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Several networked and non-networked options for Time Machine backups
"I use a Mac mini as a wireless server to my MacBook Air (with an external drive attached to the mini). "
Yup. This is really the way to go. A base equipped Mini with an external drive is a cheap and easy way of getting LAN Time Machine backups, whether you have 1 client or 5 clients. Just considering the additional use you can get out of a Mini, it's much better value than a Time Capsule. And you get a more reliable backup system in the bargain. "The MBA Time Machine will send a WOL to the mini and the backup will occur, and after the backup, the TM Drive is automatically detached, and then the mini will go back to sleep (based on the Energy Settings in the mini). All without user intervention." This is true, but only if you have an all modern Airport Extreme LAN. I use non-Apple commodity network hardware, so I don't get Wake On LAN with my Mini. But I leave the Mini on 24/7 by design. It's silent and energy efficient. I think of it as a router.
Several networked and non-networked options for Time Machine backups
This is true, but only if you have an all modern Airport Extreme LAN.Actually you just need an Apple device anywhere on your network that was on when the Mac went to sleep; it doen't need to be your main router, and it doesn't necessarily need to be an Airport Extreme. For example, an Airport Express will work, I assume an Apple TV should work, and even another SL Mac (even the one trying to do the TM backup) will work as long as it was running when the server went to sleep.
Several networked and non-networked options for Time Machine backups
Thanks for the tip, everkleer80. I did not know that. |
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