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Hi Bones
No need to apologise. You are in no way wasting anybody's time. You had a question, we tried to help. As regards the Time Machine, I did specify that you needed to buy an EHD:
I understood then, and still do, that money is tight which was my reason for giving you cost estimates and leaving the decision entirely to you. Sometime for the future, perhaps? And please stay around the Forums. A lot of helpful gets discussed here.
Anyway, good luck.
Ian
No need to apologise. You are in no way wasting anybody's time. You had a question, we tried to help. As regards the Time Machine, I did specify that you needed to buy an EHD:
The cost, very modest relative to the cost of your Mac or the cost of losing crucial stuff, is in acquiring an Ext HD. Ideally, this should be 1.5 to 2 times the storage capacity of your Int HD. I fully realise that money is often very tight. Let me just say that you can get a 3TB EHD for around $100 or less. And quite a bit less if you only require 2TB, say. Only you can make the decision.
I understood then, and still do, that money is tight which was my reason for giving you cost estimates and leaving the decision entirely to you. Sometime for the future, perhaps? And please stay around the Forums. A lot of helpful gets discussed here.
Anyway, good luck.
Ian