Full backup of settings, actions, presets, etc.

Time to time I have to reinstall my Photoshop. In my own computer, or work computer. Or maybe after a Windows reinstalling. And always I get the one and the same issue - settings, actions and presets in Photoshop. I forgot to backup them manually everytime I change them or make something new. And when I installed a fresh Photoshop, I have to create a new actions that I already did before, presets, and other.
How do you think is it possible to make a full backup feature in Photoshop with automatic backup? Then when I need to restore my settings I choose one file, and all my setting being restored.

I did a full reinstall a while back, and copied the entire Appdata folder to a USB3 pocket drive, but looking though the Photoshop CC subfolders, only Brushes had anything in it. If using Windows, you need to enable view hidden files & folders from Explorer properties to access App Data (C:\User\your user name\App data\...
The \Program Files\Plugins\ has shortcuts to my Topaz filters, but I chose to download the latest version and do a full install. I also dropped an old version of Flaming Pear Flood in the same folder. (32bit)
There's a list of CS5 file locations for Mac and Windows here (I don't know how relevant it is to later versions):
Preference file functions, names, locations | Photoshop CS5
Good luck and enjoy your clean lean new installation. Just a warning that you will no doubt already be aware of... I wanted latest versions of all the little apps I run like WinDirStat, MSI Afterburner, IrfanView, Specy, Handbreak etc. etc. and had to be beyond paranoid to avoid malware. Previously trusted sources like Cnet, Tucows etc. are now rife with downloads that want to add toolbars and mess up your system. The worst one for me was one of those nasty advert pop up things that covers every webpage with pop ups. I struggled to get rid of that!

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Synching settings (keywords, presets, etc) between multiple computers

Hello - I tried searching for a solution but the only one I found was from 2009 (for CS3).
I have CS4 on my MacBook and CS5 on my iMac. I would like things like keyword hierarchy, some presets, some preferences to be synced on both computers.
If not syncing - maybe be able to copy Keywords, Presets from one computer to another. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks,
Stevie

A lot of the Presets are fairly easy to locate (in the Presets-folder in the Application’s folder and in your user – Library – Application Support – Adobe – Adobe Photoshop CS5 – Presets) and copy/load.
Workspaces and the currently loaded Brushes, Patterns, etc. are in user – Library – Preferences – Adobe Photoshop CS5 Settings.
Keywords I’m not sure about, maybe »Adobe Bridge Keywords.xml« in Bridge’s Application Support folder?
It should be possible to create a Script that compares folder content and/or file-change dates (the respective other volume would have to be mounted naturally), loads the newer versions and link that Script to starting Photoshop with Script Events Manager – but I guess that would be rather complex.
I usually don’t use AppleScript myself, but possibly such a thing could be achieved at the System level, too.
Maybe asking in the Scripting Forum could turn something up.

Migrating settings, actions, plug-ins etc. from CS5 to CS6 (Creative Cloud)

Hi,
I wondered if someone could help me with the transition from CS5 to CS6 (Creative Cloud). I'm on a Mac with Mountain Lion.
I would like to migrate as many settings (i.e. workspaces where relevant), personal Photoshop actions, plug-ins (i.e. Type DNA, FontShop [Photoshop], Scriptographer [Illustrator] and Blurb Template Creator [InDesign]) as possible from CS5 to CS6. What is the easiest and smoothest way to do this?
Some settings, actions and plug-ins might not work with CS6, I don't know. I can't find where my Photoshop actions are archived atm.
Can I import extensions from Adobe Extension Manager CS5 to Adobe Extension Manager CS6?
Should I uninstall all CS5 apps? I'd like to keep InDesign CS5 for backwards compatibility at least.
Does Audition completely replace Soundbooth? What about Flash Catalyst, Device Central and OnLocation?
Edit: I have already installed all the Creative Cloud applications btw. But I haven't uninstalled any CS5 apps yet.
Thanks,
Eivind

Hi Elvind,
I would suggest keeping both CS5 and CS6 versions on the system until you are fully transitioned, longer if you want. When you launch Photoshop CS6 it will ask you if you want to import settings from the prior version. Third party plug-ins may or may not be compatible between versions so you might need to check with the manufacturer to find out. You would most likely need to reinstall any third party plug-ins that integrate into existing Adobe product installations though.
I found this document for Photoshop CS6
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/preset-migration-photoshop-cs6.htm l
For the PS actions, I normally open the actions panel, highlight the actions set (folder) I wanted to migrate, from the flyout menu of the panel choose the option to save the set, this creates the .atm file. There is another option for importing actions in the same menu.
I can't speak to migrating in relation to the other products. I would recommend posting in the respective product forums.
-Dave

Just downloaded newest update for PS- Can't find actions/presets

Just downloaded newest update for PS. Now, I cannot find my actions/presets. It asked to migrate them when downloading and I said yes. BUT, I cannot find them anywhere? I can't even find where to load them again. Help please! PS. I looked at the preset manager, etc. and can't find them. I also tried to redownload, and a message said they were already in place…where I do not know. Thanks

Hi a/p lost,
See Jeff Tranberry's blog post on this topic: Photoshop CC to 2014: Where’s my stuff? (Settings, workspaces, presets, panels, plug-ins)
Some is migrated, some will need to be reinstalled.
Regards,
Pete

Is the cloud backup a full backup?

Is the cloud backup a full backup including backup of Apps etc... My daughter was a little too creative with the new password and now the phone is disabled. I do not have a record of it on my computer due to a recent reformat. It might be on the cloud but not certain.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
An iPhone backup never contains the apps. It does not mind if you created the backup on iCloud or iTunes, but the backup simply includes settings and Camera Roll photos, among other things. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5262

How to create a new full backup alongside existing one?

I have recently reinstalled my MBP from scratch and installed some apps from scratch as well. I still have my old TM backup in a sparsebundle on my NAS (a ReadyNAS NV+).
I now would like to create a complete new full backup alongside my existing one. Or put differently, a new folder/backup inside the Backups.backupdb inside the mounted sparsebundle. Currently I see a folder called "XYZs MacBook Pro". I'd like that to be renamed to something like "XYZs Old MacBook Pro" and create a new full backup under "XYZs MacBook Pro".
I understand you end up having multiple folders inside Backups.backupdb if you have many Macs (with different MAC addresses). I only have one Mac, but want TM to treat my old previous backup (of the same MPB, hence with the same MAC address) as if it was from another Mac (with a different name).
With such a setup, I can still access backups from my previous installation of the same hardware by selecting another volume from TM (by holding Alt when clikcing at the TM icon) or with tools such as Back-In-Time.
Is there any way to achieve this? My sparsebundle is large enough to hold another full backup alongside the old one.
Thanks
- Tom

Pondini wrote:
tofe1965 wrote:
But wait, you said if I erased the disk I get a new UUID. I did not erase it but I moved all files into a /Previous folder (after booting from the install DVD), then installed the system new, and then moved user data (and some Library and some application stuff) back from /Previous. So, I guess, I have no new UUID for my internal disk.
Ah, yes, that is different ("reinstalled from scratch" usually means erased). If the disk was never erased, it will still have the same UUID. But since you've moved or replaced virtually everything, it will all get backed up anyway.
I'm not sure why you did all that; the old +Erase and Install+ and +Archive and Install+ options no longer exist for Snow Leopard: there's just Install, which replaces OSX without touching anything else.
I wanted to have a *really clean* install as my old systems seemed to be messed up with some bad settings.
So, back to my original question: how can I make the new "XYZs MacBook Pro" appear alongside the old "XYZs MacBook Pro" and switch volumes when I start TM using the Option key?
Why would you want to do that? You can view and restore from any backup.
I figured that way I can keep all old backups from the old installation and not have TM retire old stuff. And start a new one from scratch for the new installation where things will get retired. Basically keep the two backups apart from each other and not see any of the old stuff unless explicitly mounted using the option key.
If I follow your approach, what happens to old files of the old disk/UUID? Will they get retired eventually? Would my original idea work as envisioned or would it retire old things nevertheless? If the latter is the case, it is of no use and your suggested approach is the better one.
Is there maybe a ay to force TM to start a new full backup?
Back up to a different place: a different HD or partition, or erase the current one.
Guess that's my only option then. I created a full bootable backup to en external USB disk using Carbon Copy Cloner. Erasing the internal disk and copying back using CCC will create a new UUID then I guess ...
I will try that in the next couple of days and report back here. Thanks a lot for all your help and explanations so far, much appreciated!

Time Machine repeatedly does full backups, including FileVault while logged in

So let me preface this - for months I'd hoped for a way that Time Machine could backup my FileVault encrypted account without logging out. Last night Snow Leopard spontaneously started doing this. I know many may think that I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth, but read further and hopefully someone can help me make sense of this.
Last night I attached my external 1TB USB hard drove to my 15" MBP (spring 2010 model) running OS X 10.6.7. It started doing a Time Machine backup automatically, as usual. Since I was logged into my account that uses FileVault (a massive home folder - 220GB) I expected a fast backup of things only outside my home folder. As i looked at the details, however, i quickly realized that it was backing up all 270GB of data on my hard drive - including my FileVault account while still logged in!
At first i thought i just got lucky - i'd been craving this feature for years and it just happened to me without even doing anything. Curious guy that i am, i logged out of my acct with my USB drive still attached to see what would happen. After FileVault cleared out space in my home folder, it did _another_ backup, that took about 10 minutes to complete. This seemed strange so i logged back in and started another backup manually. To my utter shock, it started doing the whole 270GB over again!
I even cleared out my TM drive, erased, reformatted, checked permissions, etc etc and did the same on my system drive, hoping that it was just a matter of broken permissions. No change.
So there's two things going on here and i'm pretty concerned about both:
1) Why is TM backing up my entire encrypted home folder while i'm still logged in??? Apple has clearly designed TM and FV to NOT work this way for data integrity reasons and the fact that it's happening has me freaked out a bit over the reliability of my backups.
2) Why is TM doing full backups after each time i login to my account? If i stay logged in, it appears to only do incremental (normal) backups but if i logout, then re-login and allow the hour to pass and let a backup start on its own, it starts the whole 270GB again.
I'm getting to the point of wiping the system and starting from scratch but since i presently live in a country with no Apple store and extremely poor internet access, that prospect horrifies me
any ideas?
many thanks,
-Tim

Thanks for the input Pondini -
I tried deleting the file as mentioned in #A4 and it still had the problem. Last weekend i finally got a brand new hard drive and reinstalled OSX 10.6.3 from scratch, then promptly applied the 10.6.7 combo update. I purposely chose to NOT import my old user from backup and instead set up everything again manually (royal pain, but the only way i could be sure that i wouldn't bring the problem with me). Today i whipped out my TimeMachine drive and set it up for backups. I crossed my fingers and it AGAIN started backing up all 250+GB of my system from within my FileVault protected account.
My wife's MBP is still running 10.6.4 and i'm beginning to wonder if his is an issue with 10.6.7 since i'm relatively certain i didn't experience this before that upgrade.
I've checked my wife's exclusions under Options and her home folder is NOT in that list, yet her TM is not attempting to backup everything until she logs out of her FV acct.
In response to Linc Davis, _yes_ it was backing up my info into a sparsebundle file, not just the raw unencrypted data, which is extremely strange.
If i DO add my home folder to the exclude list, will it still be backed up when i log out?
At this point, i'm thinking my next steps are:
1) try a different TM backup drive, even though i've wiped and checked my current drive numerous times
2) downgrade to an older version of Snow Leopard to see if 10.6.7 is the culprit
Any other ideas?

Can I create a full backup on google drive by moving my user folders to Google Drive Folder?

Can I create a full backup on google drive? Google suggested I simply move my folders (Pictures, Music, Downloads, Documents, etc) into the google drive folder. But these seem to be automated files involved with Mac's organization... will this create problems for my computer? Ie. if I import new photos, or download music, will my computer know where to put it if its in google drive?
If this is a problem, how else could I possibly create a full backup of personal data on google drive (or any similar syncing service, for that matter). iCloud is prohibitively expensive, and programs like crash plan and carbonate run so slowly and bog down my computer so much that they are not worth it. Google drive seems simplest and most competitive in price, but I am worried about moving my folders.
Help?

Google Drive also installs a client--a google drive folder on my hard drive that is programmed to sync changes automatically to the cloud--that allows me to drag and drop. I suppose my original concern was about dragging files from my hard drive (such as "pictures" that would contain my iPhoto library, etc) into it. Would that mess up Mac's internal organizational system? If I drag and drop my pictures folder, music folder, etc. into the google drive client folder in Finder, will those applications still function correctly? Will my mac still be able to figure out where to put photos I import from my camera, etc?
I am only as tech savvy as I have to be to survive professionally as a traveling teacher, so I am looking for something pretty straightforward that will free up some of my brain waves for other activities, rather than remembering which folders I have made changes in and need to sync.

How can I do a Full backup of my phone to rooting it?

I'm on my way to root my phone (xperia pro mk16a with the 587 update), but I want to know how can I get a full backup of the phone in case I need it.
Thanks!
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Unfortunately no option
What you can backup is contacts, sms, call logs, Games data ( etc )
If you follow the process of rooting correcty, you won't loose anything
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Error during Backup/Recovery settings configuration

Hi all,
Using the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server control,
i am configuring backup/recovery settings for my infrastructure tier in a 10g Rel 2 application server environment. however after specifying the various locations for Log Files, Configuration files, Metadata repository database backup etc i get the following error after clicking the 'Ok' button.
An Internal Error has occurred while performing the operation.
Performing configuration ...
oracle_sid: cinfra
The command /oracle/appn/oracle/infra/perl/bin/perl /oracle/appn/oracle/infra/backup_restore/bkp_restore.pl -m configure -h /oracle/appn/oracle/infra -f > /infrahome/backups/log_files/2009-12-06_17-13-38_output.log failed with return code 255
i am at a loss as to why i am having this error and how to fix it.
I examined the log file and saw an error snippet saying
*"Unable to get dbid from the database. Please ensure that ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID are set to the same values used when starting up the database and that the database is open.... Failure: Configure failed"*
Also examined another file generated at the same time as the output log file and in there i saw the following
*"ld,so.1: oracle: fatal: relocation error: file /oracle/appn/oracle/product/10.2.0/cm2t/lib/libjox10.so: symbol kgestKguard_: referenced symbol not found*
*ERROR:*
*ORA-12547: TNS: lost contact*
*SP2-0751: Unable to connect to oracle. exiting SQL*Plus"*
Apart from the infrastructure database, i have another database with SID 'cm2t' on the same machine and i am suspecting that OEM Application server control is referencing the wrong file while it's doing it's work. How do i tell it to look in the right place if indeed that is the cause of my problem?
In my config.inp file all the right parameter values are in place.
Thanks.
Steve.

Hi AMN,
Thanks for your reply. I managed to solve it by taking the following steps.
I use the runstartupconsole.sh script to start up my infrastructure tier. At startup it was using an LD_LIBRARY_PATH pointing to that used by an existing Oracle database instance on the same machine.
I set ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID, LD_LIBRARY_PATH etc correctly before running the runstartupconsole.sh script and after that i was able to setup my backup/recovery settings properly.
I hope this will be useful to others.
Steve.

Do I need to backup my pics and email etc with iCloud backup or would it delete my data?

I have an ipad (3rd gen) and an iPod (5th gen) I use the ipad for school as in my school instead of books and copies. I use my ipad for leisure and taking photos and videos and Facebook etc etc. both of the devices are using the same account. I only have the free 5GB backup package. I need the storage for my ipad school things as if I lose them..that's all my schoolwork..gone. I have recently taken a lot of photos with my iPod and downloaded a lot of games. Today a notification popped up saying that I'd almost run out of iCloud backup and that I could delete some of the backup on apps etc. so that's what I did and it barely made a dent in the backup figures. I then decided to delete most of my photos just so I'd have some more space for Facebook but it turns out that if you delete your photos, it doesn't actually result in a solution to the backup problem. So what I'm wondering is.. Do I really need to backup my pictures or email etc a and just leave the backup for my ipad? Also, when I go into Settings=>iCloud=>Storage & Backup=>Manage Storage=>this iPod at the bottom of the page there's a button that says "delete backup". I'm wondering if it would help my situation or something. Thanks in advance :)

You don't need to back up your photos to iCloud if you don't want to. If you don't, be sure to import them (and your videos) to your computer so they are backed up there, as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083. You can then turn Camera Roll off under Backup Options. This article explains other options for managing and reducing your iCloud storage: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847.
If you tap Delete Backup in Manage Storage>your device, it will permanently delete the backup from iCloud. It won't do anything to the data currently on your device, but it does put you at risk until you create a new backup.

Best software for doing full backups to ext. hard disk to to be used to restore system

As a new PC owner I wanted to find out what the best software for doing full backups to external hard disk, to to be used to restore the system if primary primary disk crashes. Im aware that Windows, Acronis and Paragon all have software that doing varying degress of back and resore functions.

lasvideo,
My favorites are ShadowProtect to do an "image backup" of boot drive and Beyond Compare for backing up files for all other "data" arrays. ShadowProtect does not seem to have much market share compared with Ghost and Acronis, but I really love it.
What I like about ShadowProtect:
- Extremely fast (complete image backup for 61GB of files on my boot SSD RAID 0 array to a RAID data array takes less than 3 minutes)
- Can do image backups across a LAN; restores from boot CDROM and USB device
- Allows for backups from one controller and restore of OS on a different controller and/or RAID configuration (has HAL tools; Hardware ? Layer I think)
- Can "mount" an image backup as a drive letter and see (and copy) all directories, files, etc. that are contained in the archive
What I like about Beyond Compare:
- Can choose what to backup and what to ignore very easily (for example you can set it to ignore certain files or directory names to ignore and then save how you set things up as a "session")
- Only needs to copy over files that are new or have changed since your last backup
- Makes it very easy to selectively delete files from your backup
Regards,
Jim

Full Backups, Level 0 Backups, and Archived Logs

We have an active Oracle server and a standby Oracle server. We keep the standby database up to date with a cron script. The script tells the active database to do 'alter system switch logfile;'. We then rsync the archived logs to our standby server and have rman apply them.
This works everyday except Monday (of course!) and it only recently started failing on Mondays. The only change was that our Sunday backups used to be 'Full' backups but are now 'level 0' backups. Ever since that change, the first attempt to apply the archived logs to the standby server after the level 0 is taken on the active server gives us something like this:
ORA-00308: cannot open archived log
'/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2012_04_16/o1_mf_1_60519_%u_.arc'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Of course, the file is not there and doesn't exist on the active server either. And of course, the nightly level1 backups fo not give us problems applying archived logs to the standby database the rest of the week.
The only way I know to recover from this is to apply the level 0 backup or take a new level 0 and apply it. After that, all subsequent archive logs just work. Any idea why changing from Full to Level 0 would break this? The Oracle docs insist that a Level 0 is identical to a Full except that level 1s can reference them as parents. This simply cannot be true based on what I'm seeing! I really want to keep the level 0 backups in play if possible. Level 1 cumulatives wont be useful without them.

Here are the RMAN settings:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 7 DAYS;
CONFIGURE BACKUP OPTIMIZATION OFF; # default
CONFIGURE DEFAULT DEVICE TYPE TO DISK; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP OFF; # default
CONFIGURE CONTROLFILE AUTOBACKUP FORMAT FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO '%F'; # default
CONFIGURE DEVICE TYPE DISK PARALLELISM 1 BACKUP TYPE TO BACKUPSET; # default
CONFIGURE DATAFILE BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES FOR DEVICE TYPE DISK TO 1; # default
CONFIGURE MAXSETSIZE TO UNLIMITED; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION FOR DATABASE OFF; # default
CONFIGURE ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM 'AES128'; # default
CONFIGURE ARCHIVELOG DELETION POLICY TO NONE; # default
CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME TO '/opt/oracle/102/dbs/snapcf_ORCL.f'; # default
I'm not sure how changing ARCHIVELOG BACKUP COPIES would help. Can you give me a little more information about how that setting comes into play in this situation?
I actually don't want an archive deletion policy here. We have this done in script three days after the needed archive logs have been applied. Is it possible that the we're deleting archivelogs too soon? Would we ever need to reach back in time to previously applied archive logs to apply new ones?
The %u does resolve, but this message isn't showing it. Here is that same log entry plus a few previous entries that show it does resolve.
ORA-00279: change 1284618956 generated at 04/13/2012 15:30:05 needed for thread
1
ORA-00289: suggestion :
/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2012_04_16/o1_mf_1_60518_%u_.arc
ORA-00280: change 1284618956 for thread 1 is in sequence #60518
ORA-00278: log file
'/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2012_04_13/o1_mf_1_60517_7rjzox
0l_.arc' no longer needed for this recovery
ORA-00279: change 1284618958 generated at 04/13/2012 15:30:05 needed for thread
1
ORA-00289: suggestion :
/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2012_04_16/o1_mf_1_60519_%u_.arc
ORA-00280: change 1284618958 for thread 1 is in sequence #60519
ORA-00278: log file
'/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2012_04_13/o1_mf_1_60518_7rjzox
0x_.arc' no longer needed for this recovery
ORA-00308: cannot open archived log
'/opt/oracle/flash_recovery_area/ORCL/archivelog/2012_04_16/o1_mf_1_60519_%u_.ar
c'
ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
Linux-x86_64 Error: 2: No such file or directory
Additional information: 3

Restore database in the past using only archivelog without full backup

Hi,
We have a 11g Oracle database up & running.
We don't have a full backup, but we have all archived log from the last 2 months.
Is it possible to "restore" the database using archived logs in a date in the past?
I mean for example 3 days ago?
Thanks in advance.

user8973191 wrote:
Oh, ok Vijayaraghavan K.
Thx for u help.
And about the users ?
i need to create the "same" user in another machine ?
For example:
In this machine i using the "system" user, where i have my tables.
Another machine, when i restore, my tables will go to the "system" user too? or i can choice? or i need to create one?A true backup is a copy of the data files at the file/block level. The restore is therefore a restore of the data files/blocks. Applying the redo (archive logs) is also done at the block level. None of that knows or cares (or needs to know or care) about logical objects (such as users, tablespaces, tables, rows, etc) within the database. so if you do a proper restore, you are restoring files to a consistent state and thus everything that was defined within those files will be there when restored.

Time Machine Deleted Files From A Non-Full Backup?

OK... I just noticed something strange... I had some movie files that I deleted sometime yesterday (don't need them anymore)... just now, I wanted to see to retrieve one of them with TM and they're gone!
My backup drive is nowhere near full and TM didn't warn me about deleting anything... looking at my backups, I noticed that I only have backups for yesterday at 8:03AM and from 8:09PM (and on)... I'm guessing that's the case because anything before 8:09PM is now more than 24 hrs old... hence, it's 'thinned out'... I also noticed that I only have my initial backup from Friday... not the several it made afterwards... and that backup from Friday is missing some data I had that was captured by the later backups...
What's going on here? Seems to me that it should have all of my stuff, no?

jdelima wrote:
If you have all of the hourly data essentially versioned and incorporated into the daily, then Joe wants to restore from 3 days ago, if he has a file there that he has changed every single hour for that particular day, then he has 24 possible files to restore! It becomes a versioning nightmare. Though my example is extreme it's possible.
Yeah, but that is what computers are good at, though. You can even put a simple UI on this, where the most recent version (the last edited version before its untimely deletion) is the only thing you see, unless you want to delve deeper into the depths of versions of the file.
Also consider what is currently done for backups. People manually, or to a schedule, do point in time backups. Not as frequently as time machine, but it still happens. They have the exact same issues, with the exception that TM may have people becoming relaxed about their data, falsely believing it always going to be in a backup set somewhere.
Yeah, point-in-time backups are always an issue, because they are just a snapshot, and not a journal of things done to change a file, so you can't recover something if it was never in a point-in-time backup.
Sure it has it's flaws, but overall it's better there than not.
I totally agree with that. Getting people to use some backup (even if flawed) is way better than the dismal state of backups for end users. I guess I'm just advocating for improving even further the state of backups, to a point where you can actually rely on them 99.999%.
In case anyone is interested, I have been participating in an Open Source backup project "Box Backup" for the last few years. It supports the keeping of deleted files as long as the backup server has space left. It also solves another TM problem, in that it backs up only what changed in a large file (like a Parallels virtual Disk), so you don't need to do full backups of every file every time it changes. It has many other features as well, such as network backups, encrypted backups, and multiple platform support (Windows, Mac, Linux, and more).
Go to http://www.boxbackup.org/ to check it out.
This, however is not a solution (yet) for the average Joe to use. It requires a server on which to run the backup server (which could be a Mac), and some setup, and use of Terminal.app, etc. But it does solve many of the issues with TM.
Thanks,
Per

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