What's Up Time Machine?

KC4 · Jun 28th, 2009, 12:19 PM

Here is the newly appeared TM symbol on my HD2...It hasn't been there before (that I noticed) and this symbol never seems to go away. First I thought it must be because TM is actively using HD2 to Backup #1 (Macintosh HD) ...but why wouldn't this symbol vanish after it has completely the hourly backup?
I viewed TM - and it appears to still be operating properly as set.

Anybody know why the TM symbol has recently STUCK to one of my HDs?

BTW: Yesterday I was ATTEMPTING to use this machine to create a disk image of a MB through FW Target Disk Mode...but I was creating the image on HD 1...

chas_m · Jun 28th, 2009, 08:56 PM

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	Here is the newly appeared TM symbol on my HD2.

Yes. This means HD2 is the designated TM backup drive, and is mounted. All perfectly normal.

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	First I thought it must be because TM is actively using HD2 to Backup #1 (Macintosh HD) ...but why wouldn't this symbol vanish after it has completely the hourly backup?

Because TM doesn't auto-dismount/auto-remount drives. Since different drives can require drivers to "sleep" the drives, TM doesn't attempt to cover this.

The fact that the drive icon appears is either something you didn't previously notice, or you recently re-set HD2 as the TM backup drive.

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	Anybody know why the TM symbol has recently STUCK to one of my HDs?

See above.

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	BTW: Yesterday I was ATTEMPTING to use this machine to create a disk image of a MB through FW Target Disk Mode...but I was creating the image on HD 1...

Not sure what this has to do with the above ...

KC4 · Jun 29th, 2009, 12:30 AM

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	Yes. This means HD2 is the designated TM backup drive, and is mounted. All perfectly normal. Because TM doesn't auto-dismount/auto-remount drives. Since different drives can require drivers to "sleep" the drives, TM doesn't attempt to cover this. The fact that the drive icon appears is either something you didn't previously notice, or you recently re-set HD2 as the TM backup drive.

OK Thanks Chas_m. HD2 has been the TM b/u drive for over a year. Nothing changed but the sudden appearance of the symbol yesterday. TM appears to have been (and still) operating properly, as set.

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	Not sure what this has to do with the above ...

I was just disclosing what unusual activity I was engaging in yesterday coincidental to the sudden appearance of the symbol - in case that may have caused the symbol to appear.

chas_m · Jun 29th, 2009, 03:09 AM

I'm just guessing here, but if you previously had a "custom" icon on HD2, when that icon is replaced by a generic one (say during a dismount/remount operation), OS X will attempt to put the TM icon on the disc that is the TM backup drive. Maybe that's what happened.

PS. I am chas_m on urbanspoon btw.