simonramsey wrote:
What i have : MBP & TC & IPHONE.
what i want : PUT MBP hard drive onto TC.
then use my MBP & IPHONE as pure mobile devices.
for example : folder,Document, music etc SYNCing to MBP before i head off local network.
my hypothesis:
By using SMART FOLDERS, PLAYLISTS i create a 'last opened file/folder/media' playlist/smart folder which i save as 'last opened this week/day/hour' for folders/files/media. these playlists/smart folders can be synced by automation by hot keys to the MBP & IPHONE a little time before heading out the door.
So on the road i can listen to a predefined music playlist for my mood, and work on predefined projects for my wallet. leaving my MBP to be used as a kind of drop box/shared folder/IPHONE-like device.
Does this make sense? And can you explain to me EXACTLY letter by letter - HOW The **** i am to make that happen...... PEACE
First of all, what you described was your MacBook Pro and iPhone acting as nodes, with Time Capsule being the hub and unfortunately, Time Capsule cannot act as a hub in this way; only Macs can (portable & desktops). However, apart from semantics, you can achieve exactly the result you are looking for.
Given that the smallest TC is 500GB and the average MBP has around 200GB, I'm going to assume that your entire MBP capacity will fit on the Time Capsule.
So, what you want to do for your *MacBook Pro* is:
• set up your MBP with everything on it. That is, a complete set of Apps, Documents, Music, Videos, etc. as you like them.
• set your MBP's Time Machine settings (in System Preferences > Time Machine) to use your Time CAPSULE as the backup disk.
• run a backup. This will copy your entire MBP onto your Time Capsule.
• once Time Machine is set up on your MBP, every time a change is made on the laptop it will be updated on the Time Capsule drive. If you make changes on your MBP while not connected to your Time Capsule, the next time you connect, all changes will be synched.
With regards to synching
iPhone, you will only be able to sync Contacts, Calendars, Podcasts and Mail wirelessly if you have an Exchange or MobileMe account. Music and videos can only be synched via USB.
For media content, you can either set up smart folders in iTunes, or manage your content manually for iPhone.
The advantage of this method over what you described is that you will carry a full set of data on your MacBook Pro with you wherever you go, so will never be left without an important file that might otherwise be forgotten, and you will never have to manually (or otherwise) sync "a little time before heading out the door" (which may get tedious). Synching will be done transparently and automatically whenever you are connected to Time Capsule.
Further, it makes your MBP behave almost like a node, in the way you described, since if it is ever removed (lost, stolen, sold, replaced etc.) a new Mac can take its place by simply restoring from the Time Capsule backup.
That is, you could literally get a brand new Mac (iMac, MacBook, etc.), restore it from your Time Capsule backup, and it will have all your apps, documents, dashboard widgets, and even desktop wallpaper, identical to the MacBook Pro. Your iPhone will even automatically sync to the new machine when connected, as if the new Mac were your MacBook Pro.
Hope this helps?