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On 5 Aug 2020 at 18:13:51 BST, "Jaimie Vandenbergh"
<jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:

> On 5 Aug 2020 at 15:14:19 BST, "TimH" <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 5 Aug 2020 at 11:54:02 BST, "Jaimie Vandenbergh"
>> <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> It probably is. Time Machine on HFS+ is a horrible horrible kludge and does
>>> Just Break now and then as it maintains several million pseudo link files in
>>> a
>>> hidden directory. Reformat it and set it up as your second TM destination.
>> 
>> Reading this kind of thing (and there's been plenty of it here and
>> elsewhere),
>> I don't really understand why a) anyone uses TM and b) why there isn't more
>> fuss about it.
> 
> Because it's really good. It's incredibly easy to set up and let run, orders
> of magnitude better than any other backup software I'm aware of.
> 
> It was originally designed to work with a snapshotting filesystem - ZFS - but
> that didn't work out so Apple bodged it to work with HFS+ and it's a bit
> temperamental. But even then, it just pops up with "Hey, your destination is
> bust, I'm going to clear it and start again" every year or three of backups
> on
> the hour every hour, which for almost everyone is entirely rare enough and is
> also sufficient. It is after all only a backup, and disposable as long as
> it's
> recreated tout suite.
> 
> In a couple of months Big Sur will come out, and TM will finally be on a
> snapshotting filesystem. It's worlds quicker, and will likely be more stable
> than the hard drives people will use with it.

Ok, that puts it into perspective. I didn't know about the ZFS/HFS+ bit.
Thanks.
> 
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  Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-03 10:31 +0000
    Re: TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-03 13:54 +0000
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        Re: TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-03 18:57 +0000
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              Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-03 21:03 +0000
                Re: TM Backup RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-08-04 08:53 +0000
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                Re: TM Backup Fred <fredbare@[127.0.0.1]> - 2020-08-04 14:30 +0100
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                Re: TM Backup Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-05 10:54 +0000
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                Re: TM Backup nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-05 10:21 -0400
                Re: TM Backup TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-08-05 14:31 +0000
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                Re: TM Backup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-08-06 12:30 +0100

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