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  1. S

    Can I partition a hard drive and use as 2 TM backups on the network?

    I have 1 TM backup for my rMBP that will no longer backup. I still have access to the data and can TM back, but I get error messages when it attempts a backup and then the drive becomes unrecognizable. Power down drive, plug it back in, run disk utility and it's fine. Try a TM backup, same...
  2. J

    HELP with Time Machine Backup Please!!

    I'm in dire need of some help. Is there anyway to get past having to enter my password to access my external hard drive that I have connected to Time Machine? I used it to backup some files last year and the password I use for everything isn't working to unlock the hard drive. Is there a way...
    • jrj23
    • Thread
    • external hard drive help macbook osx restore sierra time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  3. I

    Time Machine: SSD Worth it?

    Has any one tried using an SSD for time machine? If so, is it worth it? I had installed a 1TD SSD (Crucial MX300) in my old mid-2009 Macbook Pro and I'm thinking of pulling this out, putting it in an enclosure (USB-C Type 3.1...
    • inmotionnow
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    • back up ssd time machine
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: macOS
  4. lchoisf

    Where does Grab store its autosave files?

    Mac OS 10.7.5 Lion Grab v.1.6.1 Could someone please tell me where Grab stores its auto-save files? In the recent past, I had taken a series of image captures using Grab. I didn't save them but rather closed the application without replying to the "Do you want to save?" dialog boxes...
  5. I

    Time Machine Errors on 2016 15" MacBook Pro

    I've had my new laptop for a couple of weeks now, and I've been using time machine for months on my old 2010 MacBook Pro with no problem. Last week I got this message about time machine needing to create a new backup, and that my old backup would be deleted. This is now the second time it's...
  6. J

    How does Time Machine work with iCloud?

    Now with Sierra you can browse though history of the folder in iCloud Drive. I just tested how it works. I had a bunch of screen shots on the Desktop, which is in iCloud Dive, and I moved them to Trash. And on the Desktop I entered Time Machine without connecting to my Time Machine disk. As I...
  7. S

    Will this setup work?

    Alright, I'm buying one of the new MacBooks in the next few months and I'm trying to plan...I apologize for the long post... I currently have an Early 2009 (I know, I know!) iMac and a regular old 2TB external hard drive. A partition on that drive serves as the destination for my automatic Time...
  8. Steveatesh

    How to restore the mail accounts from Time Machine

    Earlier today I was trying to resolve an issue with the iMac involving the screen going blank when using FaceTime. I called Apple for help and they went through a few things and finally asked me to erase the hard drive and reinstall macOS Sierra from scratch. No problem I thought as I have Time...
    • Steveatesh
    • Thread
    • mail 10.1 time machine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iMac
  9. GreatMightySymp

    AirPort Time Capsule keeps requesting to create a new backup.

    For the last month or two I've been running into an issue where my AirPort Time Capsule (latest model) keeps requesting to create a new backup after a week or two. To give some info about the device, it's essentially a brand-new device as I just got it back around September. It's set in wired...
  10. K

    Time Machine backup on Windows 10 "server"

    Hi there! I want to use a Windows 10 PC as Time machine network server. Since Sierra a SMB server is officially supported for TM backups: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH25585?viewlocale=en_US&locale=it_IT Here the TM over SMB specs...
  11. jeditor

    Time Machine help

    I'm new to Time Machine. I have purchased a new MyBook 4TB, set it up as Apple instructs to use as a time machine and have TRIED to just target one drive for it to back up (which is a 2TB drive almost half full) when the Time Machine goes through its attempt cycle is comes back with an error...
  12. C

    Time Machine backups over network - encryption in transit?

    I know I can encrypt my Time Machine backups. If I choose that option, are the backups only encrypted at rest (on the disk), or are they are encrypted in transit, too, such as when sending over a network to a Time Capsule or Synology? I ask because I have a Synology sitting here on my desk at...
    • Cyberskier
    • Thread
    • backup encryption security synology nas time machine
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  13. e73kiel

    Time Machine setdestination problem

    Hi all. I have a macbook 2011 mounted had 2 external harddrive to backup 8 other macbook with time machine. The macbook has shutdown problem so i moved the external harddisks to mac mini but now the time machine on the 8 macbook unable to detect the harddrives. When i mount the harddrives to...
    • e73kiel
    • Thread
    • mac mini setdestination time machine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac mini
  14. seme332

    Time Machine Backups on Time Capsule

    Hey Guys, I think this problem started when I installed Sierra, but I cannot be 100% sure actually. So I got a 2TB Time Capsule a while ago because I wanted to be able to wirelessly backup my iMac and MacBook. I setup the whole thing and even use it as a router. All of this worked fine on both...
  15. R

    Use Photos Library from external Hard Drive

    Hello, as I am about to be buying a 256GB MacBook Pro I wondered how, exactly, moving your Photos and iTunes Library to an external SSD works. I do not want to only backup to the SSD but rather use the library from there while plugged in, moving the default location for the library to the...
  16. J

    Preventing Windows from mounting drives?

    I have a problem with Windows 10 mounting some of my external drives (formatted as HFS+ journaled). Apparently, it does occassionally write to these drives. and this confuses the hell out of time machine when I return to MacOSX. And of course, I'd rather not mount my backup disk at all. Is...
  17. Ace2617

    Time Machine 'Preparing' Problem

    Hey everyone, I'm having a problem with Time Machine in 10.12 Sierra. For nearly the past 45 minutes, I've been trying to run a Time Machine backup on my 2015 rMBP. I plug my WD HDD in, and it says preparing for backup, which is normal. However, it seems to get stuck there. The blue progress...
  18. M

    iCloud Photo Library + Time Machine local backup?

    Does anyone here have experience in combining their iCloud Photo Library with a local backup to an external HDD using Time Machine? My wife & I are considering pushing our full photo library (around 30k photos) into iCloud, but want to make sure that as we continue to build the library we still...
  19. Darf Nader

    Command Line pause/resume of Time Machine?

    Hi, first time poster after many years of reading.... I am trying to come up with a way to safely backup my Time Machine backup volumes offsite and I chose to try ARQ which uses s3 Glacier as its storage which is pretty cheap compared to other solutions which seem to offer a host of caveats...
  20. M

    Time Machine to remote drive? (solved)

    Not really sure what I've done. But now it's working again...
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