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Back-up: Time Machine versus Carbon Copy Cloner
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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1841975" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>I have actually never used time machine because I'm under the impression that one needs to have an external drive connected to the Mac permanently for that to function.</p><p></p><p>Everyone in my family except me are using MacBook's of some types.</p><p>I have a hard enough time to connect a drive to them al least once a month to make a CCC/SD back up - these MacBooks are in constant use from morning until the wee hours of the next morning and are moved all over the house and on trips.</p><p></p><p>Is it possible to link a MacBook to a time machine external drive wirelessly?</p><p> So I could have the drive in the house somewhere and time machine backups would happen over WiFi?</p><p></p><p>Touch wood - but until now I have been able to recover from every Mac internal hard drive issue without actually using a back up.</p><p>But my luck (or better the person with the problem Mac's luck) is bound to run out sooner or later where I can't recover the data, so a time machine option where the external drive is not tethered to the Mac would be a good option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1841975, member: 67742"] I have actually never used time machine because I'm under the impression that one needs to have an external drive connected to the Mac permanently for that to function. Everyone in my family except me are using MacBook's of some types. I have a hard enough time to connect a drive to them al least once a month to make a CCC/SD back up - these MacBooks are in constant use from morning until the wee hours of the next morning and are moved all over the house and on trips. Is it possible to link a MacBook to a time machine external drive wirelessly? So I could have the drive in the house somewhere and time machine backups would happen over WiFi? Touch wood - but until now I have been able to recover from every Mac internal hard drive issue without actually using a back up. But my luck (or better the person with the problem Mac's luck) is bound to run out sooner or later where I can't recover the data, so a time machine option where the external drive is not tethered to the Mac would be a good option. [/QUOTE]
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