Can time machine backup multiple computers with encryption?

I want to use the encryption option with Time Machine, using a single portable drive between multiple computers. Will this work; does it encrypt the entire drive, or each individual backup? If it does encrypt the entire drive, can the other computers make use of it?

Although the documentation says you can copy Time Machine backups in the Finder, it sometimes doesn't work.
Launch Disk Utility, open the built-in help, and search for the term "Duplicate." Follow the instructions.

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Can Time machine backup an aperture datatbase ?

Hi to all of you,
I am new to Mac and new to aperture 3.
Can Time machine backup an aperture datatbase ?
I have set up time machine to back up my mac an though I was out of trouble until I heard someone saying this is not the case.
So can TM backup the database ? When is it open?
If not what else can I do ?
Dag

Ailish Eklof wrote:
Inside the Aperture Library, there are a few large databases that are marked as changed anytime you do many common things inside Aperture. Even a very small change can cause several of these large files to be backed up, and it will consume a fair bit of space.
One of the big changes under the hood in Aperture 3 is that the main database file has been split into several smaller ones, but more importantly the thumbnail file that existed for each Project and was changed each time any adjustments were applied in that Project has been split into a number of smaller files.
Using TM to backup the Library is still going to use space relatively fast, but not as fast as it did with Aperture 1 & 2.
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Can Time Machine backup Windows 2003 servers?

Hi,
Before anybody casts any stones, I'm Pro mac. I'm currently working at a company that only has Windows 2003 servers. We need a new DR & Backup system for our Windows servers. Can time machine backup and restore to Microsoft Windows 2003 servers?
Anybody have an experience on this topic?
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Chris.

Time Machine can not back up remote drives of any kind. also, in can only back up directly attached drives if they are formatted mac os extended. that excludes any windows drives in any shape or form.
you should consider a different backup solution. You can try CCCloner. It might be able to backup a windows server.

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can time-machine backup the boot camp drive?

can time-machine backup the boot camp drive?
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Time machine backup over wan with bonjour: are transfers encrypted?

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I have setup a dynamic global hostname and am sharing the connected disk over the WAN with Bonjour, and am able to backup files to the disk connected to the airport extreme over the internet when away from home. Very handy. My question is: are these file transfers encrypted? I've been searching around, but have been unable to find a definitive answer.
From this doc: http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Networking/Conceptual/AFP/A FPSecurity/AFPSecurity.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000854-CH232-SW1
"Only Mac OS X Server can be connected to via AFP over SSH - AND you have to enable it at the server end. You cannot connect to a Mac OS X Client with AFP over SSH."
So, I take it this means the authentication to the disk is encrypted, but the file transfer itself proceeds in plain text?
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You need to know that Time Machine backups to a USB drive on an Airport Extreme are "iffy" and +*not supported by Apple.+*
See Using Time Machine with an Airport Extreme Air Disk (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Time Machine does not do encryption (or compression).

Time Machine backups not working with Yosemite upgrade?

Time Machine backups "Waiting" with no data after Yosemite install?

But still not working.....Im getting some error message/info come up though that i never had come up before when running mavericks....I can't even insert a 2.9MB pic/image of pic i took of screen error msg...says 3.0MB Max??
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Can Time Machine Backup to Two Different Drives?

I have many Apple Computers, and I was wondering if it were possible to have time machine backup to two different drives.
I want it to back up My documents, Mail, and other files/folders that I access often to a partition of my internal drive every minute.
And
I want it to back up Everything on my Mac to my external each night upon connecting it to my mac.
I take my MacBook everywhere with me and I need to make sure that the files I work on the most stay Perfectly Accessible no matter what, and I don't want to sacrifice too much space for that procedure. I would rather just be able to do constant backups of my most used files and folders, and then do a system backup each night to make sure I always have what is needed.

Let me add some more observations. I use two disks, one at home (its a mounted volume on another Mac at home) and the other is a portable disk that I attach to my MBP at work. This works fine.
About your details - TM backs up every hour. If you look around you'll find some posts that give instructions on changing the frequency (I haven't paid attention to these, so I can't help you). However, backing up to another partition on the same drive is not what I'd recommend. If the drive dies, you may lose both partitions.
As for doing constant backups of the most used files and at night doing a system backup - it seems to me you aren't "getting" TM. This sounds like the type of backup strategy one uses with "regular" backup software. I don't think I'd recommend backups every minute, but for short intervals, why not just do a default backup of everything. It doesn't really back up everything, just things that have changed. The only time it does a complete backup is the first time you use it with a specific drive. After that it no longer does complete backups, unless you reformat the drive and start from scratch.

Can time machine backups and data live on the same external drive?

I have a 1TB drive, more than enough for my data and backups. Question is, I already have it partitioned as Mac OSX extended (Journaled), and when I plugged it in my new mac with my old data, it said, do you want to use this as a backup drive. I selected yes, not thinking anything. But then I wondered, can I continue saving new data on this drive (music, videos, photos, etc) AND use it as a time machine backup drive, or is it either or? Hope this question makes sense. Thanks!

To expand on Lyssa's answer a bit, it really depends on what other data you want to put there.
If it's something like "scratch" space for editing video, etc., then no problem, except perhaps some contention for the drive while TM backups are running. Be sure to exclude the partition from TM, via TM Preferences > Options.
But if it's important data that's not backed-up elsewhere, then you can let TM back-up that other partition along with your internal HD. That's better than no backup of it at all, but not much.
So, consider backing it up separately, either to another external HD or (especially if it's something like photos or videos that don't change a lot) to DVDs (that you can take off-site for extra security).
But whatever you do, don't put other data in the TM partition. That will probably bite you sooner or later!

Can time machine backups be migrated to another drive?

I'm intersted in moving my time machine backups from one external hard drive to another with larger capacity. How can I do this and still have access to the older backups? Neither of the drives are Time Capsule and they both have USB and FireWire compatibility.

What I've done - on numerous occassion when moving my TM backups from a drive of a lower capacity to ones with a higher capacity - is use Carbon Copy Cloner to make block copies of the data from one drive to another. I've moved from a 1TB drive to a 2TB drive to a 4TB drive and never had any problems. Just select the 'new' TM drive in System Preferences and the backups just take up where they left off.
ALWAYS turn Time Machine OFF when making the copy - just so it doesn't get 'confused'.
Then turn Time Machine back on and point it to the 'new' drive or drives.
There are likely other methods, but this one has worked for me.
See http://pondini.org/TM/27.html.
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Clinton

Can Time Machine backup to external HD on Tiger?

I have a Tiger server that I use for mail/web... I also have a couple of external HD attached to my Leopard Mac that I use for time machine backups for several computers in my house. I would like to move these external drives to my server (running Tiger server) and continue to use TM for backups.
Is there any way to get TM to backup to drives mounted on a Tiger Server?
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RPR

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Can Time Machine Backup an 10.5.2 advanced server?

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HT201250 Can Time Machine backup files stored on external hard drive

Can Time Machine back up files that are stored on external hard drive and save them on a different external hard drive?
I have my pictures stored on an external hard drive connected to my iMac. I want to make an exact copy of the pictures folder on a separate external hard drive. Can Time Machine do that?
If yes, how?
If no, what's a good way to create a mirror of the folder on External Hard Drive #1 (the original) on External Hard Drive #2 (the backup)?
I am not opposed to manually copying every couple weeks or month, but (1) it's less convenient and (2) I got an error message the first time I tried this saying the files couldn't be copied because some of the files being copied had the same name as each other (not exactly that, I'm at work and don't have the message in front of me right now, but that was the gist of it).
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1. Yes, if both drives are formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
2. Reformat the drives if needed, open the Time Machine pane of System Preferences, and remove the drive with the pictures from the list of items set to be excluded.
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Can Time Machine Backup a Disk that has OS 10.4.11 On it?

I have two startup disks on my computer. One starts up with OS X 10.5.2, and the other starts up with OS X 10.4.11. I also have a third disk that I use as the Time Machine backup disk.
If I have started up with OS X 10.5.2, can I backup the disk that has OS X 10.4.11 with Time Machine? Does Time Machine create a backup that can restore the OS X 10.4.11 disk, operating system and all?

I think you guys are right! One key is that I now understand can't restore a Tiger system from Time Machine. Thanks. I totally missed that.
My 10.4.11 "Tiger" system is on my MacBook internal drive, and my Leopard system is on an external drive. What I am going to do is:
Use Time Machine to back up "Leopard", but not "Tiger"
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Next move the "Leopard" disk to the Mac Book internal drive. I can use either "Restore" or "Time Machine" to do this. I think "Restore" is the way to go, because I won't have to insert the "Leopard" install disk.
When I am finished, I will have "Leopard" on the MacBook, an external drive, and Time Machine. My old Leopard disk will be archived by Retrospect, and will also reside on a bootable firewire disk.
Whew!
What do you guys think about this?
Thanks for the help, and I think there is a possibility of screwing up when you have two operating systems on two different drives on the same computer. I especially follow your logic on Time Machine being designed for Leopard and not Tiger. Thanks for the clear thinking.
Long term I am going to have to devise a better method of safely upgrading operating systems while at the same time keep my old stuff available. Time Machine seems to be the perfect solution for that delima.

Can Time Machine backup be cloned?

Can the Time Machine backup be cloned and if so, how? (I thought Carbon Copy Cloner won’t and when I tried SuperDuper!, my computer selection as destination was grayed out.) I want to do this in order to start over with partitions on my external drive.
(My guess is that this has been asked before. If so, I apologize in advance — but I haven't yet found the answer.)
Thank you!

Although the documentation says you can copy Time Machine backups in the Finder, it sometimes doesn't work.
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Can time machine settings be associated with a network location?

Many people with laptops connect to home and office networks these days, and use different backup disks associated with the two locations. I, for example, use a wireless network to do time machine backups during the week in an office, but have no access to the drive at the weekends. My laptop spends frustrated weekends repeatedly calling the backup disk. How can I ease its pain? Surely if it backing up to a network location, it can simply ask itself if it is connected to the right network before attempting to call the disk? Are there any plans for such functionality?
Please any answerers assume that I am far too lazy and forgetful to turn time machine off every weekend and on again during the week. Imagine that I have a similar system at home for which I have to manually change time machine settings when switching between locations (I don't, but I guess that's where the main annoyance would be).
Many thanks,
Kashi

gorton_k wrote:
Many people with laptops connect to home and office networks these days, and use different backup disks associated with the two locations. I, for example, use a wireless network to do time machine backups during the week in an office, but have no access to the drive at the weekends. My laptop spends frustrated weekends repeatedly calling the backup disk. How can I ease its pain? Surely if it backing up to a network location, it can simply ask itself if it is connected to the right network before attempting to call the disk? Are there any plans for such functionality?
Please any answerers assume that I am far too lazy and forgetful to turn time machine off every weekend and on again during the week. Imagine that I have a similar system at home for which I have to manually change time machine settings when switching between locations (I don't, but I guess that's where the main annoyance would be).
take a look at ChronoSync

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