Can't find battery power option for time machine

I'm semi new to macs. I've been messing around with my wife's for the last week or so.
I first upgraded her OS to 10.5. After the initial upgrade I was given both the
a) battery power option and
b) time machine in menu bar option.
Unfortunately after messing around with her sparesimage I corrupted it and had to do a clean install last night. After this clean install these two time machine options are missing.
Can anybody lead me in the right direction on how to restore both of these options?
Working with a Macbook with an intel processor. Pretty sure last night did all the software and OS updates, so I should be running 10.5.5.

a) I don't need my laptop's battery status... I want the option to disable time machine backups when my computer is running on battery power.
b) As my original post states, that option is no longer on the Time Machine preferences screen. It has disappears since I re installed the OS.

Similar Messages

Can't find external hard drive for time machine restore

I recently installed Lion (mistake) and I'm now attempting to reinstall Snow Leopard from a Time Machine back up. I get to the point where it starts searching for external drives in order to find the Time Machine back up; however, it is not able to find my drive. I've tried plugging it in before I start the computer, and when it starts to search for the drive. I did not plug in my hard drive while I had Lion running (it never backed up from Lion). Help?

I have a Mac Mini (late 2009) and I have an iomega 1TB external hard drive connected to my mini via firewire and usb (usb allows me to use the usb ports on the external 1TB drive to daisy chain other devices). Since I installed Lion, my Time Machine and this 1TB drive (and its partitions) is finicky. Sometimes it is mounted and sometimes it is not. This issue has only surfaced post Snow Leopard and in the Lion era. I am not the first to say this but the whole reason I went Mac was b/c of Vista. I am beginning to think that Lion is the new Vista. Sorry for the latter, just venting... b/c this ain't the first issue with Lion.

Can I find an iphoto events in time machine

Using a macbook pro with Lion 10.7 how can I find an iphoto event in time machine hard drive back up. When I look in picture folder for a back up date I see some individual pictures and an icon for iphoto library. I thought clicking on that would show me iphoto application with the events just as it looks in current time only with the events of the past date. It does not.

Not really - you need to restore the iPhoto library then open it with iPhoto - iPhoto can not access TM backups - they have to be restored first
LN

Can not fine external hard drive for time machine sence lion was installed

I can not fine external hard drive for time machine sence lion was installed, it don't reconise it at all.

I have a Mac Mini (late 2009) and I have an iomega 1TB external hard drive connected to my mini via firewire and usb (usb allows me to use the usb ports on the external 1TB drive to daisy chain other devices). Since I installed Lion, my Time Machine and this 1TB drive (and its partitions) is finicky. Sometimes it is mounted and sometimes it is not. This issue has only surfaced post Snow Leopard and in the Lion era. I am not the first to say this but the whole reason I went Mac was b/c of Vista. I am beginning to think that Lion is the new Vista. Sorry for the latter, just venting... b/c this ain't the first issue with Lion.

Where can i find a Power Adapter for the IdeaPad A2109?

How are you?
Looking for another Power adapter for the A2109....
Havnt found the original in eBay...
Is anyone knows where can i find the Power adapter?
If not the original - is there any generic alternative that in good quality?
Any details? please feel free to provide!
Thanks a lot!!!
Solved!
Go to Solution.

b.t.w: charging is only by the USB port, am i right?
One of these could suite?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Ariic-5V-2A-2000mA-AC-DC-USB-OUTPUT-Wall-Charger-for-Tablet-PC-Cell-Phon...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5V-DC-2000mA-USB-Wall-Home-Charger-Adapter-Supply-MP3-MP4-EU-Plug-High-Quali...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5V-1-5A-7-5W-EU-Wall-Mount-USB-Power-Adapter-Travel-Charger-Mobile-GPS-MP4-u...
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ainol-years-novo7-Ares-charger-5v-1-5a-usb-original-adapter/693452820...
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/For-UZONE-F6-advanced-WISE-Tablet-PC-5V-2A-USB-Plug-Power-Supply-Adap...
Is it right that a lower ampere in the adapter = better battery life?
Thanks for all of your help!

Can i switch another hard drive for time machine

can i replace my time machine usb HD with a new larger one I have bought?

Sure you can. The real question is, can you transfer your old TM database to the new drive. This I would not attempt to do. I would add the new drive and point time machine to it in system preferences. This will cause you to do a full backup for the first time but you will know all the links are good this way. Before you remove the old TM drive, think if there is anything you want to restore.
My steps would be:
1) look through time machine to find anything you may want to keep, restore it if you want it
2) turn off time machine
3) power down and swap drives
4) power up and and format the new drive if needed, then open time machine preferences
5) select the new drive for time machine
6) sit back and let it do a full backup
How big is your internal drive? How full is it? How big is the new TM drive?

I can't find Firefox password data in Time Machine?

I upgraded to Firefox 7 today & stupidly deleted the extensions folder of Firefox 6 before doing so. I have attempted to restore bookmarks & password data using Time Machine but I can't find either file. I've done Finder searches and looked manually. There is no Firefox folder in Library, only one named Mozilla, which contains an empty extensions folder. Finder searches find nothing. I know that I am looking for key3.db and signons.sqlite but where have they gone? All help much appreciated.

wardatyork wrote:
Thanks Pondini but that's the point: there is no Firefox folder in Application Support, either in Lion or in Time Machine's backups, no matter how far back I go. There is only a Mozilla folder which is empty. I can locate the Firefox folder in Lion by going through Firefox/troubleshooting/show in finder so it's obviously hidden for some reason.
For some reason, most things in <home folder>/Library are treated as "system files" by a Finder Search, so it won't show them unless you specifically tell the search to include them. Thus it's usually easiest to just navigate to the folder you want.
And in Lion, the <home folder>/Library folder is hidden by default; you can see it via the Finder by pressing the Option key while selecting the Go item in the Finder's menubar. (You can make it permanently visible by copying chflags nohidden ~/Library into a Terminal window.)
I don't know how to do the equivalent in Time Machine. Any ideas?
In Time Machine, the <home folder>/Library folder should appear by default, and you should be able to "drill down" inside it to find the Firefox folder inside the Application Support folder.
If it doesn't, try selecting <home folder>/Library in the Finder as above, then Enter Time Machine. That should show the folder and contents.

Can two macs use same disk for Time Machine backup with Airport Extreme?

Hi
I use a Western Digital disk as a wireless Time Machine backup connected to the USB port on my Airport Extreme and it works great. My question is: can my girlfriend use that same disk for Time Machine backup from HER computer too? (I don't mind formatting the disk if needed.)
If she can't, is it then possible to connect a USB hub and have two disks hooked up to the Airport Extreme?
Thanks for helping. I am constantly in awe of all the help people like you give people like me. Thanks!!!
Jakob

I've gone through the manual setup and the assisted setup and can't seem to get my MacBook to use the Time Machine. Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.
Well, as the Jolly Giant points out....+this type of configuration is not supported by Apple+, so it's difficult, if not impossible, to provide a fix for something that Apple says that you cannot do. Reference these Apple Support documents regarding this topic:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2038
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/15139.html
Your situation is not unlike other users who try this and find that one computer may backup...(usually for a limited time before corruption issues start to creep in)...but another computer cannot backup. Count me as one of those users who thought that because things seemed to work that I had somehow "beat the system".
I started getting the corruption error messages after 4-5 weeks of successful backups, so I figured that it did not make sense to continue to try to get a second computer to backup (yes, I too could not setup a second Mac to backup).
Sorry, I could not get a second machine to backup, so can't tell you how to accomplish that goal. If you want to continue to try backing up this way, you might want to also think about a second backup strategy...just in case backups become corrupted on the WD drive.
Maybe if Apple says you cannot do this, they just may be right?
Message was edited by: Bob Timmons

Can I select certain drives only for Time Machine backup?

I have several internal drives and several external drives connected to my MacPro desktop computer. If I backup everything in all of the drives using Time Machine, the capacity on my designated external drive for Time Machine backup will soon be filled. Is there any way to selectively backup via Time Machine from only designated drives, not all drives connected (internally or externally) to my computer? Is so, how can that be done? I assume that Time Machine will start deleting data when its capacity is exceeded. If that is so, and I remove the designated Time Machine drive at that point and replace it with a new drive, will the removed drive thereafter be able to be reinserted and the prior material read and transferred as needed? Is there any way to utilized Time Machine after I insert the replacement drive to only archive new material saved after the switch of drives?

Yes, mount the drive by opening a new Finder window and clicking on your base station's name in the left column that says 'Shared'. Then double click on the drive name to mount it on your desktop. From there, open Time Machine prefs and select that mounted drive as your backup disk. Time machine will then back up to it. Theoretically.
If you want that disk to automatically mount every time you login to your computer, go to Sys Prefs Panel and select 'Accounts'. Then click 'Startup Items'. From there, drag the mounted drive's icon from the desktop in to that startup items list. It will then auto-mount from there forward.
I have had many problems backing up this way with Time Machine. It will, 9 times out of 10, fail over a wireless backup with an Airport Extreme Gigabit base station and a 1TB Western Digital My Book. Nothing seems to fix, so I have given up. When TM is finally fixed - I will use it. Until then, it's junk software as far as I'm concerned.
But - best of luck. The instructions above are how it's 'supposed' to work..

Can i use an sd card for time machine

Can I use an SD card for my Time Machine backups? If so, what capacity would be required? Thanks.

The device you use for Time Machine backups should have at least twice the capacity of the drive you're backing up. For the vast majority of users, this means an SD card is not a practical option at all.
You can, however, make good use of an SD card for quick manual backups of your current documents while you're away from your desk or office and your Time Machine backup drive.

Can I use an external drive for Time Machine and storing other data?

At the moment I have one external drive, a 500gb LaCie. My internal drive is 160gb. I don't think I'll be using all 500 of those gigabytes for a while, so I want to put them to good use. Can I make a partition on this drive and use that for Time Machine, leaving the rest of the drive for my documents and other files? If so, how would I partition the drive? I'm not fluent in Disk Utility and even though I'm pretty sure I know how to do it, I don't want to screw up. Also, how big a partition would you recommend?
While we're here, I have a second question, somewhat relevant to the first. Could I move my Time Machine backups to a second drive if I wanted to? Also, if I used a big drive (say 1tb) could I use Time Machine to backup my current LaCie to a partition on that drive? Thanks in advance.

videoCWK wrote:
Does that also mean that I could back them both up on a very big drive?
Yes. Time Machine will, by default, back up all of your external drives unless you specifically exclude them.
Also, will Time Machine backups eat all my space after a lot of usage?
It depends on what you do on your Mac. If you work often with very large files (video editing, heavy photo editing, big disk images, Microsoft Entourage data file, Parallels disk image file, etc) then your backup drive could fill up very quickly.
I use my Mac mostly for e-mail, web browsing, iTunes, iPhoto, and the occasional iMovie project. I have 92 GB on my main hard drive (60 GB of which are my iTunes and iPhoto libraries, and one iMovie project.) My Time Machine backups consume 155GB on my backup drive, and that's after using Time Machine for a full year.

Can't find the edit option for my own wiki content.

I can't find Edit option for my own wiki document..
I've created a wiki yesterday How to update Assignment field in FBL*N report - ERP Financials - SCN Wiki
At the time all images are visible.. But now, I only can see the images. I got a report from other user, that they can't able to see the images..
I log out from my account, then I see, Images are not visible in this content..
I can't find the edit button..

You have hotlinked the (jive scn.sap) images in wiki. This is not the correct way to embed images.
The image needs to be first uploaded there(atlassian wiki.scn.sap), and then embed to wiki page.
I believe you are able to see the image because they are hosted on scn.sap, you are logged in, and the images are part of your "draft" space.
When your access issue with wiki is being corrected. also get access to upload images in wiki.
There are tutorials available on how to embed images to new wiki platform.

Where can I find a power charger for my G3 ibook

Just broke my 4 year old g3 iBook power charger by walking into the cord and snapping it off at the power source. Where can I find a replacement power cord charger for this 750pc G3 iBook?

There are third party choices for an adapter, also:
MCE Technologies
http://www.madsonline.com/index.html?
MacAlly adapter at Amazon.com
Micro Accessories adapter at Other World Computing
Apple's is the only one with the glowing ring to indicate charging status, though, and can be found here:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M89 43LL/A
I believe the one from Other World Computing is one of the sturdiest of the lot. The MacAlly adapter's cord is a bit flimsier than the one from Other World Computing, but both are working fine on our iBooks. We haven't tried the pricier ones.
If you have further questions about your iBook G3 (Dual USB), you may want to try posting in the iBook G3 (Dual USB) Forum.
You have posted in the iBook G4 Forum.

Where can I find the CDM options for download

Hi all,
On the Headstart product page is stated:
"Two extra options to Headstart Oracle Designer are available for download."
CDM Standards Option:
CDM RuleFrame Option:
Where can I find these options for downloading?
Thanks in advance,
Joep

We have some delay in loading them up. Please
take a look on tuesday the 18th of July. It should be uploaded then.
Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you.
Regards,
Ton

Where can I find a power cord for a 2001 "Flower Power" iMac?

I have a 2001 "Flower Power" iMac. I am trying to find a power cord so that I can determine if this computer still works. I haven't been able to locate a source for this 12 year old item. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

I can't find a good picture of the power socket on the Flower Power iMac, but my Graphite iMac definitely uses the C13 cord John speaks of (we ususally just call these cords "standard business machine power cords..." i.e. http://www.kordking.com/products/power-cords/business-machine.php ). They can be found mating and reproducing in dark closets and drawers. I have so many that I regularly throw them away.

Can't find battery power option for time machine

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for