Taking a Snapshot
Use the Take Snapshot command to select a volume or folder and create an snapshot of it. When File Buddy takes a snapshot of a volume, it scans the entire volume or folder and stores a reference ID to every item on the volume, along with a minimal amount of information about the each item on the volume. Everything is included: files and folders, visible and invisible, your files, system files, everything. When a snapshot is taken of a folder, only references to items in that folder and its subfolders are recorded. The snapshot is then saved in a file that can be compared with other snapshots of the same folder or volume. |
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Note: While the Take Snapshot command no longer locks you out of working in File Buddy (or other applications in Mac OS 9) until it completes, maximum accuracy of a snapshot is achieved by allowing it to complete before doing other activities on your computer. Changes to files during the process of recording snapshot information will reduce the accuracy of a snapshot, and many programs as well as the system software modify files in response to user actions without the user's knowledge. |
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For this reason we strongly recommend that the process of recording a snapshot be allowed to take place at a time when you can afford to not use your Macintosh until the snapshot is fully recorded. |
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