HT201250 have 10.6.8 can I back up to time machine?

I have upgraded to snow leopard 10.6.8 have no idea about time machine but am trying to understand if and how to back up my osz10.6.8.snow leopard programming, should it develop problems in use? can I set up time machine with my programming and how do I do this? lois simmons
Message was edited by: frangapani1--your article refers to I believe a device I do not have "time capsule" is this an accessory I must acquire to use the back up program?? thank you for your assistance Lois Simmons 7/5/2013

yes you can, and it does not have to be to Time Capsule, it can be to any external hard drive. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427

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HT201514 have 10.6.8 can I back up to time machine?

I have upgraded to snow leopard 10.6.8 have no idea about time machine but am trying to understand if and how to back up my osx10.6.8.snow leopard programming, should it develop problems in use?
Can I set up time machine with my programming and how do I do this? lois simmons

Help for Time Machine on Snow Leopard v10.6 > Mac Basics: Time Machine

HT201250 Can I back up using Time Machine if I have some files already on the ExHD, or do I need a clean ExHD to use Time Machine?

Can I back up using Time Machine if I have some files already on the ExHD, or do I need a clean ExHD to use Time Machine?

If you try to use a new disk with time machine, it will try to reformat your EXHD. so I would save the items on your EXHD before backing up with time machine or partitioning your EXHD in disk utility

I got a macbook pro 2008 and can not back up using time machine. it eject my external hard drive everytime. does someone has a fix???

i got a macbook pro 2008 and can not back up using time machine. it eject my external hard drive everytime. does anybody has a fix???

Does your external hard drive have it's own power supply? It should.
Is your external hard drive formatted with the NTFS file system? It won't work.
It needs to be formatted either with Mac OS Extended or FAT32.
(There are drivers available to add NTFS support to OS X but their quality is unknown, especially the "free" ones.)

I can't back up with time machine to WD my book live

I can't back up with time machine to WD My Book Live home network disk. I get this error : The network backup disk does not support the required AFP features.

This is more a network problem than a disk error..
Reboot.. the network.. restart in correct order.. modem router /TC.. clients with 2min gap.
If you have trouble reset TM and redo it.
See A4.. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

I have bought a new computer and backed up off time machine backup now I cannot open photoshop get error code 150 30 help appreciated.

I have bought a new computer and backed up off time machine backup now I cannot open photoshop get error code 150 30 help appreciated.?

Have you updated your iTunes on your computer? WIth a device running iOS7, you need iTunes 11.
When you removed iTUnes, did you see something named 'apple mobile device support' or something like it? (The exact name varies from operating system to operating system). If you see that, uninstall it too. That's the drivers for your iPhone and they should self-install when you plug your device in.
If all that is fine, have you checked your cable and USB port? a malfunctioning cable can keep you from syncing.

Can I back up to Time Machine from hard drive of failed Macbook?

My Macbook has just completely failed (I think an issue with power supply).
I had a bulging battery and have a new Macbook Pro on the way, but as I live in a very remote area this is taking a while. So, one day, my Macbook just wouldn't start again.
I hadn't backed up to Time Machine for about a week and would really like to get all the missing data. When the new computer arrives I'm planning to use Migration Assistant to migrate all my data from Time Machine.
So, my question is, is it possible to back up to Time Machine from the hard drive of my dead Macbook? I was thinking either cloning it somehow, or making a disk image and booting it from another Macbook, but this is stretching the limits of my limited IT skills. I don't want to interfere with the other Macbook I'm using or inadvertently wipe the data on the hard drive or Time Machine disk.
Any advice much appreciated!
My Macbook ran Snow Leopard and was up to date with software updates as of two days ago. It was purchased about two years ago, but I think it's manufacture date was about March 2008.

Thanks Noondaywitch and Pondini!
The HD of the failed Macbook turned out to be fine. Just to be safe I did a full functional back-up of my Time Machine disk to another external disk as well as cloning my Macbook hard drive using Carbon Cloner to another partition of the external disk.
I then booted from a friend's Macbook and did an incremental Time Machine backup from the original Macbook HD to the original TM backup (making sure I excluded the host computer's hard drive from the backup!); when I did the backup it asked whether I wanted to "Reuse backup" I clicked yes.
As said, the hard drive was fine, but at setup I needed an ethernet or firewire connection, which I didn't have on the enclosure, so I migrated my data to the new Macbook Pro using the original TM backup. Strangely, the backup said it was transferring only 120GB, whereas the HD had 150GB of used space. Redundant files, etc. perhaps? Anyway, it's just transferring now, so will sit back and read the paper and see what it looks like in an hour and a half!
Thanks very much again!
Now, if anyone's got any suggestions to fix my old Macbook, which I was going to give away to impecunious friends if they bought a new battery……
HD is fine, power seems buggered, the rest, I don't know. Suggestions welcomed (I live 300+kms from the nearest service centre, so it's strictly DIY or go to local computer shop who know nothing about Macs).

HT201250 Can I back up with time machine AND store additional files on the same external drive?

I just bought an external drive to move and archive some files off my iMac to free up some space. I'm being asked if I want to use the drive to back up files with Time Machine. Can I use this drive to do both? (Back up with TM AND store other files?
Your input is appreciated.

Technically you can but it is not a very good idea at all. The reason it is a flawed idea is if the HD fails (not really if but when) you will have defeated the whole idea of backup. A failure means you will lose the data files you stored on it and it's backup! A good backup plan has at least 2 forms of backup because backups can fail too. I would strongly recommend getting at least one additional external HD and use it for storing the data files you wanted off the internal HD and use the second for a Time Machine backup drive.
Personally I have 3 external HD's attached to my computer. Disk 1 is my Time Machine backup, Disk 2 is a Bootable Clone of my internal HD and Disk 3 stores my music, photography and movie libraries.
Please read these articles, they will discuss different backup strategies and I think you will see that each suggest redundant backups.
Backup Plan I
Backup Plan II
Backup Plan III

I have to turn in my old computer before receiving new one. can I back up using time machine then restore to new computer/

I have to turn in my old computer before receiving my new one. Can I restore a backup from time machine to my new computer?

Yep.

HT201250 Do I have to have an external hard drive to back up to Time Machine?

I have never set up Time Machine on my iMac and I'm having a little trouble. It's not giving me the option to use Time Machine as the backup. Does it require an external hard drive?

Does it require an external hard drive?
Short answer: Yes (or a time capsule).
Long answer: Mac 101: Time Machine - Support - Apple
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Suddenly can't back-up with Time Machine

Time Machine has finally completely quit. I have followed most of the suggestions on various Apple forums, including reformatting the backup HD (several times), repairing both the back-up and main HD, settting spotlight to private, quitting Finder (using Tinker tool), etc. Followed Pondini's very useful steps repeatedly. I get different error messages from Time Machine Buddy most every time. The most consistent refers to indexing.
Below are the three most recent Buddy logs, in hopes somebody can help. Or suggest another backup solution.
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Hitachi Orange/Backups.backupdb
Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
Detected system migration from: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1
Backup content size: 498.4 GB excluded items size: 460.7 GB for volume Macintosh HD
No pre-backup thinning needed: 45.22 GB requested (including padding), 930.58 GB available
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
Indexing a file failed. Returned 200 for: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/wx-2 .8-mac-unicode/wx/lib/inspection.pyc, /Volumes/Hitachi Orange/Backups.backupdb/Galloway Desktop (3)/2011-07-08-190340.inProgress/F18A8582-E9F7-4D93-9BA0-07DEB1749449/Macintosh HD/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/wx -2.8-mac-unicode/wx/lib/inspection.pyc
Aborting backup because indexing of file failed.
Stopping backup.
Copied 60774 files (16.3 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
The one before
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Hitachi Orange/Backups.backupdb
Detected system migration from: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1
No pre-backup thinning needed: 37.67 GB requested (including padding), 877.17 GB available
Indexer unavailable (200)
Error (256): fetching properties: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 UserInfo=0x102e0a4b0 "The file “classes.nib” couldn’t be opened." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=5 UserInfo=0x103004520 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Input/output error")
Error (256): fetching properties: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 UserInfo=0x102e0cf10 "The file “info.nib” couldn’t be opened." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=5 UserInfo=0x103004520 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Input/output error")
Error (256): fetching properties: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 UserInfo=0x102e0cf10 "The file “keyedobjects.nib” couldn’t be opened." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=5 UserInfo=0x103004520 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Input/output error")
Error (256): fetching properties: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 UserInfo=0x1005312b0 "The file “classes.nib” couldn’t be opened." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=5 UserInfo=0x103004520 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Input/output error")
Copied 0 files (35 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Backup canceled.
And before that
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Hitachi Orange/Backups.backupdb
Detected system migration from: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1
No pre-backup thinning needed: 37.67 GB requested (including padding), 877.17 GB available
Indexer unavailable (200)
Error (256): fetching properties: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 UserInfo=0x102e0a4b0 "The file “classes.nib” couldn’t be opened." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=5 UserInfo=0x103004520 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Input/output error")
Error (256): fetching properties: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 UserInfo=0x102e0cf10 "The file “info.nib” couldn’t be opened." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=5 UserInfo=0x103004520 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Input/output error")
Error (256): fetching properties: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 UserInfo=0x102e0cf10 "The file “keyedobjects.nib” couldn’t be opened." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=5 UserInfo=0x103004520 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Input/output error")
Error (256): fetching properties: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=256 UserInfo=0x1005312b0 "The file “classes.nib” couldn’t be opened." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=5 UserInfo=0x103004520 "The operation couldn’t be completed. Input/output error")
Copied 0 files (35 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Backup canceled.
Any help would be most appriciated.
This is my iMac (Late 2010) running OS X 10.6.8, backing up to a 1Tb Hitachi external HD, connected directly (no hub) via usb.

It's possible that the system was keeping some piece of the I/O error in memory and, after the underlying cause of the I/O error went away, something you did juggled the system's brain back to a non-error condition.
You are absolutely correct to remain suspicious of your HD. While it's possible that changing USB cables or zeroing out the disk might have solved the underlying I/O problem it's equally possible that you have a failing drive on your hands that may only be showing ugly symptoms sporadically. There is a small risk that you will end up with two sets of damaged data if a drive fails during data transfer so it was very wise of you to order another drive.
You might want to consider using Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper! to make a clone to your new drive. Having a TM backup and one or more clones, all on separate physical drives, is a very effective backup solution. That's the combo I use.
When my Mini's internal drive failed it took about five minutes to boot from one of my clones, restore a few files from my TM backup, set TM to back up the clone, set SuperDuper to back up to my second clone. After that, I was fully back in business by booting from my clone which allowed me to get the Mini's HD repaired when it was convenient for me.

Can I back up with Time Machine to a previously used hard drive?

I've just replaced an old MacBook Pro with a new one and used Time Machine to get the new MBP set up. All is well and it looks like my new computer is a mirror of the old (tested for a week now). If I turn on Time Machine with the new MBP using the same hardrive as the former, will the files remain and be accessible? Presently, I can only access the old files by going into the hard drive through Finder and even then, most are locked. Thanks in advance.

There's your problem. I'm betting that you are currently using the new account you made which is why you cannot access anything on the migrated account.
If it's not a major hassle at this point in time log out of the new account. Log into your migrated account. You should now be able to access all your files. Now comes the issue. Let's suppose you named your new account, "NewAccount" and the second, migrated, account was named, "Account." If this is the case, then log out of "NewAccount," log into "Account," then delete "NewAccount." This should put you back to your old account but on the new computer. You should have access to all your files.
Now, suuppose your migrated old account was called "Account," but you created a new account that you named, "Account." Then you migrated your old account but it now shows as "Account 2" on the new computer. Now you've go a bit of a problem because it isn't trivial to rename an account. In this case you should create a third account we'll call "Temp." Log into "Temp" and delete the other two accounts. Open Migration Assistant and re-migrate your Home folder, third-party applications and support files, and system preferences from the old computer. After the transfers have been completed log into the migrated account and configure it as your default for auto login. Now delete "Temp." You should now have one account with the same username as on the old computer.
It's my understanding that Time Machine should then be able to continue backing up as before, but just to be sure you need to visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for better information.

Can I back up to time machine via ethernet instead of wifi?

A while ago I moved house and have only just got around to setting up my time capsule again. I started a backup its probably 10 weeks since the last one and I have about 75GB to back up. It is taking ages on the wifi link, can I plug in ethernet to speed up the process. I Have had a snout about but cant find a preference that allows this
Any tips?

Doh! all sorted now - i'd forgotten about airport utility!

Can't back up to time machine

Error reading is can't back up because the files are read only.
Earlier in the day I was able to back up.
In the time between,I synced my new iPad with apps.
Is this error related to my syncing my new Ipad ?
Do I need to do anything >
I am using a g Technologies external hard drive.
Thanks

Launch the Console application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select "system.log" from the file list. Enter "backupd" (without the quotes) in the filtering text box. Post the messages from the last backup, beginning with "Starting standard backup." Post the log text, please, not a screenshot. Edit out excessive repeats, if any.

Can't back up with Time Machine.

Hi, Im having troble with time machine. When I tried to back up today this error occured.
The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk.
Repaired back up with both Disk Utility & Drive Genius. Disk seems to be working fine. But, it won't back up.
Any help will be appreciated.

This is more a network problem than a disk error..
Reboot.. the network.. restart in correct order.. modem router /TC.. clients with 2min gap.
If you have trouble reset TM and redo it.
See A4.. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

HT201250 have 10.6.8 can I back up to time machine?

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