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On 2015-03-26, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <cnijd3FjredU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
><jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On 2015-03-26, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>>> Davoud <star@sky.net> 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.
>
> it would if someone had to manually reinstall all apps and reconfigure
> everything, as he described.

As Király noted, you don't have to manually reinstall all apps and
reconfigure everything since it's possible to restore apps and their
preferences from Time Machine backups.

> however, i don't know why anyone would go through all that nonsense
> when they could simply restore everything from the backup. that's what
> backups are for. 

You're talking in circles. See Király's post above.

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  Re: Backup Question Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-03-25 21:13 -0400
    Re: Backup Question Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2015-03-25 19:15 -0700
      Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-25 23:07 -0400
    Re: Backup Question M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-03-26 00:07 -0400
      Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-26 00:10 -0400
    Re: Backup Question me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-03-26 14:02 +0000
      Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-26 14:28 +0000
        Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-26 11:02 -0400
          Re: Backup Question Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-26 11:11 -0400
          Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-26 15:37 +0000
            Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-26 11:57 -0400
              Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-26 17:01 +0000
                Re: Backup Question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-26 13:32 -0400
                Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-26 17:47 +0000
    Re: Backup Question Ed Anson <EdAnson@comcast.net> - 2015-03-26 18:14 -0400
      Re: Backup Question Király <ggrandish@gmail.com> - 2015-03-26 15:57 -0700
        Re: Backup Question Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2015-03-27 17:16 -0700
          Re: Backup Question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-28 01:51 +0000
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