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How To Install Mojave 10.14 Onto External SATA Drive, Please?
I have a 2012 (at least I think it’s a 2012) MBP15 running Mojave 10.14.6. I need to install Mojave 10.14 ONLY on to an EXTERNAL 250gb *SATA HD. (Was hoping it was as simple as connecting the external drive to my MBP15 and just copying and pasting the OS files into the external drive, but it’s...- magentawave
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- backup external drive mojave 10.14 mojave installer
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Desperately need to restore from a backup!
My old iMac hard disk died and I got a new one installed. My iMac now works, but I can't seem to restore from the backup file I have on an external drive. It's not formatted as a Time Machine disk, but is an external drive with other files AND this backup file. How can I access that file or... -
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Downloading Messages from iPhone
Question about downloading messages: I need to download all my text messages on my iPhone between myself and another number as legal evidence. There are a few thousand messages. Ideally I'd like a copy of them as PDF. I tried AnyTrans and iExplorer but neither worked for me on MacOS 13.2.1... -
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backup for laptop
I’m trying to set up a backup strategy for the laptops in my home. Is it possible to back up to time machine and/or a cloning option like super Duper over a wireless network?- jclin10
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- Forum: MacBook Air
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Backup strategy - what do people recommend?
Hi all I’m looking to update my backup strategy in preparation for getting a new desktop (probably a Mac Studio). What do folks typically recommend for a thorough strategy? I’m not a professional photographer or anything, but I do have a lot of very meaningful photo files from our family. Or...- jclin10
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- Forum: macOS Ventura (13)
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Encrypted TMachine backup
What does an encrypted TMachine backup has to offer? Are there options to encrypting the TMbackup?- zoran
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- Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
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What external storage solutions are you going to use with the Mac Studio
I ordered a M1 Max Mac Studio with 1TB of storage. I’m wondering what others are going to use for external storage. I’ll be doing video editing 4K video so will need some kind of additional working space.- Baja63
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- #harddrive backup mac studio video
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- Forum: Mac Studio
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Carbon Copy Cloner rescue USB stick / add app to macOS USB installer?
Hello, having learned to appreciate the Acronis bootable USB sticks in the Windows world, I've been looking for something similar for the Mac. I'd like to have a bootable "rescue" USB stick containing a compatible and working version of Carbon Copy Cloner to restore a CCC backup (dmg) to the... -
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Backup Thoughts - Suggestions Please!
I finally went through a host of old hard drives and collected all my data onto one device. My 16' MBP is the first MBP that I've owned that can store everything I have on one device (about 500GB). 70 GB of Applications. 116 GB of Parallel VMs. 65 GB of iCloud Drive storage. 150 GB of iCloud...- BigMcGuire
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- Forum: macOS
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Will This Work w/ Clonezilla to Backup Windows Boot Camp?
Hi, I tried Clonezilla and other free backups on Windows to backUp Windows Boot Camp for almost two days (I wish I had US$49 at the moment to buy Winclone 10, this'd solve it in hours X-D ), it keeps failing to backup onto a new SSD (image or clone). I'm guessing any non-macOS based cloner or...- Alvin777
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- 1tb 2tb backup clone clonezilla image
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- Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
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backing up an imac g3
is there a way to back up the whole hard drive of a g3? i have a dying 20gb drive with os 9 and os x on it along with a lot of files that i need to keep safe such as records and music i dont want to lose. the drive is dying and makes a lot of noise that it shouldnt. how can i copy everything off...- ihatemy2011macbookpro
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- backup backup g3 g3 backup g3 hard drive imac imac g3
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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How you archive emails in Mac Mail?
Hello! How you manage/archive your old emails? I have email archive starting 2008 -> and Mail folder size is over 22 Gb Example my 2008 emails are in /Users/<username>/Library/Mail/V4/3BB7B2B5-4123-4BD0-8D85-101E92801E73/MobileMe 2008.mbox Other archive files are in... -
Anyone know how to transfer or backup WeChat app to external device to save space on internal drive?
My WeChat app with chat backups is almost 200GB. is there a way to move these files from my internal storage device on my 2018 MBP 15" running i7 to my external storage device ? Local internal storage device out of space. What I would like to do is move as much of the files stored on local...- stylinexpat
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- backup external storage device macbook pro
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Why didn’t Finder ask me to set password for my backup?
I bought the new MacBook Pro this week. Today I connected my iPhone to this new MacBook to backup it. The option “Encrypt local backup was already selected” so I clicked “Back Up Now” and was expecting it will ask me to set the backup password, but it didn’t. It just started the backup. So what...- ThisIs🐵
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- backup iphone backup
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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iPhone 14 Pro Max Restoring iPhone from backup - question
Hello, I got just one question: I was having troubles with notifications so I decided to restore my backup throught iTunes where I remembered it worked. Well I restored one month old backup and found out the notifications for YouTube and Netflix still don't work so I decided to go back to my... -
Photos Backup vs. Photo Library Backup?
Hello this is concerning iCloud backup. What's the difference between Photos enabled vs. Photos Library enabled. Isn't all the photos and videos already in Photos app? What happens if I disable Photos but enable Photos Library or what happens if I disable both? Thank you, have a blessed weekend. -
Restore sans data
So due to the music sync issue to the Apple Watch I want to remove all the music from the watch, a normal backup/restore restores the music (which I don’t want ;-} Music is not showing in the Apple Watch > Music. Thread about this; https://bit.ly/3Gua5zr- AppleWatchPunk
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- backup music restore sync
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- Forum: Apple Watch
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Totally Free Backup or Cloner for Windows 11 Boot Camp?
Hello Apple friends. Could anyone recommend a totally free good back up or better yet a totally free, good cloner for Windows Boot Camp (Windows 11), so I can fresh install macOS (Windows Boot Camp is currently on the save hardisk as macOS but on a different partition) on a new SSD and the...- Alvin777
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- backup cloner free not a demo not a trial totally free windows
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Method to harvest "Blocked Sender" list
I'm in the process of setting up a new Mac without Migration Assistant. I've been looking for a method to locate the email addresses I've added to Apple Mail's Blocked Senders list so I can back them up and then restore on the new Mac.🤞 Unfortunately, the luxurious feature to export or copy... -
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Recover Apple Music collection from .itl library
An Apple guy suggested I look through the .itl iTunes library files to get the list of all artists, albums, playlists, smart playlists, folders, and songs that I had before my Apple Music collection disappeared after updating to Monterey. He told me the reason could be that I didn't pay for...