Hi I have a question about the new Time Machine...
I need an external HD to back my things up right?
However, can I still use it to transfer stuffs?
It's not dedicated to Time Machine only right?

Another side question,
Is running 1 GB RAM on a MacBook good enough to support Mac OS X Leopard?

1GB RAM on MacBook is fine... i'm doing that... seems fine here

Thanks for the feedback Xaw

You can use the hard disk you have in your Mac by using different partition.

If you want to use external hard disk, make it two partition. One for your personal files and one for Time Machine.

Oh I see.. Thanks Cello!

cello, time machine needed at least 100GB isn't???
Correct me if I'm wrong.

This post has been edited by SEP910: Nov 17 2007, 09:53 PM

who told you that

i dont think so. if not mistaken, we can specify which and what folder we want to keep backup. then, its always back to the original space of the files.

If thats the case then their lower end macbook's won't be able to use this feature right? wrong information you got there bro.

As long as your backup drive is bigger than the drive that is being backed up, you should be fine.

Time Machine is smart enough to delete older files once the drive's full. You don't even have to partition your HDD, TM will only occupy a folder on the drive.

I've tried it, but I don't see how it's useful to me. Maybe I should give it another go. The space thingy looks really cool.

welcome to the future

Hi bro, not wrong info la. I used "Time Machine" since day 1.
It's Leopard pop up error, it write I should use HD at least 100GB.
Yes my backup files is big. Its about 64GB. That is why the error pop up.
Now ok already, I hookup 160GB HDD to my mbp.

This post has been edited by SEP910: Nov 18 2007, 11:00 AM