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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1896168" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Well i don't do &quot;years&quot;, but it's just one drive. It deletes the oldest backups as space is needed. It's certainly a convenient thing. One item I recovered was a saved game file. I hadn't played it in several months, and somehow the existing file got overwritten with a new one and I lost all my progress. So I was able to recover an older one and pick up where I left off. The data I can recover can be completely random and not locked to a specific time period. Some backup strategies and needs make sense for cloud storage or a dedicated copy on an EHD. Time Capsule makes sense as an ongoing, rotating, and always CURRENT backup that I can dive into for older items. I rarely have a need to do it, but it does come up. I might delete something, and a couple days later realize &quot;Hey, I need that file again&quot; and BAM! I can grab it back. The longer time goes on, the increasingly less likely I or anyone would have such a need, but as long as space permits, it's there.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1896168, member: 38864"] Well i don't do "years", but it's just one drive. It deletes the oldest backups as space is needed. It's certainly a convenient thing. One item I recovered was a saved game file. I hadn't played it in several months, and somehow the existing file got overwritten with a new one and I lost all my progress. So I was able to recover an older one and pick up where I left off. The data I can recover can be completely random and not locked to a specific time period. Some backup strategies and needs make sense for cloud storage or a dedicated copy on an EHD. Time Capsule makes sense as an ongoing, rotating, and always CURRENT backup that I can dive into for older items. I rarely have a need to do it, but it does come up. I might delete something, and a couple days later realize "Hey, I need that file again" and BAM! I can grab it back. The longer time goes on, the increasingly less likely I or anyone would have such a need, but as long as space permits, it's there. [/QUOTE]

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