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backup drive

  1. Miqs

    What fast and cheap external memory for iMac?

    I have three external USB backup drives all HDD and I am conscious of their age (6 years) and thinking about SSD and possibly USB sticks of 50GB -1TB size. Are they fast and reliable enough to do the job? Or should I go Thunderbolt? Or is Thunderbolt old tech now? I am a photographer and some...
  2. Change Agent

    Time Machine only shows me two days of Backup.

    My MBP (16’ M1) has a hardwired connection to my local network and in that network is a Mac Mini that has an external SSD disk attached to it that is specifically dedicated to Time Machine (the SSD). It has worked fine for years. Recently I needed a backup of a preference file in the OS, and I...
  3. Z

    formatting a TM drive

    How should i format a 2.5" 2TB external drive i have, in order to use as TMachine backup drive for use in Monterey?
  4. blackxacto

    Please explain this question about Disk Utility in Monterey?

    19,1 iMac, Monterey 12.0.1: 1. Shut down 2. Reboot holding Apple+Option+R 3. Chose an external disk to repair: Elite Toshiba MDXXX/Container disk5/"TimeBeast" 4. Why are time differences to repair an external ssd SO DIFFERENT between the Container disk5 and the enclosed data volume: "TimeBeast"...
  5. A

    CCC and Failing External Hard Drive

    (MBP 2018 15” running Monterey) If anyone has any knowledge of CCC/backing up a failing hard drive please help I believe my external hard drive is beginning to fail, so I am attempting to back it up to a new one before it fails completely (i know, I should have done it sooner..) The original...
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