does time machine backup photos

As far as I know, not at the time it is happening. Is the external HD the one used for Time Machine? (Not good policy to use the internal HD).

If the external is your Time Machine and you have iPhoto, it will back up iPhoto.

You can check by loading iPhoto, then clicking Time Machine. A miniature version should appear on your screen.

LLfromheidelberg wrote:

Is there a way of seeing excatly what time machine is backing up?

How Time Machine Works its Magic

LLfromheidelberg wrote:

... help me work out if my external HDD backs up my photos via time machine?

What you are asking is unclear.

Time Machine > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427

it depends on where the photos are stored, and if they are in a folder that has been excluded from Time Machine.

This shows how to exclude items from the backup but you can go there and see IF anything is excluded and if you do not want it excluded, you can remove it from the list.

OS X Mountain Lion: Exclude items from a Time Machine backup

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11187

the way Time Machine works is basically, if its on your internal HDD, it should be backed up.

Unless you have specifically excluded folders, TM by default backs up everything on the boot drive.

Guten tag,

There is an excellent arrticle on Time Machine in the link below. Have a look through that and post back if you are still unclear. Pondini is the guru around here.

Pondini FAQ

http://pondini.org/TM/ Troubleshooting.html

Incidentally, what version of Time Machine do you have?