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Answer to: Can I use Mac Mini as a portal for Time Machine?

Jun 21 2010 @ 3:33 PM

For the initial backup connect the two computers with a crossover Ethernet cable. Look in the Minis network preferences after the self-assigned IP-address and connect to it using afp. (Finder->Go->Connect to server and enter afp://[IP-address]. Then if the drive is shared you can mount it. It will drastically shorten the time for the first backup.

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