Timeline for Safe not to eject Timemachine USB drive?
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| Jul 8 at 22:32 | answer | added | John Doe | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Oct 31, 2023 at 10:41 | comment | added | AnoE | That said, @Maciej Miklas' comments on the existing answer make it seem rather hopeful that there should be little chance of destroying everything by plugging out at an unfortunate moment. | |
| Oct 31, 2023 at 10:39 | comment | added | AnoE | No, I didn't, @a06e. tbh, I have long since stepped away from TimeMachine as my primary backup, and am running a custom rsync based setup now, which makes it very easy to have complete transparency about how everything's going. I accept that should something happen to the internal MacOS parts of my MBP I might to be in for a time-costly fresh install, but this gives me much more confidence for my own data. | |
| Oct 28, 2023 at 10:58 | comment | added | a06e | Hi, I have your same exact question. I often need to unplug my laptop quickly and forget to safely eject the USB drive I use for Time Machine. I'd expect Time Machine to be robust to this, in exactly the manner that you describe. Did you get an actual answer to your question, confirming or rebutting this? Thanks | |
| Sep 14, 2020 at 15:43 | comment | added | Wayne | I agree that this is a valid question. I've run into many times where I needed to move my laptop quickly and Time Machine was keeping the disk busy. (Time Machine spends a lot of time before and after backups, and if you have it on automatic -- which it isn't very useful if you don't -- you can never tell whether you'll be locked for tens of minutes to not move your laptop, regardless of whether you try to stop the backup or not.) | |
| Sep 14, 2020 at 13:06 | history | edited | AnoE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 14, 2020 at 12:48 | answer | added | Tetsujin | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 14, 2020 at 12:41 | history | asked | AnoE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |