preparing for Time Machine

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On 10/13/07, Kevin Callahan <kcall at mac.com> wrote:
> Not knowing the details of Time Machine's preferences and options,
> I'd like to buy a drive BEFORE Leopard ships, so that the day I've
> installed Leopard, I'm all set for Time Machine.
>
> Given I currently have separate external drives for photos, music and
> videos (I have 5 drives hanging off my MBPro) - -and considering I do
> a fair amount of audio and video editing throughout the day, is there
> some size ratio between my working data set (size) vs what I should
> plan for a backup drive?  I suppose it all depends on how far back
> you want to keep file changes in TM - so it's probably a dumb
> question, but ...
>
> I've read you can define multiple drives as backup drives for Time
> Machine, so maybe I shouldn't worry about it.  But on day one, I'd
> like to have something in place.
>
> Thoughts?

I myself am wondering if it'll be possible to just disable Time
Machine for those of us who don't have the ability to provide the
necessary media for backup?