*flies in to ask question*
Anyone here use the Apple Time Machine to back up files?

Mine works fine with my desktop, but keeps causing my laptop to freeze. Does anyone else have this problem, and how do you solve it?

Feel free to revive mac vs PC wars. I suspect you probably will anyway.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:45, 14 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I need a new waterproof
this post has reminded me, thanks for that.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:54, Reply)

Do you mean a Time Capsule? Isn't that what they're called?
My GF has one, it stopped working. She rang up the local dealer, took it in, they fixed it.

*yawns*
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:56, Reply)

Capsule, machine, tomayto, tomahto.
But yeah. I'd rather not have to pay for someone to fix it if it's something fairly straightforward, though.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:01, Reply)

Time Capsule is the hardware, Time Machine is the software....
... you can use any hard drive with Time Machine.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I'm assuming it's the machine that's the problem
since the capsule seems to be working fine for one of my 'puters. This is somewhat reassuring.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:14, Reply)

I've never used the Capsual before but maybe it's fucking up 'cus there are two computers on the same machine?
Can't say for deffo, the fact that it _used_ to work makes me think maybe that's not the problem.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Yeah.
It's strange that it had used to be fine, and then stopped being. And two computers oughtn't to scare it: I bought it on the assurance that it'd be OK, and it's handy to be able to transfer files between computers via the capsule.

Strange stuff. It's just kicked in again for this hour's attempt. Let's see if it works this time...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:18, Reply)

Cool, finger's crossed.
The new Lion features will make transfering things a lot eaiser, designed to replicate the old "Put it on a pendrive and go to another computer" thing.

I'm loving Apple's new features.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:26, Reply)

Ah.
Froze and had to restart. Bugger.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:34, Reply)

Is it phsyiclly plugged in, or WiFI'd ? Might be worth a try doing it plugged in.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:37, Reply)

I don't use Apple computers
although I hear Apple TV is a decent media solution if you don't want to be bothering with XMBC and NAS storage and the like.
( Kroney, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:01, Reply)

I used time machine on mine
before I sold it today, always worked fine for me sorry. I work with macs all day in fact and I have never found time machine to cause one to freeze. What are we your free tech support use google or something!
( Peej, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:02, Reply)

Someone's just suggested that
I do a clean install - which I presume means un- and re-install it from and to the shonky computer. Fingers crossed...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)

I can't really help, for me it all seems to 'just work'.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 12:11, Reply)