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>It seems like Time Machine has been steadily declining. Because they dont sell Time Capsule anymore. And they want you to backup everything to iCloud to grow

• philistine 3y ago
  Extrapolate it one more step: Apple is clearly working on an iCloud backup for Macs, cause then that's more services revenue. While they're doing that, why would they fix bugs in Time Machine. People can't surely be using this old thing while we're working on the spiffy new thing!
  • firecall 3y ago
    The problem though is that it is likely to be complete environment backup and restore, like iOS. But we shall see! Hopefully they will provide the ability to backup and restore file versions!
    • bducycy 3y ago
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• firecall 3y ago
  Totally. But iCloud isn’t a backup. Its sync. And it will happily sync corrupt files and does not provide any versioning. The best TimeMachine is an SSD connected locally to the Mac. The second best is an SSD running on a Mac setup with TomeMachine Server. Then you are lucky if backups continue to work. And even luckier if you can sensibly restore anything via the hellscape that is the interstellar wormhole travel interface! ;-) BackBlaze is very reliable at least! Not cheap with a house full of computers to backup though :-/
  • realusername 3y ago
    > And it will happily sync corrupt files and does not provide any versioning. It does not even provide a basic progress bar when used on the phone.