Comments on: MacMost Now 231: Choosing a Time Machine Backup Drive

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:02:12 +0000

Only for those hours that it can connect with the hard drive.

By: Camille Kander

Camille Kander — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:56:16 +0000

But does it create the hourly “versions” of my Mac ?

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:59:35 +0000

It simply shows a exclamation point in the TM icon in the menu bar, and a message in the menu that it couldn’t connect to the drive. Then it will resume backups when it finds the drive attached at the next scheduled backup time. This is a very normal way to use TM if you have a MacBook.

By: Camille Kander

Camille Kander — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:52:56 +0000

Hello,
I would like to know what does Time Machine do when the backup drive is not plugged in. Like for instance, if I leave the drive at home, and go to work with my MacBook Pro, how does it do the backup at the end of the day when I come back ?
Will I be able to access hourly backups as if the drive had alwas been plugged in, or will I end up with one backup for the whole day ?
I don’t know if I’m making myself very clear here ^^
Anyway, thanks in advance.

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:06:04 +0000

You would only be able to do this with a Mac Pro, as it is the only Mac capable of having more than one internal drive.

By: Arthur Price

Arthur Price — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:02:47 +0000

I have just purchased a new 15 in. Mac Book Pro.
Watching your Video on backups you said I can use a second internal drive for my time machine;.
Is this correct and if so how do I do this?

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:26:57 +0000

Hello Dean. What sort of task would you like to see Automator do? It is an interesting tool, but hard to do a tutorial on because it can do such a wide range of things.

By: Dean Kutzler

Dean Kutzler — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:25:55 +0000

I would love to see a podcast on how to use Automator.