Does Time Machine automatically resume backing up when the external HD is connected?

My daughter has a MacBook Pro at college. I recently bought her an external hard drive to use with Time Machine. We connected the drive, the system said, "do you want to use this drive for Time Machine?", we said, "yes, please", and it started doing its backup thing.
Then we disconnected the drive, waited a few minutes, then re-connected it. I was expecting / hoping that Time Machine would automatically see the drive and resume its backup. But I didn't see any visual indication of this and am not convinced that's what happens.
My daughter is a college student and will probably not remember to start Time Machine every time she reconnects the hard drive. Is there a way to have Time Machine *automatically* resume its backup any time it sees the drive attached? Also, how do you see the status of the backup?
Thanks!

webwiz wrote:
Then we disconnected the drive,
Oops. Never disconnect an external HD without ejecting it first. That can damage the file system on it, and Time Machine won't be able to back up to it without it being repaired (see below).
Did a backup complete? See what the System Preferences > Time Machine window shows:
You can also get to that by selecting the TM icon in the menubar, or right-clicking the TM icon in the Dock, and selecting Open Time Machine Preferences.
My daughter is a college student and will probably not remember to start Time Machine every time she reconnects the hard drive. Is there a way to have Time Machine *automatically* resume its backup any time it sees the drive attached?
TM will do backups hourly (just of what's been changed since the last one) while the disk is connected. If it's not available for over an hour, it will just wait until it is (and send a message after 10 days without a backup).
If the drive was only disconnected for a few minutes, though, it won't start a new one until the hour is up.
If the Preferences window doesn't show a "Latest backup," the backup may have been damaged. If it's been over an hour, and no new backup has started, try to repair the backups, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting
You might want to review the Time Machine Tutorial, and perhaps browse Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.

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2/10/2014 6:08:40.578 am quicklookd[408]: Warning: Cache image returned by the server has size range covering all valid image sizes. Binding: VariantBinding [0x203] flags: 0x8 binding: FileInfoBinding [0x103] - extension: png, UTI: public.png, fileType: ???? request size:64 scale: 1
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2/10/2014 6:29:00.604 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: conn 0xe80b legacy 1
2/10/2014 6:29:00.605 am Finder[206]: Backtrace (at 1000.37):
2/10/2014 6:29:00.605 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 0   CoreGraphics                        0x0000000108c65379 CGSBacktraceCreate + 59
2/10/2014 6:29:00.606 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 1   CoreGraphics                        0x0000000108d1462c _ZN16CGSUpdateManager21disable_update_legacyEv + 78
2/10/2014 6:29:00.606 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 2   CoreGraphics                        0x0000000108d145d7 CGSDisableUpdate + 35
2/10/2014 6:29:00.606 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 3   Finder                              0x000000010377faae Finder + 1608366
2/10/2014 6:29:00.606 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 4   Finder                              0x000000010377f224 Finder + 1606180
2/10/2014 6:29:00.607 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 5   CoreFoundation                      0x00000001087f7e0c __CFNOTIFICATIONCENTER_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER__ + 12
2/10/2014 6:29:00.607 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 6   CoreFoundation                      0x00000001087b9f79 ____CFXNotificationPostToken_block_invoke + 137
2/10/2014 6:29:00.607 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 7   CoreFoundation                      0x000000010875a48c __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__ + 12
2/10/2014 6:29:00.608 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 8   CoreFoundation                      0x000000010874bae5 __CFRunLoopDoBlocks + 341
2/10/2014 6:29:00.608 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 9   CoreFoundation                      0x000000010874b86e __CFRunLoopRun + 1982
2/10/2014 6:29:00.608 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 10 CoreFoundation                      0x000000010874ae75 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 309
2/10/2014 6:29:00.608 am Finder[206]: void CGSUpdateManager::log() const: 11 HIToolbox                           0x000000010645ea0d RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 226
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2/10/2014 6:29:05.235 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSLockWindowRectBits: Invalid window 0x0
2/10/2014 6:29:05.235 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSUnlockWindowBits: Invalid window 0x0
2/10/2014 6:29:08.798 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart[1008]) Exited with code: 1
2/10/2014 6:29:08.798 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2/10/2014 6:29:18.817 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart[1012]) Exited with code: 1
2/10/2014 6:29:18.817 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2/10/2014 6:29:24.300 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSGetWindowType: Invalid (NULL) window
2/10/2014 6:29:24.300 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSGetWindowResolution: Invalid window 0x0
2/10/2014 6:29:24.301 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSGetWindowDepth: Invalid window
2/10/2014 6:29:24.301 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSLockWindowRectBits: Invalid window 0x0
2/10/2014 6:29:24.301 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSUnlockWindowBits: Invalid window 0x0
2/10/2014 6:29:24.301 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSGetWindowType: Invalid (NULL) window
2/10/2014 6:29:24.301 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSGetWindowResolution: Invalid window 0x0
2/10/2014 6:29:24.301 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSGetWindowDepth: Invalid window
2/10/2014 6:29:24.301 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSLockWindowRectBits: Invalid window 0x0
2/10/2014 6:29:24.301 am MouseLocatorAgent[327]: CGSUnlockWindowBits: Invalid window 0x0
2/10/2014 6:29:28.843 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart[1019]) Exited with code: 1
2/10/2014 6:29:28.843 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2/10/2014 6:29:29.894 am WindowServer[122]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 44.29 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
2/10/2014 6:29:30.261 am WindowServer[122]: Display 0x4280482 released by conn 0xe80b
2/10/2014 6:29:30.382 am WindowServer[122]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x04280482 device: 0x7f9dc1422710 isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
2/10/2014 6:29:38.861 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart[1024]) Exited with code: 1
2/10/2014 6:29:38.861 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2/10/2014 6:29:48.879 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart[1027]) Exited with code: 1
2/10/2014 6:29:48.879 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2/10/2014 6:29:52.483 am com.apple.backupd[907]: Copied 1776 items (176.1 MB) from volume Macintosh HD iMac 21.5-inch, Late 2013. Linked 13206.
2/10/2014 6:29:58.897 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart[1037]) Exited with code: 1
2/10/2014 6:29:58.897 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2/10/2014 6:30:06.184 am launchservicesd[98]: Application App:"Console" asn:0x0-6b06b pid:951 refs=6 @ 0x7ff443443bd0 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x6c06c pid=1034 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100004/0x186a4 queue
2/10/2014 6:30:06.185 am WindowServer[122]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Console, psn 0x0-0x6b06b, securitySessionID=0x186a4, err=-13066
2/10/2014 6:30:06.646 am com.apple.backupd[907]: Will copy (4.3 MB) from Macintosh HD iMac 21.5-inch, Late 2013
2/10/2014 6:30:06.647 am com.apple.backupd[907]: Found 68 files (4.3 MB) needing backup
2/10/2014 6:30:06.647 am com.apple.backupd[907]: 7.89 GB required (including padding), 133.44 GB available
2/10/2014 6:30:08.233 am iSnap[331]: Can't Retrieve Window Zoom
2/10/2014 6:30:08.579 am iSnap[331]: time out
2/10/2014 6:30:08.917 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart[1041]) Exited with code: 1
2/10/2014 6:30:08.917 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2/10/2014 6:30:18.448 am com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[1047]: assertion failed: 13F34: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [A40A0C7B-3216-39B4-8AE0-B5D3BAF1DA8A]: 0x25
2/10/2014 6:30:18.934 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart[1049]) Exited with code: 1
2/10/2014 6:30:18.934 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
2/10/2014 6:30:18.980 am com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[1047]: Bogus event received by listener connection:
<error: 0x111766b50> { count = 1, contents =
"XPCErrorDescription" => <string: 0x111766e60> { length = 18, contents = "Connection invalid" }
2/10/2014 6:30:18.981 am librariand[219]: client process 349 does not have a valid com.apple.developer.ubiquity-container-identifiers entitlement
2/10/2014 6:30:18.982 am librariand[219]: error in handle_container_path_request: LibrarianErrorDomain/9/The client process does not have a valid com.apple.developer.ubiquity-container-identifiers entitlement
2/10/2014 6:30:20.551 am com.apple.backupd[907]: Copied 204 items (4.3 MB) from volume Macintosh HD iMac 21.5-inch, Late 2013. Linked 1778.
2/10/2014 6:30:21.935 am com.apple.backupd[907]: Created new backup: 2014-10-02-063021
2/10/2014 6:30:22.625 am launchservicesd[98]: Application App:"Monosnap" asn:0x0-28028 pid:349 refs=5 @ 0x7ff443632f50 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x6c06c pid=1034 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100004/0x186a4 queue
2/10/2014 6:30:22.625 am WindowServer[122]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Monosnap, psn 0x0-0x28028, securitySessionID=0x186a4, err=-13066
2/10/2014 6:30:22.874 am WindowServer[122]: CGXSetWindowLevel: Operation on a window 0x236 requiring rights kCGSWindowRightPresenter by caller com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSav
2/10/2014 6:30:22.874 am com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[1047]: CGSSetWindowLevel
2/10/2014 6:30:22.874 am com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService[1047]: PSsetwindowlevel, error setting window level (1001)
2/10/2014 6:30:24.868 am com.apple.backupd[907]: Starting post-backup thinning
2/10/2014 6:30:24.868 am com.apple.backupd[907]: No post-backup thinning needed: no expired backups exist
2/10/2014 6:30:24.898 am com.apple.backupd[907]: Backup completed successfully.
2/10/2014 6:30:25.501 am launchservicesd[98]: Application App:"Finder" asn:0x0-b00b pid:206 refs=7 @ 0x7ff443429180 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x6c06c pid=1034 "SecurityAgent"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100004/0x186a4 queue
2/10/2014 6:30:25.502 am WindowServer[122]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Finder, psn 0x0-0xb00b, securitySessionID=0x186a4, err=-13066
2/10/2014 6:30:28.952 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart[1056]) Exited with code: 1
2/10/2014 6:30:28.952 am com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[187]: (com.qbix.CalendarStart) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
Still restores only the first 7 files of 955.
I appreciate your efforts to help. That's a lot of files that are lost!

I am running 10.7.5. Time Machine has stopped backing up to my external drive

I am unable to get my time machine to do a backup. When I plug my external drive into the macbook, there is no message to ask me if I want to backup my laptop. The external drive mounts, but nothing happens. I have done a "repair disk" and a "verify" disk and found no problems.

Has that drive already been setup (and/or used) as a Time Machine target for this computer? If so, you can click on the Time Machine icon on the top menu bar, and click on the "Backup Now" option. If, for whatever reason, the drive cannot be used, it'll at least give some kind of error message to help in troubleshooting.
Another thing to try is to go to the Time Machine preferences and "re-select" the external drive that you're using as a target.

Does Time Machine automatically resume backing up when the external HD is connected?

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