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It would be weird for a system to throw away its backups automatically at arbitrary times.
by contravariant 8y ago
It would be weird for a system to throw away its backups automatically at arbitrary times.
- gpvos 8y agoApple's Time Machine does.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoWhat would you have the software do when it runs out of space? IMO, not making new backups would be worse than deleting old ones.
- namibj 8y agoIt's actually not allowing you to write new data at all. So it prevents the user from assuming there is more space to store his data, as there is not sufficient space with his indicated/configured data retention wishes.