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Word of warning just by chance my OSX hard disk was corrupted today. Luckily I had my Snow Leopard OSX disk so that I could use the disk utility to check what t

by awflick 15y ago

Word of warning just by chance my OSX hard disk was corrupted today. Luckily I had my Snow Leopard OSX disk so that I could use the disk utility to check what the problem was and attempt a repair. I had to reformat but it has made me think that keeping the disk around would be a good idea.

goatforce5 15y ago
Apparently it's not too hard to make a bootable Lion DVD: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/18/make-an-os-x-lion-boot-disc/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/18/make-an-os-x-lion-boot-d...
Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
I suspect that Apple would suggest that that was what Time Machine was for. But physical media is still nice. Supposedly you'll be able to buy a USB install for $69 next month.
- napierzaza 15y ago
  clap clap clap You're right. They're destroying people's information to make a few hundred dollars. Do you distill rain water because of the fluoride as well? Things break, it's unfortunate.
  - masklinn 15y ago
    wat
  - Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
    I'm sorry, I have genuinely no idea what you're talking about.
  - gte910h 15y ago
    Time machine is free. Apple isn't making money from that. You're thinking of Time Capsule, which is an external disk people often use with time machine.
- mirkules 15y ago
  I have given up on TM because it chews up my external drives at an alarming rate. I have had three hard drives die in the last 2 years because of TM. My other drives of the same brand that didn't have TM are just fine still. Either I have extremely bad luck with WD drives, or time machine is just not a reliable backup mechanism (I'm inclined to think the latter). Plus, the drives have to be HFS formatted which is also a con for me (that I am willing to live with in exchange for a reliable backup solution). Is anyone else experiencing these kinds of problems with TM?
  - calloc 15y ago
    I've had the same drive hooked up to time-machine now for the last year and a half if not longer and haven't had any issues what so ever. It is a custom enclosure with a standard Seagate hard drive. Works wonderfully.
  - kissickas 15y ago
    I've only been using Time Machine for about a year but my hard drive just crashed last week, conveniently three days after my MbP's hard drive. I've found it useful for restoring individual files, but I wish there was a way to customize the frequency of backups- plugging it in once a week is hardly ideal.
    - mirkules 15y ago
      You can change the frequency, but you have to use an external app. There are a number of ones out there, for example: http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ or http://www.klieme.com/TimeMachineScheduler.html http://www.klieme.com/TimeMachineScheduler.html Note: I can't remember which one I tried so I can't recommend one, these are just quick ones I found off Google. I do remember as I used them that despite scheduling it in the App, time machine would incorrectly display "Next Backup: Tomorrow" or something like that.

by awflick 15y ago

goatforce5 15y ago

Apparently it's not too hard to make a bootable Lion DVD: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/18/make-an-os-x-lion-boot-disc/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/18/make-an-os-x-lion-boot-d...

Tyrannosaurs 15y ago

I suspect that Apple would suggest that that was what Time Machine was for. But physical media is still nice. Supposedly you'll be able to buy a USB install for $69 next month.

napierzaza 15y ago
clap clap clap You're right. They're destroying people's information to make a few hundred dollars. Do you distill rain water because of the fluoride as well? Things break, it's unfortunate.
- masklinn 15y ago
  wat
- Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
  I'm sorry, I have genuinely no idea what you're talking about.
- gte910h 15y ago
  Time machine is free. Apple isn't making money from that. You're thinking of Time Capsule, which is an external disk people often use with time machine.
mirkules 15y ago
I have given up on TM because it chews up my external drives at an alarming rate. I have had three hard drives die in the last 2 years because of TM. My other drives of the same brand that didn't have TM are just fine still. Either I have extremely bad luck with WD drives, or time machine is just not a reliable backup mechanism (I'm inclined to think the latter). Plus, the drives have to be HFS formatted which is also a con for me (that I am willing to live with in exchange for a reliable backup solution). Is anyone else experiencing these kinds of problems with TM?
- calloc 15y ago
  I've had the same drive hooked up to time-machine now for the last year and a half if not longer and haven't had any issues what so ever. It is a custom enclosure with a standard Seagate hard drive. Works wonderfully.
- kissickas 15y ago
  I've only been using Time Machine for about a year but my hard drive just crashed last week, conveniently three days after my MbP's hard drive. I've found it useful for restoring individual files, but I wish there was a way to customize the frequency of backups- plugging it in once a week is hardly ideal.
  - mirkules 15y ago
    You can change the frequency, but you have to use an external app. There are a number of ones out there, for example: http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ or http://www.klieme.com/TimeMachineScheduler.html http://www.klieme.com/TimeMachineScheduler.html Note: I can't remember which one I tried so I can't recommend one, these are just quick ones I found off Google. I do remember as I used them that despite scheduling it in the App, time machine would incorrectly display "Next Backup: Tomorrow" or something like that.