Can someone explain to me why Time Machine is so great? I've used it, but I've just never found it worthwhile in comparison. For me it was very slow (but worked in the background which was nice), only mimiced my drive based off of whats currently on it and if I deleted it in the past.
I guess because I have several backups that I rotate, that essentially is my time machine that only goes as far back as my last backup for that drive.
I think the killer feature of time machine is that it's dead simple and intuitive for non technical users to do regular full system backups.
You plug in an external HD, open time machine, flip a big switch that goes from "Time Machine is Off" to "Time Machine is On" and the software does the rest.
Full backups, incremental backups, reminders to connect your drive when it hasn't been backed up for a while, and a visual interface for selecting previous versions to restore to.
My problem with it is that I still need another mac to use it. In the event of an emergency (IE theft or disaster), the last thing I want to hinder me from accessing my backup is an operating system. Especially a high cost and not as commonly used in public spaces operating system.
I guess because I have several backups that I rotate, that essentially is my time machine that only goes as far back as my last backup for that drive.