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  1. AndrewWx

    Time Machine back up is 7 times the size of my hard drive

    Hi All: All of my time machine back ups are not working. Time machine wants to do a 3.8TB back up of my 1TB drive that is only half full. I read that having multiple time machine back ups might cause this so I eliminated all of them and then used a newly formatted drive. The initial back up...
  2. Z

    Installing ElCapitan from a TMbackup

    I have Sierra on an external drive (No1) that I use to boot with. On a different ext drive (No2) I have a TimeMachine backup from an ElCapitan system. I wish to delete Sierra from the ext drive (No1) and install Capitan as it is on the TMachine backup on the other external drive I have (No2)...
  3. M

    Repaired system-Backup from clone or old before replacing?

    I had a consistency error on my system drive which neither Drive Genius nor Disk Utility could fix. I cloned the High Sierra system SSD with Bombich CCC to an internal HD which had been wiped and APFS formatted and found it to be bootable, as expected. The next step will be to reformat the old...
  4. M

    Can Time Machine file be reactivated after hiatus of several OS updates?

    I quit using Time Machine a few major OS updates ago, starting with Mountain Lion and through to High Sierra. When my disk filled up, I let it go for a while until it occurred to me that I might want to keep the old backup for archival purposes. My plan now is to clone the old time machine file...
  5. M

    how to handle consistency error on startup

    Classic Mac Pro with 10.13.6. I'm starting a new Time Machine drive as the old one filled up. Checking startup drive with disk utility and Drive Genius indicates a consistency error which could not be repaired but tells me to fix asap. Suggested fix is to clone startup disk, reformat and clone...
  6. P

    Time Machine using incorrect machine directory, how to reset

    Used migration assistant from time machine to xfer to new MacBook P. On new MBP, Time Machine sees all of the old back ups from old MacBook. When TM tries to do a backup from new MBP, it tries to create a new back up instead of using the correct old back up on my TM drive. It fails because there...
    • phm
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    • time machine
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    • Forum: macOS
  7. A

    Time machine causing keyboard input lag

    Hi i've been noticing when TM starts doing the hourly backup to external HDD, the usb keyboard typing hangs for a 1/2 seconds and then resumes what i've written. (both usb keyboard and E-HDD are connected on different usb ports.) May be the process to backup cause this temporary hangs ? Not...
  8. Ing_M

    Install dual boot OSX (10.6.8 and 10.11.6) from two different Time Machines on MBP Mid 2015?

    After spending a couple of nights reading and trying out different suggestions, I'm hoping someone with more experience could help me shine a light on this please (This forum has been great helping me on the way but I have to admit I'm stuck now!) I bought a new MBP 11,5 (Retina, 15 inch, Mid...
    • Ing_M
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    • dual boot dual boot new to old el capitan el capitan 10.11.6 macbook pro 13 macbook pro 15 macbook pro 15 2015 snow leopard time machine time machine backup restore
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    • Forum: Mac OS X Lion (10.7)
  9. R

    Some Time Machine and Backup queries, can you help?

    Hi I've been using MacBook pros and Time Machine for years, but luckily never had a drive fail. I'm in the process of getting bigger back up drives and a new setup so I ha da few questions. I backup to two separate 2tb HDD's which backup up my 1tb internal SSD regularly. I wondered what would...
  10. jagooch

    2 Macbooks backing up to same Sparsebundle

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  11. kcrossley

    Router/Hard Drive to Replace Apple Time Capsule?

    I'm looking for a router/external hard drive setup to replace a failing Apple 3TB Time Capsule (ME182LL/A). I typically use my Time Capsule with Time Machine, but I'm finding that recently the hardware and software is becoming less and less reliable, which means that I'm open to new ideas. One...
  12. P

    Can't boot from time machine disk

    According to the last bullet on this page, external drives containing time machine backup should be bootable and appear as EFI Boot on the Startup Manager screen. My MBP late 2011 is running lion 10.7.5. I formatted a new external hard drive to HFS+ encrypted by erasing the drive using disk...
    • pestumepse
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    • backup boot macbook macbook pro macbook pro (13" 2011 late) macos time machine
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  13. chrisdukes

    How do I compare then delete a Time Machine backup?

    Basically, I have a 26 Time Machine backups of my system's internal drive that I want to delete from an external drive. I'm pretty sure all the files in the backups are still on my internal drive, but I need to make sure before deleting. 1. How do I confirm that all the files in the Time...
  14. jagooch

    Cannot browse other backups with Time machine

    When option-click the Time Machine icon, and I select "browse other backup disks" option, it opens a windows that shows the backups for my current system and the other system which is the one that I want to browse. However regardless of which one I select to open, it always opens the backup...
    • jagooch
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    • restore time machine
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  15. A

    Clone laptops to NAS, backup NAS to cloud?

    I'm looking into a onsite and offsite backup solution for a two-laptop household (with each a 256GB) plus 100-150GB of files on an external drive. Here are my current plans. Any suggestions to improve these will be greatly appreciated. 1. Each person has a iCloud account, syncing ~/Documents...
    • alexandero
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    • arq backup ccc clone cloud glacier nas qnap synology time machine
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  16. Z

    Mail (TimeMachine and Inbox file size)

    Is it possible to see the full file capacity of received files in my inbox in Mail? Does Time Machine backup Inbox received files?
  17. Z

    Backing up in ext drive or on a server via Ethernet?

    Suppose there are 2 options to set up TimeMachine. 1st: an external drive connected with Tbolt 2nd: a partition on a server connected via Ethernet cable Which of the two ways would be the best to have TMachine operating at?
    • zoran
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    • time machine
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: macOS
  18. H

    HDD fail and question about new SSD solution

    Hello all, So yesterday after work my iMac (2012 27”) somehow reset itself to the options to boot a new Mac. I attempted to go through the steps to restore from TM backup and also as a new clean install. Both options were not able to find the internal HDD. I am assuming that is a bad thing. I...
    • historyteacher
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    • enclosure imac (27" late 2012) ssd time machine
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: iMac
  19. JedNZ

    Time Machine does full backup not incremental

    Grrr!! Time Machine is doing full backups (the whole 2.2TB) each time it backs up, not the usual smaller increments. cMP as per my sig. Running 10.12.6. I had Backup Loupe installed, and thought that might have been the issue, but have completely removed it, and the problem persists. I've...
  20. igorpinto1996

    Time machine stuck on 'preparing backup' and 'encrypting'

    Im trying to do a backup on my Mac, but it stuck saying 'preparing backup'. When I cancel the backup, its stuck saying Encrypting. I don't remember exactly, but I think last time I started encrypting the backup disk I cancelled it because it was taking too long. Is there a solution to this...
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