Users of Time Machine on an external drive, do you always “eject” before unplugging? - eviltoast

What the title says. Getting tiresome.

  • CoAX@alien.topOPB
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    1 year ago

    It’s 2023. Would it be too outlandish to hope or dream that information systems have reached a state where resilience and self-repair make up for sudden and impromptu hardware disconnects?

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      1 year ago

      Well in theory journaling file systems should be able to repair but nothing is perfect. Do you really want to gamble with a backup?