Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Backup Question Date: 26 Mar 2015 14:28:52 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <250320151703564234%otto@bogus.address.com> <250320152113005572%star@sky.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net iV8DRfzovUagdwHJSYcnxw/arjWGjw/a/hhwp+kNMSglmTJQyK Cancel-Lock: sha1:8yedFRO6s06Rq1Gq/WnAJ5/BrqE= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:72112 On 2015-03-26, Király wrote: > Davoud wrote: >> Macs. If you are relying on TimeMachine you have only your files backed >> up. In the event of a HD failure you must reinstall all of your >> software, re-do all of your settings/preferences, and then bring back >> your files. > > This is false. If you have a Time Machine backup, a full restore of > the system and all your files is entirely possible. It also doesn't take days. A couple hours and you're back up and running. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR