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  1. fgduthie

    TimeMachine issues

    Hi all, I have a Seagate 3Tb hard drive that I was using as a Time Machine for about 2.5 years. Halfway through a backup, it all of a sudden stopped accepting the drive. Now on startup every day it says that there is an "uninitialised drive" which is the Time Machine. I can't reset the drive...
  2. V

    Time Machine couldn't complete the backup

    This is the 2nd time I got the following error: I used Disk Utility to perform "First Aid" and found no problem with the HD. On my Mac Pro, I have two HDs for Time Machine backup. The other one works fine. On the previous error, I had to reformat the HD to get it to work. What should I do...
    • vett93
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    • timemachine
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  3. T

    time machine to windows server share

    Good evening guys, for the last two evenings i've been trying to get time machine to backup to my windows server share but cant seem to work it out, has anyone get any ideas? I'm using mac OSX10.5 and windows server 2016, I have connected the share and even crated a DMG image to back up to on...
  4. E

    No new files but Time Machine backing up

    I just completed the first backup on a new disk and 30 minutes later I see TimeMachine saying "Backing up 1GB of 2.75GB" I see this a lot with other TM drives too when I know that I haven't created 2.75GB of new data on my Mac. What's going on in this instance? Surely they're not system files...
    • eladnova
    • Thread
    • backup timemachine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  5. musique

    TimeMachine backups. Are they manually deletable?

    Is it possible to delete old TimeMachine backups (without screwing up the TimeMachine file/database)? I use a NAS to backup a MBP. The backups go back to September of last year. The space allocated for TM backups now has less than 10% free. And when TM finishes a backup, after the "Finishing"...
  6. rjalex

    Restoring data from TimeMachine on older MacOS

    Dear friends, my late 2009 iMac was on High Sierra but it really slowed down things. This machine had a FW external HDD for TimeMachine. Internal HDD broke so just fixed inserting a new HDD and decided to install a fresh Sierra (not High Sierra) MacOS. When I connected the FW external...
    • rjalex
    • Thread
    • sierra 10.12.6 timemachine
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  7. A

    TimeMachine backup to new computer

    Hi, My computer MacBook Pro crashed but I have a backup. My 'spare' (just calling it that for clarity) machine is the same model and has the same operating system already installed - El Capitan. Excuse the lengthy ask, process of drilling down to what is possible, if anything. I have searched...
    • AnGe-007
    • Thread
    • address book backup restore macmail migrate timemachine timemachine selected files restore to new computer
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
  8. JedNZ

    Resolved FusionDrive for User data locked Read-only

    Was updating Windows10Pro on my system (see my sig), and when I booted back into macOS 10.12.6 Sierra I had problems with my primary User account which is located on a Fusion Drive (NVMe + spinner) - was locked Read-only somehow. Can't open apps, can't save files/folders = completely "observe...
    • JedNZ
    • Thread
    • fusion fusiondrive nvme timemachine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  9. C

    MacBook Pro 13" (Mid-2012) Upgrade - Question for back-up and restore

    Hi, I've a MacBook Pro 13" (Mid-2012) which is currently running with stock specs: - Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - High Sierra I've ordered and received my upgrade kit from Crucial : - 16 GB RAM (2 x 8) - 500 GB SSD Already saw on YouTube a nice tutorial on how to proceed...
    • CrashCocoB
    • Thread
    • backup macbook 13 2012 ram restore ssd timemachine upgrade
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  10. Kento726

    Trying to create a backup from External Drive A (exFAT) to External Drive B (Mac OS ExtendJournaled)

    Hi! I need some help in deciding on how to go about in creating a back up of my hard drive. I would REALLY appreciate any help!! Scenario: -I have a desktop external HD WD MyBook 4TB (Let's call this HD-A) that I used to store all of my work and images -This drive is formatted as an exFAT...
  11. 8

    Convert to APFS

    I wish to reformat my HDDs (2x 1 TB WD) from the OS Extended (Journaled) format to the new APFS, and to make a stripped RAID with these disks. One of these disks is currently my boot drive. The machine is the Mac Pro 5,1 Tower (not a flashed 4,1), running High Sierra. Blackmagic shows that I...
    • 8580637
    • Thread
    • apfs highsierra hdd raid migration timemachine
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  12. B

    RecoveringFromZero

    Hi, everyone. I lost my disk in an attempt to port its contents to an SSD. I have a backup on the Time Machine. But I do not know how to restore it once the original disk ended up getting a windows 7 and the new one is zeroed. Any suggestions ?
  13. A

    How to configure Time Machine to backup External and will it overwrite?

    Hi, I've had Time Machine backing up my Mac on External Hard Disk (1). But I've recently moved all the files from the computer onto another External Hard Disk (2) to free up space. (I'm thinking to store everything on External Hard Disk (2) from now on. How would I go about setting up time...
  14. G

    480gb harddrive = 2.5TB TM backup???

    I HAVE A MBP RETINA RUNNING EL CAPITAN, WITH A 480GB HARDDRIVE, WHEN I WANTED TO BACK UP VIA TM I GOT AN ERROR MESSAGE" NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON TIMEMACHINE. BACKUP IS 2,5TB BUT ONLY 1,5TB AVAILABLE" WHEN I GO INTO DETAILS I ONLY SEE 85GB TO BE BACKED UP. I HAVE AROUND 210GB USED ANY IDEA WHATS GOING...
  15. D

    TimeMachine after OS upgrade

    I have recently upgraded from Mavericks to Sierra. Before the upgrade I turned off TimeMachine. Can I just turn it back on now or should I start over by erasing the drive and letting TimeMachine start fresh?
    • danqi
    • Thread
    • backup mavericks sierra time machine timemachine update upgrade
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  16. WaxLily

    The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8072).

    My son crashed my mac by running Steam gaming software and it snowballed into a bunch of issues; I've rebooted the machine twice, but the initial freezing interrupted one of my Time Machine backups and now I'm having great difficulty getting TM to run as it's hung up on 'preparing'. So I did...
    • WaxLily
    • Thread
    • backup can't empty trash error -8072 foolish machine time timemachine trash
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac mini
  17. E

    TimeMachine Server Backup Error

    Hi, I wonder if anyone can help with the following problem. For a good few years we have been using an old PMG5 running OS X 10.5.8 Server v1.1, as a stand alone TimeMachine backup Server. It's worked fantastically well backing up all our iMacs, Macbook etc to its internal HD. We run primarily...
  18. H

    PowerMac TimeMachine Server

    Hi all, Just wondered if anyone could help me. About 6 months ago we dug an old PowerMac G5 out and started using it as a TimeMachine Backup Server. Basically it has a 2TB drive in there shared on the network and we have 9 Mac (7 imacs & 3 Macbook) backup up to it, with encryption. However, we...
    • hadit
    • Thread
    • os x 10.5 os x server powerpc timemachine
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  19. Z

    random files in the TM drive

    Is it ok if i load files in the root folder of a TM drive? Will it still work and keep taking backups?
  20. H

    Is it safe to access Time Machine files directly?

    Hello! When I connect external hard drive to Mac and it displays Disk Image on desktop, is it safe to just click on it, open the external hard drive from there and access Time Machine files from there?
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