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  1. C

    Anyway of seeing what Time Machine is backing up?

    My Time machine backs up as normal - hourly, daily, weekly - and I have excluded as many folders as I think I don't need etc. But I just noticed it doing a backup of 458MB and I can't for the life of me work out what would need backing up in the last hour/day. Is there any way of seeing what...
  2. K

    Offsite/Transport NAS

    What are my options or advice for transporting a NAS (Synology718+) home from work everyday so my various devices can have an offsite backup? Transport will be short 5min and in theory I don't see a problem with taking it with me when I leave work. I've recently started in the printing/design...
  3. madrich

    High Sierra and Time Machine question

    i currently have El Capitan on my MBA early 2015 with 8g ram and 250g memory. My TM is old HD with 500g storage. Everything works great and I have backups of my OSX and data on my TM. If I update to High Sierra I understand that my file system will be converted to APFS. I read that I do not...
  4. G

    Can't launch "Time Machine.app"

    For some reason, since recently (perhaps even today, after installing the MacOS 10.13.3 Supplemental Update), I can't launch "Time Machine.app" to enter the Time Machine file restore interface. When I double-click the app, nothing happens. It doesn't appear in Activity Monitor, etc. What...
  5. aottke

    Help: Time Machine Won't Let Us Back Up External Drives

    Thank you to anyone who can help us figure this out. We had our laptop and all our external portable drives backing up to a Time Machine backup (two separate ones, actually). For a few reasons, we decided to delete the original time machine backups, reformat the backup drives, and start fresh...
  6. G

    What is autorun.inf on LaCie External Hard Drive?

    Hello, I recently purchased a Macbook Pro and formatted a new LaCie Rugged external hard drive with the computer. I then set up a time machine backup to use this external hard drive. After Time Machine finished backing up my computer, I opened the drive and saw two items. One was...
    • gtr457
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    • autorun.inf external hard drive lacie time machine virus
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  7. vickyr66

    Restore WITHOUT Time Machine

    I recently had my HD die after almost 10 years and took my iMac to my school's IT department (since they fix student computers for free). The HD was replaced and the Mac works fine again, but they saved the backup as a regular folder and dropped it back on the desktop. I have since moved this...
    • vickyr66
    • Thread
    • external drive restore mac time machine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  8. Q

    Does Time Machine back up the files stored in an encrypted .dmg?

    Hey everyone, In order to hide my sensitive documents I've created an encrypted .dmg with Disk Utility and I've put them all in. Those documents exist nowhere else on my hard drive. When I use Time Machine to backup my HD, does TM automatically detect changes within that encrypted .dmg and...
    • qqurioustiger8945
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    • backup carbon copy cloner disk utility dmg encrypted time machine veracrypt
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: macOS
  9. thewhitehart

    Remotely access Time Machine backup folder over Internet

    I'm in Japan, and I have a Time Machine backup on a disk that's hooked up to my AirPort Extreme in New York. I can connect to the disk using Back To My Mac. The disk is quite old, and I have no backup of that backup, so I'd like to at least backup the Documents folder that's on it. While I can...
  10. OverSpun

    Time Machine randomly lost avail space? Bug?

    I am using a '17 15" MBP w/ 3.1ghz 16gb ram w/ high sierra. I use a 2tb external and I have a partition for storing pictures that I took over trips and I had a partition (600gb) and it has always been enough space for Time Machine. Today I erased the Time Machine partition and also cleared...
  11. S

    What scenario could cause 7GB hourly Time Machine backups?

    It seems Time Machine is backing up just under 7GB of data every hour. Is there a specific scenario or two that might cause this to happen?
  12. tekfranz

    Does Restoring a Time Machine Backup Repair the OS?

    Ok I understand I can reinstall Mac OS from the Command + R Menu and the OS is reinstalled without touching (we hope) my files unless I erase the disk first. However, what if I just choose to restore a Time Machine Backup? Is any disk repair or OS repair performed or is it just a clone of the...
  13. musique

    This file could not be opened for writing...(MacOS Error code: -54)

    Among other backup schemes I use TimeMachine to backup to a NAS that is located near my workspace and is somewhat noisy. I looked into changing the interval between TM backups from 60 minutes to something larger, like, say 120 or 180 minutes. I've found some information that seems to say that...
  14. SaxPlayer

    Safari and Time Machine showing year 2040

    I have a strange problem in Safari and Time Machine. It's started at some point a few months ago under macOS Sierra and is still there after upgrading to High Sierra (I didn't expect it to disappear when I upgraded). The problem is that a Time Machine backup and my Safari history both show...
    • SaxPlayer
    • Thread
    • macos safari time machine
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  15. Macmonter

    Time Machine Question: How to Restore Deleted Pics

    I stupidly deleted several pics from iPhoto, and I need to restore them from Time Machine. I've opened TM back to a date that I know the pics were there. When I select iPhoto all I get is an iPhoto window (see attached screen image) and not a list of albums/pics to select from. I know there's a...
  16. Princess Cake

    Possible to restore Time Machine to old macOS?

    Basically I'm fed up with High Sierra with what it's been doing to my iMac performance-wise and want to "downgrade" (to me it'd be an upgrade) to OS X Mavericks as its the earliest version my Mac supports. I'd like to know if I can restore a Time Machine backup made on High Sierra to Mavericks...
    • Princess Cake
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    • backup osx restore time machine
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  17. S

    I finally figured out how to stop the annoying hourly Time Machine backups

    I know, there are apps out there that allow you to schedule Time Machine backups - and I had one that worked great. Every morning I'd have my Mac startup at 8am and do the day's backup. Good enough. I don't need hourly backups. Unfortunately, I also need Dreamweaver CS5 to work - so I can't...
  18. blazeb123

    Trying to partition a 2TB flashrive to use Time Machine on but having failures

    I have tried watching online tutorials on how to use a USB flashdrive to use as a backup and or storage space for my macbook pro. I am getting the following error after i have already erased and formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Running operation 1 of 1: Add “Backup” by splitting...
    • blazeb123
    • Thread
    • partition partition macbook pro mac os time machine
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  19. W

    Time Machine Backup Across Network to External Drive

    Our main machine is an iMac with an external drive (Drobo 5D). Currently the Drobo has two volumes -- one for TM backups of the iMac and another for everything else. I'm looking to perform wireless TM backups of two MacBooks to the same Drobo. On the MacBooks, using Finder, I'm able to see the...
  20. Bffn45

    Photos & Time Machine Background

    Hey guys ! Im using a late 2015 Macbook Air running High Sierra and im trying to optimize the battery life on it by only letting apps that are important to me run. I do not use the Photos and the Time machine app but i see them running in the background Time machine is "disable" from the...
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