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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher Wolf, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel I. Feldman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric A. Weiss, Paris, FR;
Kristen A. McIntyre, Fremont, CA (US);
Pavel Cisler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Richard B. Blair, San Jose, CA (US);
Erika Misaki, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for storing data are disclosed. In some implementations, visual representations of files are generated for presentation in a backup user interface. The visual representations are generated from sparse file system metadata stored on the computing device, thus allowing faster navigating of the backup user interface. During a restore operation, the metadata can be used to retrieve the items from their physical storage locations. In some implementations, when the storage capacity of a backup storage device exceeds a threshold, the data for the N oldest backups are replaced with sparse file system metadata, which can be used to generate visual representations for presentation in the backup user interface.