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Whats time machine. I heard it supposed to be brand new technology, but being able to send your computer back to a certain date has been around longer then OSX has been out. So please tell me whats so cutting edge about this.

2006-09-21 14:26:45 · 3 answers · asked by I run with scissors 4 in Computers & Internet Software

Hapy I can make you laugh, but no more comments on the avatar. Serious answers only.

2006-09-21 14:32:37 · update #1

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I can only go by on what I've heard and seen so it might not be all accurate.

Besides being new to the built in Mac OS, it does have some cool features that other file restore things don't have.

1. It looks nice. While this won't woo people after the first 10 minutes, it does have good function too. The Timeline on the side gives a good visual indicator of where one is on their file system, and one can move ahead a few days to months and years ago.

2. Supposily I think it holds complete backups (to a certain extent) Unlike Windows XP's System restore which only seems to backup system vital files ans settings, the Mac OS time Machine should be able to retrieve older files no matter if they are system important or not. Also, it seems to be able to be more percise with its backing up, instead of restoring the whole system, it can just bring back one or two important files.

3. I do not know the extent of the file-back up architecture so this is mostly guessing here. So if one trashes their file and deletes it they should be able ot bring it back in Time Machine. Granted there are third party utilities that do this, but if the hard drive overrides the position where the file was after deleting, the file is usually gone forever. I'm going to assume that Time Machine will be able to bring back trashed files long into the past, perhaps sticking files that might be overwritten with data into a lock-box? I have no heard much about this.

Yeah, I've probably gotten all the facts wrong, but its better than just commenting on avatars.

2006-09-21 19:10:45 · answer #1 · answered by zott820 4 · 0 0

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2006-09-21 21:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2006-09-21 21:34:24 · answer #3 · answered by Sabrine M 1 · 0 0

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