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    Can I delete Time Machine backups on Tahoe 26.5.1?

    How do I delete backups from Time Machine running on Tahoe 26.5.1? My external drive is running out of space. There does not appear to be a way to do this in Time Machine. thanks.
    • Pinenut
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    • tahoe 26.5.1 time machine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  2. CDPlayer

    Time Machine Mail and Contacts Recovery - Removed functionality

    This is a detailed post to cover all the bases so forgive the length. I created an account as I haven’t found this topic discussed much online over the years, specifically as many users don’t know or forgot about Time Machine’s early features. As a Mac user for over two decades, one of Time...
  3. J

    Suddenly unable to use Time Machine with NAS drive

    Early last week I noticed that Time Machine had suddenly stopped backing up to my WD NAS drive. There were no recent changes that occurred before the problem began as far as I am aware. Nothing in my physical or network environment changed, I had not installed any new software, and I am not...
    • jcravenw
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    • nas connection failed nas drive time machine
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  4. Alvin777

    What Will Be the ill Effect, if there is, if my internal SSD is 2TB but the Time Machine External Backup is only 3TB, Merged by JBOD (1TB + 2TB SSD)?

    Hi. I have yet to save up for an external 4TB Time Machine SSD. Will 3TB have any bad side effects? Thanks
  5. dadders6

    Re-installing Tahoe...

    I have an M3 iMac, refurbed by apple. (about 2 months old) It's working fine, but when I run First Aid, I get several notices/warnings (screenshots). I then went to recovery mode, and ran First aid again, but it didn't fix those errors. Is the only way to clear these errors is to wipe/reinstall...
  6. T

    Budget SSD For Time Machine

    Good Friday morning all. I need to purchase an SSD for my M1 MacBook Air with 256GB so I can back it up with Time Machine. At the moment it has 148GB free and I don't expect that to change much. Can I get away with a 500GB Samsung T7 SSD? I'm on a tight budget and don't want to spend more than...
  7. DavidQPR

    Time Machine with Tahoe

    Since updating to 26.2 I have been unable to get a Time Machine backup to complete. On both my MacBook Pro M4 and iMac M3 the backups fail. I have tried dozens of times on both machines. Thinking it must be a failing external drive, which is a few years old, I bought a new 1TB SSD external...
  8. F

    Using two drives with Time Machine

    I am planning to do a clean install of my Mac. Before I wipe everything, I would like to have two Time Machine backups in case one of the two drives fail. My internal HD has a capacity of 2TB of which 1.5TB is being used. My Time Machine disk is 4TB and uses 3.5TB. Now when I add another drive...
    • ferencav
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    • backup data external backup time machine
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: macOS
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    Time Machine Drive Unmountable After Big Sur → Tahoe Backup (APFS Container Corruption)

    I’m dealing with a Time Machine drive that became unreadable after backing up across two macOS generations and I’m hoping to restore the APFS container or at least extract data with directory structure intact. Drive: 4TB WD Easystore (External USB) Original Machine: MacBook Pro (2014) - macOS...
    • mtthwjrd
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    • apfs data recovery hard drive tahoe time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  10. W

    iCloud vs Time Machine

    So this may be a stupid question....:rolleyes: I've seen multiple posts about iCloud not being the same as a proper backup solution and I get that iCloud only stores what is on your computer at the moment. It doesn't allow you to browse back in time for previous (perhaps since deleted) versions...
    • WallySpoons
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    • icloud drive time machine
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  11. ricecrispies

    Can't browse Time Machine backup of external drive

    I have Time Machine backups of my MacBook Pro, including a backup of some of the folders on an external SSD. I have just accidentally deleted and purged from trash a folder from that SSD that I shouldn't have deleted, so now I need to browse an older backup to restore it from. Unfortunately...
  12. A

    iMac data transfer to new iMac / newer OS

    I'm still on an intel iMac (27" 2019) which is running well and on Sequoia. It's got lots of memory and hard disk space and does all I need it to. Like many, I've given up on a new 27" all-in-one machine coming down the pipeline, but my intention is to keep it going until late 2026 or 2027, when...
  13. W

    Time Machine Drive Will Not Mount and I Cannot Erase It

    First off, this issue is with a spinning hard disk that I partitioned into a storage side and a Time Machine backup side using APFS. My Time Machine backup disk has failed to mount. I opened Disk First Aid and try to mount the drive which fails. I then run Disk First Aid and get the following...
  14. A

    time machine full system restore confusing

    I just upgraded to tahoe, which was a mistake. Now I'm trying to restore my system back to sequoia. I have 5 year time machine backup on a network NAS dated from 2020 to 2025. I just started the macbook in recovery mode (cmd+r), selected time machine restore and to my surprise my only option to...
    • apr
    • Thread
    • restore time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  15. AustinKocher

    Time Machine Funky on Tahoe, shows NO pre-Tahoe backups, struggles to activate

    Time Machine is acting really weird on Tahoe (Macbook Air M3). It backs up fine, but the app doesn't always activate when I try to open up to go into Time Machine and it shows no backups older than one day, i.e., since I upgraded to Tahoe. Is anyone else experiencing this? I need to find an...
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    Time Machine backups consistently fail when Mac is locked

    Keep getting that TM backup cannot be completed due to some files unavailable, only happens when my Macbook Air M3 is locked. I'm on the latest Sequoia. Many entries in logs like this for different files in local snapshots: backupd[684:2a15a10] [com.apple.TimeMachine:FileProtection] Failed to...
    • hooch88
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    • time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
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    My M1 pro is running a little laggy.

    Its M1 pro 16 inch 16 gig. I read it could be using time machine when you bought the computer. This time machine HD goes back to 2015 macbook pro , then m1 Macbook air and then the present machine. MY question is if I did a reinstall of the os clean could I then connect time machine just to...
  18. moro30

    apple pay wallet problems after time machine restoring on new macbook Pro

    I bought a new macbook pro m4 and I restored with time machine the last backup made on the previous macbook pro m3 that I sold. Everything works perfectly except apple pay, basically it offers me the cards that I had stored in my wallet (2 cards) but asks me for telephone verification, and not...
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    Says not enough room for TM back up?

    Hello. Looking for a little help here. I just started getting this pop-up on my Mac saying that I don’t have enough room for a Time Machine back up. I have an external hard drive that I use for Time Machine backups and when I check, it says I still have 1.4 TB of space, but the pop-up is saying...
  20. Alvi

    What Happens to Time Machine Backups When an External Drive that's supposed to get backed up (e.g. Photos Library SSD) Is Temporarily Unavailable?

    Hi all, I’m using Time Machine to back up my Mac via my Synology NAS, and I have my full Photos Library stored on an external SSD. This drive isn’t always connected — sometimes I disconnect it for weeks at a time. My question is: If the external SSD is not connected when Time Machine runs a...
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