09-25-2009, 01:55 PM
Yes, I did check Apple's site, but didn't find the answers.
I decided to give Time Machine a try in addition to my other backup strategies. The only thing I remember having options to do when setting TM up was selecting a drive and telling it what time each day I'd like it to backup. Well, one problem is that I don't keep my external drive powered up all the time. So I figured (evidently erroneously) that when I turned it on and the drive mounted on the desktop, that TM would do its thing. I don't see that happening. My only options in the TM menu are to Back Up Now, Enter Time Machine and Time Machine Preferences. Again, my preferences just give me the option to select a drive.
What if I ever wanted to change my time of day for backups? And can I tell it to backup as soon as I connect the external drive, or is that CCC I'm thinking of that does that? Finally, what is the whole "Enter Time Machine" thing? It looks kind of neat, but can you actually do anything from that screen?
For something Apple seems to hope people use, the info on it seems to be lacking. Or maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place.
I decided to give Time Machine a try in addition to my other backup strategies. The only thing I remember having options to do when setting TM up was selecting a drive and telling it what time each day I'd like it to backup. Well, one problem is that I don't keep my external drive powered up all the time. So I figured (evidently erroneously) that when I turned it on and the drive mounted on the desktop, that TM would do its thing. I don't see that happening. My only options in the TM menu are to Back Up Now, Enter Time Machine and Time Machine Preferences. Again, my preferences just give me the option to select a drive.
What if I ever wanted to change my time of day for backups? And can I tell it to backup as soon as I connect the external drive, or is that CCC I'm thinking of that does that? Finally, what is the whole "Enter Time Machine" thing? It looks kind of neat, but can you actually do anything from that screen?
For something Apple seems to hope people use, the info on it seems to be lacking. Or maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place.