[muglo] Re: Time Capsule
- From: Dave Knight <dave@xxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:08:04 -0400
On 2011-10-31, at 4:04 PM, Douglas Feick wrote:
> One of the items to check when setting up Time Capsule is the computer should
> be set to never sleep.
This shouldn't be necessary, Time Machine will do what it needs to reasonably
opportunistically.
> I did this and have no problems, even when I shut off the computer, because
> the computer disconnects everything in order. I have a 1.5T external Seagate
> plugged into my desktop computer. A quick check to tell if it is a faulty
> cable is to reverse your external HD USB cables in the ports on the computer.
Switching them at the computer end will still have the same cable connected to
the same drive, which will identify a problem with the USB port in the
computer, but not the cable. Switch them at the hard drive end too.
> If the warning changes to the other external HD, you have a bad port
> connector. If it follows the switcharoo, it could be the cable...Doug F
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