I agree that the idea is to skip the Time Machine directory (current
or old), not the entire partition.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Charles Srstka cocoa...@charlessoft.com wrote:
On Aug 2, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Stephane Sudre wrote:
Worse case: an old time machine partition has been replaced
Hello,
What is the most reliable way to detect in code if a mounted volume is the Time
Machine disk?
Currently I'm using the following code (also to detect a Boot Camp volume):
- (Boolean)isNotSearchable:(NSString *)volumePath
{
NSFileManager *fm = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
This code would work in most cases but is actually unreliable.
Obvious cases: you have 2 text files with these names ar the root of a
partition.
Worse case: an old time machine partition has been replaced by a new
one. Since the old partition is some kind of a second backup, the user
has not
On Aug 2, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Stephane Sudre wrote:
Worse case: an old time machine partition has been replaced by a new
one. Since the old partition is some kind of a second backup, the user
has not removed the Time Machine files.
Depending on what he wants to do, this may not be a relevant
