On Apr 13, 2009, at 6:01 PM, insightinmind wrote:
> Any reason why Time Machine now thinks it has to replace the entire > backup (making the resulting space needed insufficient)? Relative to > replacing the mobo? > it's a new motherboard, I'm pretty sure TM uses some hardware aspect of the system to identify computers (probably the MAC address, since that does not change unless the hardware does.) iTunes is gonna think it's a new computer as well. I KNOW iTunes uses the MAC address to ID a computer, because that's how it differentiates them when you go to iTunes to enable/disable computers. > I noticed I no longer have Serial Number and Model Number in the > System Profiler. > Yep,that info was stored in NVRAM on the old Mobo. I haven't found a way to make TM pick up with a new machine where it left off. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
