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TM would have deleted every backup they had if they didn't stop it in time. Wanting every backup you've ever made is one thing; wanting the last backup you made
by rwolf 17y ago
TM would have deleted every backup they had if they didn't stop it in time. Wanting every backup you've ever made is one thing; wanting the last backup you made to be available doesn't sound like archiving.
- dchest 17y agoNo, it wouldn't. If it doesn't have enough space to keep at least one backup, it won't delete previous backup, it will tell you that you need more space.
- rwolf 17y agoI don't have a copy of the software in question, I was basing my understanding of Time Machine's operation on the blog entry. When the author says things like "There are apparently people out there who have lost all of their backups because...", it seems reasonable to assume all means all.
- lisper 17y agoHappily, the logs record exactly what happened. The request was for 877.54 GB. The TM volume is 731.95 GB. It deleted 14 old monthly backups (so just over a year's worth) before I stopped it. But given that it had requested more space than was actually available there is no reason to believe it would have stopped before wiping them all, and in particular, before wiping all my Leopard backups, which would have made it impossible for me to revert.
- dchest 17y agoIt didn't delete the latest backup on my drive. It told me that there's not enough space, but backup is still there.