Time Machine and Photos backed up...

[MonkeySee....]

Sorry quick questions. Hope i don't sound like a div but i've got Time Machine backing up on an external drive.

Is this doing a full back up of my Photos or do i have to back them up seperately?

I haven't configured Time Machine. I just "applied"??? it to the external drive.

Hope that makes sense?

thanks

 

[blueroom]

Unless you excluded your photo directory it's backing them up. Open TM and see if you can find them.

 

[MonkeySee....]

Unless you excluded your photo directory it's backing them up. Open TM and see if you can find them.

Ahh ok, cheers. I'll take a look. I definitely didn't exclude them.

My wife wants to back up all our photos on CD's. This makes me sick just thinking about it.

I was hoping iCloud would store all our photos but I don't think it works like that.

 

[John T]

My wife wants to back up all our photos on CD's. This makes me sick just thinking about it.

You're correct in the fact that backing up to a CD is a time consuming business - particularly if you have a lot of photos! What's more, it's never a good idea to use CD's as a backup medium - they are not that reliable over a protracted period of time. Far better to treat yourself to an external HD and use that as a backup specifically for your photos.