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<blockquote data-quote="Goldie" data-source="post: 910222" data-attributes="member: 121805"><p>I doubt it, is the short answer.</p><p></p><p>The way time machine works (i think) is to create incremental backups based on what's changed... Now, as far as time machine is concerned, the image is one big file, as opposed to lots of smaller ones. So every time you modify something in the image, the archive bit for the full image is set, so the next time you backup, time machine will plough through the image, taking all this time as you have described... </p><p></p><p>What I dont get is why don't you just share your iphoto library using iphoto. That way, you keep Iphoto running in the background and access your photos from other computers running iphoto.</p><p></p><p>Failing that, why not share the folder your iphoto file is sitting in using file sharing. That way multiple computers can connect to it and when one file changes, only that files archive bit will change and only that file will be backed up incrementally, saving time and space in the long run....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldie, post: 910222, member: 121805"] I doubt it, is the short answer. The way time machine works (i think) is to create incremental backups based on what's changed... Now, as far as time machine is concerned, the image is one big file, as opposed to lots of smaller ones. So every time you modify something in the image, the archive bit for the full image is set, so the next time you backup, time machine will plough through the image, taking all this time as you have described... What I dont get is why don't you just share your iphoto library using iphoto. That way, you keep Iphoto running in the background and access your photos from other computers running iphoto. Failing that, why not share the folder your iphoto file is sitting in using file sharing. That way multiple computers can connect to it and when one file changes, only that files archive bit will change and only that file will be backed up incrementally, saving time and space in the long run.... [/QUOTE]
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