Re: time machine- multiple backups?

Alan Baker <alangbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article <1ih3s3j.us2yglpflbmnN%dempson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  dempson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (David Empson) wrote:
> 
> > Mitch <mitch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> > > In article <mr-3C0C3F.07272817052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Sandman
> > > <mr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > It can? Cool. And it can also backup to hard drives conected to
> > > > air****t base stations, as far as I know.
> > > 
> > > Someone in here was claiming this was cut out.
> > 
> > It was an advertised feature prior to the release of Leopard (while
> > Apple was saying "feature set not finalised"). Just before Leopard was
> > released, all mention was removed for Time Machine sup****t of backing
up
> > to disks connected to an Air****t Extreme base station.
> > 
> > Since then, it seems that Apple has been steadily working on
> > improvements to Time Machine, Leopard in general and the Air****t
Extreme
> > firwmare, but they haven't yet got to the point where they are
> > officially sup****ting this particular feature. It might turn up in
> > future but at present you have to do some minor hackery to get Time
> > Machine to recognise a disk connected to a an Air****t Extreme.
> 
> I'm sorry, but that is no longer correct.
> 
> They don't offer sup****t for the feature, but it works without any 
> special steps by the user.

I haven't tested it myself, but my understanding from reading comments
elsewhere (after the last batch of updates) is that it still doesn't
work automatically. You have to do one special operation: connect the
hard drive to a Mac running Leopard first, which creates an invisible
file which is used by Time Machine to identify that the drive is
compatible. You can then connect it to an Air****t Extreme base station.
If you subsequently erase the drive using the Air****t Extreme, the
procedure has to be repeated.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]