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  1. chelz910

    Backing up Time Machine to external drive

    Hello, I've researched and looked at other forums here but no one's situation seems to be like mine regarding backing up Time Machine to my external drive. I have plenty of backups I've done in the past on this drive with no problem. The drive has plenty of space and is partitioned. It...
  2. Userx12

    Move existing iTunes to new account?

    Hi, I have an old MB running snow Leopard and need to transfer my itunes from that computer to a new user account on a family members new MB Air running Mavericks. How? Situation: I got a new iPhone 6 and went to set it up through iTunes by using my previous iPhone's backup on my old (2007) MB...
  3. P

    Local backup of fresh iPhone

    Is it possible to make a local backup of your iPhone via iTunes or any other program? I always clean up my iPhone and start fresh. It is a pain having to add the Apps that I always use over and over again. For PC and Mac there Is a concept of disk imaging or cloning. I do this with PC and Mac...
    • pctechtv
    • Thread
    • backup clone restore
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: iPhone
  4. muharremozkan

    Beautiful Backup 4.0

    I would like to introduce my app's new version Beautiful Backup 4.0. Beautiful Backup creates easy accessible folders for your photos and videos. This is the most capable utility to organise them in a beautiful custom folder structure. Just show where is all your digital media (photos, videos...
    • muharremozkan
    • Thread
    • backup beautiful duplicates folders photos
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  5. M

    2013 A1466 Air died, how to read the SSD?

    I bought an A1466 Air in Spring of 2013. Unfortunately, without it functioning, I do not have the actual hardware revision -- simply just what was printed on bottom of the case. (FYI, the machine just flat out died, no charge light, no liquid damage, etc). I am looking for an adapter for the...
    • maokh
    • Thread
    • a1466 backup external drive ssd
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  6. ddublu

    Workflow/Storage assistance needed

    Workflow assistance needed: Here is my scenario. I have a 2014 Macbook Pro with 3 external Dell 24" monitors connected to it (2 via display port and 1 via HDMI). I come in from a shoot and take my SD card, dump it to a new folder on my MBP. Edit, and then move to a primary external drive...
    • ddublu
    • Thread
    • backup storage thunderbolt workflow
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Photography
  7. S

    Time Capsule Slow Back Up - El Capitan 12-inch Macbook

    Recently purchased a 4th Gen Time Machine 3TB (A1409) but cannot complete a first backup over WiFi Macbook 12-inch Retina (210GB of data to be backed up) Sky Router (UK) Have tried the following but with no success; Standard backup over WiFi - Left overnight and managed 22GB, meaning...
  8. R

    Saving text messages from iphone 3gs when all software is obsolete!

    Would really appreciate some help on this, trying to save old text messages from a dying iphone 3gs. I saved a lot to my itunes till about a year ago when i downloaded a new version of itunes that won't work till i upgrade my OS (currently 10.6.8). Question is, how can I find the messages that...
  9. L

    How to transfer only "Favorites" pictures to new iPhone ?

    Hi ! I'm not sure if I'm in the right section or not but since it's not only iOS related, here's my problem. I upgraded from 5S to 6 and I'd like to transfer only my "Favorites" photos to my new iPhone 6, not the whole camera roll (It's too big and I already have a backup of it on my mac). But...
    • Louney
    • Thread
    • backup camera iphone transfer files
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iPhone
  10. C

    Best External Hard Drive solution with iMac

    Hey there! I'm ready to upgrade my current 27" iMac to the 5k version, but instead of the 3TB fusion drive I was thinking of getting the 1TB flash drive and moving most of my media over to my external hard drive. I currently have a LaCie d2 3TB drive that backs up my entire iMac using time...
  11. jgelin

    Time Machine on iMac from MacBook?

    Hello all, Quick question, is there a way to make my time machine drive that is connected to my iMac thru USB show up on the network and on my MacBook for use with TM? It already has the backups waiting to be used and works when connected, but I want to be able to do so wirelessly so I do not...
  12. Heliotropen

    Mac keys acting wierd - Backup practise?

    Hi all, I really need some help. First of all my "e" key started acting funny (it's like it's active all the time, so it's hard to type an 'e'), now after a few months the same is the case with my "g" key ... I have contacted my insurance company and they are willing to fix it for a price (I...
  13. Josephine_pien

    Do I need this backup?

    Guys short question, Do I really need this big backup file of my phone? Can I just delete it and put it somewhere in the cloud? thanks
  14. J

    Apple deleted my iCloud backup.

    Yes this really happened, I backup my iPhone 4s to iCloud in a November 2014 but the summer of 2015 I noticed on my iPhone 6 that my backup is no longer there! After many conversations with Apple's employees and "engineers" I follow the instructions and they even had access to my account and...
  15. daniham

    Restore Notes

    Just got a computer upgrade through work and IT did the data transfer. I lost all my notes. I know they must be on my time machine backup somewhere (not on iCloud, already looked). When I searched the topic, it looks like they would be in users/library/container, but when I go to users on my...
  16. Jasmynp

    All iPads Connecting to iTunes for the first time

    I got a new (to me) iPad Mini 4. I restored for. iCloud backup. I want to connect to iTunes to get the rest of my music, but when it did, it gave me the option of setting up as a new iPad or restoring from my last iTunes back up which was a year ago on another device If I set up as a new iPad...
    • Jasmynp
    • Thread
    • backup itunes
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iPad
  17. maxthackray

    Booting OSX from TimeMachine backup on a Windows Pc

    Hi guys. I'm trying to sort out a problem. I'm going travelling in April for a few months and I don't want to take my laptop with me as it's heavy and I don't want to risk theft or damage. I know that if you use a Time Machine backup to an external hard drive and plug the external drive into...
    • maxthackray
    • Thread
    • backup bootable usb osx time machine windows
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  18. devstorm

    DSync - Easy Synchronization for Mac

    Hello, I'm the developer of DSync - Easy Synchronization for Mac. Just released a major update with a fully-featured 7 day trial and would love to hear feedback from the MacRumors community - be it negative or positive, as it's the only way to evolve the application. You can check it out at...
    • devstorm
    • Thread
    • backup compare files sync synchronization utility
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  19. C

    Time Machine backup over Wi-Fi problems

    Is anyone experiencing Wi-Fi issues regarding losing internet connection from your Mac when one has setup Time Machine to backup over said network? I have no problem with my internet connection over Wi-Fi on my iPhone running 9.2 but on my month-old MacBook Air running 10.11.2 ever since setting...
  20. M

    iPhone: iOS destroyed (help!)

    Hello community, after a mistake (maybe) in repairing my iPhone, I get only the message "Please connect to iTunes". I had connected my iPhone to iTunes but the software recognize nothing. In that reason I could not do any restore trials with IPSW Files over iTunes. In addition i had try many...
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