![]() ![]() That's what I call NICE - bordering on sweet. There can even be other (non-related) files on the destination disk/clone which will not be deleted. This does not affect the clone the clone is - or, more correctly, behaves as - a true clone. When turned on, this feature retains deleted files and older versions of modified files in a special location. So perhaps some of you are not aware of this ability in CCC to do such "time" back-ups. The feature, therefore, isn't new only my awareness of it is. ![]() In the latest version (v4.x) of CCC, it is called "SafetyNet" in v3.x, it was "Archiving". It has a feature, which can be turned on or off, which does a TM-like back-up – at the same time that it is actually cloning. I have just discovered that CCC does both. ![]() You can, therefore, go back in time and find something that - under other circumstances - was lost forever. It backs up your stuff, and saves copies of deleted files and older versions of files that have been modified. TM does something different and differently. So you have a backup of all your stuff on a disc that is bootable. In the case of your start-up disk, this clone can be made bootable. That can be a single file, folder, or your start-up disk. CCC makes an exact duplicate/copy – a clone – of something. We “all know” the difference between what CCC does and what Time Machine (TM) does. I consider the latter a superior product. ![]() I used to use SuperDuper! for cloning, but years ago made the switch to CCC. There are others – freeware, shareware, and for-sale. But first an aside.Ĭarbon Copy Cloner (CCC) is but one example of cloning software. So I’m wondering about the assertion above that Time Machine is only backing up the changed files within the FCP library.I would like to share with my brethren and sisthren here at Mac4Mac a discovery which I have just made. But the library is still 1/2TB in size, I’m guessing due to render files? Anyways, it’s taking forever to back up after 2 days of edits in which very little new footage was added. In FCP, my media is generally not stored in the library, which means most of library package file references are aliases. It also means it’s now probably chugging on my recent FCP edits, since I have done little else with my Mac. GB left to copy would be a better metric, considering how computers work (data transfer rates determine backup time more than file count). But now 10 minutes later it’s at 61% done after backing up 65GB, which means that time machine’s percentage metric probably has to do more with file count than GB copied. Has anyone verified this? I am backing up now, and because of the way Time Machine metrics work, after 45 seconds of backing up it says 60% done with the update after backing up 2GB. In other words, Time Machine is smart enough to look inside the bundle and only back up the files that are changed since the last backup. So, I researched the answer on Apple’s website and here’s what I learned: “Time Machine updates individual files, so it should only backup files that have changed inside the library, not the entire library bundle.” This is a great question because, if a library contains hundreds of gigabytes of media files, you don’t want to back up the media files which haven’t changed in order to backup up a 2 MB database which did. Recently, Brian emailed me a question asking: “If I want to use Time Machine to backup my files, will it see files in a Final Cut Library and back them up? And, if so, if I change my edit, but not my media, will it back up everything again because the library changed, or only those files inside the library that changed?” Inside this bundle are databases, media files, folders… a whole flock of files that are invisible to the end user under normal circumstances. This is because libraries are not a single file, they are a collection of files – called a “bundle” – that masquerades as a single file. However, unlike Final Cut Pro 7 or any version of Adobe Premiere, libraries in Final Cut Pro X use a different storage structure for media which often confuses editors who are concerned about backing up their projects. Whether you use Time Machine or some other utility – such as Carbon Copy Cloner – making regular backups of essential files is critical. Time Machine is an automated back-up utility that ships with all recent versions of the MAC OS. ![]()
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