Can you use time capsule to back up a iMac and MBA so have to folders with the back up of each machine in there respective folder?
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Time Capsule
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Altemose
macrumors G3
Time Capsule
Yes. Multiple computers can backup via Time Machine to an AirPort Time Capsule.
Yes. Multiple computers can backup via Time Machine to an AirPort Time Capsule.
Time machine sets up separate folders for each computer, with the computer name in the folder title.
marzer
macrumors 65816
Yes. The Time Capsule will permit backups from multiple machines. Because it does it over a network, each machine's backup data is contained in own sparse-bundle image on the time capsule's hard drive.
Altemose
macrumors G3
Actually it creates a Sparse Disk Image Bundle. Essentially, everything is contained within the one file and allows for multiple Macs to backup each with separate files.
I believe that these sparsebundles are actually packages... not one large file. If you right click and select "show package contents"... you can navigate into the sparsebundle and see all the individual files.
Look but don't touch.
/Jim
marzer
macrumors 65816
Technically a sparse bundle file is a disk image. You can mount it and view the files stored on the disk image. "Show package contents" lets you view the file bands that make up the disk image itself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_image