backup

[David Herren]

On Oct 31, 2007, at 11:54 AM, Charles Dyer wrote:

> 'm backing up from an iMac G5. I wonder how many of those reporting  
> problems are using PPC machines rather than Intel machines? Also,  
> I'm backing up to a FireWire 400 device. I wonder how many reporting  
> problems are using FireWire, and if so, how many are using FireWire  
> 400? And how many are using SATA or eSATA?


I'm backing up a PPC machine (powerbook g4 aluminum) to a LaCie d2  
quadra over firewire 800 with no problems at all so far.

I have to admit that I found the restore process to be less than  
intuitive (ironically I deleted a folder filled with plans the day  
after installing Leopard and had to restore it). I was near panic when  
after 4 attempts I still hadn't managed to restore 90+ important  
files. Turns out, selecting a folder in Time machine seems only to  
restore the folder, not its contents. To get the files inside the  
folder, I had to select them all. Seems odd to me, but only after  
manually selecting the files themselves, could I restore anything  
other than an empty folder.

/david

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