Time Machine is a new feature on Mac OS X Leopard. It allows you to recover whatever you’ve deleted earlier on and retrieve them easily with finder. To understand better how Time Machine works, checkout this video.
Time machine requires a dedicated external harddisk, so you need to get a new one if you currently don’t have a extra. Here’s how to activate Time Machine with your Leopard OS.
Activating Time Machine
- Plug in the hard disk, icon like this should appear on your desktop, else go to System Preference and click on Time Machine icon.
- Turn the Time Machine on, and you are done.
During the initial setup of Time Machine, it will start backing up all your data and this could take a while. Just minimize it and continue what you are working on.
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Posted by hongkiat in Mac Tips , at 11.07.07
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Shoovi November 8th, 2007
I do not use OSX and have some questions.
Is TM really necessary for home users or just for profs?
How do you think will people use it or this is just great marketing product?
Thanks
Replyendroo G November 21st, 2007
is this something of a journaling filesystem?
ReplyChris November 27th, 2007
Time Machine utilizes Mac OS X’s Unix based file system to make this process very efficient.
Personally I would say that this is definitely a very practical tool for both home users and absolutely professionals. See the best thing about this is that it is SO easy to use, and these days also very cost effective.
I don’t see why people wouldn’t set this up in order to practically avoid the risk of losing your important personal computing data, whatever it might be.
One question I have is this, how does Time Machine handle the computer being taken off the external drive for a period of time. For example you have a laptop and take it to work each day where you do not have your external drive. Does Time Machine just update like normal once you plug it back in at home? I’d say it does but I’m not sure.
Replyhongkiat November 28th, 2007
Time machine updates itself every one hour when there is a external HDD formated for it. If no, it will not.
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