Just what is getting backed up?
There was a time when I didn't need an external drive just for my iTunes library. It passed several weeks ago.
I bought a 500GB external drive and moved my iTunes content there, via a firewire connection initially.
Then there was a reconditioned AirportExtreme available from Apple, so I bought it. (Yes I had considered a Time Capsule at the onset. Yes I read a lot of reviews. No, I don't think I want to own that particular device).
So now my Time Machine question:
Is my external drive, still listed by its original name via the AirPort Extreme, backing up with Time Machine?
I'd assume not, much as I'd like it too. That said if I look in Time Machine's preference pane, then click options, I see "Total Included: 159.1 GB". About the cumulative total of my internal drive and the media storage across the room in "Kind: Mac Server" land.
Entering Time Machine I can see that drive but not select it. That leads me to believe its not included in the backups. What's the unaccounted for 100+GB's getting backed up then?
The drive in question was connected for a time as a FW drive, It was also removed from the exclusion list. I know it was backing up then. The drive has now been moved to a USB connection on the AirPort Extreme.
I have been using TM since October when I got this Mac.
This morning, "Total Included" lists 110GB less than it did last night.
Time Machine took a few days to modify that amount. That's what confused me.
I had assumed the drive wasn't in the backups but the skewed "Total Included" number didn't make sense.
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