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Forced Time Machine backups take longer than scheduled ones?
Is it true that forced Time Machine backups take longer than scheduled ones? That seems to be the case for me.
Especially, if I've moved a large (1 GB or more) file and then immediately force a TM ...
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Continue managing external drive backups on a different computer
I have an external drive with data on it that is shared on the local network. There's another external drive that's daisy chained where backups are stored.
The computer that was originally managing ...
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Does Time Machine run backups even when no account is logged on?
Does an account has to be logged on to trigger the Time Machine backup, or does Time Machine run without any session active?
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Is TimeMachine Apple's System Restore?
I have recently moved to Mac from Windows. Rarely I find that I may have to use System Restore to fix an issue that the OS has incurred. What I would like to know is whether Time Machine is the Mac ...
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Making checks before rsyncing external drive on OSX
I have the following issue on OSX though I guess this could equally be filed under bash. I have several encrypted portable drives that I use to sync an offsite data store or as an on-the-go data store ...
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Exclude apps from iPhone/iPad backup?
I own both an iPhone (4S) and an iPad (mini), running iOS 5 and 6 respectively. The two of them are quite filled with large apps (roughly 40GB in total) and thus my Macbook is getting crowded. This is ...
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How do I get TimeMachine to backup a FUSE filesystem?
I have -
/Users/me/Documents/
/Users/me/Documents/ADocument
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/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/
/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/AnotherDocument
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TimeMachine will happily backup /Users/me/Documents and ...
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Time Machine doesn't backup folders with same name as user
Let's say my OS X user's folder is called Attila and I have a folder with the same name in a folder, e.g. ~/Xcode/Attila/. Now, if I do a Time Machine backup, the ~/Xcode/Attila/ folder won't be ...
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MobileBackups not working
Some time ago, when looking at my Storage in System Information, I noticed that the occupied size for Backups is Zero KB. My first guess was, I may have turned local backups of and therefore tried ...
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Can Time Machine be setup to back up only one folder?
I am beginning to make a project on my Mac, let's call it MyProject, and it's the only thing on this computer that is worth backing up.
Therefore, I will only need Time Machine to back up just the ...
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Will time machine wipe out my old time machine backups if I move it to a new mac (or upgrade os x)?
I recently had the IT guys here at work wipe my hard drive and upgrade my mac to 10.8 from 10.6. And other than spending a few days getting it up and running again and spaces being jacked it is going ...
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Where does iTunes store my iPhone and iPad backups?
Where does iTunes store data for iPhone and iPad backups? I know that—on a Mac—the following folder is ostensibly the only location.
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup
I actually ...
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Moving /.MobileBackups to USB or SD drive on Mountain Lion / OSX 10.8.2
I've used the excellent tutorial found here Any way to change the location of Time Machine local backups (./MobileBackups) to another drive?
to move the local snapshots folder off of my SSD and onto a ...
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Permanently save iOS backups
Whenever I connect my iPad to my mac itunes backs up it's current state. This is great and I want to keep it this way. Though it overrides the previous backup, which is ok most of the time, but now I ...
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Backing up individual files with encryption
In addition to local Time Machine backups, I would like to automatically backup my working data from my Macbook to a remote FTP space. Because it's a location I don't control and sensitive data, I ...
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What does Time Machine back up?
Does Time Machine backup system files, kernel files and other OS-related files?
I have corrupted system drivers and files and I want to do a fresh install of OS X but I also want to back up my ...
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Time Machine wiped my external drive despite pressing “Don't Use”
I have an external hard drive(formatted as FAT32) that has been in use on/off for years. I even had backups on it (not using time machine). I mounted this hard drive, it was taking a while to mount. A ...
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Time machine out of space / Merging time machine backup
I have a 15 inch Mac Book Pro that is my main machine. At some point, in the
second half of 2011 I purchased a 750GB external hard drive to configure Time
Machine on my laptop. This is my main method ...
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Cloning an image from MacBook Air to MacBook Pro
I am getting a mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro. I currently have a mid-2011 11" MacBook Air.
I will be purchasing a Crucial M4 512GB SSD for the Pro and I want to clone my existing Air's HDD before I give ...
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Time Machine after formatting still works?
I would like to format my mac, and be able to access old files, photos... from my previous time machine backup.
I have backed up my mac with time machine and I am uncertain if after formatting I will ...
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Cannot recover system Volume after renaming backup volume name
In an iBook G4 running Tiger (10.4) I have a situation where I created with Disk Utility a "Restore" full backup of my system Volume to a partition on an external USB disk.
My system Volume ...
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Best way to back up old CD-ROMS?
I'm trying to backup all of my old backup CDs from over 10 years ago to simple DMG files on my harddrive - since CD's die (already have one that won't read) and they take up a ton of physical space!
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Location of Message Attachments in iOS 6 Backup?
I'm trying to get all my Messages (not E-Mail) and connected attachments out of a iOS 6 backup. I know there are tools like Wondershare Data Recovery for iTunes but they are not cheap and I'm trying ...
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infection in ~Library/Application Support/Mobilesync/Backup/xxxxx
ClamX is finding phishing infection in the Backup folder on my MacBook Pro with 10.7.
~Library/Application Support/Mobilesync/Backup/xxxxxxxx
Does this mean that either my iPhone or Mac is infected?
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Correct way to free up Time Machine space
I manage a Time Machine backup for a photographer. We had a 2TB drive for photos and a 2TB drive for the Time Machine backup of those photos. The Time Machine backup drive has run out of space and ...
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Requirements for backuping large OSx to some larger external storage? Some easy Apple way to do it? [closed]
My iTunes stores my OS X, iPhone and iPad settings. I got this kind of problem in OS X that stores the essential things such as settings and backups. According to this thread here, I need to format ...
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Need to retore applications folder from an old time machine backup
I have a macbook air running OSX 10.7.5. I have had a problem with the App Store not connecting. Apple could not resolve it, so I have done a clean install. Now I wish to restore various folders from ...
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Mac Backups - 5xMac's with a synchronized catalog?
I'm looking for a free or if not cheap solution to a situation we find ourselves in. Currently we have 5 designers all doing artwork throughout the day and then periodically, or when the mood takes ...
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Is is possible to add tag, notes or labels to backups made by Time Machine?
Is it possible to add label, tag or notes to Time Machine backups. Lets say after fresh reinstall of OS X - label it as "Base System 1" then after few days (at some point with more software/work) ...
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Time Machine not fully encrypted. Is it safe to use?
I'm going to format my iMac today and I've just backed up to an external drive using Time Machine.
But I am using encrypted backup, so Time Machine needs to encrypt the whole drive (after it has ...
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Why is Time Machine using 180 GB of my 250 GB for backups?
So this may be a misunderstanding as I am still getting to know my MacBook Pro, But can the majority of an internal drive be occupied by Time Machine backups?
I was looking at the space taken up on ...
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Backing up an External USB Drive to TimeMachine then Restoring Without Drive Connected?
I have just configured my iMac to backup my external USB harddrive in addition to the internal drive.
I have just tested restoring some files from the TimeMachine backup, by selecting the USB drive ...
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How should a user of OS X verify whether backed up data comprises everything required for lossless restoration?
I'm most interested in approaches that compare both:
the original file
the backup
– after the time of backup.
I'm aware of two approaches. Others will be appreciated.
Less interested in ...
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Time Machine secondary disk backup
I have two disks in my Mac Book Pro (the other is in the ODD bay). One of them is SSD and the other is a bigger HDD for photos and iMovie projects I use seldom. I tend to eject the HDD so that it ...
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Is it safe to delete the contents of Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup if using iCloud?
My /Users/{username}/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup is 5GB and I'd really like to reclaim that space if I can.
I back up my iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch to iCloud, so is there any ...
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How can I automate keeping historical versions of iOS apps on the Mac?
I find that iTunes management of backing up Apps isn't ideal for a number of reasons. It will happily keep a copy of the most recent App in it's own area within the iTunes library, but it's archival ...
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An undefined volume appears out of nowhere?
Today, I noticed another mounted volume on my computer:
This volume is the size of my whole hard disk. I can only see it in the iStat widget. I cannot see it in Finder or the Terminal.
$diskutil ...
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Mac: back up to cloud storage or iPod
I need to hand back my current MacBook Pro, and setup up a new one. What I want is to save my all user-specific data and, maybe, all the programs installed (not necessary).
I believe it is possible, ...
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How to restore from a Time Machine backup when there is already a user account set up?
I can't figure out how to access my Time Machine backups since Apple replaced a defective hard drive.
Some Background:
My setup: iMac 24" (Early 2009), 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo, OS X 10.7.3. I have been ...
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Does Time Machine Copy Renamed Files?
Okay - so I have a relatively simple question but can't find a clear answer.
Say for instance I have a large video file in FolderA named something.avi. Time Machine then makes a pass and backs this ...
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How can I backup and restore Wi-Fi profiles in Lion?
I want to reinstall my Macbook, but i do not want to loose all my saved WPA/WEP Wi-Fi profiles.
Is there a way to back them up and restore them after the reinstall?
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How can I manually delete old backups to free space for Time Machine?
I use a Time Capsule for backup and now I want the drive to back up data from an extra Mac. But the drive is filled up with old backups from Mac 1. There simply is not enough space available for the ...
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How do I access the user Library from a Time Machine backup? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you access the user library on a time machine backup
I need to access my library folder in a time machine backup that is from a different mac.
How can I do this?
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Time Machine, ZFS and deduplication
I'm currently exporting a ZFS partition with dedup=on using ubuntu-zfs and netatalk. However, time-machine insists on creating a sparsebundle on it, and it made me start wondering if this would have ...
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Time Machine backup on per app basis with application preferences?
When backing up using Time Machine, all your applications are backed up along with their preferences.
I know that the preferences are restored when doing a full system restoration.
However, what if ...
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What's the best way to back up the list of installed apps on your Mac?
As I understand, Time Machine or for that matter, any backup solution doesn't backup your apps (for technical reasons, I know).
So what's the best solution to remember/backup the list of apps you ...
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What folders should I be backing up? Are there any I should avoid?
I'm in the process of configuring a cloud backup for my OS X machine and am trying decide what folders to back up and whether there are any folders I should avoid.
I have complete control, by ...
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How do I rebuild my HDD/SSD from scratch without Time Machine on MacBook Pro?
Ok let me try and sketch the situation;
Hardware
MacBook Pro 17 inch (Early 2011), 1x 750 GB HDD + 1x 140 GB SSD
OS
Lion
Just after I purchased my MacBook Pro I swapped the 750 GB drive for the ...
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Background Backup App – Mac to Remote Server
I am looking an app for my Mac that can backup in the background (such as Backblaze or CrashPlan) that will backup over FTP, SFTP, rsync, or scp (I'm using DreamHost's 50GB of personal backups). ...
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Copy to network share using local disk cache in Mac OS X Lion
I'm using rsync in Mac OS X Lion to copy a backup directory from my local HD to a network mounted share (local LAN). My goal is to archive the local backup to the network drive, thereby freeing up ...
