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  1. N

    WhatsApp stuck on "finishing up"

    I've backed up my WhatsApp conversations and media to iCloud and restored the phone, and now when I try to get back my data back it downloads everything and gets stuck on "finishing up". The conversations show up just fine but the media is missing, whenever I try to start the process over the...
  2. B

    Apps Restoring On New Phone

    So both my wife and I just got new iPhone 6S phones, and we went to restore the phones to the backups from the previous 5S phones. Mine restore worked perfectly, bringing back all my texts, pictures, etc. AND all my APPS. My wife's got everything back except for the Apps. Is there something...
  3. jrawles92103

    Way to physically back up an iPad Pro without owning a Mac?

    so I am one of the people Tim Cook was talking about and cast off my mac book air for an iPad Pro. reasonably working out for me thus far however... someone hacked my iCloud password and it was locked up for over 24 hours. I couldn't get to anything. I want to be able to physically back up...
  4. circatee

    Setup complete

    Based on my past threads, for the past month or so, I've been working on purchasing the 'right' iMac. Well, I'm finished! - iMac Late 2015 2TB, i5, with 16GB ram - Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB drive (USB 3.0) for backups - MX Wavemaster Logitech mouse (this thing is BRILLIANT, and can be...
  5. perzangenberg

    Backup NAS folder startup problem

    Hi So I got a Sinology NAS and moved all my stuff onto it. I just got Jottacloud online backup with allows NAS backup. My problem is that when I add a NAS folder it works fine. But after a reboot the app says the NAS folder is not found. I have added folder to login items so it should connect...
  6. xploituk

    Help needed with freeing space / backing up iPad

    My parents have a 16GB iPad and currently its pretty much full up of photos and videos etc. They have bought the iCloud upgrade so they have 50GB space and on the iPad it says they have 49.4GB available space. Head over to iTunes to do a backup and the bar at the bottom is telling me the iCloud...
  7. O

    Time Machine volume on NAS corrupt once a month

    Hi community! I own a WD MyCloud EX2 which I use for Time Machine Backups. Unfortunately, there is an issue with backing up to NASs in Time Machine and I keep getting an error message which says something like: "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time...
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    Network Drive Backup

    I have a small company that uses a drive connected to an Airport extreme that everyone shares. Everyone in the office keeps all their files on this drive. (we have both mac & pc users). We need a way to keep this drive backed up without having to manually move the files to another drive. Is...
  9. wammygiveaway

    iPod touch Protecting Your Music And Your iPod: How?

    The latest news that Apple supposedly deletes all traces of your music without your consent or knowing has made me weary of downloading iTunes again. Even though my songs are stored in an external drive and I am not subscribed to Apple Music (a pre-requisite for said manner to occur, I suppose)...
  10. jgelin

    inProgress file stuck in Trash

    Hello all I am having quite some trouble emptying the Trash from my iMac. I deleted an inProgress file from a hungup time machine backup and now it is stuck in the trashcan. I have followed these steps here: http://pondini.org/TM/E6.html but to no avail, and the file still persists. When I run...
  11. Avenged110

    Safari 7.1.8.pkg download?

    So my external SSD broke and I lost a few files I was hours away from backing up. One of those files was my Safari 7.1.8 installer (the last version for Mavericks before they jumped to 9.x and changed some visual elements). The direct download links from Apple's servers are dead, as with every...
  12. sally_sandy

    need to back up iphone with no screen. need help to work out what state my phone is in.

    Hello. my 64gb iphone's screen died and I have no back up. I tried to do a back up to itunes , the computer found the iphone and I clicked backup and it didnt seem to make any progress for hours so I cancelled it. now I plug it in and the computer wont detect it. I can put the iphone into DFU...
  13. mjoshi123

    How to setup Backup Solution for iMac + Mac Mini ?

    Here is my current hardware 1 iMac 2015 model top of line with 1TB SSD + 32GB RAM At present I've following HDD connected to iMac 1 4TB WD HDD connected it as a "local external" storage directly to iMac using USB 3.0 All my pictures and iTunes resides on this 4TB locally connected HDD 1 8TB...
  14. chelz910

    Backing up Time Machine to external drive

    Hello, I've researched and looked at other forums here but no one's situation seems to be like mine regarding backing up Time Machine to my external drive. I have plenty of backups I've done in the past on this drive with no problem. The drive has plenty of space and is partitioned. It...
  15. Userx12

    Move existing iTunes to new account?

    Hi, I have an old MB running snow Leopard and need to transfer my itunes from that computer to a new user account on a family members new MB Air running Mavericks. How? Situation: I got a new iPhone 6 and went to set it up through iTunes by using my previous iPhone's backup on my old (2007) MB...
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    Local backup of fresh iPhone

    Is it possible to make a local backup of your iPhone via iTunes or any other program? I always clean up my iPhone and start fresh. It is a pain having to add the Apps that I always use over and over again. For PC and Mac there Is a concept of disk imaging or cloning. I do this with PC and Mac...
  17. muharremozkan

    Beautiful Backup 4.0

    I would like to introduce my app's new version Beautiful Backup 4.0. Beautiful Backup creates easy accessible folders for your photos and videos. This is the most capable utility to organise them in a beautiful custom folder structure. Just show where is all your digital media (photos, videos...
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    2013 A1466 Air died, how to read the SSD?

    I bought an A1466 Air in Spring of 2013. Unfortunately, without it functioning, I do not have the actual hardware revision -- simply just what was printed on bottom of the case. (FYI, the machine just flat out died, no charge light, no liquid damage, etc). I am looking for an adapter for the...
  19. creativedogmedia

    Workflow/Storage assistance needed

    Workflow assistance needed: Here is my scenario. I have a 2014 Macbook Pro with 3 external Dell 24" monitors connected to it (2 via display port and 1 via HDMI). I come in from a shoot and take my SD card, dump it to a new folder on my MBP. Edit, and then move to a primary external drive...
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    Time Capsule Slow Back Up - El Capitan 12-inch Macbook

    Recently purchased a 4th Gen Time Machine 3TB (A1409) but cannot complete a first backup over WiFi Macbook 12-inch Retina (210GB of data to be backed up) Sky Router (UK) Have tried the following but with no success; Standard backup over WiFi - Left overnight and managed 22GB, meaning...