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time machine

  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 0

    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...