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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...

Hi, 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...

Good day, 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...

Hi, 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...

Hi all, Have to hand in old work macbook and getting new macbook air from work. Been asked to back up macbook before handing it back. Any assistance on this? Please hep, its urgent! Thanks!

Hi, I have been googling all night and can't find a way to delete or move some files. The varying types of files are in a time machine backup on an external drive that isn't used for time machine anymore so there's a bunch of other stuff on there too. When I attempt to move or delete a file I...

Usage Experiences? Reliability? Run iTunes with Media & Backup folders on external drive (save SSD)? There are tons of articles for Windows (I use) and Mac about moving some of this heavy space eating stuff off my C drive / SSD. 2 key methods I see are (I'll post some links for them) ...

So I swiped and deleted a message conversation by accident and I would live to restore it. I definitely have a backup on iTunes (August 7) that I could restore it from. My concern is if I restore to that last backup, I would LOSE ALL NEW message history with other contacts. Is there a method...

Hi, I am trying to back up my old iPhone 6, when I go settings -> iCloud I cannot see option to back up my messages, when I log in to icloud.com I cannot see messages tab either. The iPhone has no sim card in it. Does it affect anything? Am I missing something obvious?

Hello everyone, I have a problem with restoring my iMac from a Time Machine backup, and I was wondering if anyone else had the same issue already. I had to reinstall OS X El Capitan from scratch, based on instruction I received from Apple Support. That worked without any issues and my iMac...

Hello there helpful people! :P TL;DR iPhone 5 won't backup (neither iCloud nor iTunes) likely due to a corrupted WhatsApp plist. I fear that reinstalling whatsapp I could lose my WA database, which I highly care for. what do I do? The full version: (I'll try to be as concise as possible, but...

Hi everyone, I recently got myself a new mbp. I backup up my old one but the only thing I want to restore is my photos library. When I plug the drive into my new mb It doesn't show the old backups in time machine itself. When i go via Finder, I can see all the old backups in dated directories...

I have moved to another country and left my 1TB WD HDD back at home which I was using with Time Machine to backup my device. I've used this device for years so it has backups from my previous MacBook. I am going to be working at home occasionally and since the Air has no CD drive I have no way...