Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-29 Thread Paul Hopewell
: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:04 PM Subject: Re: Command R start up options Hello, I use SuperDuper! in smart update mode and also time machine all using the same external hard disk. I do find time machine very useful for recovering mail items long ago deleted but which refer to some now

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-29 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Paul, and That's not much of a snag in my opinion either. - Original Message - From: Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:30 AM Subject: Re: Command R start up options Hi Phil, I only

Command R start up options

2012-08-28 Thread Phil Halton
I looked at the Bootup options with Command R held down during startup and see that one option is recovering from a time machine backup. Can you recover your hard disk with OS, apps etc, or is time machine just for documents and folders (data)? I'll be addressing the issue of a backup strategy

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-28 Thread Gordon Smith
Time Machine restoration works in conjunction with the recovery tool, in this scenario. First, the recovery tool restores your operating system and default files. Next, you use Time Machine to restore all of your user data and other things including applications. However, it should be

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-28 Thread Phil Halton
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9:03 AM Subject: Re: Command R start up options Time Machine restoration works in conjunction with the recovery tool, in this scenario. First, the recovery tool restores your operating system and default files. Next, you use Time Machine to restore all of your user

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-28 Thread Gordon Smith
Yes, but it really would be a little pointless. Super Duper! is a total backup solution. Time Machine is a shadow or synchronous backup solution. So they are two different species. They do two different types of backup. Where they would work well together is in a situation where you

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
No you can recover everything. the time machine in the command r option recovers basically the OS so if you messed up some ware or blew something up you can recover the OS. and it will all work the same again before the mistake. To recover documents you can do that with in the os itself using

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-28 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Sarah You are overlooking one important factor here. If the user configured Time Machine to leave certain files alone, for instance music files which could potentially make the backup enormous, then they are gone forever, regardless of your timeline. Whereas doing it the other way, using

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-28 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I use SuperDuper! in smart update mode and also time machine all using the same external hard disk. I do find time machine very useful for recovering mail items long ago deleted but which refer to some now current item. Time machine does frequent very efficient backups enabling you to

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-28 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Paul Yes, this is what I was saying about the Smart Update functionality of Super Duper! It's a great way of working and, yes, you can use it with Time Machine in this mode. The problem comes where you have somebody who doesn't want to register Super Duper! and, accordingly, the Smart

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-28 Thread Phil Halton
- From: Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:04 PM Subject: Re: Command R start up options Hello, I use SuperDuper! in smart update mode and also time machine all using the same external hard disk. I