timemachine

19,1 iMac, Sonoma 14.4.1 to external 4TB TimeMachine backup Disk. Booted into Repair Mode, (Apple+R). Tried to run Disk Utility on a 4 TB external disk. Failed after several attempts w (-69716) Error. Since i do not have a second 4 TB disk, i couldnt store the data. So i erased the 4 TB...

I've been using my Synology NAS as the destination for my Time Machine backups for a few years. I have a wired iMac and a MacBook Pro that I use both wired and on wifi that have both backed up to that host. My iMac is still backing up without any problems, but my MacBook Pro hasn't been able...

I continue to be bugged by the TimeMachine backup failure "Some of the files on your Mac cannot be backed up until Cloud Files syncing has completed." I have two machines that are identically configured. Both back-up to a Synology NAS. One works fine and the other consistently gives this error...

Hi there. Suddenly I can't mount my newly bought WD Passport disk. I get this message, see image. Is there really nothing to do but erase the disk? Thanks for any clues and help...

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. i recently switch hardware and moved on to Ventura. Things are running pretty smooth so far: the new hardware seems to be sort of bored by my demands =D The migration went fine from what i see so far. My timemachine use case was to trigger a backup each day at 11:11 (with timemachinedit)...

I’m trying to set up a backup strategy for the laptops in my home. Is it possible to back up to time machine and/or a cloning option like super Duper over a wireless network?

What does an encrypted TMachine backup has to offer? Are there options to encrypting the TMbackup?

I know there is a feature called power nap on notebook but there isn't on MacPro. I recently switched my HDD on my TimeMachine so I am starting a new back up and can't remember if the Mac has to be on until back up completes or not.

Hi there, Should I choose encryption for my new drive for TimeMachine? Thanks

My understanding is that it's no longer possible to restore the full OS and data using TimeMachine after a macOS upgrade, if you decide to downgrade. So for example if you are on Monterey and upgrade to Ventura, and then for some reason you decide to reinstall Monterey, you are not able anymore...

I'm posting this as a new thread, but it may be related to several other threads here about weird crashes with M1 or M2 Macs. A few days ago my wife's M2 MacBook Air started crashing every hour or so. The mag-safe light would flicker and then the machine would reboot with no error message or...

I am moving from Sierra to a new Mac with Monterey and this is my first contact with APFS. Currently, I am setting up an 18TB Western Digital HDD for TimeMachine and an 12TB WD HDD for clone backups (will be using either SupderDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner). Which file system should I choose...

Hi, I have the issue getting a APFS sparsebundle volume (copied to smb server) work with Time Machine by attaching the volume via "hdiutil attach /path/to/sparsebundle/" (for automated attach on startup). Time Machine starts up (prepare backup) but stops without copying any file. Instead, if I...

I might have some corrupted backups in my TM drive. And my TM does not always succeed to make a backup maybe because of this. Anyway the drive is full, so I bought a double sized disk (8TB->16TB). For my past experience, when I notice something is missing, it is usually acidentally deleted...

Hello, I have an Airport TimeMachine that I used to use to backup a Windows PC. I no longer have the PC and would like to delete the backups as I have no use for them anymore. Trying to delete from the finder gives me the following message: When I do Get Info on the folder I have full read /...

Hi. I was using Audacity to record music from my keyboard (as in piano keyboard) with my PowerBook G4 that has Digital Audio in port. Then I noticed the CPU was getting up to 165°F when using Audacity, and 130°F when backing up HDD with Time Machine. Is this too hot for an 867 MHz G4 CPU? I just...

I have been unable to boot as a specific user after updating macOS. I want to identify the problem with that user. The Mac crashes immediately after logging in for that particular user. In the case of Safe Boot, a forced reboot will occur before the user selection after the boot process is...

I'm pretty new to Macs and moving from a M1 Mini to a 14" MBP I received today. I am going through everything to make sure things copied over properly. When I checked on Timemachine, it said the next backup would happen when I was on power. Does Timemachine only backup when on power? I...

Hi, I have a pure image of BigSur and TimeMachine backup made on Monterey. As far as I understand the only way for me to downgrade from Monterey to BigSur is to reinstall the OS from my BigSur installation (I don't have TimeMachine backup from BigSur) downloaded from AppStore which will lead to...