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time machine backup

  1. Jacob Brown

    How do I delete a time machine backup?

    I had my time machine backup on one external hard drive and had to switch the backup to a different drive. The time machine app on my mac says that the old hard drive is still a backup. When I try to delete it a dialogue box comes up saying "Preparing to Delete Files". It starts counting...
  2. Odysee

    Time Machine Question

    I am just about to purchase a new external SSD - I am wanting to use it to back up my entire digital assets, from backing up data from my iPhone, Macbook Pro and iMac as well as photos, coding and videos. I've never used Time Machine before, and I am wondering if it could be possible to store...
    • Odysee
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    • time machine backup
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    • Forum: Mac Apps
  3. S

    Mac mini: Network time machine to external drive + some quetions.

    Hello everyone, I have a couple of quetions: I’m using a Mac Mini (2010) for my home network (running macOS 10.13 (no never edition) 1) External backup over network I WD 3TB element hard drive plugged up to the Mac Mini, it shows up on the file sharing along with a option to use with Time...
    • ShizumiAoki
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    • mac mini 2010 network time machine time machine backup
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Networking
  4. Skeptical.me

    Time Machine Couldn't Complete Backup.

    macOS Catalina 2017 iMac 27" 3.5Ghz i5 I'm having an issue where I cannot backup to Time Machine (WD 4TB external HDD) because apparently I have 2 Disks named "Recovery" but I am not sure where to find these disks. I can't see them in Disk Utility, nor anywhere else. Maybe someone here...
  5. R

    Lost emails after restore from Time Machine

    Hi, I'm using Catalina 10.15.3 Beta (19D49f). Backed up to Time Machine, and sent Macbook for repair. I later restored from TM back up. All went well. Then on opening Apple Mail, it imported mails again with about 330,000 items, about 100gb. However, thousands of emails seem to be missing...
  6. B

    Migration Assistant from Time Machine backup questions

    I want to restore my Time Machine backup from my now-dead iMac onto a new Mac Mini, but since I'd like to do this right the first time, I have some questions before I proceed. (I realize this should be a simple operation, but I'm just being cautious.) The Time Machine backup exists on a 1TB...
  7. R

    how to restore macOS from older time machine backup

    since my fan starts to run like hell despite I have no special app running for 2 weeks now I wonder if it is a program or driver I installed in the last weeks. So I thought it would be an easy solution to restore my system via time machine to one of my older backups. When I start my MBP...
  8. Eagle 20

    Desperately Need Help to Reset MacBook Pro

    To be honest, I am not even sure where to start. I have had my Mac three years and everyday I am having to Google how to do something or what something is. So I will try to explain what is going on, what I want to accomplish and pray it makes sense to everyone else. But please bear with me...
  9. T

    Restoring system from TM to external APFS?

    Is it possible with Mojave? Just found out that it isn't possible in High Sierra...
  10. yanki01

    partition a HD question

    I have a current hard drive using it for time machine. if I partition it to also use it as a file storage drive will it erase my current time machine backups? I have a new rMB coming and plan on using the external HD as file storage but want to have a few time machine backups. I don't intent to...
  11. I

    TIME MACHINE - old backup access

    Hey! I want to enter an old time machine backup I have, but since I switched to another hard drive (because the hard drive I was using run out of space and I didn't want it to delete old backups on it), it seems I no longer have access to the old one. is there any way to reconnect the old hard...
  12. E

    Time Machine broken

    Hey so i've been doing time machine backups for a while but when i connected my drive for a backup a couple weeks ago it just said "not enough space on the backup drive" which was weird as the size it was quating was basically a full disk backup again which i assumed time machine never does...
  13. Z

    TimeMachine errors, no backup

    Hi, I'm having an issue with my TM on my MBP. Backups start but either they stop while preparing or after approx 200 MB have been backed up. Old backups are accessible. I ran Diskutility First Aid , assigned more space, ... I hope that someone more knowledgable than me can see what the problem...
  14. Asu

    Time machine backing up itself?

    I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch 2017, 2 USB-C ports, MacOS 10.13.6, with about 90 GB content, 120 GB total HD. It gets its first backup onto a pristine, just reformatted, 500 GB external drive, via USB. The drive is connected via a USB to USB-C connector (in case this could be an issue). The...
    • Asu
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    • time machine backup
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    • Forum: macOS
  15. J

    Time Machine slow at certain spots

    This is not about general speed of time machine backups, but whenever a backup seems to be taking forever and I look in "Time Machine Preferences...", it always seems to be "stuck" (actually just going very, very, very slowly) at a certain spot in the backup. Right now it says "Backing up 429.7...
  16. Skeptical.me

    2017 iMac External SSD Boot Drive & Time Machine

    Hi, I have a new 2017 iMac 27" 5K 3.5Ghz 1TB Fusion drive. I added a 500GB M.2 SSD in a USB-C to USB-C External Housing as the the boot drive. It's certainly made a difference in performance. However, the Fusion Drive has a Windows 10 partition (Boot Camp) and 750GB of free space. I am just...
    • Skeptical.me
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    • external boot drive fusion imac 2017 internal drive m.2 ssd time machine backup
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  17. S

    Time Machine won't work with external HD

    I have a new MacBook Pro running OS X High Sierra 10.13.6. I've hooked up a Time Machine external 5 TB hard drive. It's been backing up the Macintosh HD (why do they call it a HD when it's a SSD?) but does not back up a LaCie 5 TB external hard drive. I can tell that by the Time Machine message...
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