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<blockquote data-quote="MYmacROX" data-source="post: 959961" data-attributes="member: 92466"><p>Yes, you can use Time Machine very easily to backup whatever you want to an external.</p><p></p><p>This is from Apple's <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/time-machine.html" target="_blank">website</a> (applies to OS X v10.6):</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Summary</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>With Time Machine, Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard makes it easier than ever to back up your files. You don't need to burn DVDs or CDs or manually back up individual personal or application files such as you might have done with previous operating systems. You can restore Time Machine backups anytime you want, even while started up from your Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard installation DVD.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Products Affected</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Mac OS X 10.5, Time Machine</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Time Machine backs up to either an external disk (such as a USB 2.0 or FireWire-based third-party drive), a secondary internal disk or partition (if your computer supports additional internal drives), a Time Capsule, or an available Mac OS X Server version 10.5 volume. Although you can still burn personal discs in Leopard whenever you want, Time Machine itself does not back up to burnable DVDs or CDs. One purpose of Time Machine is to protect your data in the case of issues with your Leopard volume, so it only backs up to a separate volume.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>Be sure to poke around on there and here for more info. And don't forget that your external will need to be formatted to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to use Time Machine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MYmacROX, post: 959961, member: 92466"] Yes, you can use Time Machine very easily to backup whatever you want to an external. This is from Apple's [URL="http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/time-machine.html"]website[/URL] (applies to OS X v10.6): [B][I]Summary With Time Machine, Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard makes it easier than ever to back up your files. You don't need to burn DVDs or CDs or manually back up individual personal or application files such as you might have done with previous operating systems. You can restore Time Machine backups anytime you want, even while started up from your Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard installation DVD. Products Affected Mac OS X 10.5, Time Machine Time Machine backs up to either an external disk (such as a USB 2.0 or FireWire-based third-party drive), a secondary internal disk or partition (if your computer supports additional internal drives), a Time Capsule, or an available Mac OS X Server version 10.5 volume. Although you can still burn personal discs in Leopard whenever you want, Time Machine itself does not back up to burnable DVDs or CDs. One purpose of Time Machine is to protect your data in the case of issues with your Leopard volume, so it only backs up to a separate volume.[/I][/B] Be sure to poke around on there and here for more info. And don't forget that your external will need to be formatted to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to use Time Machine. [/QUOTE]
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