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    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?
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    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...
  3. 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
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    • imac snow leopard time machine yosemite
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    • Forum: iMac
  4. dedukes

    Time Machine Backup Disk Not Available

    Lightning struck on our block a couple nights ago. My Airport Extreme was fried, along with a couple other things, including my Comcast modem. I happened to have a brand new Airport Extreme in a box that I'd never used, so I plugged that in to the new Comcast modem and all was well with my...
    • dedukes
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    • time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
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    Time Machine Encryption

    I recently added a new 5tb drive as my external Time Machine backup destination. About half of that is full with my Time Machine backup data. I opted to encrypt the backup. The transfer has completed, and Time Machine has shown "Encrypting" for the past few days. It's moving, but quite...
    • uptownnyc
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    • enryption time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
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    Question about Time Machine

    I have multiple external USB drives, which hold my data separated by category. Each drive holds either private photos, videos or business photos. The sizes are 1 or 2 TB each I just bought a new 5TB external backup to use just for TM and Carbon Copy backups. A friend has suggested to me that...
    • petalino
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    • time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
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    Time Machine Suddenly has Error

    I'm using Time Machine on my iMac (running OS X Yosemite) with a Seagate Backup Plus 4TB USB 3.0. I've been using it since February of 2013 on my Macbook Pro, and more recently on my iMac. I got home from work today and there was a notice that the last Time Machine backup failed. When I checked...
    • Melodeath
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    • backup stuck error help time machine
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: macOS
  8. nick19

    Time Machine/Synology NAS

    Does anyone have Time Machine successfully backing up to a Synology NAS? I have a Synology NAS running DSM 6.0.1-7393 but Time Machine fails with the following error: The necessary capabilities are not fully supported on the selected network backup disk.
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    Time Machine volume on NAS corrupt once a month

    Hi community! I own a WD MyCloud EX2 which I use for Time Machine Backups. Unfortunately, there is an issue with backing up to NASs in Time Machine and I keep getting an error message which says something like: "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time...
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    How do I set up Time Capsule just for Time Machine?

    I have a current gen Time Capsule, but want to use a newer router instead that improves my WiFi coverage inside my home. However, I want to still use the Time Capsule for backups/Time Machine purposes. Is this possible? If anyone has done it, would you be kind enough to give me instructions on...
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    Network Drive Backup

    I have a small company that uses a drive connected to an Airport extreme that everyone shares. Everyone in the office keeps all their files on this drive. (we have both mac & pc users). We need a way to keep this drive backed up without having to manually move the files to another drive. Is...
    • TayOneThree
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    • airport airport extreme backup drive network drive newtwork time machine
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Networking
  12. jgelin

    inProgress file stuck in Trash

    Hello all I am having quite some trouble emptying the Trash from my iMac. I deleted an inProgress file from a hungup time machine backup and now it is stuck in the trashcan. I have followed these steps here: http://pondini.org/TM/E6.html but to no avail, and the file still persists. When I run...
    • jgelin
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    • backup help inprogress storage stuck time machine trash troubleshooting wont delete
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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    Best 3.5 Internal Hard Drive for Time Machine

    Hey everyone, Im looking at getting a new drive/drives for internal time machine in my Mac Pro 2010. Ill probably be backing up a few large files (100gb+) so was thinking to maybe RAID 0 them. Trying to decide between the WD Black because its 7200rpm or the Seagate SSHD but I'm not sure if Time...
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    Backing up and organizing photos on EXTERNAL hard drive

    Hey guys! I run my time machine once a month to back up my data. And I have Google Photos Backup in the cloud. At the end of each year I also export my iPhoto (yes, I have an old Mac)into external hard drive. However I noticed that once I transfer my iPhoto library onto the external hard drive...
    • edavt04
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    • back up external hard drive iphoto photo back up photo organization time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Photography
  15. Apple fanboy

    Time Capsule issue

    I'm running a late 2012 iMac running 10.9.5 with a similar aged Time capsule connected via ethernet. Been set up like this since I bought it. On Sunday I get an error message saying my back up failed. Error code 999. So I looked and saw that it was just one or two back ups that had failed but...
  16. chelz910

    Backing up Time Machine to external drive

    Hello, I've researched and looked at other forums here but no one's situation seems to be like mine regarding backing up Time Machine to my external drive. I have plenty of backups I've done in the past on this drive with no problem. The drive has plenty of space and is partitioned. It...
  17. RevanUK

    Resolved Transfer Microsoft Office to new Mac

    5 years ago, I bought a MacBook Pro and installed Microsoft Office 2011 on to it from a disc that cost about £100 I think. This week, I'm getting the new MacBook because my Pro is old and slow now. I was wondering how I get Microsoft Office on my new MacBook. Would Time Machine do it? Or can I...
  18. MRxROBOT

    Resolved Anybody here using Time Machine over WiFi with a DD-WRT router?

    I would love to hear experiences with this setup.
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    Need help with LR5 and time machine/mac book pro..?

    As this is my first post, please forgive me if i'm doing this all wrong. I am using a mid 2010 Mac Book Pro running Yosemite 10.10.5 and LR5. I have a 3rd Generation time machine 2GB (the upright one) and have a specific question regarding all the above. When i am storing my LR catalogs on my...
  20. -hh

    Time Machine & hardware changes

    Had a SMART alert show up yesterday that one of my drives has hit its limit for reallocated sectors, so its time to replace the hardware before it fails. New drives should arrive via FedEx today; I'll do a clone and swap. Now here's the question: how dumb/smart is Time Machine? What I want...
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