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10-04-2012, 11:49 PM #1
MAcbook Pro backup system
I am new to this forum.
I have a PC and an Imac with a Netgear Router. the PC is hardwired to the router. I have an E-Book backup drive for the PC and a Lacie 1 TB drive for the Imac using Time Machine. I just bought a Macbook Pro. I want to employ a backup system for it, but i don't know what I need to do it wirelessly. The Lacie drive should be plenty big for the Imac and the Macbook. I would like to do it as cost effectively as possible.
I am running OS X Mountain Lion on both Apple machines and Windows 7 on the PC. The Netgear router is the new R6300
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10-04-2012 11:49 PM
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10-05-2012, 03:30 AM #2
You can quite happily point two Time Machine backup processes at the same network drive, so you should be able to just use your Lacie over a wireless connection. However, you may be surprised how quickly you fill up a 1TB drive with two full Time Machine backups. Time Machine is supposed to remove older backups when it fills up a drive to make space, but in my experience it isn't very reliable in doing so....the system just complains that it can't fit a backup on.
'Deep Thought' - Mac Mini Late 2018- macOS Mojave (10.14.5)
'Marvin' - Mac Mini Late 2014 - macOS Mojave (10.14.5)
'Orac' - MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2012 - macOS Mojave (10.14.5)
iPhone 6S - iOS 12.3.1
iPad Pro 12.9" - iOS 12.3.1
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10-05-2012, 05:36 AM #3
Backup
Pardon my ingnorance, but I have to connect the Lacie to the Netgear router to do this ?
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10-05-2012, 11:26 AM #4'Deep Thought' - Mac Mini Late 2018- macOS Mojave (10.14.5)
'Marvin' - Mac Mini Late 2014 - macOS Mojave (10.14.5)
'Orac' - MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2012 - macOS Mojave (10.14.5)
iPhone 6S - iOS 12.3.1
iPad Pro 12.9" - iOS 12.3.1
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10-13-2012, 04:20 AM #5
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10-17-2012, 02:52 AM #6
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10-17-2012, 04:00 AM #7
Unfortunately, not all routers that have USB storage capabilities are compatible with Apple Time Machine. The easiest way, as Stan has done, is to set up a second mac with a large external drive to act as your backup location: Macbook pro and Time Machine
'Deep Thought' - Mac Mini Late 2018- macOS Mojave (10.14.5)
'Marvin' - Mac Mini Late 2014 - macOS Mojave (10.14.5)
'Orac' - MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2012 - macOS Mojave (10.14.5)
iPhone 6S - iOS 12.3.1
iPad Pro 12.9" - iOS 12.3.1
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