Comments on: Time Machine + Grand Perspective = Far better utilization of your backup drive http://davidjduran.com/2008/05/18/time-machine-grand-perspective-far-better-utilization-of-your-backup-drive/ Tips and tricks for a digital life. Plus photos, travels, and other commentary. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Markus Zeller http://davidjduran.com/2008/05/18/time-machine-grand-perspective-far-better-utilization-of-your-backup-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 Markus Zeller Mon, 04 May 2009 07:01:18 +0000 http://davidjduran.com/?p=219#comment-1077 Yes, you even can scan USB drives or connected external (hard)drives and scan for large space eaters. Yes, you even can scan USB drives or connected external (hard)drives and scan for large space eaters.

]]> By: -DjD- http://davidjduran.com/2008/05/18/time-machine-grand-perspective-far-better-utilization-of-your-backup-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-936 -DjD- Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:22:36 +0000 http://davidjduran.com/?p=219#comment-936 LOL... I quite liked it too... Maybe I just let my secret slip! LOL… I quite liked it too… Maybe I just let my secret slip!

]]> By: Erwin Bonsma http://davidjduran.com/2008/05/18/time-machine-grand-perspective-far-better-utilization-of-your-backup-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Erwin Bonsma Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:48:10 +0000 http://davidjduran.com/?p=219#comment-935 Aha, that would explain it. A bit of a shame though that my Time Machine theory did not prove true. I quite liked it ;-) Aha, that would explain it. A bit of a shame though that my Time Machine theory did not prove true. I quite liked it ;-)

]]> By: -DjD- http://davidjduran.com/2008/05/18/time-machine-grand-perspective-far-better-utilization-of-your-backup-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-934 -DjD- Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:38:14 +0000 http://davidjduran.com/?p=219#comment-934 Hi Erwin, Good catch on the timeline! This was a couple months ago so I'm not 100% sure about this but a little Googling turned up this <a href="http://www.twinforces.com/frictionless/time_machine_perspective.html" rel="nofollow">site</a>. Apparently the developer just patched GrandPerspective with a fix and I must have downloaded that version. When eventually writing it up on here I looked up links for GP and ended up linking directly to your site. I think that explains it but apparently I should update from 0.9.10 so thanks for pointing it out! :) Hi Erwin, Good catch on the timeline!

This was a couple months ago so I’m not 100% sure about this but a little Googling turned up this site. Apparently the developer just patched GrandPerspective with a fix and I must have downloaded that version. When eventually writing it up on here I looked up links for GP and ended up linking directly to your site.

I think that explains it but apparently I should update from 0.9.10 so thanks for pointing it out! :)

]]> By: Erwin Bonsma http://davidjduran.com/2008/05/18/time-machine-grand-perspective-far-better-utilization-of-your-backup-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Erwin Bonsma Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:44:10 +0000 http://davidjduran.com/?p=219#comment-933 Hi, I'm the developer of GrandPerspective so first of all thanks for this blog post and the praise. However, you've got me wondering. Proper support for scanning Time Machine back-ups was only added to GrandPerspective 0.9.12, which was released after you posted this blog entry. I cannot imagine how it could have worked before. As far as I can see, earlier versions would try to scan and display all back-ups in their entirety, which would not be that helpful. For one, it would overestimate the diskspace that is used. That is, if it would successfully finish scanning at all. Chances are, it would run out of memory before getting that far. So, now I'm wondering. Did you discover Time Machine functionality that I am not yet aware of. Say, the ability to go into the future and get future releases of applications? If so, that's maybe worth a blog post :-). Anyway, still scratching my head about this one. Cheers, Erwin Hi,

I’m the developer of GrandPerspective so first of all thanks for this blog post and the praise.

However, you’ve got me wondering. Proper support for scanning Time Machine back-ups was only added to GrandPerspective 0.9.12, which was released after you posted this blog entry. I cannot imagine how it could have worked before. As far as I can see, earlier versions would try to scan and display all back-ups in their entirety, which would not be that helpful. For one, it would overestimate the diskspace that is used. That is, if it would successfully finish scanning at all. Chances are, it would run out of memory before getting that far.

So, now I’m wondering. Did you discover Time Machine functionality that I am not yet aware of. Say, the ability to go into the future and get future releases of applications? If so, that’s maybe worth a blog post :-) . Anyway, still scratching my head about this one.

Cheers,
Erwin

]]> By: JLD http://davidjduran.com/2008/05/18/time-machine-grand-perspective-far-better-utilization-of-your-backup-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-929 JLD Sun, 18 May 2008 20:54:37 +0000 http://davidjduran.com/?p=219#comment-929 I think I'm beginning to recognize I take a lot of the techie stuff you do for us you for granted!! :) I think I’m beginning to recognize I take a lot of the techie stuff you do for us you for granted!!
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