external backup

How to setup Timemachine (alternatively other backup app) to backup two macs + external storage in such a way that the external storage is backed-up once even if connected to any of the macs ? The context, I have two macs setup the same (same OS, same apps), MacPro and MacbookPro. I have an...

My Time Machine seems to have evaporated... I have a 6tb USB 3.0 external drive designated for my Time Machine backups. I'm on a 27-inch iMac from 2019 running Monterey 12.6.6 Everything has been ducky for a long time, but now I can't access the drive. It doesn't show up in the finder, disk...

Hi All, I'm Carl and new to the forum. I have an external Seagate 1 TB SSD for my Time Machine backup. Now it doesn't mount. Tried different actions with disc util, as "mount on desktop" and "show info" (see images). I also changed the cord, tried to another iMac. with no luck. It used to run...

Hey Guys, Do any of you have recommendations for an external back up drive? Previously I've used 3 different Lacie drives (with 1 failure) and 1 Western Digital drive. I'm looking for something with USB C. Thanks in advance, B

I have a SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD with 4 TB capacity that's hooked up to my MacBook Pro 2018, whose internal hard drive is 2 TB. When I initially set up the external drive, backing up my computer to it worked without issue, maybe for about a week. But then I started getting regular...

My wife has a MacBookAir which I have set up for her. I have connected an external disk and set up Time Machine. However, she often (really almost all the time) forgets to eject the external drive before disconnecting her MBA. And if a Time Machine backup is running, she really doesn't know how...

Hi, What would be the best external data drive - for archive / storage / backup - to be used with older macs (2013-2015) ? *My imac already boots from thunderbolt, think there is an additional thunderport in it (not certain). Does SSD lose data if it's not connected for a longer time? if so...

Hi all, I want to back up everything on my iCloud Drive to an external hard drive. Mainly files and photos. I don’t have the space to download it all locally to my MBP so ideally looking for the easiest workflow to back everything up to the external drive that doesn’t involve this. A huge...

I recently updated CCC to version 6.0.5 since upgrading my Mac to Big Sur. I have 2 identical WD Elements drives. I keep one drive in the safety deposit box at the bank and do regular backups and swap drives regularly. With the older version of CCC I was able to have CCC see both drives as...

Hi everyone, I just bought a new Macbook pro 14 after 5-6 years of using windows. Before that I always used macintosh systems and I always could manually add files inside my external hdd with time machine (outside of the backup folder ofc). Now with my new mac I was trying to do the same but...

As far as I read so far, time machine backups require apple specific formatting of external storage. If I also want to use the external storage as exchange medium for windows and Mac systems, I need something like ExFAT. Is it a good solution to partition the external storage in 50/50? 50%...

Mac Min1c M1, MacOS 11.4, SuperDuper! 3.5-beta.3 (Shirt Pocket 1 Shirt Pocket 2) I've always preferred SuperDuper! to CCC, so was excited to find that they finally have a backup for Big Sur M1 Macs that lets you boot of an external drive. IOW, a complete backup. After 11.4 came out, I downloaded...

Big Sur 11.2.3, 19,1 iMac: On two external disks to backup data only, why is a folder created named "boot". The disks are in a RAID and I can't boot from RAIDS in Big Sur. So I wonder where they came from and why they were created.

Hello, I'm getting ready to retire a Time Capsule I've used for years as both wifi router and backup location for Time Machine. What systems are you using for Time Machine over wifi that are working? I would like to replace the Time Capsule with a new wifi router (that will hopefully expand...

Title pretty much says it all. I've erased the drive and reformatted as well as tried to remove them in Safe Mode. It still wont let me remove anything. If anyone knows how I can change this that would be much appreciated.

I recently got into making videos, editing photos, and using the photos and videos for my new channel. I am searching for an external hard drive that I can back up all of my videos and photos on in case something happens to my computer. I am looking for an external hard drive that is probably at...

Both external disks connected by Thunderbolt 3 and USB3.1 to my 19,1 iMac Catalina 10.15.4 have been made both readable and writable by me the owner. I used the Apple+I window to do this. It is strange that I CAN CHANGE the ICONS of my internal 2TB SSD & my Time Machine Thunderbolt connected 1TB...

Which external backup drive do you all suggest for a 2017 18,3 iMac? Does having an SSD vs. HDD make much difference in this scenario? Which do you suggest and why? I have a 2TB Time Capsule with Time Machine turned on, so that's backed up regularly. However, I keep an off-site backup drive...

Hi there, I have 2 external WD drives. I have one connected to my iMac with USB (the only alternative it seems) and connected the second WD drive to the first using Firewire but my iMac doesn't recognise it. Is there any way of daisychaining them so I can back-up the first external drive to the...

Hi All, Looking for some help. All of a sudden my iMac will not detect my seagate 4tb drive. 3.49tb available. I'm working off Mojave 10.14.4. Its showing up on other computers. Any ideas? TIA