Umm, my 500Gb external firewire drive from Costco was about $130 and
does Time Machine backups just fine. I just plug it in and don't worry
about backups anymore.
CB
Tiffany D wrote:
Thanks to all of you for your wonderful input. I've decided to just
copy and paste the files over there and group them by folder as I'd do
with a pcmcia flash card. That way, I can use them on either OS and
can also save the stuff from my other machines. It's a 120 gb drive,
so I'm sure to have plenty of room for a very long time. I can't
believe what I read here earlier. $1,000 just for a hard drive? I
wouldn't pay that unless it was a brand new machine! Then again,
modern technology isn't really my thing. I just use it cause it's
easier.
On 19/09/2008, Anne Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Søren,
I haven't tried a full restore from Time Machine, but I have rescued
deleted mail and other deleted files
To retrieve a deleted file or earlier version of a file, just go to
the Dock and open Time Machine while still in the application that
created the file you want to restore.
Use the Window Chooser menu to select Time Machine Controls and it
should be pretty obvious from there.
Cheers,
Anne
On Sep 19, 2008, at 7:05 AM, Søren Jensen wrote:
Okay. Thanks for your answer. Last question: How do you restore a
backup? I played around with Time machine yesterday, and I found a
restore feature in Disc Utility, but it seems as that restore
feature does only work with some special filetypes. I tried to open
the Time machine application, but it looks weird. It doesn't seems
to be very accessible with VO. Do I really need the installation cd
to restore a Time machine backup? I can't find anything in the Time
machine preferences...
Best regards
Søren Jensen
Mail & MSN:
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On 19/09/2008, at 01.43, Scott Howell wrote:
Nope, they aren't any different. I'm not sure what you mean by
Apple's external verses any other external. Apple doesn't make
drives themselves. They sell the Lacie (incorrect spelling, but
sounds that way) which apparently are very good drives. Apple tends
to sell products as accessories that have done well. So, you aren't
limited to any particular drive. It's been a good while, but if you
get a new drive, you may wish to partition and/or format for Mac OS
as I don't recall, but believe most drives come formatted for
windows. Of course don't quote me because my mind is a terribly
wasted thing.
Oh of course I nearly forgot to answer your question. If you mean
is the drive in my Time Capsule called Time Capsule, no, it is
referred to by the name of the router. My router might be called
remote-world1 and that is what the disk in the router is called. As
far as do you have to name an external Time Capsule for purposes of
backing up with Time Machine etc. no. Hope that answers your
questions and if you have others, just ask away.
On Sep 18, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Søren Jensen wrote:
Okay. Thanks for your answer.
Is your external harddisc called time capsule? Are there any
differences between a normal external harddisc and external Apple
harddisc? I've find other external harddiscs much cheeper than
Apples external harddiscs.
