Time Machine

I tried Mozy but consistently had problems contacting the backup servers. Consequently none of my data was backed up for many months. I also tried rsync but eventually moved away from that too.

I’ve now cancelled my subscription to Mozy and am trying out Time Machine, since I upgraded my laptop to Leopard.

Following are some resources that might be handy,

TMS

Force backup now:
/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper -auto


Topic : Time Machine with Multiple Disk

Using multiple backup drives with Time Machine

10.5: Set Time Machine disk via AppleScript

Do Something When

However, something goes wrong when I try to write to these disks using my MacBook.
It works fine when I use my MacPro however.

The drives in question are:
Maxtor MaxLine II 300GB ATA/133 HDD (E-H011-02-3122, RAMB1TV0) Manufactured 9th December 2003.
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB PATA133 HDD (E-H011-04-1675(B), BAH41G10, 6L300R0) Manufactured 13th June 2005.

The enclosure has some identification on the outside (“HD-337-U2″)

There are some identifiable codes (“GL811_U240B P/N:MO-02-054″) on the PCB which suggest it might be something like the following,

Coolmax

HD-337-U2, Silver USB 2.0/1.1 Housing for 3.5” ATAPI Hard Discs, Supports 16-bit Multiword DMA & Ultra DMA 100/66/33, Complies with ATAPI-6 Spec Rev 1.0 (PIO Modes 0-4, DMA Modes 0-2, UDMA Modes 0-5), GL811_U240B-E PCB, Genesys Logic GL811 USB Chip, 220mm L x 115mm W x 35mm H, 300g, 100-240V AC Adapter, Figure of 8 Power Cable with UK Plug, USB A-B Cable, Windows XP/2000/Me/98/MAC OS 8.6/9.x £ca

Certainly it’s the same as this Spanish user posts on a forum

http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showthread.php?t=494777&page=20

There are a couple of references to exactly the right model,

бокс 3,5’’ USB 2.0 на IDE HD-337-U2 “Офис в кармане”

Kompakter begleiter
Test: USB 2.0 Aluminium Gehäuse für 3,5″ IDE Festplatten (HD-337-U2

And it looks like this is a review (though I couldn’t load images)

USB 외장하드 드라이버 3.5″ HD-337-U2 External USB Drive Box 용산컴

My current MacBook is,

OS X 10.5.7
2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
MacBook5,1
Boot ROM Version: MB51.0073.B06
SMC Version (system): 1.32f8

USB High-Speed Bus
PCI Device ID: 0×0aa6
PCI Revision ID: 0×00b1
PCI Vendor ID: 0×10de
Bus Number: 0×24

USB TO IDE
Product ID: 0×072
Vendor ID: 0×05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.)
Version: 0.02

My previous PowerBook was a G4 1.33GHz model, though I can’t remember it’s full spec. It suffered from similar problems with these drives and enclosure though.

The MacPro is,

MacPro3,
OSX 10.5.6
2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
8 GB 800 MHz DDR2 F8-DIMM
Boot ROM: MP31.006C.B05
SMC: 1.25f4

USB High-Speed Bus
PCI Device ID:0×268c
PCI Revision ID: 0×0009
PCI Vendor ID: 0X8086
Bus Number: 0xfd

USB TO IDE
Product ID: 0×072
Vendor ID: 0×05e3 (Genesys Logic, Inc.)
Version: 0.02

Also on this bus is the Keyboard hub.