Time Machine Q. please.

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  1. Vagrant Pistol, Jul 13, 2008

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    so if my internal HD on my iMac is going to be anywhere between 180G to 200G, is a external 250G HD enough for Timemachine? I was searching the forums and couldn't find an answer for this simple question.:apple:
     
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  2. Eidorian, Jul 13, 2008

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    That's more then enough for Time Machine. It depends more on how far back you want your backups to span and how much data you're actually going to have.
     
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  3. chainprayer, Jul 13, 2008

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    plenty of space! time machine doesn't back up anything thats included on a basic osx install, so that saves you a ton of backup space/time.
     
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  4. MacGeek7, Jul 13, 2008

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    I think there are some 1 TB HDs on Newegg.com for a little over $200
     
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  5. Eidorian, Jul 13, 2008

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    Unless you tell Time Machine to exclude System folders, hidden Unix folders, and anything else you exclude. Time Machine is going to backup everything on the hard drive.
     
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  6. Vagrant Pistol, Jul 13, 2008

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    thanx guys.....:D:apple:
     
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