Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Can my Time Machine backup serve as that pre-upgrade backup? I.e. if installation of Snow Leopard is screwed up for whatever reason (and screws up my user data) can I then recover using Time Machine? Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Aug 27, 2009, at 7:19 AM, Adam Bridge wrote: > You're right that it's not necessary, but isolating user data from the > OS just strikes me as a good idea in general. And, as I pointed out, > it lets you easily roll back to the old version of the OS without the > loss of data that went into your account in the meantime. If, for > example, you need a program that only runs properly under 10.5.8 but > want to run Snow Leopard otherwise you can easily do it just by > rebooting from another volume. > > It might be overkill for your basic user but as our software suites > become more complex I'm thinking it's worth the effort. > > Adam > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com > > wrote: >> >> If you have a cloned backup, and your drive is healthy as per the >> utilities, that's not necessary. >> >> At 5:42 PM -0700 8/26/09, Adam Bridge wrote: >>> >>> If you can, I recommend moving your user accounts to a separate >>> drive. this >>> isolates all your crucial user data from the OS system drive. In >>> Leopard >>> (and Snow Leopard) it's straightforward although you need to use >>> the command >>> line "ditto" command to do the move. Once your own data is >>> isolated from the >>> system disk it's a whole lot nicer to make OS changes. Having a >>> separate >>> clone of your system disk allows for the old OS to simply be >>> rolled in or >>> out as needed. >>> Adam >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at >>> archiphoto.com >>> >wrote: >>> >>>> Just a general reminder: >>>> >>>> Make sure a full backup on an external drive is up-to-date. >>>> Run Diskwarrior or similar directory analyzing/repair software. >>>> Run applejack or similar to clean caches, fix permissions etc. >>>> Update computer. >>>> >>>> --no worry, no pain-- >>>> >>>> If some drivers or other software that is essential doesn't work >>>> or cause >>>> sproblems, you can immediately boot from the external and be >>>> running again. >>>> >>>> Otherwise, you're home free. >>>> >>>> -- >> >> -- >> >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information