Can I use apple Time Machine to restore my system if my mac book pro hard drive fails?”
Summary Time Machine lets you automatically back up your entire system in Mac OS X v10.5 or later. It keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac–digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, documents, and so forth. If you ever have the need, you can easily go “back in time” to recover files. Learn how to set up Time Machine to perform backups, how to restore items (or your entire system) from a backup, how to use existing backups on a new Mac, and more. Products Affected Time Machine, Mac OS and Software Setting up Time Machine for backups Setting up Time Machine is as easy as connecting an external hard drive to your Mac via FireWire or USB, or by connecting to a Time Capsule. You can also use a secondary internal disk if your desktop Mac has one i.e., a disk that you don’t start up from. Note: If you’ll use Time Machine with a Time Capsule, skip to “Setting up Time Capsule for Time Machine backups” below. When you connect a hard drive for the first time, Time Machine asks if you
Apple releases fix for MacBook Pro hard drive issues Apple on Wednesday released a software update it said would fix a problem with its MacBook Pro line of portable computers that have the 7200rpm 500GB hard drive. (Credit: Apple) Users with the affected computers reported hearing beeps from the computer just before the hard drive would make clicking sounds and then freeze. The issue wouldn’t require a restart or force quit– simply waiting for 10 seconds or so would normally be enough for the computer to return to normal. The hard drives in question shipped with the June 2009 MacBook Pro, according to Apple. The software download from Apple’s Web site is a firmware updater. After downloading, you will be presented with some onscreen instructions to fully complete the update. MacBook Pro Hard Drive Firmware Update 2.0 is available from Apple’s support Web site or via the software update mechanism in Mac OS X.
