Comments on: I learned all about Time (Machine) so you don’t have to http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-learned-all-about-time-machine-so-you-dont-have-to If things haven't changed recently, nag me! Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:22:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Doug Williams http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32834 Doug Williams Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:33:15 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32834 Yes,every date from the beginning (Dec 09) is Sat 24 April except for Today and Yesterday. I'll try the Apple support boards as you suggest. If I come up with a solution I'll pass it along. Many thanks. Yes,every date from the beginning (Dec 09) is Sat 24 April except for Today and Yesterday. I’ll try the Apple support boards as you suggest. If I come up with a solution I’ll pass it along. Many thanks.

]]> By: Mike http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32832 Mike Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:10:13 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32832 Interesting, if I'm understanding correctly, the timeline shown on the right when you enter Time Machine all show the same 4/24 date? That's strange, indeed. If it works, I guess you don't have worry unless your OCD is getting the better of you. If that is the case, you can research on Apple's <a href="http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1342" rel="nofollow">support boards</a> to see if others have encountered (and fixed) the problem. Interesting, if I’m understanding correctly, the timeline shown on the right when you enter Time Machine all show the same 4/24 date? That’s strange, indeed. If it works, I guess you don’t have worry unless your OCD is getting the better of you. If that is the case, you can research on Apple’s support boards to see if others have encountered (and fixed) the problem.

]]> By: Doug Williams http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32830 Doug Williams Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:58:28 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32830 Tom, Blogs 39&40 refer. I'm the inept dad who writes to refine his Time Machine problem. Time Machine records everything properly except for it's hangup on the day/date. I can go to History, count down any number of lines,and read what was backed up on that actual day. Only trouble is that the software thinks that every day/date is Sat 24 April. FYI my oldest backup is 30 Dec 2009 ( date installed) and the latest is today 20 min ago. Hope this helps. Ever grateful. Tom, Blogs 39&40 refer. I’m the inept dad who writes to refine his Time Machine problem. Time Machine records everything properly except for it’s hangup on the day/date. I can go to History, count down any number of lines,and read what was backed up on that actual day. Only trouble is that the software thinks that every day/date is Sat 24 April. FYI my oldest backup is 30 Dec 2009 ( date installed) and the latest is today 20 min ago. Hope this helps. Ever grateful.

]]> By: Mike http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32829 Mike Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:12:09 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32829 So, the System Preferences shows the last backup as April 24? What happens when he selects backup now? Does it attempt? Does it succeed? Worst case, he can unconfigure Time Machine, wipe the drive, and set up Time Machine again. I've encountered some problems with my machines (not like this) and will try to write up new posts covering the problems and solutions (if I resolve them). Sorry I can't be of more help. So, the System Preferences shows the last backup as April 24? What happens when he selects backup now? Does it attempt? Does it succeed? Worst case, he can unconfigure Time Machine, wipe the drive, and set up Time Machine again. I’ve encountered some problems with my machines (not like this) and will try to write up new posts covering the problems and solutions (if I resolve them). Sorry I can’t be of more help.

]]> By: Nancy http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32828 Nancy Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:34:24 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32828 My dad has stumped me with a Time Machine question, as I don't have it to walk through with him. (Windows at home, Mac at work with other backup). He says his LaCie backup drive shows the Time Machine files all with a date of April 24. . . the info's all there, but the date's goofy. Any thoughts that could help him? Thanks very much, I appreciate your blog! My dad has stumped me with a Time Machine question, as I don’t have it to walk through with him. (Windows at home, Mac at work with other backup). He says his LaCie backup drive shows the Time Machine files all with a date of April 24. . . the info’s all there, but the date’s goofy. Any thoughts that could help him? Thanks very much, I appreciate your blog!

]]> By: Mike http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32827 Mike Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:00:52 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32827 Tom- As far as I know that hasn't changed. It's a shame, really, as you have a reasonable use case. Interestingly, before Time Machine was release with 10.5 it was going to support multiple drives (e.g., office and home) without requiring any change. For whatever reason, that feature didn't make to release. Tom-
As far as I know that hasn’t changed. It’s a shame, really, as you have a reasonable use case. Interestingly, before Time Machine was release with 10.5 it was going to support multiple drives (e.g., office and home) without requiring any change. For whatever reason, that feature didn’t make to release.

]]> By: Matt http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32826 Matt Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:02:19 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32826 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-32358"> <strong><a href="#comment-32358" rel="nofollow">Mike</a> :</strong> Tom- Unfortunately, I have not seen any tool to switch the destination by any method other than via the Preference pane. I even looked in the Time Machine prefs file (/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist) to see if the defaults command could be used. No luck. </blockquote> Any chance that this has changed? I would like to use time machine to back up both locally and to a network drive, changing the destination periodically. I was thinking that I could schedule a job to change the destination.

Mike :
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Unfortunately, I have not seen any tool to switch the destination by any method other than via the Preference pane. I even looked in the Time Machine prefs file (/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist) to see if the defaults command could be used. No luck.

Any chance that this has changed? I would like to use time machine to back up both locally and to a network drive, changing the destination periodically. I was thinking that I could schedule a job to change the destination.

]]> By: Mike http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32820 Mike Thu, 27 May 2010 16:32:50 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32820 David- Time Machine is only intended (and only supports) backing up the system drive. If you want to back up the one external to the other, I would suggest Carbon Copy Cloner which can do that quite well. It won't have the revisions that Time Machine offers, but it is a copy. Putting on my IT professional hat, for a moment, I will say that backups don't count if they don't follow the 3-2-1 rule: <strong>3</strong> copies in at-least <strong>2</strong> locations with <strong>1</strong> being off-site. David- Time Machine is only intended (and only supports) backing up the system drive. If you want to back up the one external to the other, I would suggest Carbon Copy Cloner which can do that quite well. It won’t have the revisions that Time Machine offers, but it is a copy.

Putting on my IT professional hat, for a moment, I will say that backups don’t count if they don’t follow the 3-2-1 rule: 3 copies in at-least 2 locations with 1 being off-site.

]]> By: David http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32819 David Thu, 27 May 2010 16:22:30 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32819 I have 2 1TB external drives hooked up to my mac. I use one for my working files and I want to use the other as a backup. I want to use time machine to backup one to the other. It looks as if time machine defaults to backing up the hard drive. Is there a way to designate an external drive as the info I want to backup? Thanks for any help!! I have 2 1TB external drives hooked up to my mac. I use one for my working files and I want to use the other as a backup. I want to use time machine to backup one to the other. It looks as if time machine defaults to backing up the hard drive. Is there a way to designate an external drive as the info I want to backup?

Thanks for any help!!

]]> By: Mike http://mike.peay.us/blog/archives/248/comment-page-1#comment-32807 Mike Sat, 15 May 2010 07:28:29 +0000 http://mike.peay.us/blog/?p=248#comment-32807 David- If your TM backup included system files, you can restore the system by booting the OS DVD and choosing to restore. You can also do a new install and then use the Migration Assistant in the Utilities folder to restore applications and users from a TM backup. David-
If your TM backup included system files, you can restore the system by booting the OS DVD and choosing to restore. You can also do a new install and then use the Migration Assistant in the Utilities folder to restore applications and users from a TM backup.

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