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Time Machine?
Hey All,
Can Time Machine be used to go back to a previous QT version or OS version if someone upgraded too eagerly for FCS? Would this be a reliable way to “uninstall” something?
Thanks,
CHL
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8 Replies
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Time machine backs up your files and system settings, not versions of application and system resources, AFAIK. So I don’t think so. That would be VERY nice though, if it would.
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It backs up everything by default. So you could go back to a previous setting if you knew what file to restore.
Some apps, like mail have direct links to the data within the app. For example mail. Time machine will show you your mailbox state for yesterday, an hour ago, whatever.
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I use Copy cloner as my timemachine…. so after an update I suspend my scheduler until I see that everything woks right.
When I see that things are stable I start the sync-process again.Marc Bostrom
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Tm is so much more than a system crash bu. It’s more of a “crap I deleted that email” kind of thing. Which I did. And time machine restored it so easily. I’m sold. Just need a bigger hard drive!
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[Chi-Ho Lee] “Can Time Machine be used to go back to a previous QT version or OS version”
No with time machine you can only bring back individual files, folders etc. Quicktime for example is a core component in the OS and so it will have things that it references in MANY places.
You will need to do an archive and install.
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I used it on my powerbook to fix Compressor after it quit working. I deleted it from the apps folder and time machine restored it. That’s on my personal powerbook I haven’t switched any of my work stations at work to 10.5 yet.
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[Jim Calahan] “I used it on my powerbook to fix Compressor after it quit working. I deleted it from the apps folder and time machine restored it.”
That application is self contained, Quicktime is a CORE part of the OS. The Quicktime application in the applications folder is simply a Player. That is why it is called “Quicktime Player”. The “Quicktime Player” utilizes the Quicktime Core Component in the OS. Replacing the “Quicktime Player” in the applications folder does not give you a previous version of Quicktime. Like I said because Quicktime is a Core component on the OS you MUST archive and install the entire OS to revert to a previous version of Quicktime.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!
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Or simply reinstall an older version using Pacifist. A shareware app. I used it to go back to 7.3 when 7.4 broke AE. Works like a charm. Certainly don’t have to reinstall the OS.
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