[CGUYS] Time Machine and a MacBook Pro

2009-11-19 Thread Stephen Brownfield
My wife has a MacBookPro running OS 10.5.8. She just bought an external hard drive for backup purposes. (We figured that she'd use Time Machine.) The drive can be connected by USB 2 or FireWire (both 400 800). She has all three ports on her MacBook Pro. I am assuming that best one for her

Re: [CGUYS] Time Machine and a MacBook Pro

2009-11-19 Thread tjpa
On Nov 19, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Stephen Brownfield wrote: I am assuming that best one for her to use would be the Firewire 800. Am I correct? Yes Also since she is using a MacBook Pro, it will not always be connected to the drive. Will this cause a problem? Nope. TM is smart about that.