Comments on: Beginning Mac: Time Machine http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/ Thu, 23 May 2013 05:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kaitlyn French http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-560947 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:55:58 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-560947 I took a photo i’m not proud of on photobooth that i’d rather nobody saw and I’ve deleted it and emptied my trash. This was maybe three weeks ago or more. I still have not set up time machine. If I set it up, will the photo be recovered? I would prefer it to stay deleted.

]]> By: Stevey http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-339539 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:33:49 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-339539 Hi people, I am a relatively new Mac user so you could call me a noob, tho I am fairly tech savvy so can find my way around day to day problems. I have a MacBook Pro with an intel 2.26 dual core, 2GB RAM, 160GB internal HDD and OSx SnowLeopard.

Due to having my HDD fail just a few months into having my new Mac I lost a lot of data as it wasnt backed up. I am now looking to start using time machine and carbon copy in conjunction with each other to avoid future problems of this nature.

I have bought a WD MyBook 1TB Ext HDD and partitioned into 1 x 200GB and 1 x 800GB partitions (The 200GB for carbon copy to use for a complete clone of my internal HDD and the larger 800GB for TimeMachine to use as it pleases till the space runs out)

The rest of my data (Pictures, vids, music etc.. is all stored on another 500GB HDD which is backed up independently via other methods)

I wanted to know a few things.. firstly how easy is it to backup the other external drive containing all my media using timemachine, is it simply a case of removing the media drive from the exclusions list? Also does timemachine compress the data very much? and are there any ways of checking the backup for corruptions / differences to the original data contained in my internal HDD.

Also there have been some issues noted with Mac OSX relating to system issues after downloading and installing system / software updates whilst running on battery power. In some forums people have aknowledged this problem to be as severe as causing systems to hang and refuse to boot = not good!! Would this apply to allowing timemachine to make backups on battery power? I am just being over paranoid and want to know these things as I never want to lose my data again and as im a new mac user and a timemachine virgin its kind of nice to know how the system works and the integrity of my backups etc…

I know this is a long rant but any replies are most welcome.

Many thanks guys,

Stevey R

]]> By: anna http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-339538 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:49:08 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-339538 I am backing up my entire harddrive right now with time machine.
the reason was actually to be able to delete my iphoto library for example, because my intern HD is full and my mac is getting lame.
will i loose my iphoto files or are they still in the backup? thanks!

]]> By: Adam http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-339537 Wed, 05 May 2010 16:50:53 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-339537 quick question please.
if i can’t currently fit all my files on my imac hard drive (ie, i keep all my photos on the external drive) then how do i go about backing everything up and in one go… how can i ensure that files i don’t set and forget in time machine will still be there if it continually backs-up the imac?

]]> By: Amy http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-339536 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:39:52 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-339536 I have a LaCie external hardware drive and it was a reasonable price, this is where all of my time machine backups go, as well it holds all of my photo’s. It has a huge capacity. Time machine is great and with the external hard drive I will never lose a thing. Doesn’t matter what you own for a computer, it only makes sense to have an external hard drive for backing up your information.

]]> By: Dagaza http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-339535 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:23:11 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-339535 If you want to set up Time Machine using a hard drive that isn’t made for Mac check here for a simple and tested method: http://www.dagaza.com/2010/03/setting-up-time-machine/

]]> By: Tyler Munson http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-339534 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:36:33 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-339534 Here’s a new question on an old theme. I have 1 external drive that I use as an archive. I have a second external drive that I use for Time Machine. If I have Time Machine back up both my internal drive and my archive drive, and then I unplug my archive drive for a year, will Time Machine eventually write over the archive?

]]> By: Lenya http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-339533 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:47:13 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-339533 To answer an old question. You can use the Time Machine HDD for other backups as well. I do that for my Mac and the external iTunes HDD. You just have to make separate partitions on the HDD. 1 Partition for Time Machine, large enough for your backups and 1 partition for each extra archive. You can use the Disk Utility for that. Start Disk Utility, select the Partition tab etc. Just remember that partitioning will erase all previous data, so you have to make a new full backup.

]]> By: David Field http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-339532 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:54:43 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-339532 It would be removed from the next backup. The files will still be present on one of the older backups until these old backups are over written.

]]> By: Matt http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/beginning-mac-time-machine/#comment-339531 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:40:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=16550#comment-339531 So I have just gotten a 1-TB Western Digital MyBook, and am wondering now that I’ve backed up my files with Time Machine, if I were to delete a file on my MacBook Pro, would it be removed from the MyBook?

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