(chuckles) Alright, to clarify, if your computer's messed up, not if you are messed up, well, we can't fix that with Time Machine, but in this episode, we're going to learn how to use Time Machine to completely recover our system, if we just treat it as nonrecoverable, we're going to blow it away, you'll see how to use Time Machine to get the things together that you need actually boot to recovery, start that restore and get your system back up and operational in short order.
I am Zach and this is Don and we're so glad to have you here, now what do you do if you're so messed up, you have to start from ground zero. (upbeat music) - Hello, welcome back to Apple Certified Support Professional, MacOS 11 Big Sur. Asimov is smart enough to see if a directory has already been marked for exclusion.- So, what do you do if your Mac is so messed up, you have to start from scratch? Can Time Machine help us? Let's talk. Run Asimov for the first time, finding all current project dependencies adding them to Time Machine's exclusion list.Īt its essence, Asimov is a simple wrapper around Apple's tmutil program, which provides more granular control over Time Machine.Īsimov finds recognized dependency directories, verifies that the corresponding dependency file exists and, if so, tells Time Machine not to worry about backing up the dependency directory.ĭon't worry about running it multiple times, either.Schedule Asimov to run once a day, ensuring new projects' dependencies are quickly excluded from Time Machine backups.Symlink Asimov to /usr/local/bin, making it readily available from anywhere.The easiest way to install Asimov is through Homebrew:Īfter you've cloned the repository, run the install.sh script to automatically:
After all, why eat up space on your backup drive for something you could easily restore via npm install? InstallationĪsimov may be installed in a few different ways: Installation via Homebrew node_modules/ living adjacent to a package.json file) and excluding them from Time Machine backups. For developers, however, Time Machine presents a problem: how do I keep project dependencies from taking up space on my Time Machine drive?Īsimov aims to solve that problem, scanning your filesystem for known dependency directories (e.g. Plug in an external hard drive (or configure a network storage drive), and your Mac's files are backed up.įor the average consumer, Time Machine is an excellent choice, especially considering many Mac owners may only have Time Machine as a backup strategy. Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.įor macOS users, Time Machine is a no-frills, set-it-and-forget-it solution for on-site backups.
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