[muglo] Re: Time Machine unedited
- From: Doug Bale <dougbale@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: MUGLO <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:07:26 -0500
On 14-Jan-11, at 10:19 AM, Wayne Dobson wrote:
Many, many years ago when I started in electronic repair, I learned
Rule 1: "Verify the malfunction". That's to say, don't tear it
apart until you verify it's plugged in and turned on. When Time
Machine still tries to backup every hour, then obviously it is not
turned off and controlled by TME. Your two control panels should
look like the attached screen shot. Time Machine editor is just
that. It edits the normally static settings for Time Machine. Time
Machine must still be operative(but turned off), with the correct
drive selected for backups. Your drive must be plugged in and
turned on(not as silly as it sounds). Don't forget to hit the
'Apply' button in TME. This turns it on. You don't have to wait a
week to see if it works-just open your backup drive icon(it will be
present if plugged in and working), and check for recent backup
folders(no hourly ones).
Both panels look exactly like that, Wayne, and I did go through all
those steps before hitting 'apply'. The only thing I didn't do was
check immediately to discover that it wasn't working, which was
careless. No doubt there's some other crucial thing I've done or
failed to do that would explain the problem, but by now I don't care
any more. TimeMachineScheduler seems to be doing the job. Thanks,
though.
Ain't it grand? I used to think I was at the bleeding edge of
technological innovation when I could dial a phone number, stick the
handset into an acoustic coupler and use Red Ryder to yack back and
forth with half a dozen other geeks on a bulletin board system with my
128k Mac.
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