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Thread: How to check that a time machine backup is ready for use?
Started 4 months, 4 weeks ago by chuckbo
Two of us share a time capsule via ethernet. One machine has died and will need to be restored -- it's been recommended to me to format that machine's drive before reinstalling Leopard. Now I know that my machine has faithfully backed itself up. I can assume that her machine has been backing itself up, but I don't know that for sure, for sure. Is there a way I can check out the ...
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Pondini replied 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Yes. TM keeps each Mac's backups separate, for obvious reasons. See item #17 in the Frequently Asked Questions User Tip at the top of this forum. iMac G5 1.8 GHz PowerPC Mac OS X (10.5.7)...
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chuckbo replied 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes, I understand that part -- not quite what I'm asking, though. Is there a way, from my machine, to confirm that her machine has been actively doing backups on the capsule that we share? If I can confirm it, I'll go ahead with the clean wipe on her machine and do the reinstall from time machine. But if I can't find her backup, then I'll have to do a different approach....
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Pondini replied 4 months, 3 weeks ago
chuckbo wrote: Yes, I understand that part -- not quite what I'm asking, though. Is there a way, from my machine, to confirm that her machine has been actively doing backups on the capsule that we share? If I can confirm it, I'll go ahead with the clean wipe on her machine and do the reinstall from time machine. But if I can't find her backup, then I'll have to do a different ...
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Yes, I understand that part -- not quite what I'm asking, though. Is there a way, from my machine, to confirm that her machine has been actively doing backups on the capsule that we share? If I can confirm it, I'll go ahead with the clean wipe on her machine and do the reinstall from time machine. But if I can't find her backup, then I'll have to do a different approach. MacBook pro &nbsp; Mac OS X (10.5.7) &nbsp;...
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Yes. TM keeps each Mac's backups separate, for obvious reasons. See item #17 in the Frequently Asked Questions User Tip at the top of this forum. iMac G5 1.8 GHz PowerPC &nbsp; Mac OS X (10.5.7) &nbsp; &nbsp;

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