[Leica] OT - Time Machine problems

[tcharara at mac.com (Tarek Charara)]

Hi Gerry,

It sounds like you're backing up via WiFi or USB? You really should use 
FireWire 400 or 800 to de the BU. 56 days is far to much, 1Tb shouldn't take 
longer than overnight?

Cheers,

Tarek

Le 13 d?c. 2012 ? 14:38, Gerry Walden a ?crit :

> This is for the Mac users on here please.
> 
> I have just rather frighteningly discovered that my external hard disk has 
> not been backed up for a long time because I excluded it from backup using 
> Time Machine. As a result of including it now I needed a larger backup 
> disk so I bought a G-Drive 2TB disk but it is taking for ever to back up. 
> I only have just over 1TB to do, but it is saying it will take 56 days 
> after running since last night (it is now 1.30 p.m. here). Is this normal? 
> It has come down from around 73 days at 7 a.m. today.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Gerry
> 
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
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> 
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