Tame your Time Machine
by Volker Weber
Don't want Time Machine to fill up your whole Drobo? This application for OS X based upon an Automator action provides a simple way when you're setting up Time Machine to force it to only use up 2x the size of your internal hard drive for backup on your external hard drive.
This script should also work on other storage devices.
[Thanks, Dirk]
Comments
Interesting thanks, and it works indeed on other volumes (I use a Time Capsule).
Only problem you need to start from fresh as it doesn't like the existing backup's.
Here is the relevant log message:Please rename it or erase it and then start again.
By design, Time Tamer willnot manipulate any existing Time Machine backups.
Volker, do you own a Drobo? Any thougths to share about it?
No, I don't. I have a ReadyNAS.
Da war ich mal schneller, ausnahmsweise ;-)
@Thomas
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