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Ask TUAW Video Edition: Time Machine over a network

by Justin Esgar (Feb 22nd, 2011)

This week, Jude writes in and asks about using a home theater Mac mini as a Time Machine location for his MacBook Pro. We show him how to do this with some tweaking to his MacBook Pro. In the video, we used this code to put into Terminal.app: sudo defaults write ...

Macworld 2011: Dolly Drive syncs Time Machine to the cloud, creates bootable backup

by Dave Caolo (Jan 28th, 2011)

We're finding many useful solutions here at Macworld Expo, and among them is Dolly Drive. This new solution (they just launched this week) offers encrypted Time Machine sync to the cloud and even creates a bootable version of the local drive you've been using for Time Machine thus far. I spoke with ...

Mac Plus reused as a Time Machine server

by David Quilty (Jan 19th, 2011)

Showing us that there is, in fact, a much more useful application for an old Mac Plus than a DJ using it as a helmet, Macenstein reader Dean Gray has turned his 1986 Mac Plus 1 MB into a Time Machine Server. By using an Intel Atom motherboard and replacing the screen with a 10" digital picture ...

Time Machine holds a place in my heart, and it should in yours too

by Erica Sadun (Jan 7th, 2011)

One of my TUAW colleagues who shall remain nameless revealed to us yesterday that he doesn't use Time Machine. "Don't talk to me about Time Machine," he said. "I hate it!" My goodness, I thought. Is that even possible? I cannot recount the number of times that Time Machine has saved me from ...

Mac 101: Backup basics with Time Machine and more

by Steven Sande (Dec 28th, 2010)

Did you get a new Mac for Christmas? Before you go too far in loading your Mac with software and files, make sure that you have a backup strategy. As a certified Mac consultant, I can tell you that there are two kinds of computer users: those who have lost data through error, hardware failure, or ...

Apple awarded patents for RF synchronization, Time Machine, and more

by Steven Sande (Dec 15th, 2010)

Yesterday was a busy day for the gnomes at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as they awarded 19 patents to Apple for intellectual property ranging from "RF Pulse Synchronization for Data Acquisition Operations" to a couple of ideas that are implemented in Time Machine. All were reported on by ...

Ouch! Apple dinged for $208.5 million in patent infringement case

by Steven Sande (Oct 4th, 2010)

You know that nice Cover Flow interface (above) that Apple uses on iDevices, in iTunes, and in Mac OS X? An East Texas Federal Court has ruled that Apple infringed on patents held by Mirror Worlds, a software business started by Yale University computer science professor and Unabomber victim David ...

Apple extends warranty coverage on flawed 2008 Time Capsules

by Steven Sande (Jul 11th, 2010)

Several sites are reporting that Apple has issued a Knowledge Base article in the Support Forums that notes that some Time Capsules sold between February and June of 2008 are subject to a recall eligible for possible repair or replacement due to the problems described. Should you have a Time Capsule ...

My trip through Time Capsule Hell leads to a different backup approach

by David Winograd (Jul 9th, 2010)

I bought a one terabyte Time Capsule shortly after it hit the market, along with an external 1.5TB drive. I use the Time Capsule's internal drive to back up two smaller capacity Macs, while the external disk backs up my two larger capacity Macs. Working with Time Machine in Leopard or Snow ...

Time Machine plus a clone secure the day

by TJ Luoma (Jun 8th, 2010)

Time Machine isn't a new feature of OS X. It was first announced as part of Leopard, not Snow Leopard, and it even had its own Get A Mac commercial. I mention it because I just recently started using it, and today was the first day that it really came in handy. I haven't been using it because I ...

Data Robotics gives Drobo FS full Time Machine compatibility

by Steven Sande (May 20th, 2010)

When Data Robotics announced the Drobo FS last month, one common complaint among potential buyers was that it doesn't offer native support for doing networked Time Machine backups. Just connecting a Drobo FS to a network of Macs could cause issues for Time Machine backups, since the built-in backup ...

What to do when your Mac dies

by Chris Rawson (Apr 30th, 2010)

In general, Mac hardware is very reliable. Like any complex gizmo, a Mac will have its quirks, but only rarely do those quirks turn into a full-on, machine-killing meltdown. When that does happen, as it recently happened to my wife's MacBook, there's a few things you can do to keep the death of your ...

TUAW review: LaCie Network Space 2 low-cost NAS

by Steven Sande (Apr 12th, 2010)

Everybody needs storage, and lots of it. The race for space began when we started taking digital pictures, accelerated when we began purchasing music online, and went positively orbital when movies and TV went digital. While big drives in desktop machines are becoming commonplace (1 TB drives are ...

Ask TUAW: Mac mini as Time Machine server, baby monitoring with a Mac, and more

by Mat Lu (Mar 28th, 2010)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we have questions about accessing a shared Google calendar, baby monitoring, sharing music between user accounts, scanning over an Airport Extreme, using a Mac mini as Time Machine target, and more. As always, your ...

Ask TUAW: File ownership and permissions, converting FLV and OGG, extra displays, and more

by Mat Lu (Mar 5th, 2010)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we have questions about changing file ownership and permissions, adding two external displays to a MacBook Pro, converting OGG and FLV files on an older Mac, transferring a Time Machine backup to a new disk, and more. ...