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Dave, I've been wondering why you suggested reformatting the volume to APFS. I understand that APFS is much slower on mechanical drives, which doesn't really matter for my backups. (I assume it would be a problem when booting from the external volume, something I won't be trying since the HHD is connected via USB 3.)
If the reason for reformatting are the various improvements in APFS, there is no need to list them. I've already read about them. If there is some other reason(s) I'm not aware of, I'd like to know about it. BTW, I'm not receiving "instant email notifications" even though it is checked and my personal info is up to date. Nothing is showing up in my local and email server spam folders. |
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Since the source is APFS, and there are features of APFS that cannot be replicated on HFS+, such as sparse files, it's wise to use the same format. It's not required, but, for example, a 2TB "sparse file" on the source that might only have 200K of data in it will take up 200K on the source and 2TB on the backup...and will be 2TB once restored, if you use HFS+.
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Thanks for the additional info re APFS.
One question I forgot to ask: Will the new SD! backup be suitable for migrating all of my data to a new Mac, etc. including things like preference files? Or do I need to do a bootable clone like I have done in the past? I wouldn't do anything like that until I have an external SSD. |
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Yes, works fine for migration.
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Great. I tried using Time Machine for migration after always using an SD! volume. None of the third-party apps were transferred. . . I had reinstall everything manually but at least the preferences made the trip.
I'm done with Time Machine. I think that the versioned backups using Backblaze makes a local versioned backup unnecessary, since I very rarely require going back in time to retrieve an edited/deleted file. Any ideas why instant email notification is not working for me? It has always worked in the past. . . |
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We've had to carry an old version of vBulletin forward to a VPS and it's likely it can't send email out beyond its own domain...
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Sorry to hear that. . . Anyway, thanks again for all your help.
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