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How many backups do you keep on a TM drive? As the storage capacity of
the TM drive dictates, older backups will be deleted. Any file that
existed on your drive at that point in time, still exists in all
successive backups--unless you deleted that file between the deleted
folder's backup, and the next time you backed up.

I've had to go back and find old files maybe 20 times since TM's
inception. All the archives I accessed were within a day or two for
excepty for a couple that might have been a week old.

Do I really need 3 years and 4T of backups of my lone 1T internal
drive? It seems more logical to do an annual CC Clone or SuperDupe, and
never use more than 2T of regular backup storage capacity. I figure
that still gets me a few months of weeklies and a full month of daily's.

How many backups (in time) do you retain?

[------ o ------]

Not required reading: The situation that makes me ponder these issues...

1) I updated my system to catalina 11/23/20. TimeMachine began
"Preparing Backup" until mid-December.

2) First Aid on the TM drive, found bad links and corrected. Drive now
tests clean.

3) Of the 3.7T in backups I deleted 1.7 of it. 1 full year of weekly
backups. It took 4 days to empty the trash of at least 8 million
files/links.

I still have 58 individual backup files, representing a few monts of
weeks and a month's worth of dailies. It has again begun "Preparing Backup...", now for a week. It has initiated no .inprogress file yet.

I now note that, moving chronologically backwards through the
directory, the first 33 folders all have a "Recovery" folder, and that
the last 25 do not. I assume this is what TM has been doing all week.
So I have less than a week left for it to complete. But do I ever
really need this many backups?

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Mine is about 3-4 months in an old USB2 external 2.5" Seagate 500 GB
HDD. I usually back up the 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.5.6) daily (not
always connected). I also have an external USB to connect to a 3.5"
internal 2 TB SATA HDD (three 666 GB partitions and one is for TM that
holds way more and is backed up every other month or so). I only had to restore a few files a few times and the whole drive once (original HDD
crashed due to a drop and replaced with a brand new Micron 500 GB SSD).


gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

How many backups do you keep on a TM drive? As the storage capacity of
the TM drive dictates, older backups will be deleted. Any file that
existed on your drive at that point in time, still exists in all
successive backups--unless you deleted that file between the deleted folder's backup, and the next time you backed up.

I've had to go back and find old files maybe 20 times since TM's
inception. All the archives I accessed were within a day or two for
excepty for a couple that might have been a week old.

Do I really need 3 years and 4T of backups of my lone 1T internal
drive? It seems more logical to do an annual CC Clone or SuperDupe, and never use more than 2T of regular backup storage capacity. I figure
that still gets me a few months of weeklies and a full month of daily's.

How many backups (in time) do you retain?

[------ o ------]

Not required reading: The situation that makes me ponder these issues...

1) I updated my system to catalina 11/23/20. TimeMachine began
"Preparing Backup" until mid-December.

2) First Aid on the TM drive, found bad links and corrected. Drive now
tests clean.

3) Of the 3.7T in backups I deleted 1.7 of it. 1 full year of weekly backups. It took 4 days to empty the trash of at least 8 million files/links.

I still have 58 individual backup files, representing a few monts of
weeks and a month's worth of dailies. It has again begun "Preparing Backup...", now for a week. It has initiated no .inprogress file yet.

I now note that, moving chronologically backwards through the
directory, the first 33 folders all have a "Recovery" folder, and that
the last 25 do not. I assume this is what TM has been doing all week.
So I have less than a week left for it to complete. But do I ever
really need this many backups?

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On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 2:00:58 PM UTC-7, gtr wrote:

How many backups do you keep on a TM drive? As the storage capacity of
the TM drive dictates, older backups will be deleted. Any file that
existed on your drive at that point in time, still exists in all
successive backups--unless you deleted that file between the deleted folder's backup, and the next time you backed up.

I've had to go back and find old files maybe 20 times since TM's
inception. All the archives I accessed were within a day or two for
excepty for a couple that might have been a week old.

Do I really need 3 years and 4T of backups of my lone 1T internal
drive? It seems more logical to do an annual CC Clone or SuperDupe, and never use more than 2T of regular backup storage capacity. I figure
that still gets me a few months of weeklies and a full month of daily's.

How many backups (in time) do you retain?

[------ o ------]

Not required reading: The situation that makes me ponder these issues...

1) I updated my system to catalina 11/23/20. TimeMachine began
"Preparing Backup" until mid-December.

2) First Aid on the TM drive, found bad links and corrected. Drive now
tests clean.

3) Of the 3.7T in backups I deleted 1.7 of it. 1 full year of weekly backups. It took 4 days to empty the trash of at least 8 million files/links.

I still have 58 individual backup files, representing a few monts of
weeks and a month's worth of dailies. It has again begun "Preparing Backup...", now for a week. It has initiated no .inprogress file yet.

I now note that, moving chronologically backwards through the
directory, the first 33 folders all have a "Recovery" folder, and that
the last 25 do not. I assume this is what TM has been doing all week.
So I have less than a week left for it to complete. But do I ever
really need this many backups?

Keep in mind your accusation is based on you not understanding context.
Your game:

* Snit spoke of Dustin Cook having Carroll's flood bot code .
* Dustin Cook does not have Carroll's flood bot code.

Then you insist I lied. But you leave out the context.

1) Snit spoke of Carroll's flood bot code, and what can be known without
the code
2) Dustin Cook responded by speaking of what he can know HAVING THE CODE.
3) Snit spoke of Dustin Cook having Carroll's flood bot code.
4) Dustin Cook does not have Carroll's flood bot code.

You start at step three and then insist that if one starts there it LOOKS
like you were unfairly accused.

In short: you prove yourself a functionally illiterate fraud again.

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gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-28 04:02:38 +0000, Ant said:

Mine is about 3-4 months in an old USB2 external 2.5" Seagate 500 GB
HDD. I usually back up the 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.5.6) daily (not always connected). I also have an external USB to connect to a 3.5" internal 2 TB SATA HDD (three 666 GB partitions and one is for TM that holds way more and is backed up every other month or so). I only had to restore a few files a few times and the whole drive once (original HDD crashed due to a drop and replaced with a brand new Micron 500 GB SSD).

...

What's the size of your internal HD, which is, I presume, the one you mention back up daily. And how big is the drive you back up monthly?

500 GB Micron SSD which I mentioned.

I assume you do all backups manually then, rather than letting TM back everything up every x hours via snapshots?

Yes sir. Physically connect HDD, tell TM to back up, unmount/eject, and disconnect.

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On 2020-12-29 03:12:13 +0000, Ant said:

gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-28 04:02:38 +0000, Ant said:

Mine is about 3-4 months in an old USB2 external 2.5" Seagate 500 GB
HDD. I usually back up the 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.5.6) daily (not
always connected). I also have an external USB to connect to a 3.5"
internal 2 TB SATA HDD (three 666 GB partitions and one is for TM that
holds way more and is backed up every other month or so). I only had to
restore a few files a few times and the whole drive once (original HDD
crashed due to a drop and replaced with a brand new Micron 500 GB SSD).

...

What's the size of your internal HD, which is, I presume, the one you
mention back up daily. And how big is the drive you back up monthly?

500 GB Micron SSD which I mentioned.

I assume you do all backups manually then, rather than letting TM back
everything up every x hours via snapshots?

Yes sir. Physically connect HDD, tell TM to back up, unmount/eject, and disconnect.

Every day?

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On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 8:12:21 PM UTC-7, Ant wrote:

gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-28 04:02:38 +0000, Ant said:

Mine is about 3-4 months in an old USB2 external 2.5" Seagate 500 GB HDD. I usually back up the 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.5.6) daily (not always connected). I also have an external USB to connect to a 3.5" internal 2 TB SATA HDD (three 666 GB partitions and one is for TM that holds way more and is backed up every other month or so). I only had to restore a few files a few times and the whole drive once (original HDD crashed due to a drop and replaced with a brand new Micron 500 GB SSD).

...

What's the size of your internal HD, which is, I presume, the one you mention back up daily. And how big is the drive you back up monthly?

500 GB Micron SSD which I mentioned.

I assume you do all backups manually then, rather than letting TM back everything up every x hours via snapshots?

Yes sir. Physically connect HDD, tell TM to back up, unmount/eject, and disconnect.
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It should not matter because the apparent origin on a post does not matter, it's the content that counts. If the content is a bunch of rambling baby
sh*t. We know what that means.

Where did you go to school?

Just rubbish from him. But Gremlin has left tech behind and is simply holding me at fault for the deeds of himself. I am not going to play like Shadow didn't help me with Linux and I am indebted to him for his time. Gremlin
has this thread to study and should learn to seem like he is no longer complete
ignorant from this day forward... as always he stumbled when it mattered.
It was Gremlin who stated that he and his hired winos used to shoplift all
the time and it was free entertainment. I'm getting a lot of killed files.
I'm guessing the troll is unable to control his own actions. It is utter
bliss to not read that crap. Now that Shadow realized how successful Gremlin is at portraying himself as the 'target' he sees this isn't nearly as unbelievable
as it was claimed.

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gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-29 03:12:13 +0000, Ant said:

gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-28 04:02:38 +0000, Ant said:

Mine is about 3-4 months in an old USB2 external 2.5" Seagate 500 GB
HDD. I usually back up the 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.5.6) daily (not
always connected). I also have an external USB to connect to a 3.5"
internal 2 TB SATA HDD (three 666 GB partitions and one is for TM that >>> holds way more and is backed up every other month or so). I only had to >>> restore a few files a few times and the whole drive once (original HDD >>> crashed due to a drop and replaced with a brand new Micron 500 GB SSD).

...

What's the size of your internal HD, which is, I presume, the one you
mention back up daily. And how big is the drive you back up monthly?

500 GB Micron SSD which I mentioned.

I assume you do all backups manually then, rather than letting TM back
everything up every x hours via snapshots?

Yes sir. Physically connect HDD, tell TM to back up, unmount/eject, and disconnect.

Every day?

Yep as mentioned in my original post. Well, I should say almost daily.
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On 2020-12-30 01:00:37 +0000, Ant said:

gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-29 03:12:13 +0000, Ant said:

gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-28 04:02:38 +0000, Ant said:

Mine is about 3-4 months in an old USB2 external 2.5" Seagate 500 GB >>>>> HDD. I usually back up the 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.5.6) daily (not >>>>> always connected). I also have an external USB to connect to a 3.5"
internal 2 TB SATA HDD (three 666 GB partitions and one is for TM that >>>>> holds way more and is backed up every other month or so). I only had to >>>>> restore a few files a few times and the whole drive once (original HDD >>>>> crashed due to a drop and replaced with a brand new Micron 500 GB SSD). >>> ...

What's the size of your internal HD, which is, I presume, the one you
mention back up daily. And how big is the drive you back up monthly?

500 GB Micron SSD which I mentioned.

I assume you do all backups manually then, rather than letting TM back >>>> everything up every x hours via snapshots?

Yes sir. Physically connect HDD, tell TM to back up, unmount/eject, and
disconnect.

Every day?

Yep as mentioned in my original post. Well, I should say almost daily.

Are you familiar with TimeMachineEditor? I used it for a few years ago, because I felt like backups were occasionally hobbling my system. You
wouldn't have to connect, tell TM to backup and unmount. It would just
do it everyday at 8pm or whatever.

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On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 8:51:40 PM UTC-7, gtr wrote:

On 2020-12-30 01:00:37 +0000, Ant said:

gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-29 03:12:13 +0000, Ant said:

gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-28 04:02:38 +0000, Ant said:

Mine is about 3-4 months in an old USB2 external 2.5" Seagate 500 GB >>>>> HDD. I usually back up the 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.5.6) daily (not >>>>> always connected). I also have an external USB to connect to a 3.5" >>>>> internal 2 TB SATA HDD (three 666 GB partitions and one is for TM that >>>>> holds way more and is backed up every other month or so). I only had to
restore a few files a few times and the whole drive once (original HDD >>>>> crashed due to a drop and replaced with a brand new Micron 500 GB SSD).

...

What's the size of your internal HD, which is, I presume, the one you >>>> mention back up daily. And how big is the drive you back up monthly? >>>

500 GB Micron SSD which I mentioned.

I assume you do all backups manually then, rather than letting TM back >>>> everything up every x hours via snapshots?

Yes sir. Physically connect HDD, tell TM to back up, unmount/eject, and >>> disconnect.

Every day?

Yep as mentioned in my original post. Well, I should say almost daily.

Are you familiar with TimeMachineEditor? I used it for a few years ago, because I felt like backups were occasionally hobbling my system. You wouldn't have to connect, tell TM to backup and unmount. It would just
do it everyday at 8pm or whatever.

I have been around to fully figure out the depths of the guy's insanity.

Everyone is Gregory Hall -- the oldest gag in the book. He says that he
uses ChromeOS, while of course he never installed it on bare metal and really worked with it. What did Jeff Relf assume from the lying imbecile? That Gregory
Hall bozo has nothing to waste but time. He has nothing else. Especially
not a job.

Just look at Gregory Hall's posts and look at Jeff Relf's, there is nothing for us to learn from a small time player like Gregory Hall. But whatever,
let him keep making a blockhead of himself. He can make another sock to pat himself on the back. Yup. Of course this is what we have to face. Cretins
who clearly have no reason for being here other than to attack Jeff Relf.

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On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 1:26:31 AM UTC-7, Stephen Petruzzellis wrote:

On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 8:12:21 PM UTC-7, Ant wrote:

gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-28 04:02:38 +0000, Ant said:

Mine is about 3-4 months in an old USB2 external 2.5" Seagate 500 GB HDD. I usually back up the 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.5.6) daily (not always connected). I also have an external USB to connect to a 3.5" internal 2 TB SATA HDD (three 666 GB partitions and one is for TM that holds way more and is backed up every other month or so). I only had to
restore a few files a few times and the whole drive once (original HDD crashed due to a drop and replaced with a brand new Micron 500 GB SSD).

...

What's the size of your internal HD, which is, I presume, the one you mention back up daily. And how big is the drive you back up monthly?

500 GB Micron SSD which I mentioned.

I assume you do all backups manually then, rather than letting TM back everything up every x hours via snapshots?

Yes sir. Physically connect HDD, tell TM to back up, unmount/eject, and disconnect.
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It should not matter because the apparent origin on a post does not matter, it's the content that counts. If the content is a bunch of rambling baby sh*t. We know what that means.

Where did you go to school?

Just rubbish from him. But Gremlin has left tech behind and is simply holding
me at fault for the deeds of himself. I am not going to play like Shadow didn't help me with Linux and I am indebted to him for his time. Gremlin
has this thread to study and should learn to seem like he is no longer complete
ignorant from this day forward... as always he stumbled when it mattered.
It was Gremlin who stated that he and his hired winos used to shoplift all the time and it was free entertainment. I'm getting a lot of killed files. I'm guessing the troll is unable to control his own actions. It is utter bliss to not read that crap. Now that Shadow realized how successful Gremlin is at portraying himself as the 'target' he sees this isn't nearly as unbelievable
as it was claimed.

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Shadow says that he uses Android, while you know he never saw it on a
real system and fully used it. Several people keep responding to Shadow. Frankly I don't denounce Ian McCall for his hissy fit but, truly, I can't
see why he stays here at all. Ian McCall is hoping for conversations as
seen in a Facebook group and free forums make him want to puke.

I think it is already over.


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On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 6:00:45 PM UTC-7, Ant wrote:

gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-29 03:12:13 +0000, Ant said:

gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:

On 2020-12-28 04:02:38 +0000, Ant said:

Mine is about 3-4 months in an old USB2 external 2.5" Seagate 500 GB >>> HDD. I usually back up the 2012 13.3" MBP (Mojave v10.5.6) daily (not >>> always connected). I also have an external USB to connect to a 3.5" >>> internal 2 TB SATA HDD (three 666 GB partitions and one is for TM that >>> holds way more and is backed up every other month or so). I only had to
restore a few files a few times and the whole drive once (original HDD >>> crashed due to a drop and replaced with a brand new Micron 500 GB SSD).

...

What's the size of your internal HD, which is, I presume, the one you >> mention back up daily. And how big is the drive you back up monthly?

500 GB Micron SSD which I mentioned.

I assume you do all backups manually then, rather than letting TM back >> everything up every x hours via snapshots?

Yes sir. Physically connect HDD, tell TM to back up, unmount/eject, and disconnect.

Every day?

Yep as mentioned in my original post. Well, I should say almost daily.
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"You are never up to anything good" said Peter Kohlmann's husband. Sadly
this is what results when dangerously negative pride takes over Peter Kohlmann's psyche.

Oh goodness, that is just tons of crapola. I can not tolerate that. Denseness is denseness and there are all kinds of people who are OK with it. Too
many are even lawyers. That is the problem now and newer instructors don't understand why older people are better, people from earlier generations
should know better than to fall for the indoctrination BS.

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ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

Yes sir. Physically connect HDD, tell TM to back up, unmount/eject, and disconnect.

That is the way I do TimeMachine. Every so often connect up an external harddrive, backup and disconnect.
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