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  1. daniham

    Restore Notes

    Just got a computer upgrade through work and IT did the data transfer. I lost all my notes. I know they must be on my time machine backup somewhere (not on iCloud, already looked). When I searched the topic, it looks like they would be in users/library/container, but when I go to users on my...
  2. maxthackray

    Booting OSX from TimeMachine backup on a Windows Pc

    Hi guys. I'm trying to sort out a problem. I'm going travelling in April for a few months and I don't want to take my laptop with me as it's heavy and I don't want to risk theft or damage. I know that if you use a Time Machine backup to an external hard drive and plug the external drive into...
    • maxthackray
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    • backup bootable usb osx time machine windows
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  3. D

    Restoring Files from Time Machine backup without using migration assistant

    Hi all, I believe there is a conflict in my library that was causing audio problems. The audio problem stopped when I did a clean install of El Capitan, however, when I used Migration Assistant to restore my system I noticed that the problem returned. Because of this I wish to restore only...
  4. ThemePro

    Can't Boot up and Disk Utility First Aid Failed

    I have an iMac 27" Retina 5K (Late 2015) El Capitan (10.11.2) and Windows 10 via Bootcamp. This morning after I had finished some work on the Windows side of the machine, I tried to boot up into El Capitan but it silently failed and the machine turned itself off at about the 2 minute point...
    • ThemePro
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    • disk-utility imac time machine
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  5. C

    Time Machine backup over Wi-Fi problems

    Is anyone experiencing Wi-Fi issues regarding losing internet connection from your Mac when one has setup Time Machine to backup over said network? I have no problem with my internet connection over Wi-Fi on my iPhone running 9.2 but on my month-old MacBook Air running 10.11.2 ever since setting...
  6. A

    Deleted Time Machine backups from USB

    Hi, I had 2 backups in time machine, but for some reason I needed to delete the backups from the USB disk. Now what will happen when I run a new backup job? WIll those backups re-created by time machine app? Or do I have to delete old backups from my computer using time machine app? Or anything...
    • aksoy80
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    • time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  7. navaira

    Going back to Yosemite and Time Machine

    I've been wondering... would it be possible to: – backup my data on external disk – downgrade my iMac to Yosemite clean install – restore *the most recent TM 10.10 backup* – restore the external disk backup – delete all backups made by 10.11 – make a new backup from Yosemite ...thanks to which...
  8. C

    Time Machine backup to a router

    I just setup Time Machine to use a HDD connected to my Asus wireless router. I chose at setup to make it an encrypted backup but the drive doesn't seem to ask me for a password until I try to mount the sparse bundle named after my Mac. Also no password while connected to the router unless it was...
    • comics addict
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    • backup router time machine wireless
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: macOS
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    Clone Time Machine HDD to allow for two independent TM HDDs?

    I currently have two independent TM backups. One started off as the clone of the other. I did it such a way that Time Machine thinks that they are the same TM backup when I plug in either drive, which is not what I intended. This means if I plug in TM Drive A, perform a backup, dismount and...
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