TC without Time machine

I have installed TC and TM is up and running. I want now to use TC without TimeMachine using my own backup startegy with f.e rsync. Don't know how to mount the device as a second disk permanently connected and up. I can see TC inside Finder but cannot access the volume. Any ideas would be helpful.

You need to have File Sharing enabled on the Time Capsule - done via Airport Utility -> Manual Setup -> Disks -> File Sharing.
In selecting the TC's name under shared in Finder, you should then see the TC disk in the Finder Window.
The disk act like any other network share.
To mount it automatically I think you'd need a script to run at statup to connect to the TC and then mount the disk.

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Backups without Time Machine?

I'm wondering what the options are for backups without Time Machine. I'm a tech support guy from a way back who's primarily worked with *nix and Windows machines, and I'm no stranger to setting up networks, NAS devices and filers, etc.
This is an all-Apple setup - MacBook Pros, iMacs, iPads, iPhones, etc. There were 2 Time Capsules in the mix, but they both began to fail so we replaced them with a single Seagate 4-bay NAS attached to 2 LAN ports. This is a 10/100/100 network with N-wireless and Gigabit switches.
Both before and after swapping out the Time Capsules for the NAS, we received the "
Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.
message on the MacBooks, less often on the iMac. Post-NAS implementation, we are still seeing on the MacBooks. I've tried relaxing the backup settings to every 3-4 hours since all machines were set to backup every hour as default and I believe they were stepping on each other.
I'm not ruling out the network, or anything at this point, but it seems odd that Time Machine will complete a backup, then at some point in the future find that it's not valid and need to go again from scratch. It's not ideal to use Time Machine if it needs a new full backup every ~2 days or more.
So I'm simultaneously looking for any advice on how to resolve the Time Machine error, and/or how to perform routine backups to the NAS without Time Machine.
Thanks in advance.
MM

I'm wondering what the options are for backups without Time Machine
Time machine is NOT a data backup, its a system (/emergency) backup. (whats the difference? the system is data?!, Yes, however the difference is huge).
....and most pros (nearly all) are absolutely NOT using Time machine as a source, and never as a single source to archive important data.
Time machine by definition is absolutely not a data archive, nor a storage nexus for vital data, which is secure by definition.
here you go:
Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection
Data Storage Platforms; their Drawbacks & Advantages
#1. Time Machine / Time Capsule
Drawbacks:
1. Time Machine is not bootable, if your internal drive fails, you cannot access files or boot from TM directly from the dead computer.
OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks include OS X Recovery. This feature includes all of the tools you need to reinstall OS X, repair your disk, and even restore from a Time Machine
"you can't boot directly from your Time Machine backups"
2. Time machine is controlled by complex software, and while you can delve into the TM backup database for specific file(s) extraction, this is not ideal or desirable.
3. Time machine can and does have the potential for many error codes in which data corruption can occur and your important backup files may not be saved correctly, at all, or even damaged. This extra link of failure in placing software between your data and its recovery is a point of risk and failure. A HD clone is not subject to these errors.
4. Time machine mirrors your internal HD, in which cases of data corruption, this corruption can immediately spread to the backup as the two are linked. TM is perpetually connected (or often) to your computer, and corruption spread to corruption, without isolation, which TM lacks (usually), migrating errors or corruption is either automatic or extremely easy to unwittingly do.
5. Time Machine does not keep endless copies of changed or deleted data, and you are often not notified when it deletes them; likewise you may accidently delete files off your computer and this accident is mirrored on TM.
6. Restoring from TM is quite time intensive.
7. TM is a backup and not a data archive, and therefore by definition a low-level security of vital/important data.
8. TM working premise is a “black box” backup of OS, APPS, settings, and vital data that nearly 100% of users never verify until an emergency hits or their computers internal SSD or HD that is corrupt or dead and this is an extremely bad working premise on vital data.
9. Given that data created and stored is growing exponentially, the fact that TM operates as a “store-it-all” backup nexus makes TM inherently incapable to easily backup massive amounts of data, nor is doing so a good idea.
10. TM working premise is a backup of a users system and active working data, and NOT massive amounts of static data, yet most users never take this into consideration, making TM a high-risk locus of data “bloat”.
11. In the case of Time Capsule, wifi data storage is a less than ideal premise given possible wireless data corruption.
12. TM like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
13. *Level-1 security of your vital data.
Advantages:
1. TM is very easy to use either in automatic mode or in 1-click backups.
2. TM is a perfect novice level simplex backup single-layer security save against internal HD failure or corruption.
3. TM can easily provide a seamless no-gap policy of active data that is often not easily capable in HD clones or HD archives (only if the user is lazy is making data saves).
#2. HD archives
Drawbacks:
1. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
2. Unless the user ritually copies working active data to HD external archives, then there is a time-gap of potential missing data; as such users must be proactive in archiving data that is being worked on or recently saved or created.
Advantages:
1. Fills the gap left in a week or 2-week-old HD clone, as an example.
2. Simplex no-software data storage that is isolated and autonomous from the computer (in most cases).
3. HD archives are the best idealized storage source for storing huge and multi-terabytes of data.
4. Best-idealized 1st platform redundancy for data protection.
5. *Perfect primary tier and level-2 security of your vital data.
#3. HD clones (see below for full advantages / drawbacks)
Drawbacks:
1. HD clones can be incrementally updated to hourly or daily, however this is time consuming and HD clones are, often, a week or more old, in which case data between today and the most fresh HD clone can and would be lost (however this gap is filled by use of HD archives listed above or by a TM backup).
2. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
Advantages:
1. HD clones are the best, quickest way to get back to 100% full operation in mere seconds.
2. Once a HD clone is created, the creation software (Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper) is no longer needed whatsoever, and unlike TM, which requires complex software for its operational transference of data, a HD clone is its own bootable entity.
3. HD clones are unconnected and isolated from recent corruption.
4. HD clones allow a “portable copy” of your computer that you can likewise connect to another same Mac and have all your APPS and data at hand, which is extremely useful.
5. Rather than, as many users do, thinking of a HD clone as a “complimentary backup” to the use of TM, a HD clone is superior to TM both in ease of returning to 100% quickly, and its autonomous nature; while each has its place, TM can and does fill the gap in, say, a 2 week old clone. As an analogy, the HD clone itself is the brick wall of protection, whereas TM can be thought of as the mortar, which will fill any cracks in data on a week, 2-week, or 1-month old HD clone.
6. Best-idealized 2nd platform redundancy for data protection, and 1st level for system restore of your computers internal HD. (Time machine being 2nd level for system restore of the computer’s internal HD).
7. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
HD cloning software options:
1. SuperDuper HD cloning software APP (free)
2. Carbon Copy Cloner APP (will copy the recovery partition as well)
3. Disk utility HD bootable clone.
#4. Online archives
Drawbacks:
1. Subject to server failure or due to non-payment of your hosting account, it can be suspended.
2. Subject, due to lack of security on your part, to being attacked and hacked/erased.
Advantages:
1. In case of house fire, etc. your data is safe.
2. In travels, and propagating files to friends and likewise, a mere link by email is all that is needed and no large media needs to be sent across the net.
3. Online archives are the perfect and best-idealized 3rd platform redundancy for data protection.
4. Supremely useful in data isolation from backups and local archives in being online and offsite for long-distance security in isolation.
5. *Level-1.5 security of your vital data.
#5. DVD professional archival media
Drawbacks:
1. DVD single-layer disks are limited to 4.7Gigabytes of data.
2. DVD media are, given rough handling, prone to scratches and light-degradation if not stored correctly.
Advantages:
1. Archival DVD professional blank media is rated for in excess of 100+ years.
2. DVD is not subject to mechanical breakdown.
3. DVD archival media is not subject to ferromagnetic degradation.
4. DVD archival media correctly sleeved and stored is currently a supreme storage method of archiving vital data.
5. DVD media is once written and therefore free of data corruption if the write is correct.
6. DVD media is the perfect ideal for “freezing” and isolating old copies of data for reference in case newer generations of data become corrupted and an older copy is needed to revert to.
7. Best-idealized 4th platform redundancy for data protection.
8. *Level-3 (highest) security of your vital data.
[*Level-4 data security under development as once-written metallic plates and synthetic sapphire and likewise ultra-long-term data storage]
#6. Cloud based storage
Drawbacks:
1. Cloud storage can only be quasi-possessed.
2. No genuine true security and privacy of data.
3. Should never be considered for vital data storage or especially long-term.
4. *Level-0 security of your vital data.
Advantages:
1. Quick, easy and cheap storage location for simplex files for transfer to keep on hand and yet off the computer.
2. Easy source for small-file data sharing.
#7. Network attached storage (NAS) and JBOD storage
Drawbacks:
1. Subject to RAID failure and mass data corruption.
2. Expensive to set up initially.
3. Can be slower than USB, especially over WiFi.
4. Mechanically identical to USB HD backup in failure potential, higher failure however due to RAID and proprietary NAS enclosure failure.
Advantages:
1. Multiple computer access.
2. Always on and available.
3. Often has extensive media and application server functionality.
4. Massive capacity (also its drawback) with multi-bay NAS, perfect for full system backups on a larger scale.
5. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
JBOD (just a bunch of disks / drives) storage
Identical to NAS in form factor except drives are not networked or in any RAID array, rather best thought of as a single USB feed to multiple independent drives in a single powered large enclosure. Generally meaning a non-RAID architecture.
Drawbacks:
1. Subject to HD failure but not RAID failure and mass data corruption.
Advantages:
1. Simplex multi-drive independent setup for mass data storage.
2. Very inexpensive dual purpose HD storage / access point.
3. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
Time Machine is a system hub backup, not a data hub backup
Important data you “don’t dare lose” should not be considered ultimately safe, or ideally stored (at the very least not as sole copy of same) on your Time Machine backup. Hourly and daily fluctuations of your system OS, applications, and software updates is the perfect focus for the simple user to conduct ‘click it and forget it’ backups of the entire system and files on the Macbook HD.
Bootable clones are the choice of professionals and others in that Time Machine cannot be booted from and requires a working HD to retrieve data from (meaning another computer). Your vital data needs to be and should be ‘frozen’ on some form of media storage, either in a clone, as an archived HD containing important files, or on DVD blank archival media.
A file that is backed up to Time Machine is unsafe in that if that file is deleted off the computer by accident or lost otherwise, that file will likewise vanish from Time Machine as it reflects changes on the internal computer HD/SSD.

Reinstall OS X without Time Machine and Re-Authorization

If I want to reinstall my OS X “from scratch” (without Time Machine), do I need to cancel registration my AppleID in iTunes and is already on the “new” system for a re-authorization of my account/OS X?

There wrote:
mende1 wrote:
In that case, you may keep the authorization. Anyway, it's better to deauthorize it. Note that you may have to deauthorize all Macs, devices and PCs if you run out of space for authorized Macs, PCs and devices in your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420

How can I downgrade my Os x Maverick to Os x mountain lion without time machine

downgrade os x maverick to os x mountain lion without time machine back up and disc

To downgrade you have to have a copy of the Mountain Lion installer, download from the Mac App Store but be sure to go to System Preferences > App Store first and uncheck boxes that will automatically install the download.
You will have to erase the hard drive and then install from a saved copy of the installer, saved to a flash drive for instance.
This is going to be a time consuming exercise, so is there a specific reason for wanting to downgrade?

I deleted a pop email account from mail. How can I recover those sent messages without Time Machine?

I deleted a pop email account from mail. How can I recover those sent messages without Time Machine?

Thomas,
"Note that you were warned that this would happen and approved it. When you delete an e-mail account in Mail, you are shown a message like the following:"
You didn't read my problem - I said I deleted a POP email account. I always read the messages that pop up and in Mail when you delete a POP account - IT DOESN'T TELL YOU NUTHIN! It just deletes it - which *** for me. Fortunately, I had an iPhone and on that device I had about a 1000 messages that I could recover but on all my POP accounts I download them from the server onto my Mac so they were only on Mail (the really old ones that I wanted to keep.) I had to move them into another directory one by one basically because when I would move 50 some of them would move and some wouldn't and I never did figure out that problem. Basically the ones that would not move are the ones that were associated with my domain changes with GoDaddy, and there were a lot of those. Have no idea as to why only those were resistant to moving but I can get all that data from GoDaddy anyway.
This thread is now moot seeing as how I've recovered everything I can and am going to just move on - and back up more often. ;-)
Apple and Mail need to rewrite that program to include a WARNING MESSAGE when deleting an Account in Mail that says ALL YOUR MESSAGES ARE GOING TO DISAPPEAR NEVER TO RETURN IF YOU DELETE THIS ACCOUNT, SO YOU DANG WELL BETTER HAVE A BACK UP IF YOU WANT TO KEEP ANYTHING BEFORE PRESSING THAT MINUS SYMBOL! ;-)

Back-ups with and without Time Machine + G -MINI

I've got a problem with my new G - MINI 500GB running on an iMac intel 10.5.1/ 230GB. I hope someone can help me with this.
Overview of problem: I need more hard disc space and opted for an external drive. I would have got a G _Tech Q 500 gb drive but there weren't any immediately available so got the G -MINI 500. Basically this is for video and large audio files. Anyway, I plugged the new MINI in and it pretty much set itself up. Time Machine offered to do a back up of my whole system and contents, I clicked 'accept' and excluding a few items in the options pane in TM it came to around 210 GBs now on the MINI. As I need to take the Mac in for servicing a defective LCD I thought a back up of the system a good idea. I added a few other video files in a separate folder on the MINI. I then thought that was way too much- I will need more than the remaining 245 GBs for future stuff. So I wanted to get some more space back and thinking that it would work pretty much like the Mac's own hard disc and Flash USB drives I just tried to send some files from the back-up folder on the MIni to the trash in the dock. I got a message saying I couldn't trash any files included in a back-up! Kinda locked. I tried trashing one of the video files that wasn't in the system TM back-up folder and it did go to the trash but then I checked the available memory on the MINI hadn't reflected change: the size of that file wasn't added to the 'available memory'. Buff, problem.
Anyway, I then decided to trash the whole back-up folder and everything else. All went in the trash can in the dock but again, despite expecting the Mini's space to have been freed up, like any hard drive or other storage device, it hadn't been. It still counted 210 GB used up. To make sure I emptied the trash as well but again with no result.
I couldn't access the trashed files in any way now but the Mini was obviously counting them. What's going on?
So then used DisK Utility to check the MINI, same result, and then completely exasperated I just went ahead and partitioned it, that seeming the best option at the time. I got the space back but lost about 230 MG in the process. Annoying all in all. Now, I didn't want a Drive that you can't eliminate files from without having to erase the whole bl**dy disk! This seems to be the only way to get space back from the MINI's drive but it seems ludicrous. What am I doing wrong, what don't I know?
A related question is what's the difference between 'erasing' a disk and 'partitioning' one (in Disk Utility). I can't work this one out. The important question is whether there is a way to delete items from the Mini in order to get back the space they occupy. If not I should have bought something else. I thought G -Tech was supposed to be top end, it is faster than USB I'll give it that for now.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Oh and I'm posting this here because there is nothing in G Tech support about this and the post I sent to the G Tech forum goes unanswered after 2 days already - it seems like a simple question that someone should know the answer to. I want to know if I should just simply copy files to the mini and not bother with system files unless I really want to make a back up. A final question would also be: what exact folders are needed to make just a simple system back up but without all the clutter that you could reinstall from the discs anyway?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: Paul Quemades

If you just want to drag a few files around how about create a folder on the external drive. I know some say you shouldn't do this, but TM will still work even if there is another folder on the same volume you use for backing up with TM. In that folder you can drag whatever into it, just as you are able to do on any flash drive.
But let's revisit how TM works. I don't understand the detailed operation of TM but once it establishes the initial large copy of your Operating System, subsequent small changes are linked back to the big one, so when in the Time Machine window with all of the different backups over the past days or weeks, clicking on any one of them will show you what appears to be the same thing - the contents of your hard disk. In amongst that will be the small changes or added files.
To save it recreating by and large the same appearance of your hard disk each time it reuses the initial copy and just adds any changes. It does this by associating any newly changed or newly added file to the base copy, by using links. It is like creating a context for the file, so TM is making file X linked to folder Y which is part of application Z. If we want that file back using TM, it will know that file X has certain associations and it will put it back where it got it from.
When we drag that same file to another location, it is just that file in isolation. It has no context. The only association it has, is what we remember about it, "that photo was taken at Lucy's wedding" for instance. TM or the computer for that matter doesn't know who Lucy is, or even that she is a human being.
So in our flesh and blood reality, we see files as objects that have meaning to us, but to the computer it is all just data that has a place and a function. Time machine is a kind of illusion. It is also a Place machine by replacing files in previous places.
You say to use TM to just store "things like personal documents, music, video and other such stuff, unrelated to system back ups, seems such a fussy and tedious way to do it,..." I agree, but TM has the advantage of being able to restore any file no matter how obscure, or even restore your whole OS if you needed to. You can always retrieve any document or song or photo from TM by going into TM and having it restore that document. Not you dragging and dropping but letting it do it. The other advantage of TM is that it will keep variations of the same file as it is changed, such as various drafts as they are edited.
Maybe a more suitable backup application for you may be SuperDuper, where you can greatly control what is backs up. The disadvantage of superDuper is it won't keep older versions of something, rather make a fresh copy of that folder each time you use it.
So you have a few options, but I think if you can get used to opening TM and locating the files that it automatically saved, and telling it to restore those back to your hard drive, it may well serve your needs.
roam

How do you install CS5 onto a new computer without Time Machine/file transfer

I'm not getting a new computer, but my current one is getting a little old (Macbook Pro V. 10.6.8) and I'm afraid it might crash if I download the newest Maverick system, which is why I want to make absolutely sure I'm able to save and transfer all my old files and CS5 Creative Suite programs if this indeed happens. I don't trust Time Machine to do it; my boss had this happen and Time Machine did not transfer the Adobe programs. I also don't want to rely on Time Machine and any other file transfer (which all new Macs offer) because I've had brand new computers crash because of old corrupt files from my old computer converting over, and the Apple people said it's a bad idea (which would have been nice to know BEFORE the computer crashed and everything. . .) I've been told you can only use the CD to install CS5 onto your computer twice, which I've already done (thanks to my brand new computer crashing once already). So I would like to know how it's possible to install the program onto a new computer should this one crash, without the use of file transfer or Time Machine. I have no interest in upgrading to CC.
Thanks!

Avoid using Time Machine for re-installing Adobe software. It rarely works and usually breaks the activation mechanism.
I've been told you can only use the CD to install CS5 onto your computer twice,
Not quite.
You can install the software as many times as you like but you can only activate the software for use on a maximum of two computers at the same time.
To re-install you will need your CS5 serial number.
Download the installer from Download CS5 products
Install then enter your serial number when prompted.

Backing up documents without Time Machine

Could someone please explain to me how to back up my pictures without using Time Machine? I bought an external hard drive but when I plug it in, it immediately connects to Time Machine every time. I don't want my entire computer backed up, just pictures and certain important documents.
Thanks so much for your time, I greatly appreciate it.

You can exclude specific folders from the backup in Time Machine's Preferences:
Otherwise use a backup application like Synk Pro that incrementally backs up selected folders.
OT

How can I restore my system to 2 days ago without Time Machine?

I don't want to wipe the disc, just restore the settings to 2 days ago. Time Machine hadn't been set up yet.

OS X doesn't have "System Restore" like on Windows where it's rather simple to revert the system/programs to a earlier state without affecting your files.
Next time, prepare for this eventuality to occur and have both a TimeMachine and bootable clones, combined with your most precious files further backed up to cd's and dvd's if possible.
Most commonly used backup methods

Mountain Lion causing apps not to work, how can I downgrade to Lion without Time Machine Back-up?

Since installing Mountain Lion, I have found applications that don't work. I want to go back to Mountain Lion, unfortunately I had trouble with my Time Machine back up hard drive a couple days after installing Mountain Lion and I don't have any back up to work from. Tried to go to App Store and redownload Lion from there under purchases, but I got message that said "You can’t upgrade this version of Mac OS X because a newer version is installed."
I have another mac that I can download the Lion install package to and then drag it over to this computer, so the question is, Will I be able to re-install Lion over the upgraded Mountain Lion without any problems?

Babowa - By On Screen, I mean it still shows up in the disk utility and reads the following:
MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-898:
Firmware Revision:    HE13
Interconnect:    ATAPI
Burn Support:    Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache:    1024 KB
Reads DVD:    Yes
CD-Write:    -R, -RW
DVD-Write:    -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies:    CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media:    To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose File > Refresh Information
There are several links here on the support forums with manyyy others having the same problem: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4150905?start=30&tstart=0

How can i downgrade from os x 10.9 to 10.7 without time machine

can i downgrade from os x 10.9 dirrectly to 10.7?

You should start a new topic thread, so as to get more exposure
to your question; this is suggested due to the status of where you
posted your item (now answered) will see fewer people with any
answer; mostly those seeking answers like their own question.
If your MacBook Pro shipped with a system later than the
DVD version OS X 10.6 you have, the disc would not work.
However, if the DVD you have is the Original OS X version
the MacBook Pro came with, you could use it in much the
same way as it worked before installing Mavericks 10.9.x
By 'reverting' to Snow Leopard 10.6.8 you will essentially lose all
of the content on the hard disk drive. I am not certain if you could
even import anything from a 'time machine' device that had been
created under the newer Mavericks 10.9 system. Since you have
to boot the computer with the install DVD for 10.6, and erase the
hard disk drive, reformat it to GUID and HFS+ (whatever default
for Snow Leopard) and that would remove the Recovery partition
on the computer's hard disk drive, and any other partitions.
Insert the Snow Leopard DVD into the optical drive, and restart
while holding the C key down, until the Installer disc is running
the computer; this would be rather slow, as it reads from the DVD
in order to build the Installer desktop, and access files to attempt
an installation. It may also be testing the hard disk drive, etc.
Once the computer is booted from the SL 10.6 install DVD, you
can look into the Utilities menu (in top of screen, like in Finder
desktop) to choose Disk Utility from the drop-down menu, and
once you launch Disk Utility, note there are sections within it
to choose from. You can choose Secure Erase (single pass) if
you want to have the utility overwrite zeros on the entire HDD.
This a bit longer then a basic erase & install. It wipes everything.
If not, choose to erase all Partitions and be sure it does this.
Afterward you would need to be sure it reformats the hard drive
with a correct partition map & file type. GUID & HFS+ journaled.
The tools are in the Disk Utilty that you run prior to the Installer
itself, as there are options in the menu just like Finder desktop.
Once the hard drive is erased, partition mapped, & reformatted,
it should be easy to put an all-new system 10.6 on the hard drive.
(That is, if the OS X DVD you have is a retail version, and if your
computer shipped with a system older than the one on that DVD.)
Should you choose to, an idea some suggest prior to upgrade
and also prior to downgrade, is to make a full clone of the system
that is running the computer on an externally enclosed hard disk
drive (see carbon copy cloner, or superduper, clone utilities) so
as to have a complete running system that can boot the Mac...
If you had one of these prior to upgrading to Mavericks, it would
be able to run your computer without re-installing. You could just
use the clone utility, again, to clone it back to the wiped Mac HD.
Or run Snow Leopard from the external, at a slightly slower rate
given the USB 2.0/3.0 to an external is slower than bus speed.
Not sure if this helps. However you may benefit from more
exposure to your question in a new topic thread, and that
could be in Snow Leopard, Mavericks, or this ASC section.
There are advantages to posting in an OS X named topic
since people with all kinds of supported Mac would see it.
Hopefully you can revert, and also have some kind of a way
to make a backup of any works you may need a copy of.
The applications in Snow Leopard, older than Mavericks,
may not like to handle files made with newer software.
Though there is a cost to set up the ability to make and use
full bootable system clones, the external drive, time, learning
and testing the idea to see if you can master it before erasure,
the results are worth the effort; since you then have a backup.
A full backup, and it is a manual effort to make this kind, unlike
the 'time machine' bits and pieces, this can bring back the Mac;
if used with a time machine backup, too, could be opportune.
Good luck & happy computing!

Restoring without Time Machine

Is there anyway to restore my imac without using Time Machine??

There are other tools you can use including other backup programs.
You can also use cloning programs, +Carbon Copy Cloner+ or SuperDuper, to duplicate your entire hard drive onto another hard drive or partition. The duplicates can be used to restore.
You can even use the Restore tab in Apple's Disk Utility to duplicate your drive to a disk image file or another drive/partition.
If you are short on backup space, you can manually backup just your +user folder+ to another location, or to optical disks. If you need to restore, first reinstall the OS and apps, then restore your user data.
(Or are you asking about restoring NOW without having used a backup process.)

How can I make a backup without Time Machine?

I'm finally upgrading to Mountain Lion, but my Seagate GoFlex harddrive isn't letting me backup via time machine. do I have to reformat the harddrive to be used with time machine? or is there an app I can download so I can get a clean install of OS X without having to loose any of my files or apps?

The disk for Time Machine should be firmatted as HFS+
If you want to do a backup so that you can do an erase & install, I suggest that you make a bootable clone with either CCC or SuperDuper.
Allan

Making a back-up without TIme Machine

Hi Everyone,
How can I make back ups (without using Time Machine) while still retaining information like the date and time the pictures were taken, the notes intact, and raw images still raw?
I've made notes using iPhoto and some images are in Canon's Raw file format. I've already tried just dragging pictures to a folder on the Desktop, but the Raw files become smaller jpegs and when I transfer them back to iPhoto, my notes are gone.

Make a copy of the iPhoto Library (in your Pictures Folder) to a new volume or disk. You can make incremental back ups with many apps - DejaVu and Chronosync are two, but there are many, many others. Search on MacUpdate.
FYI If you select the pic in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export then you have many more export options than drag and drop - including exporting the original file.
Regards
TD

Backing up without Time Machine

Hi,
I would like to back up my Macbook to an external drive, but not using Time Machine (I have one drive dedicated to Time Machine, but also another 500GB drive of photos etc., and would like to back up everything to that without losing anything on there, before going traveling).
How can I ‘manually’ back up things like Mail, iCal, Safari bookmarks, and so on ?
Is there a way of just manually dragging Mail, iCal, Safari files etc to the external drive, in the way I can do with Word files, PDFs, mp3s, etc?
Thank you in advance.

G'day Stuart,
I've done this a couple of times with manual migrations (where I didn't want to use Migration Assistant).
As far as I can tell, the necessary folders & files for Mail are:
~/Library/Mail
~/Library/Mail Downloads
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
The necessary folders & files for iCal:
~/Library/Calendars
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ical.plist
The necessary folders & files for Safari:
~/Library/Safari
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.RSS.plist
For a more rigorous approach, you could use one of the tools such as Carbon Copy Cloner, SuperDuper! or even Backuplist+ (this is a very handy tool for small jobs).
Cheers,
Rodney

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