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  1. GSPice

    Sierra's "Store in iCloud" Impact on Time Machine Paradigm

    So I've read a couple conflicting articles on how Time Machine backups are affected by Sierra's new "Store in iCloud" feature - in summary: Pre-Sierra, a user could have potentially 3 copies of a file: locally, in iCloud, and via Time Machine backup. With Sierra's "Store in iCloud" enabled...
  2. andyx181x

    How to recover select photos from time machine

    Hi there folks, need a little help here. So i was organizing my pictures in Photos and i found one of my albums is completely empty, either I wasn't paying attention or a random delete happen for these set of pictures. I can't find them under the "All Photos" and I'm trying to figure out how can...
  3. Anto38x

    Will my Drobo S work with Time Machine in MacOS Sierra ?

    Will my Drobo S work with Time Machine in MacOS Sierra ? Has anyone upgraded and encountered problems with their Drobo S backup solution...? I'm thinking of upgrading, but my backup system is critical... so I don't wanna upgrade and find out I can't backup my content anymore... Any comments...
  4. R

    Time Machine

    Running Sierra on a late 2009 iMac. Time Machine is working well and updating routinely. However the Time Machine Buddy Widget is not showing any information. Investigating using Console shows that the logs appear to be absent or moved. Nothing showing using the "backupd" as a filter on System...
  5. grahamperrin

    apropos mtmfs(8) – Apple's Mobile Time Machine file system daemon

    There's the traditional manual page for mtmfs, and there's mention of local Time Machine snapshots in the manual page for tmutil, but here – running release candidate build 16A319 of Mac OS X 10.12 (macOS Sierra) with a MacBookPro11,2 notebook: no local snapshots unless I'm missing something...
    • grahamperrin
    • Thread
    • local snapshots mac os x 10.10 macos mobile time machine mtm mtmfs sierra time machine tmutil
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  6. B

    Very slow Time Machine back up to new hard drive?

    Hi, I just purchased a new external hard drive (G-drive 4TB Desktop drive) to back up my 2014 MacBook Pro Retina, running OS X Yosemite. I started the initial back up roughly 6 hours ago and it has transferred a total of 8GB (from 490GB). Transfer is through USB 3.0. It's a completely new disk...
  7. N

    Time Machine for database server backup

    I have a Mac Mini running FileMaker Server and I need a daily backup of the databases that include around 100.000 pdf files that take up to 12GB of space. I would like to keep the 10 latest backups of the whole database. FileMaker Server takes care of the full database backup and in order to...
    • naiosx
    • Thread
    • backup filemaker server os x el capitan synology time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Networking
  8. issueswithmymac

    Cannot Delete File

    Hi, I have been googling all night and can't find a way to delete or move some files. The varying types of files are in a time machine backup on an external drive that isn't used for time machine anymore so there's a bunch of other stuff on there too. When I attempt to move or delete a file I...
  9. PeterJP

    Enlarging Time Machine space

    Hi, I have an MPB13 with a 256GB SSD that I'm backing up to an external drive and to a Linux server using Time Machine. The server used to have just a bit more space than the SSD, around 270GB. I just increased that space to 480GB. I wiped the old backup (still have that historical data on the...
  10. 3

    Separate Time Machine backups from a single HD

    I currently have an external HD with two computers' Time Machine backups (so there are two folders inside the Backups.backupdb folder with TM backups). I would like to separate these so that they each have their own HD. I tried copying one of the folders contains one machine worth of TM backups...
  11. V

    Restore from Time Machine Backup doesn't see external RAID drive

    Hello everyone, I have a problem with restoring my iMac from a Time Machine backup, and I was wondering if anyone else had the same issue already. I had to reinstall OS X El Capitan from scratch, based on instruction I received from Apple Support. That worked without any issues and my iMac...
  12. G

    Time Machine Problems After Clean Install

    I have a neighbour who was having lots of problems with El Capitan, including Safari and other OS X applications that wouldn't open. We backed up his computer using Time Machine on a Time Capsule, and did a clean install of El Capitan. The computer works fine now, but we now don't have access...
  13. D

    Can't backup my Photos library

    Hi everyone, I recently got myself a new mbp. I backup up my old one but the only thing I want to restore is my photos library. When I plug the drive into my new mb It doesn't show the old backups in time machine itself. When i go via Finder, I can see all the old backups in dated directories...
    • dinochicken
    • Thread
    • backup photos time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  14. crmpicco

    What is the cheapest device I can buy as a backup device for my 2014 MacBook Air?

    I have moved to another country and left my 1TB WD HDD back at home which I was using with Time Machine to backup my device. I've used this device for years so it has backups from my previous MacBook. I am going to be working at home occasionally and since the Air has no CD drive I have no way...
  15. M

    Force Time Machine Disk Encryption

    Is there a place to edit a plist or enforce that anytime you create a Time Machine on a drive it forces the "Encrypt Backup Disk" is checked off? Trying to setup work machines, and want user to be able to use Time Machine but make sure all backup disks are encrypted.
  16. willmtaylor

    Resolved AirPort Extreme Replacing Time Capsule as Router

    My wifi has been giving us fits as of late, and I'm fairly certain it's not the signal from the neighborhood node nor my modem, so that left my 2009 2TB Apple Time Capsule as the culprit. My Aiport Extreme showed up today, and I've had no issues with XBox, iPad, iMac, iPhones, etc. since...
    • willmtaylor
    • Thread
    • airport extreme backups imac time capsule time machine xbox one
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Networking
  17. Porsupah

    Time Machine working under Sierra?

    How long should the first post-install backup take? It's always a bit lengthy after a new OS, but this time around, it seems to just be stuck at the "Preparing Backup" stage, with no change in a day. Checking the logs with the aid of Time Machine Editor doesn't indicate anything wrong, though...
  18. A

    time machine backup on new hard drive questions

    I did a time machine backup to a usb drive. I am going to install a new hard drive today. Can I boot using that time machine backup? Or do I need to be able to use the recovery partition to select time machine backup?
  19. L

    Time Machine nit backing up user folder on new Mac (El Capitan)

    Hopefully someone can help here - I bought a new iMac and used the Migration feature to import my user folder from my previous Mac (running Mavericks) to the new one. This process went fine, no problems or issues with it, but Time Machine is not backing up the user folder on the new Mac. I'm...
  20. gdesh

    hanging up at user account screen

    Can I get a little help here from persons much more knowledgeable than me? I have a 2006 20" imac that was given to me in 2012. The hard drive crashed within a few weeks (horrible clicking, grinding sounds) and it has been sitting on my desk for 4 years. Feeling industrious the other day, I...
    • gdesh
    • Thread
    • imac snow leopard time machine yosemite
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
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