Backup pro mac to external hard drive

I want to backup my pro mac to an external hard drive using time machine. Does time machine keep user accounts (mine & wife ) separate or does it copy everything as one lot of data ?

Time Machine will copy everything on your Mac, from as many accounts as you have.
It keeps everything separate, so that almost anything can be restored at the file level.
There is a "Black List" to which you can add Directories or files you do NOT want backed up.

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    So you might also want to check this out in order to make a bootable drive of your computer:
    http://macintoshhowto.com/repair/back-up-computer.html

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    Basic Backup
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    1. A Time Machine preferences panel as part of System Preferences;
    2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
         used to manage backups and to restore backups. Time Machine
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         drive being backed up.
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      3. Deja Vu
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      5. Synk Pro
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  • When I back up my Mac Book Pro to an external hard drive not all files are backed up. Can anyone help please?

    When I try to back up my Mac Book Pro to an external hard drive some of the files are backed up but not all files are backed up. I don't understand. Can anyone help please?

    I've used time machine in the past and couldn't get to the bottom of the problem so I've recently downloaded and am using carbon copy cloner and I get the same problem. The files that are missing are just word and number documents. Seems so odd.
    Thanks for replying
    John

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    Every time I try to back up my Macbook Pro with an external hard drive using Time Machine, I receive the error of "the disk does not have enough space". I have a 500GB external hard drive and only 120GB Macbook. It worked fine before the latest Maverick's update. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    My guess would be it has created an entirely new backup of your drive when you upgraded to Mavericks.
    See Here: http://pondini.org/TM/1.html
    And here: http://pondini.org/TM/9.html
    Peruse the whole site. There is a lot of information there.

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    just baked up my macbook pro to an external hard drive. my computer died on me and i plugged it in and rebooted it ,started time machine and finished backing up but. just wondering if thats good or should i delete and restart

    I wouldn't trust that backup.
    Make sure the system is connected to AC and Do Over.

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    hirogliffix,
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    how do i back up my macbook pro to an external hard drive?

    schmunzelmonster, greetings;  Your suggestion is a good one.  CCC does create a boot drive which as you point out can be most useful at times. Time Machine does not have that capability but it retains a history of activities and transactions that CCC does not.  CCC only retains information as of the last update.
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    My only complaint about CCC is that is is very slow in performing updates compared with Time Machine.  Just a nit on my part.
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