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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008Where are the back-ups?
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 Support/Bakup/Backup Library/ What is there isn't very big at all (I want to archive it and shift 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?! Thank you for any help you can give with this. Justin.  SignatureJustin C, by the sea. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Justin. It'll backup to wherever you told it to! Where did you backup the 40GB to? If it was the main drive, then it was a waste of time if you had a drive failure. Normally you'd backup to a separate, external, disk drive, or some of it can be stored on your .Mac space. Open the Backup application and double click on the backup plan, then double click on the drive at the bottom of the box that opens, that will then show you where it is. SignatureAndy Hewitt <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/> >> 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 [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > double click on the drive at the bottom of the box that opens, that will > then show you where it is. As far as I can tell Apple's Backup.app just create disk images with the backed up files in, just hidden inside a package wrapper to foil the Finder. Cheers, Chris > >> 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 [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > the backed up files in, just hidden inside a package wrapper to foil > the Finder. Yes, I save mine in a folder called 'Backups' on an external hard drive. It's easyn to navigate, 'show package contents', and open the image - you can then access all the files normally. It's easy to moan about the complexity, but it should be hard to mess with a backup system IMHO. SignatureAndy Hewitt <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/> > 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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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 Support/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. SignatureMark > > 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 [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > 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 portion of your iDisk). SignatureDavid Empson dempson@actrix.gen.nz > 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 Support/Bakup/Backup Library/ [snip] Thanks to all who replied to the thread. I now have a better understanding of what is going on. Justin. SignatureJustin C, by the sea. |
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