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macosx: timemachine set up with sparse bundle
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time_machine_set_up.txt
time machine set up
1 - create the sparsebundle disk image with disk quitlity
2 - set the volume size to partition size of hard drive its on
3- name the sparsebundle with the ethernet id of the mac you are backing up
computername_000000000000.sparsebundle
4- save the sparsebundle disk image on the timemachine hard drive partition
5 - mount the hard drive partion on your other mac
6 open timemachine and select the time machine partion
back up
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