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Correct use of a Sandbox
Hello Folks... I've read the manual and I think I understand it but I wanted to quickly clarify a few things.
I am trying to achieve this : I use my machine pretty heavily and over time the OS will more than often break. I'm tired of having to re-install the OS and all my apps. I would like to create a work area I use daily but also have a bootable copy of that area I can restore from. How I am going to achieve this : -Create two partions on my internal HD, one called Macintosh HD. One called Sandbox -Install 10.5 to Mac HD -Clone Mac HD to Sandbox -Use Sandbox as my daily working start up and smart update back to Mac HD weekly as long as everything is running fine. Questions -Is this the best way to do it? -How should I Backup my Mac HD using Time Machine? I won't be booting it often so time machine will not activate but it holds my home folder/original files. Can I use time machine to back up my sandbox? Will this follow the symlinks to Mac HD and copy all my home folder files? I HAVE ANSWERED THE LAST QUESTION MYSELF - Just checked a TM backup I did before when I was experimenting with sandboxes and SD. It backed up everything but the symlink files. -So should I use SD to back up my Mac HD to an external drive whilst booting from the sandbox...blimey all a bit confusing I know.. Any help much appreciated. Matt Last edited by mr_ed; 12-02-2008 at 01:54 PM. |
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