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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1673156"><p>Yes, it has to be booted. It can have the screen blanked, but the CPU has to be powered on as well as the external drive. If it helps, I never turn off any of my Macs at night, I just let them go to sleep. And for network connectivity, I have my power settings to blank the screen but the CPU never shuts down. The machine does the backups when the time comes and in the morning I press the space bar to wake the screen up and enter the login password. (You do have it set to ask for the password when awakened, right?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1673156"] Yes, it has to be booted. It can have the screen blanked, but the CPU has to be powered on as well as the external drive. If it helps, I never turn off any of my Macs at night, I just let them go to sleep. And for network connectivity, I have my power settings to blank the screen but the CPU never shuts down. The machine does the backups when the time comes and in the morning I press the space bar to wake the screen up and enter the login password. (You do have it set to ask for the password when awakened, right?) [/QUOTE]
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