The output of the script is something like this (abbreviated): # cd /Volumes/Backup\ of\ foo/Backups.backupdb/foo A quick look around revealed that the Time Machine itself will not reveal the backup details, but someone wrote a script called timedog that displays the files that the Time Machine backed up during its most recent run (or any of your choosing). It didn’t seem like there was that much data changing on an hourly basis, so I set out to investigate. However, I noticed recently that the hourly backups were taking longer and growing in size, sometimes up to 1GB or more. It has already saved my butt a couple of times, when I accidentally deleted ( rm -rf) a directory and had that familiar sinking feeling, but then remembered that the Time Machine was there ready to lend a hand. I purchased the 1 TB version, configured it, and have been using it ever since.
#Time machine buddy mac#
Thankfully, there was just the thing: Time Capsule - a single device that encapsulates both Airport Extreme base station and a huge hard drive, and can be used for automatic, transparent, wireless backups from any of your Mac devices via the Time Machine. I needed something that I could set up once and pretty much forget about. 2) is why most people forgo backups in the first place, resulting in 1).
About a year ago, I finally wisened up to the obvious: 1) losing data sucks, and 2) doing daily (or frequent) backups manually are a pain in the ass, especially for portables.
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