[mac4theblind] Re: External Hard Drive
- From: Lena Contreras <contreras_lena@xxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 18:23:17 -0700
Hi
How often would Time Machine access the drive if I were to leave it plugged in?
So far, I've tried to remember to back up once a week. It works well with
Time Machine.
Glad to see I can read my posts here. Address change must have worked.
Lena and Alden
On May 16, 2012, at 6:14 PM, John Panarese wrote:
> That is up to you. If you want it constantly backing up, then leave it
> connected. If you trust yourself to remember, just connect the drive when
> you want to back up. Just make sure the drive is capable of being used by
> Time Machine. There are no settings you need to wrry about unless you want
> to exclude anything from being backed up.
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> On May 16, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Lena Contreras wrote:
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>> Hi
>> I bought an external hard drive about 6 weeks ago to back up my MacBook.
>> I've never backed up my computers to a hard disk. Just used CD's on my
>> Windows machine. Hard disks seems much easier with Time Machine. Should I
>> leave the disk connected to my Mac all the time or pick a weekly time and
>> date to connect it? Also, are there any settings on Time Machine I should
>> adjust or leave them be? I feel much better getting the external hard drive
>> instead of using CD's.
>> Should have done it way earlier.
>> Lena
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