Will Time Machine work on older Macs 8600 e.g.

I upgraded my 8600 with a G3 and IDE controller card. I want to use TM to back to the 8600 with a few 320GB hard drives installed. Will this work? I just have to keep the 8600 on and running correct? BTW: it's running OS 9.2.2 networked to my G4 with OSX Leopard.

Web dude wrote:
Sorry, let me be more clear. On a G4 Mac I'm running OSX leopard with TM and I have my other upgraded Mac(8600)networked. I want TM to back up to the 8600, is this possible? Thanks
Sorry, but no. See the *Time Machine can back up TO* section of item #2 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum.

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Will Time Machine work with an external hard drive connected (via usb) to Airport Extreme?

Will Time Machine work with an external hard drive connected (via usb) to Airport Extreme?

Sorry, but this article is about 4 years old, and was printed based on preliminary information at the time.
The bottom line here is that Apple does not officially support Time Machine backups to a drive at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme.
If it works for you, great.
You might want to review the Apple Support documents below, which are far more recent than the article you reference:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/15139.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2038
It is supported.....
This is NOT correct. Please do not post false information on the forums.

How will Time Machine work with a laptop?

I have a MacBook and an external HD. I rarely plug the HD into the MacBook, except for when I need to backup. How well will Time Machine handle this setup? My hope is, as soon as the HD is plugged in, an increment backup session will start, which hopefully won't take too long. Or is there a way to still backup over wireless network like it was originally promised?

It will back up whenever you plug in the HD. The time will depend on how many changes you made from the last backup. If you do it daily, then it is not going to be an issue. TM will probably change our attitudes on how we backup a little bit.

Will time machine work with airport extreme?

Hi all, is there a way to create a time machine back up on a USB disk that is attached to an airport extreme? I've tried it a couple of different ways and it's not seeming that it works very well. Any help would be appreciated.

I've tried several configurations all of which started with formatting the drive with a single partition Mac OS Extended (Journaled) GUID.
The first configuration was where I did a 100GB Time Machine Backup to the drive while it was connected (so I wouldn't have to deal with a slow first backup over wireless, because my MacBook Pro is of the older 802.11G wireless versus N). Then moved the drive over to my Airport Extreme, mounted the drive and started the backup. It failed with the following error message "The backup volume is not in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format, which is required."
The second configuration was where, after reformatting to single partition to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) GUID, I connected the drive directly to the Airport Extreme without having done a Time Machine Backup. After mounting the drive, I started Time Machine and it began to run. I left it over nite to back-up and, while it got started, it did not make it past about 9GB after over 6 hours and it stopped.
Trying the second configuration again...and it is running but 7 hours later 25 of 101GB done.
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Will time machine work when the lid is closed on my macbook?

I was on then I closed the lid. Its connected to a USB hard disk designated for time machine.

No, Your MacBook goes to sleep. Time Machine will start working when you open it.

Will Time Machine work with my networked hard drive?

I asked this question this question a couple years ago https://discussions.apple.com/message/9961900#9961900 and was wondering if there was an update as to whether Time Machine will work with a networked drive?
Will it work?
Does Apple officially support this method?
I'm using Chronosync now, and it's good, but every once in a while it'll hickup.
Thanks so much

Nothing has changed, other than the fact that we are seeing a lot more posts from users having probems who have tried this unsupported method of backups.
Apple is prety clear on this in their support documentation. They say that you cannot do this.
Results vary with users who try this anyway. Some have difficulties immediately with corruption issues, others have successful backups for a few weeks to even a few months before they have difficuties. Count me as one who thought they had somehow beat the system, but after 4 weeks, things collapsed.
Forum expert Pondini has an appropriate saying about this issue, which I am sure I am not quoting exactly:
There are two types of users who attempt Time Machine backups to a drive attached to the USB port on the AirPort Extreme....those who have problems, and those who will have problems.

HT201250 will time machine work with os 10.4

Just need to know if Time MAchine will work with OSX 10.4??
I have a client that has backup issues and I would like to use TM.
JCW

I was fairly certain that this would be the case..
Thanks for the quick reply. Now I just have to get him updated to use something newer!
JCW

Will time machine work with 2nd internal HD in macpro

all of the time machine descriptions keep mentioning using an external drive but will it work with a 2nd internal drive in my macpro? i have 4 hd's in my macpro and it would be nice to be able to use one of them for time machine.

I hope so!
I was gonna ask the same question. I have 2 nice fast SATA HD's in my old 1.6 PPC G5.
Hopefully we can get an answer here soon!
Woo Hoo! this is my first "Buy it the day it launches" so wish me luck even getting it from FedEx (which always arrives while I am at work & has to some back the next day)
Thanks,
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Now that i have a mac pro.how can i use a portable hard drive while i have the time machine working on my mac?

what do i do if i want to use a portable hard drive for backing up, if i also see
the time machine also on there?

flora1917 wrote:
what do i do if i want to use a portable hard drive for backing up, if i also see
the time machine also on there?
Do you mean you're already backing-up to a Time Capsule, and want to switch to using an external HD? If so, just format the drive and select it via Time Machine Preferences > Select Disk. See #21 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.
If you mean something else, please clarify.

Can time machine work if i don't have and don't connect an external hard drive to it?

will time machine work if i dont have an external hard drive?

thebunnys wrote:
will time machine work if i dont have an external hard drive?
Yes, if you partition your internal hard disk into at least two volumes, and use one of them to run Mac OS X from, and the other for TM backup.
This method protects against directory damage and mistakes. However, it offers no protection in case of hard drive failure. Since all hard drives fail sooner or later, it's much better to use an external hard disk for Time Machine.
Optimally, you should have at least two working, up-to-date backups, made with different methods (eg, a Time Machine backup and a Carbon Copy Cloner backup).

Can time machine work without going wireless?

i have time machine but not airborne (wireless). Will time machine work through a direct cable line to my backup drive?

As long as your backup drive is connected to your router by Ethernet cable and the drive is mounted then Time Machine will backup to it.

If my Mac explodes, will Time Machine be any use?

Would appreciate some clarification on how Time Machine works. Currently I occasionally back up iTunes and iPhoto files manually to an external hard drive, so that if I lose my Mac completely and have to buy a new one, then I can just import the saved files from the external HD. Will Time Machine now take care of this for me? - Will files backed up using TM be recoverable onto a different Mac, or even a PC?
Thanks,
Will.

When you boot a new Mac with Leopard installed there is an option to Restore From Time Machine, so yes.

How does time machine work when being used with a mac pro?

How does time machine work when backing up a mac pro?
Considering the fact that the mac pro can hold 8TB and a external (non NAS) hard drive can hold only 2TB does time machine only backup the OS disk.

macnewcomer22 wrote:
Considering the fact that the mac pro can hold 8TB and a external (non NAS) hard drive can hold only 2TB does time machine only backup the OS disk.
Time Machine will backup everything by default, on every disk in your Mac.
Choose System Preferences > Options to exclude items. You could exclude everything except your OS...but I'd think it is your data that's more important to you, if you have to make choices.
See...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018
While it's true you can store almost 8TB, how much do you think you'll actually store? If you have 1TB of data you want to store then a 2TB drive can do it. Also when your TM drive begins to get full it will begin deleting the oldest backups to make room.
You could also get a Drobo with 8 bays...
http://www.drobo.com/products/index.php
-mj

I have 2 MacBooks at home that back-up to a Time Capsule. I'd like to buy an external Thunderbolt drive at work to have as an additional back-up. Will Time-Machine support autobackups to 2 different devices?

I have 2 MacBooks (1 Air and 1 Pro) at home that back-up to a Time Capsule. I'd like to buy an external Thunderbolt drive at work to have as an additional back-up (so that were there to be a fire/water damage/etc) I would not lose both the computer and the backup.
Will Time-Machine support autobackups to 2 different devices?
I'd like for it to be able to backup to an external Thunderbolt drive attached to my thunderbolt display when I dock the MacBook Air to it.
Does anyone know if this will occur automatically, or if I will have to manually select backup disk?
thanks

Yes, with Mountain Lion you can do this, but I will leave the explanation to Apple Support Communities contributor Pondini:
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Will Time Machine Back up an External Hard Drive Attached to my Mac Pro?

Apple TV is GREAT, but it quickly filled up my hard drive. My thought is to take my folder that contains all of my personal files and put it on an 1TB external hard drive. I'd then "point" iTunes to where this new folder is. First, is that the right approach? Will that mess anything else up? Second, can I have Time Machine then back this external hard drive up? So, I'd like to have Time Machine back up my Mac HD and the external HD. If Time Machine won't do this, is there a good back up program for Macs that is very turnkey?
Thanks in advance!!!

GregT wrote:
Apple TV is GREAT, but it quickly filled up my hard drive. My thought is to take my folder that contains all of my personal files and put it on an 1TB external hard drive. I'd then "point" iTunes to where this new folder is. First, is that the right approach? Will that mess anything else up? Second, can I have Time Machine then back this external hard drive up?
If the drive is formatted +Mac OS Extended,+ yes. While it's connected, go to TM Preferences > Options. If it's listed in the exclusion box, just select it and click the minus sign at the bottom.
If it's listed in gray, however, it's either formatted wrong or corrupted, and you can't remove the exclusion.

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