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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1613960"><p>The reason why Time Machine is locked in at one-hour increments is Apple doesn't want to hear your moaning when your hard drive goes south and you've lost "hours ... days ... weeks ..." of work. The drive is supposed to be on the entire time the computer is in use, so why *not* back it up every hour? Doing so vastly decreases the amount of stuff it will likely need to change, reducing the backup time to a few seconds rather than a few minutes up to a half-hour (depending on how much stuff changed since your last backup).</p><p></p><p>That said, I'm not saying "yer doing it wrong." If you understand the consequences of changing the increment of time Time Machine uses, by all means you should do so. As mentioned, Time Machine Editor is an excellent tool for this purpose.</p><p></p><p>Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper are, in my opinion, great *complements* to Time Machine, but not a substitute, since they both take quite a bit more time to do their thing than Time Machine. But if you're really looking for a much more comprehensive backup solution, my suggestion would be <a href="http://econtechnologies.com/chronosync/overview.html" target="_blank">ChronoSync</a>. All the options and power you could ever want, super-flexible, and the same cost as CCC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1613960"] The reason why Time Machine is locked in at one-hour increments is Apple doesn't want to hear your moaning when your hard drive goes south and you've lost "hours ... days ... weeks ..." of work. The drive is supposed to be on the entire time the computer is in use, so why *not* back it up every hour? Doing so vastly decreases the amount of stuff it will likely need to change, reducing the backup time to a few seconds rather than a few minutes up to a half-hour (depending on how much stuff changed since your last backup). That said, I'm not saying "yer doing it wrong." If you understand the consequences of changing the increment of time Time Machine uses, by all means you should do so. As mentioned, Time Machine Editor is an excellent tool for this purpose. Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper are, in my opinion, great *complements* to Time Machine, but not a substitute, since they both take quite a bit more time to do their thing than Time Machine. But if you're really looking for a much more comprehensive backup solution, my suggestion would be [URL="http://econtechnologies.com/chronosync/overview.html"]ChronoSync[/URL]. All the options and power you could ever want, super-flexible, and the same cost as CCC. [/QUOTE]
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