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Both machines must have at least Leopard installed to use TM. Configure TM on each machine to use the backup drive for TM. TM will backup each machine when the drive is connected and maintain separate backups for each. This is handled automatically once you have configured TM preferences on each machine.

You must prep the backup drive properly to use with TM: Drive Preparation 1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.' S ID and size) from the left side list.

Cick on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (for Intel Macs) or APM (for PPC Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list.

Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.

And, see: for help with TM problems. Also you can select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for 'time machine' to locate articles on how to use TM. Both machines must have at least Leopard installed to use TM. Configure TM on each machine to use the backup drive for TM. TM will backup each machine when the drive is connected and maintain separate backups for each. This is handled automatically once you have configured TM preferences on each machine. You must prep the backup drive properly to use with TM: Drive Preparation 1.

Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.

After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.' S ID and size) from the left side list. Cick on the Partition tab in the DU main window. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (for Intel Macs) or APM (for PPC Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.