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PCforever?

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Original poster
Jun 21, 2010
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Brisbane, Australia
Hi Guys,.... Happy New Year!!

Ive got a new iMac and a new Time Machine. I have my joined Time Machine to my existing wifi network via ethernet cable to my modem..... So... Im doing my first TC backup wirelessly which is taking approx 2 days for 420GB

Now, if my iMac crashes and I want to do a full restore from a backup... will this also take 2 days??

What I really want to do is just use my TC as a hard drive and connect it directly to my mac via ethernet, but cant find instructions on how to do this :confused:

cheers
 
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