[X4U] Time Machine and multiple users

[Jeff Carruthers]

On Aug 17, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have three users set up on my iMac. My main one and two managed accounts for each of my kids. I just set up Time Machine through my User account to back up the computer, will it back up each of my kid's accounts as well or do I need to set it up for each account?
> 
> Mark Des Cotes
> Owner-Graphic Designer
> Marksman Design
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Mark: you raise an interesting question about Time Machine. I had always assumed that Time Machine backed about the whole disk, but it might in fact be tied to the user account.

Perhaps someone else on the list can confirm what in fact happens.

The solution is to also have a clone backup of the entire disk. And I believe that is why a Time Machine backup along with a clone is regarded as a better backup strategy.

Jeff
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