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    External HD/Carbon Copy Cloner Help

    Hi all, I have been having issues with my external hard drive lately. I have a 2018 15” Macbook Pro running Monterey. My external HD has become extremely slow when loading, opening, transferring files, etc. but runs flawlessly when I use it at school on bigger iMacs. I have tried resetting the...
  2. Buadhai

    Time Machine SSD For New iMac

    I bought an iMac for my daughter and her sons for Christmas. I want to order an external SSD for them to use as a Time Machine backup drive. They live on Saipan, so I’ll need to find something that can be shipped to US Zip Code 96950. (It ain’t easy....) I think 1TB would be enough. I’d prefer...
  3. MacEnigma

    Cloning Backup harddrive

    What a fantastic day! Thank you to all mac geniuses out there for making our lives easier! - Does anybody know how to clone an external hard drive with a Mac time machine backup on? My girlfriend's Mac broke down yesterday. In the store, they say there are some system files that are broken...
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    MBP 2018 gets extremely hot while backup

    Hey there, today I did the first backup on my 15" (i7) MBP 2018. I connected a new Samsung T5 SSD via USB-C Port and started the back with time machine. After a few moments the MBP started to get extreme hot even the keyboard keys got warm. The CPU was used by just 50%. There was no App...
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    Question re: Mavericks install over 10.8

    Hi, been awhile since I've done a new installation or reinstall on any of my machines and just needed a refresh on a couple of things. I have a Mini quad i7 -2012 - that my studio needs to run Mavericks on, for a certain piece of 'legacy' software that won't work well with newer OSX. The...
  6. tesssweet

    Disk Utility won't restore to new LaCie drive

    Hi everybody! I have a G-DRIVE pro thunderbolt drive that contains about 3Gs of material I desperately need to backup. I want a replica/clone so that the directories stay the same in all my projects. I was advised to use Disk Utility>Restore from>G-DRIVE to LaCie drive Seems straight forward...
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