Hello.
Is it possible to access the local Mac's Time Machine without its external USB HDD? Or is the external backup HDD required? This is assuming Mac OS X 10.8.5. I am not sure if the newer versions can do it.
Thank you in advance. 🙂
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 13.3" (9,2/MD102ll/A)
You can't access what isn't available.
If the Time Machine data is stored on an external drive it must be mounted to be accessed.
QuickTimeKirk wrote:
You can't access what isn't available.
If the Time Machine data is stored on an external drive it must be mounted to be accessed.
I thought there were local TM copies on Mac's local drives too. Hence, the purple and white colors in TM.
Those are local snapshots. The best thing to due is backup Time Machine and then access it.
Eric Root wrote:
Those are local snapshots. The best thing to due is backup Time Machine and then access it.
How do I access these local (one/1)s without the external HDD connected? I do not get the TM icon option in my top menu bar.
System Preferences/Time Machine and check the box to show in menu bar.
Eric Root wrote:
System Preferences/Time Machine and check the box to show in menu bar.
I already have it in the menu, but it tells me I don't have the disk hooked up when I access TM without the external HDD connected.
Then you have your answer. You must connect the external drive that Time Machine is set up to use.
KiltedTim wrote:
Then you have your answer. You must connect the external drive that Time Machine is set up to use.
So, there's no way to access the local TM snapshots without the extrernal HDD? That's lame. What's the point of the local snapshots then?
When you plug in the Time Machine drive, they will be appended to the Time Machine backup.
KiltedTim wrote:
When you plug in the Time Machine drive, they will be appended to the Time Machine backup.
Ah, so it can't be done without the drive. 😟
Access the local Mac's Time Machine without its external USB HDD?
