Hi, Drives me nuts that Apple's solution for stuff they can't figure out is always to wipe and reinstall. So much for just works. Smile.
If I were you, I would not use a time machine backup for your purpose. You have a one time backup need, and a clone to another drive will be faster and more easily useable for you in this one use case. That said, I'd trouble shoot your printer problem by doing a clean install on your external drive, and booting from that, seeing if it will correct your problem before I'd mess around with your internal. I'd test the printer issue, then use migration assistant to move your data from the internal to the external, and again see if the printer problem comes back. If that solves your problem, you have a workflow to correct it. If the printer problem comes back, well, write back here and we'll try another step. Good luck. --k Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the questions. On Apr 14, 2014, at 5:39 PM, Agent086b <agent0...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Thank you Tim and all for the answers to my question. > I have written before about a printer problem I have been having. After about > an hour and a half spent yesterday with Apple Care we still can't fix the > problem. They now wan't me to wipe the whole drive and re-install everything. > I don't wish to do this until I have a local backup of my drive. I have about > 75GB stored on Carbonite. As I only have 50GB provided by my ISP before my > speed will be shaped, Carbonite is used just incase my Mac is stolen or the > house burns down. > So it is just my wife's photos and our music library, documents etc I would > want to put back on the Mac. This being the case as I understand all the > answers TimeMachine appears to be What I need. Is this correct? > Thanks again. > Max > > On 15 Apr 2014, at 1:41 am, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> In addition to what's already been mentioned here, let me add a few >> comments. Carbonite only copies your non-system files in contrast to Time >> Machine which backs up your entire HD. Don't get me wrong though, I firmly >> believe that Carbonite or similar solutions are important and in many cases, >> they're all you need since the inception of the Recovery Partition. Cloning >> has its advantages as well, especially with respect to having a bootable >> backup, but, unless your HD totally dies, the Recovery Partition along with >> a Time Machine backup will easily suffice. So, in my opinion, since you >> already have Carbonite, and with the Mac OS having a built-in Recovery >> Partition, add Time Machine to that and you have a pretty reliable backup >> solution. That being said, it's really a case by case or personal needs >> sort of thing. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Apr 14, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Kayaker <sea...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Time machine and cloning serve two different use cases. It really depends >>> on what your needs are. I personally use a time machine drive and then I >>> cycle two external drives which I clone weekly. Both are useful for some >>> disaster scenarios. Since you already have a remote backup solution, you >>> may want the cloning weekly option. That way, upon a failure, you can >>> connect and reboot, bulling any changed data down from your cloud backup. >>> >>> >>> As for not being able to boot from USB, that statement is totally false. >>> Older macs did have a problem with USB booting, but that hasn't been an >>> issue for years. Firewire is a dead standard, all be it, a very nice one. >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> --k >>> Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the >>> questions. >>> >>> >>> On Apr 14, 2014, at 1:54 AM, Agent086b <agent0...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I already backup my Mac to Carbonite. I wish to get a USB drive to have an >>>> on-site backup. Is there any reason why I shouldn't use TimeMachine? 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