Bought the Samsung 1tb external drive.
Plugged it in and my Mac and time machine did the rest.
First back up took about 20mins as I haven't really that much on my machine.
However after doing more research for hours, there are some things I'd like to ask your opinion on.
Firstly, I might only use my iMac every other day for doing banking, office work etc. I then use the sleep mode, I also like to reboot or switch off once a week or obviously when there is an update.
I am slightly worried about the affect this will have on the external drive, most posts, advice on forums say sometimes this can cause problems. I know you have to eject the drive properly before you disconnect it or that can be a problem but as it is very unlikely I will be moving it that is not a worry.
It does seem to sleep when the Time Machine is not backing up every hour.
So, do I leave the time Machine/drive on permanently, or switch the TM off and disconnect the drive and back up manually if and when I need it.?
Most advice and answers on various techie forums seem to come from professionals/heavy users who never switch anything off, ever!
P.s. Enrique, my Vista downloaded updates today! You genius, you
