Since I cannot afford a Tardis, I am settling for the Apple version of a Time Machine. After much delay (October) I finally am setting up Time Machine. The delay was not really my fault. I didn’t want to use Time Machine on a local disk attached to my Macbook, but Apple hadn’t released the software to allow you to backup to a remote share. Yesterday they finally updated the software on the Airport Extreme base station to allow this neat function. Firmware 7.3.1 now lets me use Time Machine to a 250gb drive plugged into my base station. I had to plug my printer directly into my Macbook to free up the USB port but it should be worth it.
I am currently running my first backup now. Lets see if this touted feature is really worth it. Time Machine wont fully replace Synk just yet. I will need Synk to continue to backup data I have on an external drive.