duransnipes Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Did i miss something but my time machine wont let me choose a local drive to backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Yes, you can't backup to the drive that you have OS X installed on. The destination backup drive can be internal as well as external, just as long as there is enough storage space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duransnipes Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 Colonels than i think my time machine doesnt work. Becuase i cant choose my local drive as a destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Can anyone comment on what happens when the drive time machine is backed up to is removed? Does time machine automatically backup once the drive is reconnected, or does it backup only as files are edited? I am thinking about buying an external drive for my mbp when leopard comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Fogge Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Nothing happens if the drive is unavaliable and the time rolls around for a backup. The other possibility that works with removable drives is to set up Automatic backup, at which point whenever the drive is plugged back in, a backup will take place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duransnipes Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 No drives show up when trying to setup time machine. Not even Local HD. Am i doing something wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryder Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 I wrote my own "time machine" softare for work back in March or April. We use external hard drives for a secondary, immediate, online backup (DVDs in case that fails), which retains the past x days of data individually. I must say it's the best sort of backup to have. The fact that Apple has integrated this into the OS is really great! At work, if we all of the sudden realize something is corrupt, and has been for 23 days, we just go back 24 days on the hard drive, and boom, there's the uncorrupt file. Time Machine works the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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