Mac OS X Leopard and Time Machine
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Next month, Apple is set to release the sixth major iteration of their successful OS X operating system, known as OS X version 10.5 or "Leopard."
One of the best features of this newest version of OS X is the highly anticipated "Time Machine" feature which will allow users of OS X to track changes to every file on their system, and to browse those changes as easily as they might now browse a list of the files themselves. Personal computers by and large have never properly supported reliable backup facilities. As drive capacities have skyrocketed, the technologies to preserve important data have stagnated and atrophied. New web-based services are slowly beginning to emerge, but network capacities will likely keep these offerings limited at least in the near future. But with Time Machine, Apple is taking another step towards not only providing users with a powerful operating system but an equally powerful way to make sure their data remains available even if it is mistakenly deleted or overwritten with an older version. This is a fortunate decision by Apple, and hopefully Time Machine will continue to develop as quickly as OS X itself.Share it! — Rate it: up down [flag this hub]
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Apple has had a backup utility built in to .Mac for some time, but Time Machine would seem to make it redundant, especially if the Time Machine database (or whatever they're using to keep track of versions of files) can be written to external storage.
Like anything else, we'll need to see it work to draw any conclusions. It is also a version 1.0 program, and like all 1.0 programs, there will be bugs. It's definitely a step in the right direction though.
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raymondphilippe says:
10 months ago
So there will probably be no need for a separate back-up software any more?