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what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid? - space-time - 03-17-2011
I have Time Machine backing up to an Airport Shared drive. Sometimes I forget to check whether a backup is in progress and I just close the lid.
Will that screw up the backup? or TM will pick up from where it left when I open the lid a few hours later?
Re: what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid? - olnacl - 03-17-2011
I believe it just continues where it left off. I never pay any attention to whether it's running or not when I put the computer to sleep and have never suffered for it (that I know of, anyway).
Re: what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid? - Acer - 03-17-2011
There's no way to know....
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Re: what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid? - mottai - 03-17-2011
Not the Airport-drive, but I had a hard drive plugged in and accidentally closed the lid.
When I realized, came back and checked the Time Machine had completed its work and the computer had gone to sleep.
Re: what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid? - bazookaman - 03-17-2011
I thought I read somewhere that it would mess up...something. Perhaps not.
Re: what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid? - Mac1337 - 03-17-2011
The fan comes on on my laptop when TM is doing its thing. Anybody else?
Re: what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid? - space-time - 03-17-2011
Dakota wrote:
The fan comes on on my laptop when TM is doing its thing. Anybody else?
what model? is that the 2 year old powerbook? my wife's 3 year old MacBook rarely has the fan off. Flash (even when not playing video) heats up the whole computer.
Re: what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid? - fauch - 03-18-2011
That's like asking what happens to the refrigerator light when you close the door. It's one of the mysteries of life...
Re: what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid? - M A V I C - 03-18-2011
fauch wrote:
That's like asking what happens to the refrigerator light when you close the door. It's one of the mysteries of life...
The light goes out. There's a switch you can push to see.
And in this case, when you close the lid it still flushes just as much as if you left the lid open.