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What exactly doesn't time machine save?
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<blockquote data-quote="McBie" data-source="post: 1391884" data-attributes="member: 54417"><p>I share your concern but I guess Time Machine has that covered.</p><p>What I see happening ( automatically ) is that sometimes Time Machines says " Verifying Backup " ( and then a rolling percentage ) prior to " Preparing backup ".</p><p>For me the verifying step takes about 45 minutes ( Wireless ).</p><p>I am not an expert and I don't know the inside of that process, but it looks like TM is checking the integrity of its backup database somehow.</p><p>That leaves the physical integrity of the disk and there, I guess the usual DiskUtility stuff comes in. I am not an expert but your points are very valid.</p><p>So far, TM has saves my bacon a couple of time when I accidently deleted a complete folder instead of a file <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> so I trust the Apple engineers a lot.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Cheers ... McBie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McBie, post: 1391884, member: 54417"] I share your concern but I guess Time Machine has that covered. What I see happening ( automatically ) is that sometimes Time Machines says " Verifying Backup " ( and then a rolling percentage ) prior to " Preparing backup ". For me the verifying step takes about 45 minutes ( Wireless ). I am not an expert and I don't know the inside of that process, but it looks like TM is checking the integrity of its backup database somehow. That leaves the physical integrity of the disk and there, I guess the usual DiskUtility stuff comes in. I am not an expert but your points are very valid. So far, TM has saves my bacon a couple of time when I accidently deleted a complete folder instead of a file :-) so I trust the Apple engineers a lot. Cheers ... McBie [/QUOTE]
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