"Time Machine alert" in the middle of Keynote presentation.

I was in the middle of a lecture with Keynote when a warning window popped up to inform me that the time machine backup software hadn't had a chat with my external hard disk for a while (was it 2 weeks?) and it needed to reconnect.
This was embarassing as I had to go down to my computer and acknowledge the alert before I could continue.
Is there a way to prevent this from happening next time?
Thanks
Adam

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Time machine stops in the middle of first backup

I just bought a LaCie external hard drive, plugged it into my Mac Mini and started Time Machine. Everything looked fine but at 20,46 GB it stopped and would not progress any further. I tried to stop the backup but it would not. I restarted, reformatted the drive and tried again and the same thing happened. It stops at 20,46 GB again.
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No I have not excluded my internal drive and it did after all backup 20 GB of it before stalling.
I tried your suggestion about booting from the install DVD. Time Machine did a lot of preparation but the problem remained. This time it stopped after 20.45 GB.
I started again from scratch and only included the Applications folder. Backup completed successfully.
Then I added the Library folder. That worked too.
Then I added the Users folder. Not so good. It got stuck from the very beginning at 0 bytes.
When I try to stop a stuck backup it also hangs trying to stop. I haven't waited very long for that to finish but it seems stuck.
Now I went in and exluded 3 of the 4 user folders while it was stuck at 0 bytes. Then it automatically tried to stop the backup which it is still stuck trying to do. I'll give it some more time to see if something happens. If not I will have to restart again.
Even though there was nothing obviously suspicious relating to backupd in the logs they are actually flooded with other messages like the ones below. There were some more backupd messages that I was not sure if they were normal or not but now I cannot find them in the logs anymore probably because they have been "pushed out" by all the other messages like these:
29.12.07 15.56.05 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.05 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4316]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.05 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4316]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.05 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.06 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.06 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4317]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.06 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4317]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.06 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.08 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.08 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4320]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.08 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4320]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.08 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.10 Mail[3559] * -[NSCFString objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x16d6a7b0
29.12.07 15.56.10 Mail[3559] notes sync canceled, error:(null)
29.12.07 15.56.10 Mail[3559] notes sync: Reached retry limit, giving up
29.12.07 15.56.10 Mail[3559] SyncServices[ISyncSessionDriver]: Caught top level exception: * -[NSCFString objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x16d6a7b0 Stack trace: (0x95fa826b 0x9513d09b 0x95faf46a 0x95fada6c 0x95fadb32 0x16b6ebd1 0x16b6d885 0x16b6efd5 0x16b6cf23 0x9133b452 0x9132756f 0x913bfa1d 0x923e104d 0x923e0bf4 0x9088e075 0x9088df32)
29.12.07 15.56.10 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.10 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4321]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.10 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4321]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.10 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.11 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.11 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4322]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.11 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4322]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.11 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.13 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.13 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4325]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.13 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4325]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.13 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.15 Mail[3559] * -[NSCFString objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x17442a20
29.12.07 15.56.15 Mail[3559] notes sync canceled, error:(null)
29.12.07 15.56.15 Mail[3559] notes sync: Reached retry limit, giving up
29.12.07 15.56.15 Mail[3559] SyncServices[ISyncSessionDriver]: Caught top level exception: * -[NSCFString objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x17442a20 Stack trace: (0x95fa826b 0x9513d09b 0x95faf46a 0x95fada6c 0x95fadb32 0x16b6ebd1 0x16b6d885 0x16b6efd5 0x16b6cf23 0x9133b452 0x9132756f 0x913bfa1d 0x923e104d 0x923e0bf4 0x9088e075 0x9088df32)
29.12.07 15.56.16 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.16 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4326]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.16 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4326]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.16 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.16 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.16 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4327]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.16 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4327]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.16 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.19 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.19 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4328]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.19 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker[4328]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.19 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10aa70.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.21 Mail[3559] * -[NSCFString objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x174f7b10
29.12.07 15.56.21 Mail[3559] notes sync canceled, error:(null)
29.12.07 15.56.21 Mail[3559] notes sync: Reached retry limit, giving up
29.12.07 15.56.21 Mail[3559] SyncServices[ISyncSessionDriver]: Caught top level exception: * -[NSCFString objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x174f7b10 Stack trace: (0x95fa826b 0x9513d09b 0x95faf46a 0x95fada6c 0x95fadb32 0x16b6ebd1 0x16b6d885 0x16b6efd5 0x16b6cf23 0x9133b452 0x9132756f 0x913bfa1d 0x923e104d 0x923e0bf4 0x9088e075 0x9088df32)
29.12.07 15.56.21 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.21 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c4e0.mdworker[4334]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.21 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c4e0.mdworker[4334]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.21 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c4e0.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.22 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.22 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c920.mdworker[4335]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.22 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c920.mdworker[4335]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.22 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c920.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.24 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.24 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c4e0.mdworker[4336]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.24 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c4e0.mdworker[4336]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.24 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c4e0.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.26 Mail[3559] * -[NSCFString objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1744b560
29.12.07 15.56.26 Mail[3559] notes sync canceled, error:(null)
29.12.07 15.56.26 Mail[3559] notes sync: Reached retry limit, giving up
29.12.07 15.56.26 Mail[3559] SyncServices[ISyncSessionDriver]: Caught top level exception: * -[NSCFString objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1744b560 Stack trace: (0x95fa826b 0x9513d09b 0x95faf46a 0x95fada6c 0x95fadb32 0x16b6ebd1 0x16b6d885 0x16b6efd5 0x16b6cf23 0x9133b452 0x9132756f 0x913bfa1d 0x923e104d 0x923e0bf4 0x9088e075 0x9088df32)
29.12.07 15.56.26 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.26 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c4e0.mdworker[4339]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.26 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c4e0.mdworker[4339]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.26 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c4e0.mdworker) Failed to check-in!
29.12.07 15.56.27 mds[37] (Error) Import: importer:0x87ba00 Importer start failed for 506 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
29.12.07 15.56.27 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c5a0.mdworker[4340]) posix_spawnp("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Meta data.framework/Versions/A/Support/mdworker", ...): No such file or directory
29.12.07 15.56.27 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c5a0.mdworker[4340]) Exited with exit code: 1
29.12.07 15.56.27 com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10c5a0.mdworker) Failed to check-in!

Every time I try to back up my Macbook Pro with an external hard drive using Time Machine, I receive the error of "the disk does not have enough space". I have a 500GB hard drive and only 120GB Macbook. It worked fine before the latest Maverick's

Every time I try to back up my Macbook Pro with an external hard drive using Time Machine, I receive the error of "the disk does not have enough space". I have a 500GB external hard drive and only 120GB Macbook. It worked fine before the latest Maverick's update. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My guess would be it has created an entirely new backup of your drive when you upgraded to Mavericks.
See Here: http://pondini.org/TM/1.html
And here: http://pondini.org/TM/9.html
Peruse the whole site. There is a lot of information there.

I am trying to get space on an external hard drive which has some old time machine back up files that I do not need but can not eliminate, even by going into the time machine, clicking on the backup file to be eliminated and using the drop down eliminate

I am trying to get space on an external hard drive which has some old time machine back up files that I do not need but can not eliminate, even by going into the time machine, clicking on the backup file to be eliminated and using the drop down menu with the gear box symbol to eliminate

I cannot find this 300GB "Backup" in the Finder, only in the Storage info when I check "About This Mac".
You are probably using Time Machine to backup your MacBook Pro, right? Then the additional 300 GB could be local Time Machine snapshots. Time Machine will write the hourly backups to the free space on your hard disk, if the backup drive is temporarily not connected. You do not see these local backups in the Finder, and MacOS will delete them, when you make a regular backup to Time Machine, or when you need the space for other data.
See Pondini's page for more explanation: What are Local Snapshots? http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
I have restarted my computer, but the information remains the same. How do I reclaim the use of the 300GB? Why is it showing up as "Backups" when it used to indicate "Photos"? Are my photos safe on the external drive?
You have tested the library on the external drive, and so your photos are save there.
The local TimeMachine snapshot probably now contains a backup of the moved library. Try, if connecting your Time Machine drive will reduce the size of your local Time Machine snapshots.

I can not get Time Machine to back up an external WD Passport 2 TB drive! Has anyone else had this problem? The drive is new and I was running Snow Leopard and upgraded to Lion and it still won't do it. Time Machine backs up the internal drive fine.

I bought 2 2TB WD Passport Drives with the intention of housing my iTunes/iPhoto libraries off my older MacBook. I have successfully transferred the Libraries to one and am using the other one for Time Machine. In Snow Leopard I could back up my computer to Time Machine no problem but when I did not exclude the iTunes/iPhoto drive the back up fails. Both drives have been reformatted, permissions repaired and checked in Disk Utility and one was replaced. I have been to the Genius Bar now 5 times. I have tried using USB drive and FireWire. Both drives are recognized and are working properly otherwise regardless how they are connected. Finally yesterday the Apple store installed Lion to see if that fixed the issue and it did not. Time Machine successfully backed up a USB Flash drive, and today I will try an older external drive. Any ideas on what else to try??? Do I have to resort to third party software like Carbon Copy Cloned to get this done? Any ideas why this wont work? I am using a FireWire converter but as I said, both drives are working normally otherwise (libraries working, time machine working for the computer's hard drive. Any ideas would be appreciated!!?

Thanks so much but none of that helped. It was driving me crazy because it would back up another external drive. I just changed the name of the drive from iPhoto/iTunes Library to Media Libraries and IT WORKED!! I guess for some reason it didn't like the drive being called iPhoto or iTunes ???? I don't understand but I have tried so many solutions and exchanging things out but the name change did it????!!!
Thank you for your help and replying to this. Guess I made my own issue!

Time Machine only shows the current copy of the file I am trying to restore. There is none of the time machine backup histories shown. I am running OSX 10.7.5. I see the backup files on my external Time Machine hard drive. Help

Time Machine only shows the current copy of the file I am trying to restore. There is none of the time machine backup histories shown. I am running OSX 10.7.5. I see the backup files on my external Time Machine hard drive in the Backups.backupdb folder.
Time Machine does show the history of my Macintosh HD, but when I try to navigate to the folder I wish to restore the backup history disappears. I've been searching for answers and I have not found one that works for me.

Time Machine only shows the current copy of the file I am trying to restore. There is none of the time machine backup histories shown. I am running OSX 10.7.5. I see the backup files on my external Time Machine hard drive in the Backups.backupdb folder.
Time Machine does show the history of my Macintosh HD, but when I try to navigate to the folder I wish to restore the backup history disappears. I've been searching for answers and I have not found one that works for me.

I have a power pc (g5) computer that I will soon be replacing with a current i5 or i7 mini. How do I transfer the Time Machine files from the internal hard drive on the G5 to an external drive that I will later use with the Mini?

I have a Power PC G5 computer that I will soon be replacing with a current i5 or i7 Mini. How do I transfer the Time Machine files from the internal hard drive on the G5 to an external drive that I will later use with the Mini?

Hi, likely the easiest is to just poll the drive & get something like this...
Get MacScan...
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/networking_security/macscan.html
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/U3NVSPATA/
But if you have a good external drive already, just clone it.
Get carbon copy cloner to make an exact copy of your old HD to the New one...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Or SuperDuper...
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/

I am setting up a time machine backup to a external Hard drive. I want to backup by Mac book Pro running OSX 10.8.5. I would like to Partition the disk and use one partition for Time machine backups and the other for my Lightroom backups. How to do this?

I want to create a two partition disk. One partition for time machine, the other for Lightroom backup. Currently Time Machine is using the entire drive and it is doing the intial encryption and is about 29% complete after two days. I've decided that I want to turn encryption off and partition the disk. So I do I start over?

With the external drive attached, open Finder>Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility. Select the external drive from the list in the left side panel of the DU window. In the main window panel, click Partition in the buttons top center of that panel.
Select the number of partitions you want and adjust their sizes.
For the first partition, click to highlight the partition, then select the format, Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and then the partition table as GUID [both of those are the defaults]. Click Apply and it will ask to confirm and erase and format that partion...oh, give the partition a name, like Backup.
Then repeat those steps for the second partition..and remember to name it...something like Lightroom.
Close Disk Utilitty and you are ready to send TM to the one partition, and do your backup of Lightroom to the second partition.

Can I use my 2TB WD My Book Essential for the Time Machine feature on the MacBook as well as two other Windows computers (one running 7 and one with Vista)?

Can I use my 2TB WD My Book Essential for the Time Machine feature on the MacBook as well as to store information from two other Windows computers (one running 7 and one with Vista)?

Yes you can but you need to partition the drive into at least 2 separate drives.
To do that you need to use a Windows PC to do the first partitioning. Say you split the drive into two partitions each 1TB (or close to 1TB) each.
Partition fand format both partitions on a Win PC as one NTFS and the other FAT32.
Then move it to the Mac and Reformat the FAT32 partition Mac Extended (Journaled) with a GUID Partition Table.
I have that same drive and that is what I did originally with it. I now have it just for the Mac as I have other externals for the Win systems.
Good Luck.

Can Superduper and Time machine write to the same external volume.

I just setup a 750 GB external drive single partition using firewire 800. Any problem with superduper and time machine writing to the same volume?
Ron

Can Superduper and Time machine write to the same external volume.
Yes, they can write to the same partition.
I am doing this, and can report no problems so far. TM still backs up and SuperDuper is bootable.

How can i RECOVER a time machine file from the trash

I hope someone can help me... I have spent hours and hours reading forums but none that have addressed my problem.
My daughter gave me her old backup drive. She also has a MAC so she had Time Machine backups on the drive already. I started backing up onto this drive about a year ago. Backups have been done now for a year or so. Last night I got the message that I was running out of space so I looked at the drive and realized that her backups were still on the drive so I moved them into the trash. Then Time Machine wouldn't work anymore and I realized that not only did her backups get moved but all of mine did as well. I need the backups because after I upgraded to Mavericks many of my photos dissappeared from iPhoto. These are photos that I can't recreate - I sell jewelry and take pictures before I send the piece out. Everything is one-of-a-kind so it's very important for me to get these back. I realize now that I never should have moved the backups into the trash as I will have a problem deleting it once I separate her backups from mine but I will deal with that after I figure out this problem.
Is there anything I can do to move the backups back from out of the trash and into Time Machine again? (BTW - I don't know which version of Mavericks I have - I have done all available updates so I assume it is 10.9.3)

As long as you don't delete the trash, the files should be recoverable.
I suspect using the Put Back command could take a long time, so be patient.
If your Time Machine backups are mixed with your daughter's backups you might want to buy a larger drive and move the Time Machine files to the new drive.
Regarding missing photos in iPhoto...There might be options to rebuild/recover that data from iPhoto rather than trying to revert to a Time Machine backup.
Check out this third party app, iPhoto Library Manager. It has a demo.
http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/
Options for a larger drive.
I like the Seagate USB 3.0 Backup plus drives. Works on USB 2.0 ports. They come formatted for PC but easy to format in Disk Utility.
I don't recommend Western Digital because of the boot problem with some of their drives.
LaCie makes good drives.
All Mac formatted drives will cost more and it’s easy to reformat with Disk Utility. Do not use the software that comes with the drives. It’s recommended that you use Apple’s Disk Utility.
Prices vary but this gives you an idea of what you’ll find. As you notice the second and third TB is usually only $15 more per TB. Normally, you’ll find these prices but right now the 1T is more than the 2T
Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB USB 3.0 $85
Seagate Backup Plus 2 TB USB 3.0 $99
Seagate Backup Plus 3 TB USB 3.0 $115
I have seen the 3T on sale for $99.
Locally, Best Buy seems to have the best prices.

How can I "Put Back" a time machine backup from the trash to my external hard drive?

Basically what happened was I accidentally put an older time machine backup from my external hard drive into the trash on my macbook. Since then, time machine has made new backups onto my external hard drive. How can I either "Put Back" or replace the deleted backup back into my hard drive?
Whenever I try to move it it says "A newer item named “Backups.backupdb” already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the older one you’re moving?" I click replace and after a few minutes of loading, it says "Cannot replace. An item named "" already exists."

As long as you don't delete the trash, the files should be recoverable.
I suspect using the Put Back command could take a long time, so be patient.
If your Time Machine backups are mixed with your daughter's backups you might want to buy a larger drive and move the Time Machine files to the new drive.
Regarding missing photos in iPhoto...There might be options to rebuild/recover that data from iPhoto rather than trying to revert to a Time Machine backup.
Check out this third party app, iPhoto Library Manager. It has a demo.
http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/
Options for a larger drive.
I like the Seagate USB 3.0 Backup plus drives. Works on USB 2.0 ports. They come formatted for PC but easy to format in Disk Utility.
I don't recommend Western Digital because of the boot problem with some of their drives.
LaCie makes good drives.
All Mac formatted drives will cost more and it’s easy to reformat with Disk Utility. Do not use the software that comes with the drives. It’s recommended that you use Apple’s Disk Utility.
Prices vary but this gives you an idea of what you’ll find. As you notice the second and third TB is usually only $15 more per TB. Normally, you’ll find these prices but right now the 1T is more than the 2T
Seagate Backup Plus 1 TB USB 3.0 $85
Seagate Backup Plus 2 TB USB 3.0 $99
Seagate Backup Plus 3 TB USB 3.0 $115
I have seen the 3T on sale for $99.
Locally, Best Buy seems to have the best prices.

I have a time capsule and two air port expresses. The time capsule is in the middle of my house, the expresses equidistant in opposite directions. I would like the expresses to both connect directly to the capsule, but they are connected in serial. How?

I have a time capsule and two air port expresses. The time capsule is in the middle of my house, the expresses equidistant in opposite directions. I would like the expresses to both connect directly to the capsule, but they are connected in serial. How to reconfigure.
I ask because I have music running out of both expresses, and the one that is most distant from the time capsule (routed through the first express) regularly drops the music signal from itunes. And I am guessing the serial configuration of the routers has something to do with this, but my root problem is music dropout - any thoughts would be appreciated.

If you have the the most current model of the Express devices, the default setup is to "extend" the wireless signal. In this type of setup, each Express communicates directly to the Time Capsule.
How did you setup the AirPort Express devices?
What version of the Mac operating system are you using on your MacBook? Or, do you have AirPort Utility installed on your iPad?

I have an iMac and I am running out of disc space. I am considering an external drive to house my iTunes library. If I buy a second drive to operate as a back up will time machine back up the disc on the IMac and the external drive with the iTunes library

I have an iMac and I am running out of disc space. I am considering an external drive to house my iTunes library. If I buy a second drive to operate as a back up will time machine back up the disc on the IMac and the external drive with the iTunes library?

If you have a considerable photograph and/or movie collection you may want to consider off loading those to the EHD too. Here are Apple's article showing how handle iTunes & iPhoto libraries.
iTunes: library on EHD
iPhoto: How to move the Library to EHD
Roger

Erase and install with SL with Time Machine Back up the right way

Ever since I upgraded to SL last year my MBP has had issues. After going round and round with Apple Care which is now expired it is clear that I need to do an erase and install. Most of the Apple Care guys don't know jack and you get a lot of answers but the one guy who seemed to know something said you have to first go back and reinstall Leopard then run through all of the updates then install the SL upgrade and then run through all of the updates. Now you are ready to install back all of your apps and documents from Time Machine. This is where I have a problem and I just want someone to give me a step by step way to best do this. Should I use Migration Assistant or is there something in Time Machine Utilities that I can just load all the apps and documents on top of my newly loaded OS? When I tried Migration Assistant the first time it created a new directory and did not get rid of the old directories just eating up disk space. Thanks.

Hi J,
I don't know if the upgrade would do a full install, I think it will not. Get a retail version. I did that and it got me very satisfied as in 40 days I reinstalled the system 8 or more times.
In my new experience I would tell you to do a full carbon copy of today's state in a bootable disk only for safety matters.
Then insert installation disk;
Shutdown;
Press OPTION key;
Press Power button;
Choose installation disk;
After choosing language >Utilities>Disk Utility;
Apply a partition scheme if you don't have any data to use from this disk AND/OR;
Erase disk - a simple erase would be better here, no zero out or anything*;
I like to shutdown here, install asks for a startup disk and itself is the one;
Power button, language, install with or without customizing.
About Migration Assistant, I would only use it to transfer personal data without any applications. For applications I would reinstall all of them right after install all updates one by one chronologically if you have downloaded them or till software update tell you are up to date.
Only after these updates and any other applications updates is that I use to bring up my personal files using Time Machine.
About the * above: I also have noticed that two zero out erases got me a longer time setting up the system again, is that possible that a simple erase enable the system to recover data and recomposing system files?
Thank you and good luck.

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