Thank you to anyone who can help us figure this out.
We had our laptop and all our external portable drives backing up to a Time Machine backup (two separate ones, actually). For a few reasons, we decided to delete the original time machine backups, reformat the backup drives, and start fresh...
Hello, I recently purchased a Macbook Pro and formatted a new LaCie Rugged external hard drive with the computer. I then set up a time machine backup to use this external hard drive. After Time Machine finished backing up my computer, I opened the drive and saw two items. One was...
I recently had my HD die after almost 10 years and took my iMac to my school's IT department (since they fix student computers for free). The HD was replaced and the Mac works fine again, but they saved the backup as a regular folder and dropped it back on the desktop. I have since moved this...
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In order to hide my sensitive documents I've created an encrypted .dmg with Disk Utility and I've put them all in. Those documents exist nowhere else on my hard drive.
When I use Time Machine to backup my HD, does TM automatically detect changes within that encrypted .dmg and...
I'm in Japan, and I have a Time Machine backup on a disk that's hooked up to my AirPort Extreme in New York. I can connect to the disk using Back To My Mac. The disk is quite old, and I have no backup of that backup, so I'd like to at least backup the Documents folder that's on it. While I can...
I am using a '17 15" MBP w/ 3.1ghz 16gb ram w/ high sierra.
I use a 2tb external and I have a partition for storing pictures that I took over trips and I had a partition (600gb) and it has always been enough space for Time Machine.
Today I erased the Time Machine partition and also cleared...
Ok I understand I can reinstall Mac OS from the Command + R Menu and the OS is reinstalled without touching (we hope) my files unless I erase the disk first.
However, what if I just choose to restore a Time Machine Backup? Is any disk repair or OS repair performed or is it just a clone of the...
Among other backup schemes I use TimeMachine to backup to a NAS that is located near my workspace and is somewhat noisy. I looked into changing the interval between TM backups from 60 minutes to something larger, like, say 120 or 180 minutes.
I've found some information that seems to say that...
I have a strange problem in Safari and Time Machine. It's started at some point a few months ago under macOS Sierra and is still there after upgrading to High Sierra (I didn't expect it to disappear when I upgraded).
The problem is that a Time Machine backup and my Safari history both show...
I stupidly deleted several pics from iPhoto, and I need to restore them from Time Machine. I've opened TM back to a date that I know the pics were there. When I select iPhoto all I get is an iPhoto window (see attached screen image) and not a list of albums/pics to select from.
I know there's a...
Basically I'm fed up with High Sierra with what it's been doing to my iMac performance-wise and want to "downgrade" (to me it'd be an upgrade) to OS X Mavericks as its the earliest version my Mac supports. I'd like to know if I can restore a Time Machine backup made on High Sierra to Mavericks...
I know, there are apps out there that allow you to schedule Time Machine backups - and I had one that worked great. Every morning I'd have my Mac startup at 8am and do the day's backup. Good enough. I don't need hourly backups. Unfortunately, I also need Dreamweaver CS5 to work - so I can't...
I have tried watching online tutorials on how to use a USB flashdrive to use as a backup and or storage space for my macbook pro. I am getting the following error after i have already erased and formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Running operation 1 of 1: Add “Backup” by splitting...
Our main machine is an iMac with an external drive (Drobo 5D). Currently the Drobo has two volumes -- one for TM backups of the iMac and another for everything else. I'm looking to perform wireless TM backups of two MacBooks to the same Drobo. On the MacBooks, using Finder, I'm able to see the...
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Im using a late 2015 Macbook Air running High Sierra and im trying to optimize the battery life on it by only letting apps that are important to me run.
I do not use the Photos and the Time machine app but i see them running in the background
Time machine is "disable" from the...
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I have just done a clean installation of High Sierra on my Mini. I Wiped the drive before installing the OS, and it came out clean on first boot. I then started installing my favorite home theater software: Kodi w/no limits build, Bit Torrent, Popcorn Time, iStat Menus, and IP...
On a Macbook Air with 256 GB of storage, which is quite often used near it's capacity..
How feasible is using a 500 GB drive for Time Machine backups?
I'm not that interested in keeping a history of backups. Just one that saves the day in case something happens to the laptop, is enough, I...
I want to remove unneeded files from my Mac to free up space on my hard drive.
I use Time Machine and have done multiple complete backups of my hard drive to my Apple Time Capsule.
My downloaded iTunes files take up about 40G. Since I have Apple Music, I don’t need those files on my hard...
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My housemates and family got me some early Xmas presents, and I'm trying to set them all up symbiotically - together and with my existing gear.
What I've got so far, is fibre to the property nbn to an Optus modem/router - to the ports strip built into my apartment. Then in my room from a...