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Is there a way to test if TimeMachine backups are uncorrupted? I backup using TimeMachine as well but as far as I can tell there is no way to verify a backup. I
by remote_phone 6y ago
Is there a way to test if TimeMachine backups are uncorrupted? I backup using TimeMachine as well but as far as I can tell there is no way to verify a backup. I’m concerned that at some point my backup will get corrupted and I won’t know why. This happened to my iPhone backup to iTunes, luckily I had a iCloud backup.
- saagarjha 6y agoRestore it?
- remote_phone 6y agoWhy on earth would I restore an image back into my MacBook if I don’t know if it’s corrupt?
- saagarjha 6y agoUse another computer or partition, of course.
- fuzxi 6y agoRestore it in a VM.
- remote_phone 6y agoWhy not have functionality to check to see if the backups are readable? Instead of forcing users to spin up a vm which most can’t, and do testing etc. seems like a simple ask. Most credible backup solutions do this.
- MilaM 6y agoIt seems to be possible to check the integrity on the command line. https://eclecticlight.co/2020/05/09/how-to-check-the-integrity-of-files-in-a-time-machine-backup/ https://eclecticlight.co/2020/05/09/how-to-check-the-integri...