Time Machine using AFP drive on another Mac... how?

can anyone give me a step-by-step on how to do this? do i need to connect to the other Mac using my own username (do I need to create a new user on the remote Mac, if I dont have a user on it)
etc.
Egil

Don't wait until the problem returns to make a bootable backup/clone. If you do, you might not be able to do it. One should always have one that's kept up to date, especially before updating or upgrading. See these for details:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html

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* Last Modified on: October 26, 2007
* Article: 306833
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