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Time Machine slows down my iMac
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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 518088" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>The dirty great on/off switch on Time Machine is there for just this reason, if you are going to be playing a game or watching a movie or burning a DVD etc etc .. just switch Time Machine off temporarily. Once you're done switch it back on, simple innit.</p><p></p><p>Last night I decided to give Time Machine the ultimate test, I booted from the Leopard Install disc and from Disc Utility reformatted my Terra-Byte RAID setup and switched it from Mirrored to Striped (with Time Machine backing the machine up to an external drive I figured I didn't need the mirroring anymore), once this had finished, around 10 minutes or so, I continued with the Install choosing the option to copy files and settings from the Time Machine folder.</p><p></p><p>An hour or so later I heard the restart tone and went over to find my machine back to exactly the way it was when I started (but with fully working RAID array).</p><p></p><p>If you had told me that was even possible a few years ago I wouldn't have believed you!</p><p></p><p>Amen-Moses</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 518088, member: 114"] The dirty great on/off switch on Time Machine is there for just this reason, if you are going to be playing a game or watching a movie or burning a DVD etc etc .. just switch Time Machine off temporarily. Once you're done switch it back on, simple innit. Last night I decided to give Time Machine the ultimate test, I booted from the Leopard Install disc and from Disc Utility reformatted my Terra-Byte RAID setup and switched it from Mirrored to Striped (with Time Machine backing the machine up to an external drive I figured I didn't need the mirroring anymore), once this had finished, around 10 minutes or so, I continued with the Install choosing the option to copy files and settings from the Time Machine folder. An hour or so later I heard the restart tone and went over to find my machine back to exactly the way it was when I started (but with fully working RAID array). If you had told me that was even possible a few years ago I wouldn't have believed you! Amen-Moses [/QUOTE]
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