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  1. Sciuriware

    (New?) Time Machine: smart or lazy?

    Hello, since I upgraded to macOS 10.12.4, Time Machine ceased to backup every hour, but only when there is some activity on the machine. Is that a bug or an unpublished feature? ;JOOP!
  2. O

    Creating backup for MacBook Pro

    Hey all! I have a faulty MacBook Pro from 2011 that was from a line of MacBooks that had issues with the graphics card. The graphics card didn't fail on me until feb 2017, and Apple's warranty was up on Dec 31, 2016. (I swear they make their products to last only until the next version comes...
  3. Russxdrums

    Time machine Woes.... error -50

    Anyone encountered this? Time machine fails. Info shows admin in read only. When I try to change permission to read/write I get error -50 The operation can’t be completed. An unexpected error occurred (error code -50).
    • Russxdrums
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    • error -50 permissions time machine
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  4. S

    How to expand primary partition on external HD without delete other partitions?

    Hi! I have a Western Digital 4TB portable external hard disk which has 3 partitions set up like so: |<--- 500GB Time Machine --->|<--- 500GB Games --->|<--- 3TB Music/Photos/Videos --->| I would like to expand my Time Machine to 1TB, keep my Games partition to 500GB and decrease my...
  5. Thor774

    Time machine encryption key length and performance

    I am recreating my encrypted TM backup in a new external USB3 disk. Is there any noticeable difference in the performance of the backup between using a 20 characters key length and a 50 characters one? The machine is a MBP 15" 2015 model. Thanks.
    • Thor774
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    • encryption time machine
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  6. Kim Hughes

    Transfer from old iMac to new iMac

    I'm upgrading to a better spec iMac and want to transfer all apps, files, settings, etc. What is the recommended method - I have a time machine backup and a SuperDuper clone of my old iMac. From the research it seems I have many options: - Migration Assistant from old iMac (using Thunderbolt...
    • Kim Hughes
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    • imac transfer migration assistant target machine time machine
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: iMac
  7. M

    Time Machine, how it works?

    Hi, I have an iMac 27" with 1Tb HDD, and one WD 1Tb external USB drive using about 600gb, I need to back up those 600gb that are on the external drive, today I purchased another WD 1Tb external USD drive to use for backing up those files only, but looking on the internet it looks that TM doesn't...
  8. neilbontoft

    Time Machine backups

    I imagine a similar issue to mine has already been posted so apologies in advance. I did search but couldn't find a solution. I have late 2013 iMac running 10.12.3 with a factory fitted internal 256 GB SSD with an external 4 TB WD My Book, which is permanently connected. The internal disc...
  9. dafish

    Time machine

    how to retrieve copy of notes from time machine
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    • time machine
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  10. ddublu

    Anyone using CCC and TM together?

    I have an iMac 5k late 2015 with a 1TB SSD onboard. I have two OWC Thunderbay 4's (one is 16TB and where I store all data and one is 20TB and it's used as the target for backups, currently only using TM). I also have everything backed up through Crashplan in the cloud and every six months I...
  11. M

    Time Machine not making automatic backups

    I'm on a mac mini running Sierra 10.12.3 with a USB external Seagate hard drive for Time Machine backups. I configured the drive for time machine without any problems and set it to do automatic backups. It worked for a couple of weeks and then it suddenly stopped creating new backups. I'm only...
  12. S

    Time Machine Access to sparsebundle as zip file on windows

    Hi All, I'm new here but I'm racking my brains and I can't work out what to do. I've been backing up to a NAS drive (WD My Cloud) with time machine. I no longer have access to the location where the NAS drive is located so have logged in and downloaded the backup file "Sam's...
  13. T

    Will Time Machine make copy of password files? Will it be safe?

    Time Machine makes copy of entire system and all files. But what about Thunderbird app? It allows to save passwords. 1) Will Time Machine make copy of Thunderbird's password file to external hard drive? 2) Is there any security risk if password file is scanned and copied like this? Could it...
  14. S

    Time Machine hidden file in Public folder?

    Any idea why the hidden file ".com.apple.timemachine.supported" was created in my user Public folder? I'm sure it's harmless, but why would a file associated with an app that backs up sensitive data be in the Public folder of my user account? (I don't use Time Machine at the moment by the way.)
  15. Z

    ? VERY long Time Machine back-up ?

    Hi guys, How long should 600 GB of data take to backup on an external hard drive? My Time Machine says 22h, encrypted! Is this normal, or maybe my external hard drive is somehow slow? It's a new Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim 2Tb, USB 3.0. Curious to hear from you. I have a 2012...
  16. baccusapp

    Baccus - Reliable backups to your NAS and External Drives

    Introducing Baccus - a flexible, fast and efficient backup application for your Mac. Baccus simplifies and manages multiple backups to external drives and NAS systems. Imagine arriving at work and, without lifting a finger, have your computer start backing up your files. Simply connect to your...
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    • afp apple backup mac macos nas samba smb sync time machine
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  17. G

    How to transfer a 500GB Time Machine folder

    Hey all, first post! A few months ago I bought a 2TB RAID drive to be my new Time Machine home. I tried to transfer my Time Machine backups from my old drive and it kept stalling out. It'd transfer about 3GB then stop copying. I maxed out my RAM and I can get it to 30GB but it stalls out again...
  18. J

    Time machine could not complete backup

    I periodically run into this problem with my new 3TB drive. It's a WD MyBook, reformatted toHFS journaled. Now, I should be able to fix the problem by unmounting and remounting the drive. But I can't unmount the drive. I'd like to be able to get some information as to which programs are still...
  19. C

    Update: Might be solved - Can't Access Time Machine/Capsule Backup

    My wifes 15" macbook pro i7 retina recently started having some issues due to old OS (10.7.5). Couldnt back up iphone etc.. So I decided to upgrade to Sierra. Unfortunately this left apps unusable and printers incapacitated. Before I updated I made sure the entire computer was backed up to time...
  20. S

    Moved Time Machine backup, unexpected behavior

    I recently moved a full TM backup from one external to a larger partition on another. It was 1 TB and took 3-4 days to copy. I thought I did everything right, but instead of adding to the backup I had, it did a full backup on top of the 1 TB I already had. Time Machine sees the older backups...
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