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  1. halloleo

    How to get rid of a Volume that magically appears as a shadow of my Time Machine drive

    I'm using an iMac with macOS Catalina. I have attached a Thunderbolt drive with the name mytime. This drives works perfectly for the time machine backup. One weird issue though is: In the Volume directory I have two volumes with the name mytime when I list the /Volumes directory in the...
    • halloleo
    • Thread
    • /etc/fstab diskutil time machine drive volume issues
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: macOS
  2. V

    Do you have Time Machine HD failures with Big Sur 11.5.2?

    Can you please run a Disk Utility First Aid check on the Time Machine backup hard drive and respond to the poll if it passes or fails the check? This is for users of Big Sur 11.5.2 and you use spinning disk hard drive(s) for TM backups. Please also indicate the type of Mac you have (e.g., 2013...
  3. aylward-drm

    NVME fail to mount after Time Machine filled the drive.

    I have a NVME 1TB drive inside an enclosure and connected via USB on my MAC Pro 6.1 running Big Sur. I used this drive to save Time Machine data. I have a 1TB drive that was being backed up in my Mac Pro. After a couple weeks, An error showed saying the drive was improperly disconnected and no...
    • aylward-drm
    • Thread
    • fail m2 nvme time machine drive
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  4. Z

    what FileSystem for the TimeMachine drive?

    A new drive that im gonna make it a TMachine drive, should i format is as APFS, or OSExt?
  5. 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...
  6. M

    Seagate Backup Plus Hub (app?)

    I picked up a couple Seagate 8TB Backup Plus Hubs for Mac at a compelling price during a holiday sale, as I needed a new TM drive for my High Sierra Mac Pro and one for my new Macbook Pro. I'm just now setting it up and my initial impression upon unboxing is positive. I really like the small...
    • macmesser
    • Thread
    • external drive seagate seagate backup plus hub 8tb time machine drive usb 3 drive
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
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