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Time Machine presentation at MacSysAdmin

Links to my presentation, and to a selection of useful articles about Time Machine backups to APFS, and more.

October 6, 2021 Macs, Technology

Going beyond T2M2 with Mints: grokking Time Machine to APFS

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An exploration of how Time Machine backs up to APFS, using Mints to make log access quick, simple, and easy to understand. And notes on changes in Monterey.

September 29, 2021 Macs, Technology

Looking back in time at backing up with Time Machine

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From Apple’s basic Backup to your iDisk, through the first version of Time Machine in 2007, to Time Machine to APFS in Big Sur.

September 11, 2021 Macs, Technology

What doesn’t Time Machine back up?

Lists the Standard Exclusions set by the system, explains custom ‘sticky’ exclusions, how iCloud Drive is handled, and oddities with Photos libraries.

September 8, 2021 Macs, Technology

Why nothing else can back up to APFS like Time Machine does

A lot of what Time Machine does when making backups to an APFS volume remains a mystery. So far we don’t understand the magic used by Apple.

July 30, 2021 Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: When a network backup goes wrong

With a new version of Xcode, I knew that my network backup would take several hours. Then, as it neared its conclusion, disaster struck: the router reset itself and the network share vanished.

May 10, 2021 Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: Using a network share

Provided it doesn’t have to back up large folders containing many small files, Time Machine backing up to APFS on a network share works well.

April 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: First full backup

The first full backup is performed as a manual backup, and largely occurs in file-by-file copying from source to the backup store. It is more efficient than to HFS+, but differences could be less than 10%.

April 15, 2021 Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: How efficient are backups?

Does Big Sur’s Time Machine preserve sparse files and clones when backing up to APFS volumes?

April 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: Changing disks

It’s common to want or have to change either the source or destination disk for backups. How well does Time Machine to APFS cope with that?

April 1, 2021 Macs, Technology

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