Using several time capsules, TM should use the one available but just stops.
I appreciate Time Machine in most aspects, but one thing is annoying: I change between two TC hard-disks, one at work and one at home. For now, TM does not make any notice about not finding the previous TC hard-disk. I think it should alert me, and ask if I want to use another one. Or even simpler, use the first in a list of target disks that I have acknowledged. This should be a simple change, I think.
Could I get any explanation or work-around for this, this should be appreciated. Thanks.
Sorry, there is no work around for this.
You might want to offer feedback directly to Apple for a "new feature"
Apple - Time Capsule - Feedback
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stephaniefromarlington wrote:
Before I answer your questions, let me first just say thank you so much for your amazing patience and helpfulness. Whether or not we get to the bottom of this, I am very, very grateful to you.
We will get to the bottom of it, and you're quite welcome. Don't feel you ought to know all this stuff -- none of us were born with it!
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Looks good, right?
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http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
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