Comments on: TMUP 119: It’s about Time Machine http://typicalmacuser.com/wordpress/2008/03/04/tmup-119-its-about-time-machine/ Help for the Switcher and New Apple Macintosh User Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:03:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gazmaz http://typicalmacuser.com/wordpress/2008/03/04/tmup-119-its-about-time-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-17963 Gazmaz Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:41:54 +0000 http://typicalmacuser.com/wordpress/2008/03/04/tmup-119-its-about-time-machine/#comment-17963 Great show again Victor can I clarify one thing and ask a question.<br>Firstly I have a 750GB hard drive but I at the moment only use around 270-300 GB, I have a Firewire ext drive which is a 500GB and of course at the moment that is plenty, so rather then 1.5 times your hard drive, which I understand is ideal would it be equally as well to say 1.5 times your data is sufficient. <br>Now I love Time Machine I think it's easy and unlike some (especially windows) apps it doesn't eat too much of your recourses when active. <br>Now I have not yet gone down this avenue, but if I purchase a portable ext drive, can I also use that as an extra drive to use time machine to back up to, that way I can store that drive off site, I realise that this means that the backup to that drive has less increments, but at least it gives you a second backup. Now can Time machine handle the fact that it has two completely different backup's? (hope that makes sense) Great show again Victor can I clarify one thing and ask a question.
Firstly I have a 750GB hard drive but I at the moment only use around 270-300 GB, I have a Firewire ext drive which is a 500GB and of course at the moment that is plenty, so rather then 1.5 times your hard drive, which I understand is ideal would it be equally as well to say 1.5 times your data is sufficient.
Now I love Time Machine I think it's easy and unlike some (especially windows) apps it doesn't eat too much of your recourses when active.
Now I have not yet gone down this avenue, but if I purchase a portable ext drive, can I also use that as an extra drive to use time machine to back up to, that way I can store that drive off site, I realise that this means that the backup to that drive has less increments, but at least it gives you a second backup. Now can Time machine handle the fact that it has two completely different backup's? (hope that makes sense)

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