[NPMUG] Time Machine and Time Capsule .... "omitting the oldest files ...."

[Scott Baret]

Just to add to this--an external hard drive is a wise investment. Not  
only will it be the optimal method of backing up with Time Capsule, it  
also provides insurance in case your internal drive fails or if your  
computer is lost or stolen (especially true for laptop users). You may  
even want to buy two drives, one of which you would store off-site in  
case your house was robbed or you had a fire (I remember reading some  
time ago about a guy who kept a drive in a safe at the bank).

Scott

On Apr 12, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Dave Sevick wrote:

> On Apr 12, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Sallie Boggs wrote:
>
>> I have a time capsule with a ton of gigabites and just got a  
>> message that it is full and will start omitting the oldest files.   
>> Should i disconnect it and start over or what?
>
> Sallie,
>
> One of the great features of the Time Machine system built into the  
> Time Capsule is the ability to continue using it when the disk is  
> full.   The Time Machine software is able to allow new backups to  
> come in and the oldest to be deleted so you'll have a history as big  
> a the disk can allow.
>
> See :  http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/backup.html
>
> You'll need to decide whether a daily update of the disk what you  
> want is sufficient  ....
>
> ....  or whether you are OK with a complete wipe of the disk and  
> starting Time Machine over again with today as Day 1.
>
> Alternatively you could get another disk (FireWire or USB ) , start  
> a new Time Machine disk ( locally connected via FireWire or  
> USB )  .....  and just store the current one away as a record of the  
> files that were backed during the last year or so when you collected  
> Gigabytes of data.
>
> As a business, you could also consider rotating drives each week or  
> each month as alternating Time Machines.   This is a strategy I  
> recommend often to businesses that need to keep data off-site for  
> security .... should there be a fire or data loss on their systems.
>
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> So, for you as a home user, you'll need to decide if files are  
> needed from that last year of the Time Capsule .... and that is a  
> personal decision on how valuable that data is to you.
>
> For the time being ..... you are safe to use the very cool feature  
> of "omitting the oldest files ...."
>
> Let me know if you have any more questions.
>
> Finally, I can say without reservation that the Time Machine backup  
> feature of OSX 10.5 Leopard is one of the most compelling reasons to  
> upgrade Leopard.  It just works.
>
> Dave
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