It's my understanding that Time Machine backs up *everything*. Well...
all the demos I see show it being used with Finder. There are a lot of
files that Finder refuses to show... like /etc/hosts or whatever. I
wonder how one would get to those files? Apparently not via the
uber-spiffy playtoy Time Machine interface.

I guess one could just browse the Time Machine HD via Terminal or
something.

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On 2007-10-31, Elden Fenison <usenet@moondog.org.invalid> wrote:
> It's my understanding that Time Machine backs up *everything*. Well...
> all the demos I see show it being used with Finder. There are a lot of
> files that Finder refuses to show... like /etc/hosts or whatever. 

The Finder is happy to show /etc/hosts.  Try cmd-shift-G.


> I wonder how one would get to those files? Apparently not via the
> uber-spiffy playtoy Time Machine interface.

Sure you can, in at least two ways:

1.  Use cmd-shift-G to open a Finder window on /etc (or whatever),
then run the Time Machine gui.

2. Keep things like /private and /usr in the Finder sidebar.  This is
what I do.



> I guess one could just browse the Time Machine HD via Terminal or
> something.

Also an option.

D P Schreber <schreberdp@rayban.net> wrote:

> On 2007-10-31, Elden Fenison <usenet@moondog.org.invalid> wrote:
> > There are a lot of
> > files that Finder refuses to show... like /etc/hosts or whatever. 
> 
> The Finder is happy to show /etc/hosts.  Try cmd-shift-G.
> 
> > I wonder how one would get to those files? Apparently not via the
> > uber-spiffy playtoy Time Machine interface.
> 
> Sure you can, in at least two ways:
> 
> 1.  Use cmd-shift-G to open a Finder window on /etc (or whatever),
> then run the Time Machine gui.
> 
> 2. Keep things like /private and /usr in the Finder sidebar.  This is
> what I do.

One that I do is make a symlink. For example, in order to make it handy
to browse /usr/local, I often make a symlink /local -> /usr/local.
 
> > I guess one could just browse the Time Machine HD via Terminal or
> > something.
> 
> Also an option.

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