Not automated of course but disable that VM in the Time Machine options whilst working and then enable it afterwards.
Nice if that could be scripted in some fashion, or put in an RFE with Parallels
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Apple Updates Time Capsule to 1 TB and 2 TB Capacities
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Not automated of course but disable that VM in the Time Machine options whilst working and then enable it afterwards.
Nice if that could be scripted in some fashion, or put in an RFE with Parallels
Nice..
Nice, we also have more than one Mac and it helps having a TC to handle it.
That said, I am also in the party "let's have an iTunes server". I'd love to have it!! At home I am slowly getting to the point where I don't know where to store all my pics, videos, digital content (music, movies, you name it).
Let's hope such a device materializes and that it will not only be "iTunes server" but also "iLife server". I shot video during the holidays (Sony HDV handycam) and it ate up almost all of my 2.5" 250GB HDD that I took along. Now... Where am I supposed to store all of it?
Apple, please, provide a "drobo" like HOME SERVER with iLife and iTunes compatibility, expandable drives and I'll be more than happy...
Nice, we also have more than one Mac and it helps having a TC to handle it.
That said, I am also in the party "let's have an iTunes server". I'd love to have it!! At home I am slowly getting to the point where I don't know where to store all my pics, videos, digital content (music, movies, you name it).
Let's hope such a device materializes and that it will not only be "iTunes server" but also "iLife server". I shot video during the holidays (Sony HDV handycam) and it ate up almost all of my 2.5" 250GB HDD that I took along. Now... Where am I supposed to store all of it?
Apple, please, provide a "drobo" like HOME SERVER with iLife and iTunes compatibility, expandable drives and I'll be more than happy...
Hah! It turns out I bought it at Best Buy and I'm within the 30 day return window.I knew this was coming since I bought a 1 TB model 4 weeks ago.
I bought mine at a Japanese reseller on July 1st so IF we do 30 day things here (no idea), mine HAS to go back tomorrow.
Honestly a 500 GB is more than enough, I have two laptops on mine and 385 gigs free, only using a few MB a day so it will last more than long enough, and when it fills I see no reason why I would be disappointed it would delete the oldest backups, since I can't see a reason I would need backups older than a couple weeks at most...if I'm gonna need to do a restore, it's going to be because of a failure of some sort so I would naturally want the most recent backup, but still if I can double the capacity for the same price I'd be stupid not to.
Refurbished models are going to fly.
I had the same feeling. Here's to HP bringing more support to their expandable multiplatform solution.
Not automated of course but disable that VM in the Time Machine options whilst working and then enable it afterwards.
Nice if that could be scripted in some fashion, or put in an RFE with Parallels
Good suggestion, but no applicable to my situation. I keep Parallels open and running 24/7/365 as I use it very frequently. I have it excluded, and treat it as a separate machine now and run its own backups to an external hard drive, and once a month copy the vm file whole over as well for a good snapshot backup.
ah well
Apple allows 30 days for returns, right? If so, get there before the end of the day.
Everyone who keeps saying "nice, but should be cheaper..." don't forget that it is also a wireless router.
Get a NAS that has support for Time Machine and attach it to your network.Yup... but would be nice to have one w/o wireless router. I've got one already
Me too. I love my drobo and it's design. My AEBS and ability to mount and share external drives (and printers) through it is really all I need. Maybe the Time Capsule will replace this setup if the current equipment retires.
I bought mine at an authorized reseller in Himeji, Japan so I'm not sure of their policy--the girlfriend is going to call the store tomorrow and ask for me
Exactly! We have 2 of last 17" iMac models made, a late 2006 black MacBook, 17" MacBook Pro (Early 2008), and a brand new MacBook Air. That's 5 Macs. The notebooks use our 500Gb 1st Gen. TimeCapsule for TimeMachine, while the iMacs have dedicated external drives. Now, I'll get the 2Tb 2nd Gen. and picky-back the 2 external drives to it, and have a total capacity of 4Tb. I use the our TimeCapsule as our iTunes "server". Our entire library is on it, and all 5 Macs have access to it.
I do wish Apple would release an iTunes Server software, that would be great!
That'll be cool, but very doubtful we'll see one. Can you imagine what kind of uproar the music industry would have? With all the piracy & whatever out there?
The 1TB should really be going for $249
The 2TB should fetch $399
I think they are still too expensive at the current prices.
Decisions, Decisions...
I have a 1.5TB in the fourth bay of my MP that I use to back up my applications and documents drive in bay 1 (all my music and other media site on 2 x 1.5TB drives in bays 2 & 3). As I sit here, my apps and document drive has 403.6GB used and 961.2GB free. I've been using my TM drive since February and have it backing up the entire apps and document drive and it has 834.9GB used and 562.1GB free. So, since February my backups are DOUBLE the size of the space used on the drive it's backing up! My guess is that by October my TM drive will run out of space.
Now, I'd been toying with the idea of getting a 2TB drive figuring it may allow me to fit 1 year of back ups on a single drive. Some places around me have 2TB drives for $200. The only advantage I see to having the airport extreme is that since the drive isn't physically connected to the box it's backing up, if something like a power surge or lightening strike did hit, I'd be better off.
I have a 1.5TB in the fourth bay of my MP that I use to back up my applications and documents drive in bay 1 (all my music and other media site on 2 x 1.5TB drives in bays 2 & 3). As I sit here, my apps and document drive has 403.6GB used and 961.2GB free. I've been using my TM drive since February and have it backing up the entire apps and document drive and it has 834.9GB used and 562.1GB free. So, since February my backups are DOUBLE the size of the space used on the drive it's backing up! My guess is that by October my TM drive will run out of space.
Now, I'd been toying with the idea of getting a 2TB drive figuring it may allow me to fit 1 year of back ups on a single drive. Some places around me have 2TB drives for $200. The only advantage I see to having the airport extreme is that since the drive isn't physically connected to the box it's backing up, if something like a power surge or lightening strike did hit, I'd be better off.