So over the weekend I spilt my juice all over my laptop and after drying for 24hrs it seems to be working fine and I got it checked and they said it was okay but who knows if later it’s goes so i backed up my mac using time machine and an external hard drive but I just want to know do i need the hard drive plugged in all the time when using my Mac?
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
Timea97 wrote:
So over the weekend I spilt my juice all over my laptop and after drying for 24hrs it seems to be working fine and I got it checked and they said it was okay but who knows if later it’s goes so i backed up my mac using time machine and an external hard drive but I just want to know do i need the hard drive plugged in all the time when using my Mac?
Does not have to be plugged in all the time, you can manually run the TM.
If you value your user data:
3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.
— How to create a boot clone https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081
—Back up your Mac with Time Machine: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
Timea97 wrote:
So over the weekend I spilt my juice all over my laptop and after drying for 24hrs it seems to be working fine and I got it checked and they said it was okay but who knows if later it’s goes so i backed up my mac using time machine and an external hard drive but I just want to know do i need the hard drive plugged in all the time when using my Mac?
Does not have to be plugged in all the time, you can manually run the TM.
If you value your user data:
3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.
— How to create a boot clone https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081
—Back up your Mac with Time Machine: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
Hi,
I think you don't need to connect external drive all the time, though you'd better take backup at least once a week or so.
MacBook back up
