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marc55

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Oct 14, 2011
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Not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but it seems every time I do a Mac OS update, my Time Machine Backup has an error and fails to back up.

For example, my last backup was May 3rd 2018, I just downloaded 10.13.5, and today my TM Backup had some error and would not backup.

I have to erase my backup disk, and start a completely new back up.

Anyone else experiencing this issue?

Insight appreciated,
m
 

Fishrrman

macrumors Penryn
Feb 20, 2009
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I suggest you try a cloning backup app such as CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper.
No more TM problems!
 

Baldlars

macrumors newbie
Oct 5, 2018
3
3
Not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but it seems every time I do a Mac OS update, my Time Machine Backup has an error and fails to back up.

For example, my last backup was May 3rd 2018, I just downloaded 10.13.5, and today my TM Backup had some error and would not backup.

I have to erase my backup disk, and start a completely new back up.

Anyone else experiencing this issue?

Insight appreciated,
m

You're not alone ... and I found a solution, which you're probably not going to like ... I had to erase the hard drive (meaning I lost all my previous backups) and formatted it as MacOS Extended (Case Sensitive, Journaled). I haven't had a problem since.
 
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