backup to desktop

[hotrod351]

i have a Mac Pro desktop with time machine and wounder if i can use it for my macbook pro. could i just connect my macbook pro to my desktop with a usb and then using time machine to back it up, or do i need to buy a external HD to do this.

 

[duervo]

Yosemite Server will allow you to use your Mac Pro as a Time Machine server (and a lot more) for all the Macs in your home for a lot less than the cost of another external drive.

The following is a decent summary of everything included with the Server app. (It's ~$20 on the Mac App Store.)

I'll start you off on the page dealing with Time Machine, but I recommend reading the whole thing when you have time...

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/11/a-power-users-guide-to-os-x-server-yosemite-edition/6/

 

[hotrod351]

well im sure theres a easy way that doesnt cost anything. of course the easiest way is to pay, but thats no fun.

 

[yjchua95]

well im sure theres a easy way that doesnt cost anything. of course the easiest way is to pay, but thats no fun.

Easy and free don't often go together.

It's only $20.

 

[hotrod351]

so this is a one time fee ?

 

[Weaselboy]

so this is a one time fee ?

Yes. You buy the server edition add-on and it is yours to use.

 

[hotrod351]

seems my mac pro and macbook are to old, i know my Mac Pro is 2007, think my macbook is 2006.