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  1. C

    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.
  2. 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
  3. 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...
  4. 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
  5. 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...
  6. S

    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
    • Thread
    • backup external drive partition time machine volume
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  7. 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!
  8. P

    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...
  9. D

    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
    • Thread
    • backup carbon copy cloner ccc lacie time machine wd drive
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: macOS
  10. S

    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
  11. 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
  12. A

    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
  13. N

    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...
  14. D

    Time Machine can't Read Entire Archive

    I have a 2TB Time Machine HD backing up 165GB from my iMac running Mojave. If I "Enter Time Machine" I see the cascading windows indexed back to 12/29/17 which is when I started Time Machine. But I'm only able to bring up a Finder window from today back to 8/18/19 . . Even though the earlier...
    • DonP
    • Thread
    • time machine
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  15. Q

    What's the Difference Between Time Machine Backups and iOS/iTunes Backups?

    I've never used iTunes to backup an iPhone/iPad (didn't need to till now) but I've always used TM to backup my computer. With TM, I know that if my MacBook is stolen, I can just buy any other Mac computer/laptop (that supports the same macOS version) and I find myself in the exact same spot I...
  16. S

    Sierra, High Sierra, Catalina, Time Machine and fixing a disaster

    People, Im stumped after 4 days and need help. While running Sierra, my system was upgraded to the Catalina disaster without my knowledge. The Time Machine backup last done that would save everything was done in Sierra. Of course, I cannot find anywhere a Sierra installer, but I do have one for...
  17. haravikk

    [Time Machine] Inherit Backup: Invalid Target

    I've got myself a new Mac Mini, and while it's now all setup from my old (dead) machine and I'm happy with it, I'm having trouble using my existing backup disk. When I've transferred a backup disk in the past all I've had to do was plug it in, macOS would ask if I want to use it for backup...
  18. ChrisDev

    Time Machine resets when External HD is disconnected and reconnected.

    I had set up Time Machine to backup my MacBook Air on an external HD. It was doing this just fine for a week. I had a week of backed up data, but just yesterday I safely ejected the HD and, today, reconnected it. But now there is only backup data for today and does not go back any further. As if...
  19. W

    issues with time machine

    I have an issue with time machine, which I hope someone can help with. I have an old MacBook Air running El Capitan, and on that machine time machine is running without issues on my Synology. I recently got a MacBook Pro on which I am running Catalina. I managed to got time machine to work on...
    • Wder
    • Thread
    • time machine
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  20. R

    how to restore macOS from older time machine backup

    since my fan starts to run like hell despite I have no special app running for 2 weeks now I wonder if it is a program or driver I installed in the last weeks. So I thought it would be an easy solution to restore my system via time machine to one of my older backups. When I start my MBP...
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