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  1. M

    Time Machine Drive Unmountable After Big Sur → Tahoe Backup (APFS Container Corruption)

    I’m dealing with a Time Machine drive that became unreadable after backing up across two macOS generations and I’m hoping to restore the APFS container or at least extract data with directory structure intact. Drive: 4TB WD Easystore (External USB) Original Machine: MacBook Pro (2014) - macOS...
    • mtthwjrd
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    • apfs data recovery hard drive tahoe time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  2. W

    iCloud vs Time Machine

    So this may be a stupid question....:rolleyes: I've seen multiple posts about iCloud not being the same as a proper backup solution and I get that iCloud only stores what is on your computer at the moment. It doesn't allow you to browse back in time for previous (perhaps since deleted) versions...
    • WallySpoons
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    • icloud drive time machine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  3. ricecrispies

    Can't browse Time Machine backup of external drive

    I have Time Machine backups of my MacBook Pro, including a backup of some of the folders on an external SSD. I have just accidentally deleted and purged from trash a folder from that SSD that I shouldn't have deleted, so now I need to browse an older backup to restore it from. Unfortunately...
  4. A

    iMac data transfer to new iMac / newer OS

    I'm still on an intel iMac (27" 2019) which is running well and on Sequoia. It's got lots of memory and hard disk space and does all I need it to. Like many, I've given up on a new 27" all-in-one machine coming down the pipeline, but my intention is to keep it going until late 2026 or 2027, when...
  5. W

    Time Machine Drive Will Not Mount and I Cannot Erase It

    First off, this issue is with a spinning hard disk that I partitioned into a storage side and a Time Machine backup side using APFS. My Time Machine backup disk has failed to mount. I opened Disk First Aid and try to mount the drive which fails. I then run Disk First Aid and get the following...
  6. A

    time machine full system restore confusing

    I just upgraded to tahoe, which was a mistake. Now I'm trying to restore my system back to sequoia. I have 5 year time machine backup on a network NAS dated from 2020 to 2025. I just started the macbook in recovery mode (cmd+r), selected time machine restore and to my surprise my only option to...
    • apr
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    • restore time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  7. AustinKocher

    Time Machine Funky on Tahoe, shows NO pre-Tahoe backups, struggles to activate

    Time Machine is acting really weird on Tahoe (Macbook Air M3). It backs up fine, but the app doesn't always activate when I try to open up to go into Time Machine and it shows no backups older than one day, i.e., since I upgraded to Tahoe. Is anyone else experiencing this? I need to find an...
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    Time Machine backups consistently fail when Mac is locked

    Keep getting that TM backup cannot be completed due to some files unavailable, only happens when my Macbook Air M3 is locked. I'm on the latest Sequoia. Many entries in logs like this for different files in local snapshots: backupd[684:2a15a10] [com.apple.TimeMachine:FileProtection] Failed to...
    • hooch88
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    • time machine
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
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    My M1 pro is running a little laggy.

    Its M1 pro 16 inch 16 gig. I read it could be using time machine when you bought the computer. This time machine HD goes back to 2015 macbook pro , then m1 Macbook air and then the present machine. MY question is if I did a reinstall of the os clean could I then connect time machine just to...
  10. moro30

    apple pay wallet problems after time machine restoring on new macbook Pro

    I bought a new macbook pro m4 and I restored with time machine the last backup made on the previous macbook pro m3 that I sold. Everything works perfectly except apple pay, basically it offers me the cards that I had stored in my wallet (2 cards) but asks me for telephone verification, and not...
  11. Z

    Says not enough room for TM back up?

    Hello. Looking for a little help here. I just started getting this pop-up on my Mac saying that I don’t have enough room for a Time Machine back up. I have an external hard drive that I use for Time Machine backups and when I check, it says I still have 1.4 TB of space, but the pop-up is saying...
  12. Alvi

    What Happens to Time Machine Backups When an External Drive that's supposed to get backed up (e.g. Photos Library SSD) Is Temporarily Unavailable?

    Hi all, I’m using Time Machine to back up my Mac via my Synology NAS, and I have my full Photos Library stored on an external SSD. This drive isn’t always connected — sometimes I disconnect it for weeks at a time. My question is: If the external SSD is not connected when Time Machine runs a...
  13. Change Agent

    TM backup disk: how to make sure it ejects

    I have a USB SSD connected to a Mac Mini in my network (everything is hard-wired) that is set up to be a Time Machine disk for one of my computers (a M1 MBP). Often after the MBP sleeps, I get a message that the disk was not properly ejected. Can one make sure that as soon as TM is finished...
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    Time Machine Not Backing Up everything

    Hi, I've been using Time Machine to back up my macbook pro M2 computer since i got it in late 2023, i noticed that it hasn't backed up anything, it does the process, it creates the "backup" directories but when i checked the files there's many directories that are empty. I'm using the same hard...
    • julianbremann
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    • time machine time machine backup
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  15. DominikHoffmann

    Time Machine backup cannot be reliably restored?

    I just saw this alert in Settings → General → Time Machine: It reads: I am running macOS Sequoia and am backing up to a TrueNAS configured with a share configured for as a network backup destination for Time Machine. How does this happen, and what exactly happened?
  16. Change Agent

    Time Machine folder backups cannot be restored.

    If I enter TM, I can restore files from the past but as soon as I select a folder I can not restore it. Thanks.
    • Change Agent
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    • restore not working time machine
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
  17. L

    Time Machine on USB HDD via tp-link router

    M1 MacBook Pro running Sequoia 15.2. For years (and previous computers) I've backed up wirelessly via routers and a MyCloud Home 2Tb drive, but I'm now getting error messages, so I think it's past redeeming. I bought a LaCie 5Tb HDD, but it has a USB-C cable (the MyCloud drive used an Ethernet...
  18. X

    Time Machine Drive corrupted - space manager is invalid

    I have a brand new M4 MacBook Pro, brand new 2TB SanDisk SSD, and twice now my Time Machine drive has been corrupted. Both times were my fault (I accidentally yanked the thunderbolt cord w/o ejecting first), but even so, I've never seen this kind of disk corruption before. Regular disk...
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    Time Machine could not complete because disk ejected

    Folks - didn't see other threads on this but there are plenty on apple community. Basically my external HDD is connected using a Sabrent enclosure and I never an issue. But when doing Time machine, I've had 3 failed backups in a week with the same error - Time Machine failed because disk was...
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    Will time machine snapshots get automatically deleted if external drive/back up drive is not connected to MacBook?

    My external hard drive is not constantly connected to my macbook. When doing a time machine backup, a snapshot is stored in the internal drive. Will these snapshots get deleted if the backup drive is removed after doing a manual backup? After you do the backup you remove the external hard drive...
    • Hoki55
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    • apfs snapshots local snapshots time machine
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
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