(I do not own a Mac)
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I saw the Mac vs PC commercial about Time Machine. I was a little surprised by the fact that it takes copies every hour of every file.
Now, if it does so - wouldn't that end up clogging a bunch of space? Or does it only have like 5 backups available at a time, so when a new backup comes in, the oldest one is deleted?
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Let's say you JUST got a backup. And then for the next half hour you create 3 files. Then you delete these files by "accident" (Silly Macs, why don't you just get a Recycle Bin :rolleyes:). Then Time Machine is pretty useless, right? Because those files aren't in the latest backup.
Thanks for your time.
Generally you want a whole seperate hard drive deidcated to that. The larger the better. As you probably guessed it's a space hog like no other. Macs do have a recycle bin. In fact I believe you can't delete files from the desktop without dragging them into it. I'm surprised it takes updates every hour and not just when changes are made. Mindlessly backing up like that is a waste of space.
It doesn't copy you whole HDD every time, ONLY the changes.
I've got a 160 Gig HDD on my MacBook, and an external 500 Gig HDD. I've backed up way over 100 times and it's only taking up 270 Gig of space.
You can also choose what folders you want to backup which is incredibly useful (especially when you've got 60gb of RAW photo files)
1. There is a Trash.
2. All proper backup systems backup diffs.
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