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[Pixelpyro]

I don't know what animal my operating systems are. The iMac is 10.9.2 and the Macbook is 10.6.8.

I read that Time Machine will copy everything on one computer to the other. Is that legal?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

iMac 10.9.2 is Mavericks
MacBook 10.6.8 is Snow Leopard

What do you mean by "Is that legal?"

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[Pixelpyro]

Sounds like you can copy your programs.

 

[Pixelpyro]

It's a scary idea but you could backup one computer then use that drive to re-image the other.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Yes, you CAN use it in that fashion. However, you should still technically obey the licensing requirements of all the software/data on your computers.

Time Machine is actually designed to enable you to restore all your software/data to a new hard drive in case of failure, not for copying/imaging purposes.



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[Pixelpyro]

Do I need to use different drives to backup each computer?

 

[Cory Cooper]

No, you can use the same drive. Time Machine will make a separate backup of each Mac on the drive. However, you can only connected it to one at a time.

C

 

[Pixelpyro]

Gotcha. Thanks Coop.

 

[Cory Cooper]

My pleasure.

C