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Time Machine Question: Disk needs to be plugged in?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 836722" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>With a USB external drive, yes, it can only make backups while the drive is plugged in.</p><p> </p><p>Turn Time Machine on - leave it on - it will make backups when you connect the drive and will not when it's not. As long as you plug it in once every day or two, you'll have backups for those periods. </p><p> </p><p>You may get a pop-up telling you that Time Machine could not find the drive while it's not connected. If that bothers you, then just turn Time Machine off while not connected and turn it back on when connected. Voila, manual backup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 836722, member: 24160"] With a USB external drive, yes, it can only make backups while the drive is plugged in. Turn Time Machine on - leave it on - it will make backups when you connect the drive and will not when it's not. As long as you plug it in once every day or two, you'll have backups for those periods. You may get a pop-up telling you that Time Machine could not find the drive while it's not connected. If that bothers you, then just turn Time Machine off while not connected and turn it back on when connected. Voila, manual backup. [/QUOTE]
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