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Lulu KC

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3. You are far ahead of me on computer language

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Wed Feb 19, 2020, 06:14 PM

Feb 2020

but I have a sweet little Toshiba backup drive I think cost about $30 through Amazon and I just plug it in and hit time machine and it goes. The only thing I've noticed is that sometimes it gets stuck in the "preparing" phase. When that happens, I google Time Machine + preparing and it tells me what to do. I don't even need to remember since Google finds it for me in Apple support.
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I'm about to start taking Time Machine seriously. I've been years without a real backup strategy. [View all] eppur_se_muova Feb 2020 OP

I've used Time Machine for quite awhile now, but have never had to use it The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #1

Time Machine works quite well with this ... Mme. Defarge Feb 2020 #2

You are far ahead of me on computer language Lulu KC Feb 2020 #3

Should work fine. CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #4

Thanks, I'm basically ready to just hook one up and format it for three partitions. eppur_se_muova Feb 2020 #5

Carbon Copy Cloner is also useful Tetrachloride Feb 2020 #6

Time machine saved my ass more than once already 47of74 Apr 2020 #7

My backup routine using Time Machine SmartVoter22 Apr 2020 #8