TimeMachine underneath is pretty much a fancier rbackup. There are no integrity checks, but there are checks for motherboard serial number, as that's how backups are matched to systems.
That said, a friend of mine had been complaining that TimeMachine backup didn't backup anything of his Homebrew-installed stuff...
Re:Cronopete – A Linux clone of Time Machine
by vetinari on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @09:06AM
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In my case, I did the TM backup specifically because my Mac was going to be serviced (display; so accessing data was not a problem).
Otherwise, I don't use TM, I'm using another solution. It won't restore entire system and installed apps, just my files.
So with TM, it was Murphy I guess.
Re:Cronopete – A Linux clone of Time Machine
by sosborn on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @02:12PM
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This is actually how I have TM set up. I ignore anything not in ~/Documents (or any other location with personal files). The other stuff is so easily replaceable that I'm not concerned if I lose it.
I do wonder, though, what kind of integrity checks do Time Machine backups have. I've always treated TM as the first line of defence and, as such, it has worked well for me. However, in addition to TM, I have other offsite backups in the cloud for disaster recovery.
x) I haven't had my macs serviced several times, but I have restored from backups a handful of times due to, ahem, accidentally rendering the system unbootable a couple of times.