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- MBP 2.66Ghz i7 8GB 1067 Mhz DDR3 240GB OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro SSD & 480GB Mercury Pro SSD
As a recent convert to the Mac I'm a little unsure if my plan is going to work and would like some input as to whether what I intend to do will work or if my "Plan B" would be a better choice.
The plan: Take my old 1TB drive from my old pc, copy the files I wish to keep over to the wife's new iMac via an external enclosure with usb output, reformat the drive to Mac Extended journal, set it up as the destination drive for Time Machine, back up the new iMac, leave it be until they come out with a Thunderbolt enclosure that will allow me to buy my own drives and set up a RAID array to be used as the permanent solution.
"Plan B": Purchase the 3TB Time Capsule/WiFi router, hook it up to the new iMac using the ethernet connection, set up Time Machine for the iMac.
Question 1: Can I set up my wife's MBP to back up to the Time Capsule over the WiFi connection? It doesn't appear that I can select a destination drive for Time Machine that is accessed via WiFi, at least not the WiFi network I have here in Afghanistan. Does the Time Capsule/WiFi router combo allow this?(sorry that was 2 questions )
Question 2: If it can't be set up over WiFi with the Time Capsule, how can I set it up that her MBP will be backed up without any effort on her part? Would setting up a partition on her MBP for the purpose of back up via Time Machine be the only way or will she have to physically hook up to the Time Capsule to use it?
Question 3: Upgrading both our MBP's to Lion will allow us to access the Cloud, would using that as our backup be the easiest/cheapest way to go? I'm not sure I'll be comfortable with merely using the Cloud as my backup but am wondering if that is an option.
I've tried searching for this but these particular answers have eluded me, however the set up of the Time Machine has been explained nicely, thanks for that.
The plan: Take my old 1TB drive from my old pc, copy the files I wish to keep over to the wife's new iMac via an external enclosure with usb output, reformat the drive to Mac Extended journal, set it up as the destination drive for Time Machine, back up the new iMac, leave it be until they come out with a Thunderbolt enclosure that will allow me to buy my own drives and set up a RAID array to be used as the permanent solution.
"Plan B": Purchase the 3TB Time Capsule/WiFi router, hook it up to the new iMac using the ethernet connection, set up Time Machine for the iMac.
Question 1: Can I set up my wife's MBP to back up to the Time Capsule over the WiFi connection? It doesn't appear that I can select a destination drive for Time Machine that is accessed via WiFi, at least not the WiFi network I have here in Afghanistan. Does the Time Capsule/WiFi router combo allow this?(sorry that was 2 questions )
Question 2: If it can't be set up over WiFi with the Time Capsule, how can I set it up that her MBP will be backed up without any effort on her part? Would setting up a partition on her MBP for the purpose of back up via Time Machine be the only way or will she have to physically hook up to the Time Capsule to use it?
Question 3: Upgrading both our MBP's to Lion will allow us to access the Cloud, would using that as our backup be the easiest/cheapest way to go? I'm not sure I'll be comfortable with merely using the Cloud as my backup but am wondering if that is an option.
I've tried searching for this but these particular answers have eluded me, however the set up of the Time Machine has been explained nicely, thanks for that.