Re: Where are the back-ups?

Mark Bestley <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> 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?!
> 
> If you backed up to .Mac there will be a directory Backup on your iDisk.
> In that directory will be packages (directories appearing as one file)
> containing the backups. There could be several packages for one backup.
> 
> The packages will have a name like
> <backup name you chose> - Date/time - Part <part number>
> IncrementalBackup 
> or could be FullBackup at the end if first time it has run.
> 
> e.g. Migrated iDisk Plan - 2008.05.14-02.32.05.050 - Part
> 17.IncrementalBackup
> 
> The data in ~/Library/Application Sup****t/Bakup/Backup Library/ appears
> to be the logs and catalog as packages. If you go into the package then
> there is an Info.plist which has some information in the Target section
> which appears to be where the data is actually saved.

Further to that: if you are backing up to the iDisk, and you seem to
have lost a corresponding amount of disk capacity locally, perhaps you
have your iDisk configured so that it has a local mirror? That is a disk
image which will grow according to the amount of space used on your
iDisk (and it will contain all your backups in addition to other data
that is on the personal ****tion of your iDisk).

-- 
David Empson
dempson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]