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    Time Machine says there "isn't enough space" to back up 2 TB computer on 4 TB external SSD

    I have a SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD with 4 TB capacity that's hooked up to my MacBook Pro 2018, whose internal hard drive is 2 TB. When I initially set up the external drive, backing up my computer to it worked without issue, maybe for about a week. But then I started getting regular...
    • alexcr
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    • external backup external ssd time machine time machine backup
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
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    Universal Back up Time Machine

    When I make a backup via Time Machine it is placed on my external hard drive. There also all placed backups with date, but when I choose a file are a previous backup, then it is placed as most recently in those backups. This applies to all files. So I can make backups, but I can't retrieve...
  3. B

    App (Automator/AppleScript) to skip Time Machine backup and eject disk

    My wife has a MacBookAir which I have set up for her. I have connected an external disk and set up Time Machine. However, she often (really almost all the time) forgets to eject the external drive before disconnecting her MBA. And if a Time Machine backup is running, she really doesn't know how...
  4. Algr

    Raid sometimes mounts.

    Hi Everyone! So I put three of my old drives together in a JBOD raid. (8+8+4TB) I set it to be the Time Machine backup for my new drive. (16 TB) Everything seemed to work fine, and it copied everything to the backup. I was even able to copy back some test files. But now it usually refuses...
    • Algr
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    • disk utility raid time machine backup usb drives
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  5. pedzsan

    Time Machine Backup to remove NAS going very slow

    I have a TrueNAS server set up to do Time Machine backups. The backups work but the backup today is taking forever. I don't do backups hourly but only when I need to / want to. I also have iStat Menus so I can see how much data is being sent over the net and it is usually close to 0. Usually...
    • pedzsan
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    • time machine backup
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  6. blackxacto

    Why snapshots if Time Machine works?

    19,1 iMac, macOS 12.4, Carbon Copy Cloner 6: 1. If Time Machine is working, why do I need Monterey to make Snapshots? 2. Why do I need CCC6 snapshots if Time Machine works in Monterey 12.4? 3. Do Snapshots take up data space? 4. I keep 3 backups of my internal SSD+TimeMachine external backup...
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    Time Machine problems....

    Apple doesn't offer much info about this. I've downloaded Consolation3 and T2M2 from https://eclecticlight.co/consolation-t2m2-and-log-utilities/ . If there are people "in the know" and willing to help, I'd like to know what next?
  8. lsepolis123

    In my case, After a Time Machine restore should backup normally like the last backup?????

    I had done a backup of my Macbook pro 15-in 2016-late to an external HDD with Time Machine. after reset send to Mac Service for Fan change Now returned and did a full Restore Now I wanted to back up from the point left before Reset In my case, After a Time Machine full restore, should...
  9. Doc69

    How delete folder from time machine backup?

    Since Monterey for some reason, the "Delete all backups of..." command is no longer available when I select a folder/file after 'entering' Time Machine. Does anyone know how I can now delete all old backups of a particular folder? I have added the folder to the "Exclude these items from backups"...
  10. fstigre

    A second partition disappeared after setting up Time Machine

    I have been using a 2 GB Hitachi external hard drive with two partitions for a couple of years now. The drive has a 1TB partition for saving general files and another 1TB partition for Time Machine. I have been using Time Machine with an Intel iMac for about a year or so, and today I decided to...
  11. S

    Possible to TimeMachine to iCloud, Google Drive, or Dropbox

    I've encountered my last straw with Backblaze. It's an unexpected 'frozen state' that customer service can't adequately explain or help with. So I'm considering other backup places, like iDrive. But in the short run, since I have storage accounts with: iCloud; Dropbox; Google Drive - can I...
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    Special backup for clean install of MacOS

    MY CURRENT HARDWARE: Late-2013 21.5-inch iMac, Core i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD currently running MacOS 10.12.6 Sierra THE PROJECT: Clean-install MacOS Mojave (the last MacOS that will run iPhoto) to eliminate some embedded drive issues (possible software corruption) that are causing...
    • Wingsley
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    • clean install macos imac (21.5" late 2013) macos 10.12 macos sierra 10.12 time machine backup
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  13. maxoakland

    Time Machine and iCloud

    Does Time Machine back up files I put on iCloud? I’ve started storing more of my sporadically used files on iCloud but I’m not sure if they’re getting backed up onto time machine
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    Nightmare migration

    Hi all, I'm having quite a time here. Could really do with some guidance. I'm in the middle of a nightmarish migration from an Intel imac with a failed 1TB fusion drive running Catalina to a new M1 24" imac with a 512GB SDD running Monterey. I thought I was all secure with two Time Machine...
  15. pedzsan

    When does Time Machine decide to delete its snapshots?

    I’ve been hunting missing disk space for the past week or so. It would magically reappear and then disappear again. I falsely accused Dropbox of being the culprit but it was Time Machine. To get to the gist: Time Machine makes snapshots in APFS and I guess it decides to delete them after some...
    • pedzsan
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    • apfs snapshots time machine backup
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: macOS
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    Accessing Time Machine backups not working?

    Hi All, I run macOS Big Sur 11.4 on Macbook Pro and use Time Machine. Had some problems and did a restore of key folders on and Desktop files on 26 Jan 22. I would now like to go back to 6 Jan 22 and Time Machine doesn't seem to let me? What am I doing wrong? Thanks, in advance.
    • Ganache
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    • restoring from time machine time machine backup
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Split external Drive for TimeMachine and "other"

    (Fact: Apple does not allow storing Time Machine Backup and any other files at the same time on a volume) How do I create (from 1TB SD) two seperate drives and use TimeCapsule? -- If only 1 volume = Time Machine Backup does backup -- If 2 partitions = Time Machine Backup gives...
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    Time Machine: Old Backups "Waiting" but never loading

    Hey community! Long-time lurker, first-time poster. Had to ask this question because I've read somewhere around 3 dozen posts with similar problems but none are nailing what I'm dealing with. I started a new Time Machine set up with an external hard drive in October. Time Machine has worked...
    • criticalhit
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    • mac 10.13.6 restore from backup time machine backup time machine deleted backups
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  19. halloleo

    What does the -v option for tmutil restore exactly do?

    In order to restore from a Time Machine backup via the command line I can use tmutil with the restore verb like One the I could not figure out is what exactly the -v option here does. With the option I would write tmutil's manpage lists -v as an option, but doesn't detail what the option...
    • halloleo
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    • options restore time machine backup tmutil
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
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    Backup a Veracrypt encrypted external hard drive with Apple Time Machine

    Hello everyone, I already searched a substantial amount of time but did not succeed yet. I used VeraCrypt to fully encrypt my external hard drive named Media which contains many media files such as photos, videos and music. Now, I want to backup the external hard drive to another external hard...
    • mzerobin
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    • encrypted backups macbook pro "15 2009 macos 10.15.7 time machine backup veracrypt
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Apps
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