Thanks for all your support, As we speak the backup is going slowly but surely. Could anyone of you experts suggest a course of action to try to attempt the wired connection with a cable without passing through router? At the moment I have the ethernet connected to both macs without a router but I have a feeling that the network is still happening over wifi.
It is very slow for now. 2 days for 125 gigs. Thanks again, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Nov 8, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > I've had pretty good luck with time machine over wifi. I have an old Mac G4 > running in the basement with a 500GB drive for time machine backups wired to > my wifi router. I then have sharing turned on and mounted that drive on a > laptop and told time machine to use it. It seems to back up a lot of the time > since I'm back on 802.11G since my Airport died. It was much more reasonable > with 802.11N. In other words, if you're patient you might be fine just doing > time machine backups over wifi and will have no need of a frankencable setup. > > CB > > On 11/7/12 12:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> You are correct in most accounts. Time Machine will continue from where it >> left off if all things are equal, meaning that you're using the same Backup >> location and configuration as well as connection method. Yes it should be >> much quicker on future backups. >> >> With respect to the Internet connection being lost when the ethernet cable >> is connected. Try going to the System Prefs, in the Network pane. In the >> Actions pop-up menu, choose "Set Service Order" and then drag the WIFI above >> the Ethernet service. This should allow the WIFI to maintain its Internet >> connection but still allow connectivity between computers with the ethernet >> cable. Note that "should" is my favourite word in computer-land so I'm not >> promising that it will work perfectly. I do, in my world, use multiple >> network services but these are usually in a Server environment so your >> machine may behave differently. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2012-11-06, at 12:50 PM, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for your detailed response. >>> Like you said, it opens up more questiones than it answers. >>> >>> I have a sighted husband that could help with non VO friendly solutions. >>> Could you mind telling me what those might be? >>> >>> Also, I am just thinking letting timemachine do its thing although it takes >>> forever. I am thinking that for subsequent bakcups it would be faster since >>> there is less to update. Do any of you know if timemachine can continue >>> backup where it left off if the backup was interrupted? IN this case am I >>> risking corrupted data? >>> >>> hanks very much! >>> >>> >>> Ioana >>> Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online >>> stores. >>> >>> On Nov 5, 2012, at 9:08 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Migration Assistant is a different kettle of fish. Although, the basic >>>> answer is yes, sort of. Some complications will arise though if you are >>>> planning to have the units tethered more or less >>>> permanently. Normally, the ethernet connection is a higher priority than >>>> the wireless one thus once the connection is made, you will lose your IP >>>> address and most likely lose your Internet connection. There are >>>> workarounds for this sort of thing but they are not typically VO friendly. >>>> >>>> The connection speed should be quicker than WIFI and depending on your >>>> router, could be slightly quicker then going >>>> through it as well. >>>> >>>> The problem I see with your design though is that, unless your other Mac >>>> is set up as a server, using it for Time Machine backups is not as easy as >>>> it appears. My suggestions for this would be to either have some sort of >>>> network access storage either through your existing router (if it supports >>>> it), to use a Time Capsule or Airport Extreme with external HD, or convert >>>> your other Mac to a MacOS Server. Financially, if your router supports >>>> NAS, that's the least expensive route, purchasing the MacOS Server is only >>>> $20 and the most expensive would be the Airport Extreme or Time Capsule >>>> route. Just because life is never easy, the less expensive routes are not >>>> necessarily the easiest methods to configure. >>>> >>>> Sorry, probably just gave you more questions than answers. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On 2012-11-05, at 1:40 PM, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering if it is possible to connect 2 macs on a wired network >>>>> directly with a cable. THe router is very far away from both to be close >>>>> to the dsl plug on the wall. I thought that just connecting with a cable >>>>> should do it since I did this with pc for migration assistent. >>>>> If it is indeed possible, how do I make sure the connection works and is >>>>> it slower than passing through a router? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your help. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Ioana >>>>> >>>>> Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most >>>>> online stores. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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