local storage!
On 2/3/12, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > While I haven't done it I know that there are settings on VMWare to > share the documents folder between your Mac and Virtual windows > instance. That would be a nice way to get your windows documents backed > up, although it wouldn't help with the rest of your Windows setup. > Normally you don't want to have the virtual machine image backed up by > time machine because it is a giant monolithic file. So one little change > made under Windows and the entire multi-gigabyte disk image is flagged > for backing up again. Possible if you are on a local fast big time > machine drive, but still kind of a waste. > > CB > > On 2/3/12 8:51 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> Alex, >> >> I'm not so sure you could not have your windows and Mac data backed up to >> the same location. Of course it would require a lot of trickery, but >> nothing is necessarily impossible. You could possibly pull it off with a >> well crafted APple script on the Mac side. >> >> On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> I know, but since I primarily use Windows for now, I pay for my >>> Windows carbonite subscription. As I understand it, even though the >>> Mini is one computer, I would have to pay again to back up my mac os >>> partition. Until I use the mac more and start leaving my files there, >>> I will just use time machine to keep my apps and settings up to date. >>> Ideally, there would be some magical place from which both mac and >>> windows could read and to which they could write in perfect harmony, >>> but the file system war seems to preclude any such dream from ever >>> becoming a reality. Too bad, since I could just back up said magical >>> land with carbonite and let local backups store the less critical >>> settings and apps. >>> >>> On 2/3/12, agent086b<agent0...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> I am sure you already know, you can use Carbonite on your Mac. >>>> Max. >>>> >>>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> Subject: Re: time machine? >>>> From: Alex Hall<mehg...@gmail.com> >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:54:11 -0500 >>>>> Thanks for the responses. Regarding my last question: >>>>> 1. You create a novel in Text Edit, saving it as a single document. >>>>> 2. You back up your mac, which, of course, backs up your novel in the >>>>> process. Let us say this was done on January 1. >>>>> 3. You come back to the novel a week later, making extensive >>>>> modifications. Unfortunately, your mac goes crazy and you restore from >>>>> your January 1 backup. >>>>> What happens to your novel? Do you retain the January 8 version, or is >>>>> that overwritten with the January 1 version? I have Carbonite on >>>>> Windows, but before I had that I tended to save to my hard drive and >>>>> make backups every month or so. In the above example, then, I would >>>>> not have backed up every itteration of the novel, and would probably >>>>> have done a backup a few weeks later. The restore, then, would happen >>>>> between my backups, so what would happen to the file in question? I >>>>> hope that makes sense. >>>>> >>>>> On 2/3/12, Scott Howell<scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Alex answers follow below: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 3, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>>>>> 1. Will any external hard drive work? >>>>>> ALex you may use any external drive you like. However, you should >>>>>> ensure >>>>>> you >>>>>> have of course sufficient capacity and in fact you may consider having >>>>>> a >>>>>> drive that is at least twice the capacity of the drive you are backing >>>>>> up. >>>>>> THis is not a requirement, but a consideration. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> 2. Do I need to format it in a special way? If so, can I make a >>>>>>> partition on it to use for backups and leave the rest readable by >>>>>>> Windows computers? >>>>>> I do not recall whether it matters, but the TIme Machine utility takes >>>>>> care >>>>>> of this if I recall correctly. You could split the drive into multiple >>>>>> partitions and choose where you want TIme Machine to place the >>>>>> backups. >>>>>> >>>>>>> 3. Is time machine fully accessible? >>>>>> I have not had any problems using TIme Machine. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> 4. Are time machine backups readable? That is, if I wanted a file off >>>>>>> an old backup but did not want to restore the whole thing, could I >>>>>>> just browse to that file and copy it like normal? >>>>>> Yes. >>>>>> >>>>>>> 5. Is anything not backed up? >>>>>> The only files that come to mind which are not backed up are those >>>>>> that >>>>>> have >>>>>> no impact on operation of your Mac. In other words these are files you >>>>>> do >>>>>> not have direct access to and are only used by the current instance of >>>>>> the >>>>>> OS. So if you restored the entire machine or cloned the drive you >>>>>> would >>>>>> not >>>>>> want these files. >>>>>> >>>>>>> 6. If I had to restore, and I had newer files than in the backup, >>>>>>> what >>>>>>> happens? In other words, is there a way to restore only system >>>>>>> folders >>>>>>> so that files modified since the backup are not overwritten with >>>>>>> older >>>>>>> versions? >>>>>> Interesting question since I'm not sure how this condition would >>>>>> occur >>>>>> really. I'm trying to invision a scenario that might apply in this >>>>>> case. >>>>>> >>>>>> hth, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Have a great day, >>>>>>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>>>>>> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups >>>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups >>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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