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  1. M

    How to restore bootable disc from time machine to new SSD

    Hi. Until a week ago I had a working MacBook Pro, early 2011 with High Sierra and a 250GB SSD. I make regular backups with TimeMachine. Last week a lightning struck our house and the fuse went out. My Mac was charging during the event and now it is not turning on anymore. Damn. 12 years of...
    • Max xk285
    • Thread
    • backup high sierra macbook pro migrate operating system time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Early Intel Macs
  2. Q

    What is Time Machine phase "Copying" (was: Time Machine to NAS drive not working?)

    edit: So I'm now looking at full progress bar in the preference pane and it's counting down from ≈860 GB. `tmutil status` reports `BackupPhase` is `Copying`. Does anybody know what the difference phases are and what they signify? `man tmutil` is unhelpful and I'm finding nothing online...
  3. DominikHoffmann

    Trying to delete non-Time-Machine snapshot

    I am trying to make space on my limited-size SSD (512 GB). From having run the backup software Arq in the past I see an Arq snapshot occupying 106 GB. I would like to delete it, in order to reclaim that space. To wit: user@host ~ % tmutil listlocalsnapshots / Snapshots for disk /...
  4. G

    APFS or MacOS Extended: Share USB3 drive as Time Machine Backup Destination

    I'd like to use a new 5TB USB3 external hard drive on my 2023 Mac Mini M2, running OS Ventura 13.3.1, as a shared Time Machine backup destination. I got a few slightly older macs (Mac OS 12.x) on my wifi network that I'd like to back up to this volume by mapping it to these older macs as a SMB...
    • goffredo
    • Thread
    • apfs external disk time machine
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  5. Alvin777

    After Clicking Authorize on Migration Assistant How Long Should it Take?

    Hello I'm trying to migrate my Monterey from the Time Machine to Ventura. In Migration Assistan, there's a part whereby you 'Authorize' things but how long should that that. It takes more than an hour and the curses is just a "beachball". I forcibly shut it down thinking it's hanged but I could...
  6. M

    External hard drive connection issues with new Mac Mini M2

    Hey folks, I have a new external SSD (Samsung T7 2TB) connected to my Mac Mini M2, but it's getting automatically unmounted when I plug in an older external hard drive. The SSD is set up for Time Machine with APFS format. As soon as I plug 2nd drive in (Verbatim Store 'n' Go 500GB, formatted as...
    • Mr.Ben
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    • external hard drive external hard drive fails to mount external ssd time machine
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS Ventura (13)
  7. S

    Time Machine - To full restore or not to full restore?

    I recently purchased a new Mac Mini M2 (2023) to replace my aging iMac (2013) running OS 10.15 (Catalina) which was keeping me three OS versions behind. When I got the Mini all setup and turned on, I made the snap decision to do a full restore from Time Machine and a short while later I was...
  8. vastunghia

    Time Machine backups… vanished 😳

    Dear Mac gurus, I’m here to report the strangest (and possibly most frustrating) situation I have ever encountered in my long (and often strange and frustrating) Mac experience. So here we go: On Dec 5, 2022 I wiped an external 4TB HD drive and set it up as my only Time Machine backup disk...
  9. T

    When i backup to the external hard drive, the hard drive shows that it's a Time Machine backup even though it isn't. How can I fix it?

    I have been running out of room on my current external hard drive (i put all my photos from my sony camera onto it) so I tried to use one of my older hard drive to back up my latest SD card. However, when i plugged in one of my older hard drives that still have space on it., it shows the Time...
  10. B

    Time Machine external drive recommendations.

    Hey Guys, Do any of you have recommendations for an external back up drive? Previously I've used 3 different Lacie drives (with 1 failure) and 1 Western Digital drive. I'm looking for something with USB C. Thanks in advance, B
  11. Alvin777

    Which NAS 1TB hard drive is Most Durable, Reliable for Time Machine?

    Which NAS 1TB hard drive is the most reliable and more durable for non-NAS use for simple home backups (but w/ important files) like Apple's Time Machine? Or it's more durable and reliable to buy a 1TB SSD for backup (which brand and model is the most reliable, most durable but affordable- a...
    • Alvin777
    • Thread
    • durable nas reliabie time machine
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: iMac
  12. Z

    TimeMachine restore on a diff OS

    When one has a TM backup from a HighSierra iMac and the iMac breaks down and is not worth to be servicable, can i restore the backup to a newer Mac, with a different and newer OS?
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • newer os restore time machine
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  13. W

    SMB File Sharing Nightmares / Corruption on M1 MacBook Pro

    Hello everyone. A little backstory. I was a hackintosh user for over a decade, with my latest machine being an i7 6700k running Catalina. The machine was/is absolutely bombproof, super stable, quiet, and always worked with everything I threw at it. Never felt any bottlenecks with even the most...
  14. DominikHoffmann

    Can’t authenticate to other Mac serving Time Machine share

    I have a home network with several Macs. Now that I again have a dedicated Mac serving as a Time Machine backup repository, I am trying to set this up on an individual Time Machine client, which I want to get backed up to the server. All computers involved are running Ventura. The server is a...
  15. mac_in_tosh

    Time Machine didn't complete the backup

    I've used Time Machine many times with the same setup. Today, it displayed a message that it couldn't complete the backup. Details pointed to a single .mov file in a desktop folder. I moved that file off of my computer, started TM again and it ran successfully. Which leads to a few questions: o...
  16. A

    Time Machine says there "isn't enough space" to back up 2 TB computer on 4 TB external SSD

    I have a SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD with 4 TB capacity that's hooked up to my MacBook Pro 2018, whose internal hard drive is 2 TB. When I initially set up the external drive, backing up my computer to it worked without issue, maybe for about a week. But then I started getting regular...
    • alexcr
    • Thread
    • external backup external ssd time machine time machine backup
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  17. Feek

    Time Machine not letting me select a backup older than yesterday to restore from

    Hi folks, My Time Machine backup is to a Synology NAS and I'm trying to restore some directories from a few months ago. I go into Time Machine, scroll back to the date, it sits there loading for a few minutes and then it scrolls back by itself to a backup from yesterday. It won't let me...
    • Feek
    • Thread
    • synology time machine time machine backup doesn't restore properly
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS Monterey (12)
  18. Alvin777

    Could an iMac in Target Disk Mode Also Be a Time Machine Backup?

    Hi I was wondering, so the old iMac a Late 2009 (it's still good to use and is amazing as an external monitor) is still used if this is possible (also save space, keep the stylish glass and aluminum desk tidy): partition it's storage to a few GBs for macOS, just to make it work as an external...
    • Alvin777
    • Thread
    • imac ssd targe disk mode time machine
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
  19. R

    How can I compact a Time Machine backup history in .backupbundle format?

    Hi to all, I just got a more recent MacBook Pro than my current Late 2013 and in the transitory time in which I'll still have both but using only the newer one, I would like to keep the most recent part of the Time Machine history of the older one which went way back, occupying some 1TB of data...
    • rp92fl
    • Thread
    • #backup #timemachine backup time machine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  20. FaasNat

    Need help restoring files from Time Machine back up of dead ext hard drive

    Hi all. I was running an external hard drive on my Mac Mini to store my data. I backed up this hard drive to another external hard drive with Time Machine. Well, the time has come and my data hard drive died. I entered into Time Machine mode, but I can't seem to find a way to access my files...
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