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the_ood's avatar
the_ood
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Backup folder name change

Hello! I have 2 macs, one personal and one for work. Both had backup enabled and when I went online, I saw both computers' backup directories. The directories were both in the format of "My Mac (comp...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    4 years ago
    Hey the_ood, thanks for the post and happy Friday!

    I'm afraid that the name of the backup folder cannot be changed currently.

    I will, however, pass this along to our devs team for consideration!

    If you need anything else, make sure to let us know.
Avaruuskettu's avatar
Avaruuskettu
Helpful | Level 5

Hi @Hannah,

 

As it is currently set up, the naming convention is confusing and inconvenient and it is in a critical place of the software. Distinguishing computers from each other is a challenge even with small numbers and there seems to be no way of identifying the computers except for comparing files.

 

We need a renaming function that works without removing the computers, I would go so far as to call it broken in its current state.

 

Add me to the feedback list and additionally try to alert someone in the dev team to this.

 

All the best,

Samuli

the_ood's avatar
the_ood
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

I think it goes without saying that this is an issue that needs to be addressed soon. Since I posted this back in July I now have a PC(6) and a PC(8) as directory names, and what is particularly unnerving about this is the numbering sequence doesn't even make sense.

 

Hannah would be great if you can pass this along again and let the PMs and developers know this is something that would be needed. 

 

In the meantime, are there any workarounds that can be made to change the directory names?

 

Thanks.

  • tomtalks's avatar
    tomtalks
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    Seems we should use better cloud storage

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