Chris Ridd <chrisridd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 2008-05-14 17:22:45 +0100, wildrover.andy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Andy
Hewitt)
said:
>
> > Justin C <justin.0805@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> Where or in what format are the backups from Backup stored? I
downloaded
> >> the software (after signing up for a full .mac account) and backed up
> >> about 40GB, however, all I can find as evidence of the backup is some
> >> stuff under ~/Library/Application Sup****t/Bakup/Backup Library/
> >>
> >> What is there isn't very big at all (I want to archive it and ****ft
it
> >> to another machine), but the disk space that has disappeared matches
the
> >> amount of data that was backed up... so where did it go?!
> >>
> >> Thank you for any help you can give with this.
> >>
> >> Justin.
> >
> > It'll backup to wherever you told it to! Where did you backup the 40GB
> > to? If it was the main drive, then it was a waste of time if you had a
> > drive failure.
> >
> > Normally you'd backup to a separate, external, disk drive, or some of
it
> > can be stored on your .Mac space.
> >
> > Open the Backup application and double click on the backup plan, then
> > double click on the drive at the bottom of the box that opens, that
will
> > then show you where it is.
>
> As far as I can tell Apple's Backup.app just create disk images with
> the backed up files in, just hidden inside a package wrapper to foil
> the Finder.
Yes, I save mine in a folder called 'Backups' on an external hard drive.
It's easyn to navigate, 'show package contents', and open the image -
you can then access all the files normally.
It's easy to moan about the complexity, but it should be hard to mess
with a backup system IMHO.
--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>
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