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One of the most lauded features of Apple's new operating system, Leopard, is probably Time Machine, the automatic backup that makes up to date copies of every single thing on your Mac, without you having to worry about a thing. The design of Time Machine and its simplicity, as startling as it may sound, make backing up an exciting task. Yet, for you unlucky people who still haven't gotten their hands on a copy of Leopard, saving and storing files is far from being the most thrilling thing you want to be doing on your Mac. I've gathered a few programs that will do the job effectively and will at least make backing up a bit more easier for you. Let's check them out:
- Personal Backup - A quick solution to save copies of your files, can even save to any external drive and synchronize two Macs together.
- Mozy Remote Backup - 2Gb of free online storage to backup your files any time, anywhere so long as you're connected.
- SuperDuper! - The king of backups, this program has a built in -scheduler that could almost make backups as easy as in Time Machine.
- Deja Vu - Clone your OS X system disk, mirror the content of folders, and have backups ready in a click.
- BackityMac - Backing up is as easy as checking a file in a list. Great to store files from Mac specific apps like Apple Mail, iCal or iPhoto.
- GrabBack - Best for making backups on USB flash drives, this application makes sure you're never left without a copy of your most important files.
Time Machine is a piece of crap. I repeat DO NOT USE TIME MACHINE FOR BACKUPS YOU WILL LOSE ALL YOUR DATA. Apple have so many unresolved issues with Time Machine that their engineers listen to feedback full time!
Nothing but problems with Time Machine. Not very stable or dependable!!! I use SuperDuper. It always works!
Actually, Time Machine works as it should for me and for my clients. No lost data from any of them. One client (office manager of a church) lost her computer in a burglary but she took the TM drive home every night. WHen she got the new (replacement) computer, it asked the usual "transfer from another computer/volume/Time Machine BackUp" and, in short order, she was back up and running exactly from where she left off with the old computer. I've restored corrupted address books and iCals with TM and currently have about 1.2TB of Time Machine data.
I would have to agree that time machine is a piece of crap. What's worse if you go to Apple's support discussions don't make the mistake of criticizing Apple or you'll get booted off the forum. The old hear no evil mentality prevails over there. I have tried using Time Machine on 2 different computers using 2 different external hard drives. Same results works good for a while than starts to fail. Hell, Time Machine is so bad they've come out with a widget to capture the failure messages for posting on the forum. Stay away from this product unless or until Apple can fix it. Which, based on the bunker mentality at Apple over this, may be awhile.
Check out Genie Timeline www.genietimeline.com Seems like a promising equivalent solution to Time Machine for Windows
(Check out Genie Timeline) Just dandy if you happen to have a friggin PC. PC stands for Piece-O-Cr.. Time line has not failed me once. You need a dedicated HD.
These anti-time machine comments sound very suspicious. I've used it for years and it's always been a godsend. Perfect functionality and flawless execution. Windows people bash mac based on limited knowledge and hearsay and others promote their wannabe mac software for the pc. Trust me, time machine is very legit.
Time Machine worked fine for a long time, backups ran without fail. The problem I ran into is when I went to restore my system after resizing a partition. I performed a full backup before making the drive adjustment, then ran a restore once I re-sized using disk utility. Ended up with an unbootable system as the OS would shoot me straight to a kernel panic. There was some write up on the forum explaining how to fix the archive, but it was so complex that I didn't even want to jump through all those hoops. I switched to a Mac for a reason. If I wanted to practice my command line fu to such a degree and play a OS detective, I would be running a linux distro and not OS X. The upside is that I didn't loose my data. I was able to browse through the backup contents and manually pull bits of data. When it comes to backups, all it takes is for the software to burn me once. Your results may vary. Random rant: One thing I'd like to note that bothers me is the throngs of Apple apologists that drink the Jobsian cool-aid. When you pay a premium for a product, it's perfectly reasonable to expect a premium experience. I didn't drop 2 grand on a laptop to have any headaches outside of normal wear and tear or user stupidity. When your customers tell you your product is broken and pay good money for it, just fix it. It's that simple. Don't run around and blame your customers or silence their voices. This Time Machine situation is peanuts compared to the whole iPhone antenna issue. I didn't run from Microsoft to end up in it's cousins abusive embrace.
I think Time Machine is great, as long as you don't just backup to a single disk. But even that is better than not backing up at all, which is what most people do. Having an always-running TM machine backup coupled with a weekly secondary TM backup is a satisfactory solution.
Time Machine quite simply saved my ass. After installing a small program one day, I restarted to the Gray Screen of Death. Booting from the original CD, I wiped my teradrive, and it took all of two or three clicks to completely restore EVERY single frickin thing that was on my computer, down to the trashed emails and the crap all over my desktop. It worked EXACTLY as advertised, and I couldn't be more satisfied.
Uhmm, Dime, you are running a linux distro. FYI.