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wishing to know more about time machine. Do i need to have a ext Harddrive, or can i install a Second Hard Drive and turn it on, i have a 750Gig Drive @ the moment BTW what about a Network drive?

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Time Machine has no problem using a secondary internal HD. You can also use network-mounted volumes. Some NAS units have Time Machine support. Others, you'll have to doing something like this.

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Time Machine has no problem using a secondary internal HD. You can also use network-mounted volumes. Some NAS units have Time Machine support. Others, you'll have to doing something like this.

Hi!

Do the network-mounted volumes need to be formatted in HFS+ (is that the Mac OS FS?). I ask because I thought I read that you can't backup to a Windows Share.

Edit: NVM! I should have followed your link before posting. :blush:

That is interesting. I may go the route of using a Windows folder share that way I can backup without having to attach my external HD.

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Hi!

Do the network-mounted volumes need to be formatted in HFS+ (is that the Mac OS FS?). I ask because I thought I read that you can't backup to a Windows Share.

They do not need to be HFS+. It does not mater what the volume is formatted to as the drive format itself is not exposed to the connecting client, the operating system where the Time Machine backups will be stored will handle reading and writing to the underlining file system.

And Time Machine will backup to normal Windows Shared Folders if you run a terminal command so that they show up within the Time Machine menu. It works okay. I've had some issues doing it like that but from what I've seen on the Apple Support Forums even people using it correctly with an Airport Disk or a USB External Drive have the same problems I have which if I just go over the main one is corrupted Time Machine volumes after 8-12 months use requiring you to start over with a new Backup.

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They do not need to be HFS+. It does not mater what the volume is formatted to as the drive format itself is not exposed to the connecting client, the operating system where the Time Machine backups will be stored will handle reading and writing to the underlining file system.

And Time Machine will backup to normal Windows Shared Folders if you run a terminal command so that they show up within the Time Machine menu. It works okay. I've had some issues doing it like that but from what I've seen on the Apple Support Forums even people using it correctly with an Airport Disk or a USB External Drive have the same problems I have which if I just go over the main one is corrupted Time Machine volumes after 8-12 months use requiring you to start over with a new Backup.

Hmmm.. Do you think it would be better/safer for me to just stick with my USB drive? Lets say my whole drive crashes and I need to restore from my Time Machine, which would be easier?

I'm using a Western Digital My Passport 500GB that I've partitioned into a 300GB HFS+ for Time Machine and a 200GB FAT32 for general storage. I'm thinking of just sticking with that for simplicity sake.

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Hmmm.. Do you think it would be better/safer for me to just stick with my USB drive? Lets say my whole drive crashes and I need to restore from my Time Machine, which would be easier?

I'm using a Western Digital My Passport 500GB that I've partitioned into a 300GB HFS+ for Time Machine and a 200GB FAT32 for general storage. I'm thinking of just sticking with that for simplicity sake.

For simplicity, I think the USB route is better. I back up to a drive attached to a Mac Mini Server because I have an iMac and a MacBook Pro, and I don't really want to have USB drives for both. :p

I'm also not sure about fully restoring from network backups on unsupported volumes. I know when coming from my Mac Mini, it works perfectly (because OS X Server is a supported Time Machine solution), but I don't know if the Snow Leopard install CD will recognize the unsupported NAS.

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For simplicity, I think the USB route is better. I back up to a drive attached to a Mac Mini Server because I have an iMac and a MacBook Pro, and I don't really want to have USB drives for both. :p

I'm also not sure about fully restoring from network backups on unsupported volumes. I know when coming from my Mac Mini, it works perfectly (because OS X Server is a supported Time Machine solution), but I don't know if the Snow Leopard install CD will recognize the unsupported NAS.

That is exactly what I was thinking too. If I'm in a crunch (heaven forbid) and need to restore from a backup, I'd want it to be as simple as possible. Thanks for your input.

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