NanoSector, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode I used to, but have not configured my MacBook to back up since setting up Samba again. Guess this is an excellent reminder!

JBaby, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode I do, but I’m also stuck rocking a Late 2013 iMac. Time Machine isn’t my only backup method though. 🤷🏾‍♀️

martinewski, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode yes, from MacBook Air and Mac Mini to a Time Capsule.

kylewritescode, 10 months ago

@martinewski I wish I still had my Time Capsule.

martinewski, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode mine is hanging tight, but from time to time data gets corrupted and I need to make a full backup. Twice in the last 3 years 😔

kylewritescode, 10 months ago

@martinewski Ouch. 😏

Retr0mantic, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode Yup. I even have the Time Capsule.

kylewritescode, 10 months ago

@Retr0mantic Wow, you still have a time capsule? Nice. That’s one product I still wish Apple would make.

Retr0mantic, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode

Yup, still going strong, although getting a bit small…

aeolist, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode Yep. It’s one of the backup methods for my Mac. The others are Backblaze and Carbon Copy Cloner. Time Machine is usually the first place I look if I need a single file. I like being able to restore from multiple version of files.

kylewritescode, 10 months ago

@aeolist Cool. I need to look into Carbon Copy Cloner.

donkey, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode @podfeet Sure do - usual setup for me is two TM backups disks (one locally attached, one network attached) + an offsite copy of the network one as well as a monthly rsync of user data.

eingfoan, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode @jan i sometimes Watch It

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Aaron, 10 months ago

@eingfoan @kylewritescode @jan 👀

mike_vlasman, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode, absolutely!

Jakdracula, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode yes

dhepworth, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode I use Time Machine with an external USB SSD that I connect every couple weeks. It’s been useful to me after accidentally deleting some files that I discovered I needed about a month later.

davidbures, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode I use TM extensively. Did multiple full restores from it and it works great.

My current setup is a 2TB USB HDD, plus a 5 TB custom NAS running on Fedora Server. I have a 10GB LAN and my MacBook is connected to a Thunderbolt dock with a 10GB LAN port, so even the networked backups are very speedy.

Honestly, without TM, I’d be too lazy to do backups 😂

wholeheart, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode TM to Synology. Synology to whatever Synologys cloud thing is called.
Oh and some stuff is on iCloud as well.

wenslauw, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode yes, on two machines to a Synology NAS. Never had to use the backup though, but I like the background noise of those ‘old fashioned’ spinning drives. ;)

ericdano, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode yes

jeromechoo, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode just used Time Machine to completely migrate everything from an old MacBook to a new one. Seamless migration other than the fact that it took 40 hours.

After that though, even unsaved IDE windows migrated over to the new MacBook. I’ll be keeping it going. Not too much of a lift at all.

tekphloyd, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode

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chrisleboe, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode Sure do. I have an always connected drive to our home iMac and I connect a portable SSD to my work MacBook Pro every day or two.

aleen, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode Time Machine to a Synology + Backblaze + SuperDuper (way too infrequently)

tojikomori, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode I still use it, but no longer feel like I can depend on it. I've added Arq for off-site backups to B2, but it may replace my TM backups too: https://www.arqbackup.com

macquilter, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode I use TM, but I also use Carbon Copy Cloner and BackBlaze. Probably overkill, but I've had some disasters in the past that I don't want to repeat.

gadgetboy, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode I still use it because I don’t have to think about it.

podfeet, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode I never had that much success with it. Carbon Copy Cloner + BackBlaze. Versioning is for chickens!

Aaron, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode Yup. I also use backblaze for offsite backup.

ngorby, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode I know I haven't in ages. iCloud backups are all I seem to need - I know my usage is super lightweight however.

cjerrington, 10 months ago

@kylewritescode The MacBook Pro we have is so old and it takes ages to index the files before it actually makes any backups. I wrote a python script to copy what I need to save to an external HDD. I really like TimeMachine, but restoring files was always a little weird.