Plus I just noticed that it states the next back up will be 8:34 am today - 22 minutes from right now. However, if it displays a past date then you can click Back Up Now to force a back up and ensure your Photo Stream is correctly backed up in iCloud. Under Time Machine preferences it shows the Toshiba as the external disk. Once youre there have a look at the date and time of the last backup - if it only displays a time then you know iCloud has already backed up your photos and youre good to go. Time Machine and/or the Toshiba do not appear to have any schedule for routine back-up (such as one would find on an anti-virus application), is there a way to schedule a backup? There are a couple ways by which you can get Java for Windows. Downloading and installing Java is easy and free. How do I know the Toshiba is continuing to back up material? The light on the Toshiba is 'on' at times and 'off' on other times - so it's backing material up when the light is on? Automatically, on its own? How do I install Java Choose the Operating System for instructions to install Java: Windows. Purchased a Toshiba external hard drive - plugged it in and Time Machine asked a few questions and soon it asked if I wanted to back up my internal hard drive.Īfter 40 plus minutes the task was completed - it stopped doing whatever it was doing - that much I'm certain. Sorry for the simplistic nature of the questions but here goes:
