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  1. C

    Time Machine quirk/bug? – Create New Backup, or Inherit Backup History

    I treasure this community, and strive to not post regarding a topic I can learn about from FAQs and the like, but this remains vexing. Admire and am well-acquainted with Pondini.org and others, but believe confusion arises over ambiguity in the simplest of terms –– in my case, under just...
    • Carl Perkins
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    • macbook 13" 2007 os x os x 10.7.5 time machine
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  2. Q

    Assistance on setting up my Time Machine backup on my friend's MacBook

    Hello, I'm soon going on vacation and I'm planning to take an external hard drive, which contains my MacBook's Time Machine backup in it, but I won't take the MacBook itself with me. I will leave it back home so my brother (and business partner) can use it. For the next couple of months I will...
  3. dianeoforegon

    Time Machine works in PB2 (17A306f)

    Time Machine ran successfully today after updating to PB2 10.13 Beta (17A306f). CCC has been running as well. Have not tried yet to boot from a clone backup yet to verify.
  4. N

    Unplugged Time Machine backup without ejecting! What now?

    I accidentally unplugged my Time Machine backup hard drive today without ejecting it first :-/ It had successfully finished making a backup a couple of minutes before this happened and so I hope that this hasn’t corrupted the drive. I checked to see if I could retrieve files from my backups and...
  5. G

    Trouble restoring from Time Machine on a RAID device

    Hey all, I've been to the Genius Bar twice about this along with posting on the Apple discussion forums and haven't had any luck so far. Hopefully someone here might know something I can try. I'm upgrading my hard drive. I have the new hard drive in a separate enclosure and the Time Machine...
  6. H

    Macintosh HD drive excluded from TM and grayed out.

    The main hard drive for my iMac which is named as Macintosh HD is included in the "Exclude these items from backups" list in Time Machine. It's currently grayed out and I cannot remove it, therefore my backups aren't running.
  7. DarkoDonnie

    iCloud Drive vs Time Machine Restore

    This hypothetical has been wracking my brain since I recently migrated to iCloud Drive: all files, Desktop, Documents, App containers, etc Lets say, hypothetically: I back up my Mac on Monday with Time Machine I work all week long, modifying and creating 100's of files, all stored in iCloud...
    • DarkoDonnie
    • Thread
    • icloud drive time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  8. Bethany03

    Issues with System Storage 200 GB of unidentified usage

    I am hoping someone can help me. I just upgraded to the 2017 imac from a time machine backup. Before doing so I had around 200 GB's of free space but now my new system is completely maxed @ 1 TB! The system storage shows 289 GB's being used and I do not know what for. I can identify all my other...
    • Bethany03
    • Thread
    • disk space hd issues help storage system storage time machine troubleshoot
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  9. V

    New router for wireless Time Machine backups?

    Hi folks, I'm looking to replace my first-generation Time Capsule (circa 2008) with something new that supports 802.11ac. I'd like to keep the convenience of wireless Time Machine backups, but the most recent Time Capsule is really expensive (~$300) and likely to be discontinued soon. Is there...
  10. jent

    Way to see ignored files from Time Machine restoration?

    I recently restored a macOS installation from Time Machine. My backups excluded the Downloads folder and a few video folders with big files. I know those folders, obviously, since upon restoration they remain in the Time Machine settings, but I'm wondering if macOS keeps a log of the names of...
    • jent
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    • backup macos time machine
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  11. K

    Help for Time Machine

    Hi everyone, I've tried searching for solutions for this problem and I can't seem to find an answer, so am hoping that some of you on this forum can help me out: I have a MBP (mid-2009) and have an external HD which I used for my TM when I had Mountain Lion. I backed up right before I upgraded...
    • kostamoose
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    • el capitan macbook pro 2009 mountain lion time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  12. k8k8k8k8

    External Hard Drive for Mac OS 10.7.5 in 2017

    Hello, you fine people of MacRumors. I am way behind the times, running OS Lion 10.7.5 on a 17" Macbook Pro. I need to upgrade my OS and my external hard drive is out of space. No problem, right? Just buy a new hard drive. Unfortunately, all the drives in my local store are compatible with...
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    Time machine backups...

    The issue is I have two older Time Capsules that I use for Time Machine backups on four Mac's. One is wired to the router by ethernet, and the other three are wireless. With the Time Capsules going bad, yet again, I am left with my FIOS Wireless router only. If I plug an external USB enclosure...
    • sboychuck
    • Thread
    • external usb drive fios router time capsule time machine
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Mac Accessories
  14. OldSchoolMacGuy

    Backing Up Single File On Single Drive With Time Machine

    I've got Time Machine backing up my main drive but due to lack of storage space on it, I've had to move my Photos Library to one of the other internal drives on my Mac mini (180GB library). Any way to set Time Machine to backup just the Photos Library file on that drive, rather than the other...
  15. 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!
  16. 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...
  17. 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
    • Thread
    • error -50 permissions time machine
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  18. 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...
  19. 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
  20. 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
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