Hi all

I can't find any instructions for Time Machine. The first thing it 
wants to do, apparently, is to take total control of the HD I want to 
use for back-ups. Is this normal? Can't it use just part of the HD?

Let me explain the situation.

I'm about to embark on a trip using my #2 machine which, at the end 
of the journey, I want to leave behind me with some other gear so it 
can be there ready for use next time I travel to that destination.

Now -- what I thought I would do was back up my #1 machine to a 500 
GB USB HD using Time Machine, use that to put all my stuff on the #2 
machine, then during the trip, let Time Machine do incremental; 
back-ups from time to time.

When I return, I thought I would plug that USB HD into my #1 machine 
and use Time Machine to bring my #1 machine up to date.

But will Time Machine do that? If not, does anyone have any 
suggestions about what will?

Does anyone know where there is a manual for Time Machine?

Many thanks in anticipation ...

Cheers, Geoff

Geoffrey Heard
Publisher, Editor, Business Writer
The Worsley Press

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