I don't understand this time machine warning
I recently got a new logic board for my 2006 macbookpro. When I connected my 500Gb seagate drive to which I back up my mac I got this warning. The wording confused me. I'm nervous more so because I have my work, wife, and personal macs backed up using this drive same. I'm concenred whether or not I should reuse backup or create new back up. I fear messing something up with the other backups. Should I just get another drive? Why doesn't it just do what it usually does and never asks me. Thanks, Matt
As you have the Reuse Backup button I believe you no longer need to go through the steps outlined in the links twtwtw posted.
Take a look at Backup fails after Logic Board replacement It appears if you have that Reuse Backup button you're running 10.6 or 10.7 and can click it.
If you're really on 10.4 as your profile says you'll need to go through the steps twtwtw posted.
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Thanks in advance!W92 wrote:
Now does Time Machine give a warning if you haven't made a backup in 10 days. However, I would like to change these number of days from 10 to 2, just to be sure I won't lose any data.
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