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    Time Machine Question.....

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ifti, May 13, 2010.

  1. ifti

    ifti Undiscovered

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    I dont have my Time Capsule just yet, and am looking to set up Time Machine to an external USB HDD.

    If I dont have the external drive plugged in, does it just skip the scheduled backup its missed?

    Can I just create the initial full backup, then stop the scheduled backups - so only have it incrementally backup when I manually run it?
     
    ifti, May 13, 2010
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  2. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Yes

    You don't need to stop the scheduled backups (but you can). Backups won't happen unless the drive is plugged in.
     
    Khris, May 13, 2010
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  3. snork

    snork Notebook Evangelist

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    To further Khris is response, you can turn Time Machine to manual back-ups only. And yes, when you do finally do a back-up is it incremental only. Even though I have my TM back-ups to my NAS I run it manually since TM's automatic back-up setting is very aggressively scheduled and OFTEN (ie: resource heavy).
     
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  4. ifti

    ifti Undiscovered

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    Thats exactly what Im thinking - every hour is probably a bit over the top for me. they should really have made the schedules customisable!
     
    ifti, May 13, 2010
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  5. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    its made to set and forget and not be complicated.

    Every hour isn't a big deal... for most users. They have little change in an hour. For some users though, that can be a bad thing to do every hour. Me, I just make sure i back up every day, and don't let it go all the time unless I'm actively working on something I don't want to lose.
     
    doh123, May 13, 2010
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