I have my Time Machine on an external drive (not connected to Airport Extreme) and I have an external HD attached to airport extreme. Is it possible to have Time Machine backUp computer HD AND external HD connected to Airport Extreme. How?

Is it possible to have Time Machine backUp computer HD AND external HD connected to Airport Extreme.
Sorry, but no.
Time Machine will backup your Mac, but not the hard drive attached to the AirPort Extreme.
Time Machine will back up a hard drive only if it is attached directly to your Mac via USB or FireWire.

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I changed my primary email address because I could not access my old email and now my new iphone asks me to sign in to my old account in order to backup my apps and music from my icloud

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If you are only updating apps, that's normal Apps and other purchased media are permanently tied to the ID used to purchase them. You also don't back up apps or music to iCloud, the only thing backed up to iCloud is your app data, which is part of your iCloud backup by default.
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ok, I have several problems, the first one being the fact that my external drive, where I have all my data, is not mounting or sometimes it mounts but soon dissapears. I was not worried at the beginning since I thought, that is why I have time machine, I have all my files backed up. However, the external drive does not show in any of my back ups. It dissapears from Time Machine too so all my previous back ups from the external drive dissapeared too. I have all those backups before. Any ideas of what is wrong? I have 10.5.8

dakine2403 wrote:
Thanks a lot. I am sure I am doing somethign wrong but since the external hard drive can not be seen any more, I don't see it either in any one of my back ups. It does not show anywhere.
Also, my external drive gets detected sometimes, I run Repair Disk, it says it is fine, then it works for a while and then it stops working. I need to turn it off, then turn it back on and again it works for a while. I have run disk utility everyt time when the hard drive works and still says it is ok, then it stops working again after a while. Any ideas with either one of these problem ( or both)?
Try other ports and cables. If it has a separate power supply, try plugging-it in to a different outlet. Make sure all the connections are secure. Can you try it on another computer?
Your disk may be failing, or need a firmware update. Check with the maker's website, support and/or forums.

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I am running Snow Leopard on a Macbook Pro. I have my photo library on an external drive. I have a 2nd external drive which I use for my Time Machine backups. I keep the photo drive connected when I backup to Time Machine. The photo drive is NOT excluded in Time Machine preferences.
While I have the photo drive connected, it appears in all of the Time Machine backups.
However....when I disconnect the photo drive (as would happen if it was lost, stolen, damaged, etc) and then I enter Time Machine, the photo drive does not appear and neither does my iPhoto library that I keep on the photo drive. Does this mean it is not backing up? What would I do if I lost the photo drive?

Does this mean it is not backing up?
No.
What would I do if I lost the photo drive?
This.

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I was thinking it might be an issue with the drive needing too much bus power. On the newer iMacs, USB provides higher bus power than FireWire. That might still be the issue, even if the drives supply their own power.
Just one Firewire port on my iMac.
I think it has two, but one is FireWire 400 and one is FireWire 800. So you only have one device plugged into those two ports?

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newbie Vanc wrote:
What I've done now id exclude it from the backup and tried to include it again and the minus sign does not come up when I select the data drive.
The data drive is a fat 32 drive. Will that make a difference?
It will indeed.
TM only backs-up HFS+ partitions (any variant of Mac OS Extended). This is because TM uses the hidden +File System Event Database+ that OSX puts on such drives, tracking all the changes to the data on the disk.
Your only recourse to back it up with TM is to find a place to copy that partition or drive temporarily, then erase and reformat it. See item 5 or 6 of the Frequently Asked Questions post at the top of this forum for instructions.
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this trouble is not unknown within the range of 2,5" external enclosures.
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I was thinking it might be an issue with the drive needing too much bus power. On the newer iMacs, USB provides higher bus power than FireWire. That might still be the issue, even if the drives supply their own power.
Just one Firewire port on my iMac.
I think it has two, but one is FireWire 400 and one is FireWire 800. So you only have one device plugged into those two ports?

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Help!

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Here's a helpfull link:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1132140/timemachine2.html
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peacedotnik
I'm wondering if anyone is experiencing this issue. I have an external usb drive (WD MyBook)
You should NOT connect any WD MyBook right now under Mavericks, you have a high likelihood of severe data corruption
WD is telling its customers to REMOVE WD SOFTWARE especially on WD MyBook
keep your WD MY BOOK unconnected right now until a resolution unless you have a backup of ALL DATA on your MyBook stored elsewhere
http://community.wd.com/t5/External-Drives-for-Mac/bd-p/passport_mac
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Bill_S
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Wait for resolution of this occurance.
Peace

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Shteeg wrote:
I connected it to the USB port and installed the software.
Installed the software? Please explain.
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