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    Restoring from TimeMachine after downgrade?

    Hi, I have a pure image of BigSur and TimeMachine backup made on Monterey. As far as I understand the only way for me to downgrade from Monterey to BigSur is to reinstall the OS from my BigSur installation (I don't have TimeMachine backup from BigSur) downloaded from AppStore which will lead to...
    • Propine
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    • big sur downgrade monteray timemachine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
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    TimeMachine encryption - does it use password from Disk Utility or the one set when setting up as TimeMachine?

    Hello, I have formatted my external HDD as APFS Encrypted with some password, and then I've set up this HDD as TimeMachine with "encrypt" option selected and it asked for another password. Did this second password "cancel" the previous password, which I have set up when formatting it as APFS...
    • ThisIs🐵
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    • encrypted backups timemachine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  3. Arktika

    How to downgrade from bigsur to majave without data lost?

    Hi guys, I have a mbp late 2013 ， and recently i want to downgrade it from bigsur to Mojave，while it seems that Time Machine backups cannot be recovered in Mojave（It even cannot recognize my backup hardware）. It bothers me a lot, and i need your help so bad. It there any way to downgrade...
    • Arktika
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    • bigsur macos timemachine
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  4. vs40

    External SSD switching to "read only" when used for TimeMachine backup

    I got new external SSD and want to use it for Time Machine backups, but it switching to "read only" after configuring the Time Machine. SSD is working, I can format it in exFAT or APFS and use like normal external drive, but right after selecting it for Time Machine, it switching to RO. I'm...
  5. haralds

    Networked TimeMachine backups can use APFS

    I just confirmed that networked TimeMachine backups use APFS in the same way as they would work on a local APFS disk. APFS TimeMachine protocol has been completely reworked to use snapshots instead of hard links - faster and much more reliable. TimeCapsule also works with this, since networked...
  6. korn3l

    TM not updating files - Local snapshot does

    Hi, I have configured my TM to a NAS and I noticed that the files don't get updated. Every new Backup has the same files/folders and filestamps like the initial backup. When I browse through the TM tree I have for every Backup 2 entries with the same time > one is pointing to the backup on NAS...
    • korn3l
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    • local snapshots time machine time machine backup timemachine
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS Big Sur (11)
  7. ivanwi11iams

    USB A connectors

    Am close to purchasing a Mac Mini. From research it only has 2 USB As. Any suggestions for a dock or adapter with more USB A connectors? I need to connect: - Logitech Camera - Blue Yeti MIC - Dongle for mouse/keyboard (thinking I might just use Bluetooth - but, heard users having connection...
    • ivanwi11iams
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    • blue yeti bluetooth camera dongle timemachine usb 3.1 type a
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac mini
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    HomeKit turn HomeKit smart plug off upon TimeMachine backup completion

    I am trying to have a HomeKit-enabled smart plug power on my backup drive at a specific time of the day and power off the smart plug once the Time Machine backup is completed. So far I’m able to back up to the drive and automatically eject it upon completion. For more info see the following...
  9. haralds

    Back to Sierra Server from Catalina on my late 2012 mini

    I just wiped the boot disk of my little server from Catalina and went back to Sierra Server. The reasons are simple: Content caching that works nicely. TimeMachine that always works. A Server interface that makes control simple and tells me whether all the Macs in the house are getting backed...
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    does TMachine delete deleted files?

    Im using timemachine (TM) and everytime i wish to delete big files, i open TM and delete the backedup file too. Im doing this in order not to leave deleted files in the backup, so i can reduce the space in the drive that is used by TM. Pretty frustrating when doing it with many files... so i...
    • zoran
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    • backed up files deleted files sorting space saving timemachine
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: macOS
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    how does timeMachine work?

    The folders that the Time Machine backup creates, consists of folders named with the dates that the backup is created. What are the differences between those folders? Are they the same plus the extra files that have been added? I mean, if i copy/paste (do it manually) the last folder of the...
    • zoran
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    • files folders restore timemachine
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  12. carthiksharma

    How to manually copy files from the Time Machine backup into Mac desktop

    I have mistakenly placed (manually pasted) files from MacBook into Time Machine backup "Backups.backupdb" which is my time machine folder. I need to completely copy/move those files into my MacBook again, however, when I try to do that, it does not allow me. The only option I have is to upload...
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    Time Machine ignoring second external harddrive, 'exclude these items' doesnt help

    Hi all, I've used Time Machine to back up my internal and an external harddrive in one go for several years. I now want to add a new external harddrive (so one external 4TB HD is used to time-machine-backup my 1tb internal and 2 1tb externals). The two externals are called 'Samsung_T1' and...
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    TimeMachine vs Bootable Backup

    Hi everyone, I'm a professional photographer and taking the opportunity during this pandemic to reorganise and ramp up my back-up system. I used to work with a ton of external drives and do a lot of manual backups. But I switched to a Synology NAS, use it as an archive that is automatically...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Use MacPro 5,1 as a Time Machine Backup Server?

    Hi. I'm thinking about using my good old MacPro 5,1 as a Time Machine backup server in my network. Can you recommend this? Will it be woke-up when one of the other Macs try you start a backup? Thanks for any help and advice in advance.
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    External TimeMachine HDD visible in Terminal diskutil list but not in Disk Utility

    The external HDD I use for my TimeMachine backup is suddenly not mounting or even showing up in Disk Utility. But when I try diskutil list in Terminal it seems to be there. Any hints on how to mount this so I can restore from backup? /dev/disk3 (external, physical): #...
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    Improve TimeMachine performance?

    I am running three different backups on my MBP (yes, I like to play it safe): Monthly CCC to HDD TM to USB-C connected HDD - which gives me about 80 MB/sec average backup speed TM to network connected Samba server on Intel NUC with SSD drive - gives 6 - 8 MB/sec (used to run) TM to...
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    Can't erase Time Machine partition

    So I did something stupid, meaning that I've unplugged an external drive during a Time Machine backup causing the partition with the backup to be corrupted. I can't mount it, erase it, or do basically nothing with it. It's not encrypted, yet, I have no idea of what to do with it. How can I...
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    Mac Restart when using Time Machine

    Hi, I have 2 MBPs. One from 2018 with Mojave and one from 2014 with Sierra. For both I backup to a Synology NAS, using TimeMachine. Previously both were running Sierra and backup-ing was no problem. Life was good ;) I updated the 2018 MBP to Mojave in December 2018. Everything worked like a...
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    Possible to create a dual boot drive with Yosemite and High Sierra?

    I'm running Yosemite and hope to stay with it as long as possible. However, I know at some point I'll have to move forward, and I haven't downloaded any interim versions of macOS, so I'm thinking I'd better get High Sierra before things get too nuts and my hardware isn't supported anymore. I'm...
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