owlglass Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Is there any way to boot from a Time Machine backup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxotes Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I don't think so... I heard that when you install Leopard, and if you have an external HD with a Time Machine backup on it connected to your computer during the install, that there will be an option in the install to restore your computer using that backup. But this is only something I read in a forum somewhere so you may want to get confirmation on that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlglass Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 Hmm. Well, two things discourage the use of Time Machine, 1) no booting from system backups, and 2) no control over when backups take place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eLud Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 You can't boot from a Time Machine backup, but if you boot from the install DVD, you can restore your backup to another disk... And, that's true, you don't have a real control of the backups... OS X manages them alone, but when the disk is full, it will delete the older backups automatically. And if your backup disk became too small, it will ask you for another disk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlglass Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 True. It's just that sometimes you'd want, for instance, to do a backup before taking your laptop with you somewhere, and with Time Machine you'd have to wait for the fixed schedule. Another thing. Yesterday I had to shut down my computer twice by holding down the power button because TM somehow got stuck while backing up + prevented any other app from launching. So it's turned off now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkfish Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Not true at all. Just turn off TM backups and right-click TM icon in the dock and click "Back Up now" when you want to backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomNinjaAtk Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 You can also still have the regular scheduled Time Machine backups but like the Pinkfish said, in 10.5.2 You can click the Time Machine Icon in the top task bar and click backup now to perform a backup on command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 You can also used Time Machine Scheduler if you want a little more control over when backups happen: http://www.klieme.com/TimeMachineScheduler.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobility Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 You can't actually `boot` but you can restore a system from time machine using your Leopard DVD. Boot with the DVD and select Utilities > Restore from Backup. Then choose the backup disk where time machine backup exists, then choose the disk to restore and voila!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barskir Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 as far as back up goes, did you try using norton ghost, it takes 6 minutes to backup an 6 gig image, it works for me well, and you can boot after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeamp Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Try the free (donationware) Carbon Copy Cloner if you're looking for a bootable block-level copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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