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I want to use a Windows 10 PC as Time machine network server. Since Sierra a SMB server is officially supported for TM backups: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25585?viewlocale=en_US&locale=it_IT
Here the TM over SMB specs...
I know I can encrypt my Time Machine backups. If I choose that option, are the backups only encrypted at rest (on the disk), or are they are encrypted in transit, too, such as when sending over a network to a Time Capsule or Synology? I ask because I have a Synology sitting here on my desk at...
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I have backed up the actual iPhone backup file on my Windows, to an external hardrive.
Question is this - I am going to wipe my computer and reinstall everything. Computer is playing up so want to clear any potential virus' etc. So once I reinstall iTunes and plug in a new iPhone -...
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I think this problem started when I installed Sierra, but I cannot be 100% sure actually. So I got a 2TB Time Capsule a while ago because I wanted to be able to wirelessly backup my iMac and MacBook. I setup the whole thing and even use it as a router. All of this worked fine on both...
I want to make sure this is correct. Once I back up my iphone to photos, I can delete the pic/vid from the phone and not have it deleted from photos. Do I understand that correctly?
What happens to the photo on iCloud if deleted from phone?
Thanks for helping me with these really basic questions.
A recent post by yet another user whose RAID 5 array failed and due to unautomated backups is now facing a huge bill to recover missing data from a data recovery company that led me to create this thread. Too many companies and IT professionals haven't had this drilled into them enough and as a...
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I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 9 and when doing a local encrypted backup using iTunes, the backup folder have more than 55k files in it.
Its a 32gb iPhone with only 1000+ photos, and 200+ apps, no music or other big file count.
Is this normal? What can I do? The backup takes forever to finish...
Hello everyone, i have a question: does the itunes backup process save your photos from the "recently eliminated" (i dont know the english name cause i use it on spanish).
Thanks in advance.
Help please!
Hey,
at first I'm sorry for my bad English :D I hope you can understand it.
I got an android smartphone with WhatsApp and my old phone Number. I got a new number because I bought the iPhone 7 from the Telekom Germany.
Now to my question. I want to Install WhatsApp on the iPhone 7 (it is not...
I performed a password-encrypted iPhone backup to iTunes on my Mac and then erased all content and settings on the iPhone.
When I restored the iPhone from the backup, all sleep analysis was missing from the Pillow app.
The sleep data recorded by Pillow is in Health, but not in Pillow - even...
Hello Everyone,
I have installed a Nifty Mini Drive on my MacBook Pro (2015 15") and my MB Air (2014 i7). Both are generally very good spec'd laptops and both are fast. I have purchased and installed a Nifty on both machines for additional storage. For those that don't know the Nifty product...
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I've recently purchased an iPhone 7 and have transferred all my purchases from my iPhone 6 and then backed it up via iTunes. I then plugged in the iPhone 7 and clicked restore from backup. It has restored my contacts, messages, photos and all of my apps however not all of the apps have had...
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I got my Apple Watch back from depot today (the rubber gasket around the crown came out so they replaced the watch). I'm trying to restore from a backup and the list to restore from is only showing backups from April and before, not the backup that was done when I unpaired the watch...
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I'm moving from iMac 21 (1TB) to MBP 13 (512GB).
On my iMac I have:
Local Photos library (40GB approx - Sync with iCloud).
iTunes library (200GB approx - iTunes Match).
Also, I have a Time Capsule (2TB).
I have a few questions:
Should I backup my local photo library or is not...
I have backedup/stored my iPhone photos to my computer using the lightning cable. I also have an iPad that i want to backup. Can i back the iPad to my computer also? How?
I really need to start backing up my Macs (nope, not backing up :D). So I'm going to use Time Machine on my Leopard Macs (Power Mac and iBook). But I also have an iMac G4 on Tiger and I can't seem to find any good free backup program. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Hi,
is it possible to transfer locally stored emails to a new iPhone?
Since the emails are stored locally on my iPhone there should be a way to transfer them to a new iPhone!
Is there a 3rd party app or program (preferable freeware :)) for this purpose?
Or is there even a way it can be done...
I have a Mac Mini running FileMaker Server and I need a daily backup of the databases that include around 100.000 pdf files that take up to 12GB of space. I would like to keep the 10 latest backups of the whole database.
FileMaker Server takes care of the full database backup and in order to...
Hi everyone,
A shopping question:
I'm looking for a SSD enclosure that will fit both the Mac Pro OWC SSD cards and the ones in the MBP w/ SSD models. I found two (see below), but nowhere do they mention compatibility.
I need an enclosure because:
one of our employees her MBP died and we only...
On the eve of the next iPhone, I want to pose an age-old question.
When you get a new iDevice, do you restore from an iCloud backup or set up as a new iPhone?
I used to prefer setting up as a new iPhone. Many of my apps and services are cloud-based, so simply signing into a few things bring...