Time Machine is the computer equivalent of "Security theatre".
Nice flashing lights, appears to work but when it really is needed is as much use as a chocolate teapot
It reminds me of something from a few years ago.
There was a commission on offer for artists to collaborate in efforts to try and reduce the number of suicides on the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Given the status of the bridge, it wasn't possible to "cage in" the pavement so they were asking for ideas that would achieve the same effect. The thinking was that there could be some kind of sculptural feature that acted as a fence etc etc
An artist friend of mine who does lots of public work was talking about it and started off thinking about having giant airbags triggered by someone jumping as well as Spiderman type nets that would be shot out from underneath the bridge if someone was to jump off etc He rejected these in favour of a project that would be a continuous programme of "spurious maintenance" , having someone there all the time who appeared to be mending things. He thought that people would be less likely to attempt to jump off if they weren't physically alone. All very good until someone actually was intent on jumping where it would be a bit useless and likely to seriously traumatise the person employed to be present.
Nice flashing lights, appears to work but when it really is needed is as much use as a chocolate teapot
It reminds me of something from a few years ago.
There was a commission on offer for artists to collaborate in efforts to try and reduce the number of suicides on the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Given the status of the bridge, it wasn't possible to "cage in" the pavement so they were asking for ideas that would achieve the same effect. The thinking was that there could be some kind of sculptural feature that acted as a fence etc etc
An artist friend of mine who does lots of public work was talking about it and started off thinking about having giant airbags triggered by someone jumping as well as Spiderman type nets that would be shot out from underneath the bridge if someone was to jump off etc He rejected these in favour of a project that would be a continuous programme of "spurious maintenance" , having someone there all the time who appeared to be mending things. He thought that people would be less likely to attempt to jump off if they weren't physically alone. All very good until someone actually was intent on jumping where it would be a bit useless and likely to seriously traumatise the person employed to be present.
): I would think that even if it 'fails when I need it most', would I be better off if I hadn't had it in the first place? It is a quick, convenient way of reclaiming (in many cases) files which have been irredeemably deleted (or altered). Nothing more. It sits in the background and quietly backs up what I'm doing (last back-up 11.14). And occasionally, by ill-luck, it can't help me when I need it. I've never fathomed out whether the drive is truly bootable, but as my SuperDuper! clone is bootable, that's not an aspect that bothers me. And that's all.
), Time Machine told me that my Maxtor storage disc did not have enough space on it, the first time it tried to do a new save. That confused me a bit, as I thought older versions simply got deleted to create space, but I think the first 'dump' included the new OS, so more 'new' space was needed. Anyway....., after chatting to a guy in a local IT shop, I opted for a new Toshiba 1TB hard drive (about £40 from Argos) and plugged it in instead. Worked a treat, as expected. So I now have all the old stuff on the Maxtor, just in case I wasn't happy with Mojave, or there was some incompatibility (seems to work fine, even with Office 2011), and Time Machine is happily doing its stuff as you say, in case I need to retrieve a document for some reason.
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