letting a external drive on overnight?

[mrgreeneyes]

Hi,

i have a question,
i have all my music on a external drive, and i want to copy it to my time capsule as a backup. but since my music is over 300gb. it will take a long time to copy, is it ok to leave the drive on overnight and let it copy all the music to the time capule?


thanks

 

[Illicit]

Hi,

i have a question,
i have all my music on a external drive, and i want to copy it to my time capsule as a backup. but since my music is over 300gb. it will take a long time to copy, is it ok to leave the drive on overnight and let it copy all the music to the time capule?


thanks

Absolutely it is fine.

 

[toolbox]

I do it all the time, i have no problems leaving it on.

 

[angelwatt]

Indeed, I've had to do similar things over night on a number of occasions, usually over wireless so it takes an extra long time. Just tell your machine not to fall asleep.

 

[theDUB]

Well, obviously it needs to be on long enough for it to transfer all the data. Whether or not the sun is up makes no difference.

 

[mrgreeneyes]

Indeed, I've had to do similar things over night on a number of occasions, usually over wireless so it takes an extra long time. Just tell your machine not to fall asleep.

I do it all the time, i have no problems leaving it on.

Absolutely it is fine.

Awesome help everybody!

Thanks so much!

 

[dukebound85]

night is no different than day lol

 

[iNew2Macs]

Well, obviously it needs to be on long enough for it to transfer all the data. Whether or not the sun is up makes no difference.

Wow, you cant say it any better

 

[Aaleck]

Yeah, I leave mine on all of the time... well did. Don't really use it much anymore tho.