what happens if Time Machine is active, and I close the lid?

[space-time]

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?

[olnacl]

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).

[Acer]

There's no way to know....ecret:

[mottai]

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.

[bazookaman]

I thought I read somewhere that it would mess up...something. Perhaps not.

[Mac1337]

The fan comes on on my laptop when TM is doing its thing. Anybody else?

[space-time]

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.

[fauch]

That's like asking what happens to the refrigerator light when you close the door. It's one of the mysteries of life...

[M A V I C]

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.