Time Machine problems on M1 MBP

[vvattipally]

I am seeing TimeMachine backups are not happening since I upgraded to Monterey. When I force the back-up to happen, it waits on preparing backup for some time and then just dies. Below are the configurations I am using

M1 MBP - 16 GB RAM - 1 TB
QNAP T419 with 12 TB with Raid 5

It used to work perfectly fine with BigSur

Anybody else facing similar issue?

 

[planetf1]

Sorry, I'm not. I have time machine backing up over Ethernet to a Raspberry pi4 and it's running perfectly

 

[vvattipally]

Sorry, I'm not. I have time machine backing up over Ethernet to a Raspberry pi4 and it's running perfectly

Thanks for the reply planetf1. However, I used to backup over my wireless network. Somehow it is still not working. Will wait for the next release to see if it fixes.

 

[planetf1]

Thanks for the reply planetf1. However, I used to backup over my wireless network. Somehow it is still not working. Will wait for the next release to see if it fixes.

I used to… but even with a decent 5GHz connection that was never completing for me. It worked earlier in 2020

 

[BlaqkAudio]

I have the same problem, except I have an Intel MBP. I only noticed it today, but my last backup was a week ago. Seems like Time Machine is bugged in beta 1. I checked my local snapshots and my last snapshot was also the same day as my last backup. Seems like TM stopped logging changes for some reason. I filed some feedback, hopefully it's fixed in beta 2.

 

[petterihiisila]

I am seeing TimeMachine backups are not happening since I upgraded to Monterey. When I force the back-up to happen, it waits on preparing backup for some time and then just dies. Below are the configurations I am using

M1 MBP - 16 GB RAM - 1 TB
QNAP T419 with 12 TB with Raid 5

It used to work perfectly fine with BigSur

Anybody else facing similar issue?

No issues with iMac 2021, using direct-connect Samsung T5 SSD as a backup disk. It works the same as with Big Sur, meaning: very well. I wouldn't expect otherwise.

The reason I use SSDs for Time Machine is that backups were rather slow with HDDs on Big Sur and almost unusable with a NAS. I previously had a Time Capsule and a Raspberry Pi 4, now both decommissioned as a backup device. Whatever changed with Big Sur / Time Machine / NAS, it appears it's not getting any better with the betas so far, based on your post. Yet somehow it works for some. I wonder what's making it so.

 

[RonaldH]

I just purchased a M1 powerbook pro and can not create a time machine backup on either a USB attached drive, a Time Capsule or a WD NAS. Apple engineering confirmed its an "emerging" issue. They hope to have it fixed in one or two releases.

 

[RonaldH]

I am now unable to make reliable Time Machine Backups on 2 M1 Macs and an Intel based IMAC. On the intel mac the initial file was created successfully but my NAS drives are not being updated, only local snapshots are being stored. On my M1 Macs I was able to create the initial backup in Safemode but subsequent backups appear to only be local snapshots as well. All three have OS12.2 loaded.