Time machine question

[-Josh-]

I understand time machine updates every hour on information change to your external drive. However, I am uncertain how that will be useful for my laptop. I'm always moving it. Can I casually plug it in and have it backup my data? is that efficient?


Thanks,

Josh

 

[djejrejk]

Time machine does not back up "As soon as you plug your drive in", however it usually performs a backup with 30 mins. I use it with my macbook pro and have had no problems.

 

[Eidorian]

If you miss a scheduled backup Time Machine will run a backup as soon as you're plugged back in.

It doesn't hurt to just tell it to backup now either.

 

[EvryDayImShufln]

If it doesnt do it right away, you can plug it in, and right click the time machine icon on the dock --> select Back up now.

That should do it

 

[Taipan07728]

Thanks for asking the question and thanks for the responses!

Hi everyone. I had the exact same question and I just wanted to thank the original poster for asking the question and everyone else for their responses. Thanks

 

[devman]

It will only auto-backup once plugged back in if your laptop is on AC power. If it's on battery, then time machine won't run a backup unless you explicitly select Backup Now.