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    Just bought a MacBook Pro (second-hand) and need advice on an old Time Machine Backup

    I've got a Time Capsule on a Western Digital Passport that I used with my 2011 MacBook Pro. The computer has since crapped out, so I bought a new MacBook Pro off of FaceBook Market, restored it to factory defaults, etc. Now the problem is that this Passport ONLY has FireWire ports. I can only...
  2. T

    Painfully Slow Time Machine Everyone

    Hey everyone, I'm attempting to restore one of my Macs (just my files, not the OS too), via Time Machine and it's been painfully slow. It's been at '28 minutes remaining' (halfway) for about 16 hours. I'm restoring two user accounts totaling about 250GB. I know this can be normal, but it's just...
  3. D

    New iMac drop Wifi connection when running Time Machine

    I have a strange issue with a new iMac (refurbished 2019 model 5k 27") running Catalina: Once I try to start a Time Machine Backup and it's status changes to "Preparing Backup…" the Wifi connection drops and the backup cannot be created. That happens every time I try to create a backup (either...
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    Time Machine backup dates corrupted

    Not sure what or how..but my Time Machine sparse disk files seem to have the dates corrupted, or something similar. Is there a way to manually change these? Or am I stuck having to start my backups from scratch, and hope for the best?
    • IceMan30
    • Thread
    • backup disk image sparseimage file time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  5. Arubalube

    Is Time Machine broken or is it just me having trouble with 'decryption'?

    I've been trying to get Time Machine to create an encrypted back up for MONTHS and it won't work—is it just me or is it broken? I've not seen anyone else with this problem & in the past Time Machine has worked reasonably well. So I'm guessing its some kind of weird interaction with my set up...
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    How to 'reconnect' Time Machine Backup Disks

    Hello, because of an issue that is still not solved (Time Machine didn't backup movpkg-files), I was asked by the Apple Support Team to do a partition on my current external harddrive I use for backups in order to see whether the same issue occured on a separate user account. Well, that didn't...
  7. CJ Dorschel

    Mojave Time Machine Backups Not Fully Loading after Catalina Update

    Recently upgraded my Mac Pro from Mojave to Catalina two weeks ago after holding off for various reasons. I have always used Time Machine for all my Mac's and am very familiar with the inner workings. With this setup, I have a 2013 Mac Pro connected to a Thunderbolt 2 array only used for...
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    Can not remove back up drives from "Exclude from Back Up" list in Time Machine

    Title pretty much says it all. I've erased the drive and reformatted as well as tried to remove them in Safe Mode. It still wont let me remove anything. If anyone knows how I can change this that would be much appreciated.
  9. AjTee

    Resolved Time Machine backup transfer between two MacBooks - questions

    Hello, I have two MacBooks my Personal - MBP 13 inch (2020), and for Business - MBP 16 inch (2019). I have one account connected to iCloud on my MBP 13 inch and two accounts on my MBP 16 inch - one of them is connected to the same iCloud account as my MBP 13 and one will be connected to my...
    • AjTee
    • Thread
    • backup icloud mbp time machine two macbooks
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: macOS
  10. sonnenhund

    Time Machine Drive Failure - Convert Backups.backupdb to backupbundle?

    I recently had the drive I was using over the Network for Time Machine fail. Now that I have a new drive, is there a way to create an initial backup with Time Machine over USB to the new drive, which backs up to `Backups.backupdb`, then convert that into a `backupbundle` file that Time Machine...
  11. Mrjoedot

    External HD for Time Machine Wirelessly

    Hi, I managed to set up my HD for Time Machine. the pain point I had is to connect the Time Machine HD to my Mac every time I get home. Does anyone have a way to set it up like a Time Capsule via Wifi Router or other wireless method?
    • Mrjoedot
    • Thread
    • time capsule time machine time machine backup
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  12. seme332

    Backup macOS using an AirPort Extreme via Ethernet

    Hey everybody, even thought these are exciting times for macOS in the future I have a question/problem regarding the normal non-beta use of macOS. I have a MacBook Pro which I would like to backup to an AirPort Extreme. Now in the past I just did this wirelessly by connecting the AirPort to my...
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    Set size limit to Time Machine backup drive

    I have searched online for solutions to limit the total size of my Time Machine backup on my 4TB external Western Digital drive. Before, I had two partitions: 3TB for Time Machine, and 1TB for Other Files. I deleted the 1TB partition, and allocated the free space to Time Machine, so now I have...
    • SackJabbit
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    • backup external drive partition time machine volume
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  14. Z

    will the backup continue?

    When TM begins to backup for the first time and i stop it for some reason, will it continue from there it stopped or will it start over again? Im asking only about the first time it begins to backup!
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    Time Machine: first backup is way bigger than total backup size

    This is my first backup. When I first started it about a week ago, it initially said the total was about 94.50GB. After days of letting it do its thing, it FINALLY got there! Here's the thing though - it's still backing up! It's now at 131GB and still going, but doesn't even say out of how much...
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    Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner

    Hello all! Hope you are all doing well. Firstly, I’m fairly clued up on Macs and the differences between Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner 5. My question is about backup and security. I’d like to backup my Mac and an external drive I’m using. I have a 2 TB LaCie drive and a 1 TB WD drive. If...
    • DuncanWWilson
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    • backup carbon copy cloner ccc lacie time machine wd drive
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: macOS
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    Backing up external drives on Time Machine

    I’m aware Time Machine can back up external drives, for example one which stores my iTunes library, large video files and documents which I don’t want to keep locally on my MacBook. Time Machine is set to back up my Mac and that external drive to another larger capacity portable drive. Say...
    • SackJabbit
    • Thread
    • backup time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  18. S

    Mac mini: Network time machine to external drive + some quetions.

    Hello everyone, I have a couple of quetions: I’m using a Mac Mini (2010) for my home network (running macOS 10.13 (no never edition) 1) External backup over network I WD 3TB element hard drive plugged up to the Mac Mini, it shows up on the file sharing along with a option to use with Time...
    • ShizumiAoki
    • Thread
    • mac mini 2010 network time machine time machine backup
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Networking
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    HELP!! Restore from Time Machine filled up my HD, now Freeze

    Hope someone can help me. 2 issues.. seem complex to me.. Issue #1: I upgraded to Catalina on my iMac, then decided I wanted to go back to Mojave. I followed instructions to restore from Time Machine. HOWEVER, on 2 occasions it gets about 90% through the restore then stops with error that disk...
    • avarex
    • Thread
    • imac restore time machine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iMac
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    Time Machine is creating duplicate HD volumes. Is this normal?!

    I am backing up Catalina to an Extended Format external drive. As expected, the new OS now creates three volumes: System, Data and Recovery. So far, so good. What I didn't expect was duplicate System and Recovery volumes being created each time I run a back up. So, for example, I now have...
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