Re: What happens wen the Time Machine Disk Drive is not available?



On Oct 31, 6:40 am, D P Schreber <schrebe...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2007-10-31, hrh1818 <hr...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Can the Time Machine software keep track of all files that have
changed over a 2 or 3 day period and then backup all files that
changed over a 2 or 3 day period?

Sure. Time Machine itself isn't keep track of file changes. It
apparently uses file system metadata to determine what files have
changed since the last backup. regardless of how long ago that was.

I have noticed an idiosyncrasy when using Time Machine. When Time
Machine is activated and my iMac is not used for a long time the iMac
doesn't go to sleep. Instead the screen blanks and the computer keeps
running. Have others noticed similar behavior? Does this behavior
mean if I want an iMac to go to sleep when it is not used for a long
time I should deactivate Time Machine?

.



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