Q: Does / Is the "Shared" folder backed-up in Time Machine?
I want to make sure that the "Shared" Folder is saved on the Time Machine backups. How can I check? My computer's hard drive is getting really full and I don't want to lose several folders that my household shares on the "Shared" folder.
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), null
Posted on Jul 26, 2015 9:16 AM
I would like to Emphasize what Barney-15E is saying. Time Machine is NOT an Archive. If you delete, loose or accidentally modify something on the Mac you have a limited time to recover the original, before Time Machine will age out the copy that no longer exists on the Mac and deletes it from the Time Machine backup.
As long as the file still exists on the Mac, Time Machine will always keep a copy. But once a file in the form you desire no longer exists on the Mac, it will slowly work its way down the age tree in Time Machine until it gets to the tail end, and Time Machine, seeing it no longer has an identical copy on the Mac, will delete it to free up space for new data on your Mac.
Depending on how large your backup device is, this could take weeks, or years (the bigger the backup device vs your Mac's storage, the longer it will take).
Posted on Jul 26, 2015 9:53 AM