#mobilebackups

[danielkbx]

Offline Time Machine Backups

By accident, I deleted a bunch of project folders yesterday while I was working at home. Never mind, this happened just after leaving the office so I would get access to the Time Machine backups the next morning. I used the rest of the day for other stuff that should have been done weeks earlier.

Back in the office this morning, I switched on Time Machine and it presented a list of backups that contained the deleted files but have been taken after leaving the office. Actually, Time Machine even backups your files locally while the storage device is unavailable. These backups are kept in /.MobileBackups and are private to root.

The next time, you need access to some fresh backups while on the go, just look there.

[fabiantheblind]

What Crap Is This: OS X's MobileBackups

April 27, 2015 at 03:10PM MobileBackups are what all OS versions after 10.7 Lion use to store backups of your data when you're not attached to your Time Machine storage device. For those with a massive amount of hard drive space (think >500GB) and a road warrior mentality, this is most definitely a blessing. Not always being attached to your corporate network may find you in a precarious position for reliably backing up your data while you're VPNing for your daily connection. Even those with advanced home setups can find it a bit difficult at times. With MobileBackups, the data is written to a hidden directory - aptly named .MobileBackups - on the boot partition. This way, you can also restore deleted (or edited) files without being attached to your Time Machine device. http://ift.tt/1GzWeVx

[not2forget-blog-blog]

Disable local backups on Lion (MobileBackups)

sudo tmutil disablelocal