Preserving copies of data which enable recovery from a data loss event.
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How can I “clean out” my Time Machine backups if Time Machine won't backup because the disk is full?
When Time Machine tries to make a backup, it informs me that it can't because the backup disk is full.
What it's mostly full of (about 700GB of 1TB) is prior backups of the same machine. Time ...
2
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1answer
828 views
Time Machine backs up a huge quantity of data on every run
I have a MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard and a Time Capsule. In the last few days every backup took over 100GB of data. I don't know if there is some issue with permissions or something similar, but to ...
2
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4answers
8k views
How can I restore a backup of a phone with the same name?
I broke my iPhone 3G S and bought a new one. During the setup of the new one I chose to set it up as a new phone. I gave it a slightly different name because I thought I'd want to keep old phone's ...
2
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1answer
69 views
Are there any files which are NOT restored from a Time Machine backup but taken from the recovery partition?
I'll get a replacement Mac soon, so I'll have to restore from a backup. Apart from the home directory and the applications, does Time Machine also backup the usually hidden Unix folders like /etc, ...
3
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5answers
7k views
I forgot my local backup password to unlock the iPhone backup file
I just received my new iPhone from Apple after I had my old one changed due to it being a rather bad specimen. Now I'm occurring a rather irritating problem, as I connected my iPhone with my iTunes to ...
1
vote
1answer
149 views
Why is it that I can no longer access some folders in my old time machine backups and how can I get access?
So I recently had IT reformat my Mac OS 10.6 laptop to put a 10.8 image on it. When I first got it back I could still access all folders in my old backups, including the Library folder under my old ...
2
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2answers
452 views
Any way to change the location of Time Machine local backups (./MobileBackups) to another drive?
I am running an SSD boot drive and a HDD drive on my Macbook Pro 5,5 and I obviously cannot have Time Machine filling up my SSD. I was wondering if there was anyway to have time machine create local ...
0
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1answer
119 views
External drive not being recognized. Has Filevault HFS+ and FAT32 on same disk
I have a 750gb external hard drive that stopped being recognized. I can't tell with full certainty but I think it was after I connected it to a Windows computer. I've read online, in the meantime, how ...
0
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1answer
79 views
Accessing archive of iPhone backups?
So I dun goof'd up (tm) while updating a friends iPhone 4 to the latest OS.
I obviously started by creating a back up of the device, but I think I messed up and after the device had factory reset due ...
0
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1answer
120 views
How can I backup my entire iTunes Match library to an external disk?
My built-in SSD is relatively limited when it comes to storing all my media files, which is why most of my iTunes library lives in the cloud via iTunes Match, for streaming on demand.
In the near ...
2
votes
2answers
348 views
How to backup Airport Extreme USB drive with Time Machine
I have a drive connected to the Airport Extreme using its USB cable. I want to back up this drive using Time Machine (or some other practical method, though I trust Time Machine more than other ...
1
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0answers
342 views
Trouble backing up my Mac (with Time Machine) to my WD passport
I just bought a 1 TB WD passport (external hard drive) to backup my Mac. I'm currently operating on a Mac OS x 10.5.8 (Leopard) with a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
To format the drive I
erased ...
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1answer
100 views
Shortcut to eject all external hard drives but not MobileBackups
So far I've been using the following AppleScript to eject all external drives at once conveniently using a shortcut:
tell application "Finder"
eject (every disk)
end tell
This script is is ...
1
vote
1answer
130 views
Can a Time Machine drive have several partitions, or does Time Machine need the whole HDD to itself?
Is it possible to partition and external drive an use only one of the partitions for a Time Machine backup? Or does Time Machine need its dedicated hard drive? (I've never used Time Machine before.)
...
1
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1answer
51 views
Dual TIme Machine backups; “Delete all backups of a file” applies to only one drive? (Bug?)
Asked at Apple Discussions but the silence is deafening...
I'm using two 2TB internal drives in tandem for Time Machine and deleted some files while in Time Machine. They deleted from drive A, but ...
0
votes
1answer
506 views
How to wipe huge .MobileBackups folder?
I found my .MobileBackups folder quite large, it weights 160 Gi. Shouldn't the .MobileBsckups folder be wiped after the TM 'backup session'?
Since I have backup done on my external drive how can I ...
0
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0answers
81 views
Time Machine backup is 10% of actual disk size
I used a brand new external HDD and had time machine do a backup. My HDD size is 481GB, but the only space used on the external HDD is 40GB. Under the users directory, I do not see my own folder ...
1
vote
0answers
35 views
How can I omit FCPX Render Files from a Time Machine backup?
I want to be able to add my Final Cut Projects and Events folders to Time Machine, but annoyingly Apple have decided to put a Render Files folder within each and every Events folder.
Is there a way ...
5
votes
2answers
973 views
How to backUp an iPhone which can't be unlocked?
Recently I dropped my iPhone 4 and when I picked it up the screen was all black but the sensor was still on. I called Apple and basically they said they can try to repair it or just buy a new one. So, ...
0
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0answers
19 views
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 ...
1
vote
2answers
2k views
iPhone backup encryption with password cannot be disabled
Hi have backups which encrypted with passwords and i know the backup password, i can restore it.
There is not any problem.
But i want to disable encrypting backup with password, here is the problem.
...
3
votes
2answers
193 views
How to save my app files and/or data from my iPad 1 whose screen won't turn on?
Backstory:
I bought an original iPad when it first came out, my first Apple product, and it's been a great computer but recently it doesn't work anymore. Basically, the screen won't turn on.
...
1
vote
1answer
183 views
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 ...
0
votes
2answers
243 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
143 views
What does deliver higher transfer speed for Timemachine backup to ubuntu? NFS or AppleTalk (netatalk)?
I want to do Time Machine backups to an ubuntu server. It is a hosted remote machine, not in my LAN.
So far, I have found two approaches to realize the connection between the computer and the backup ...
0
votes
0answers
213 views
iPhone error message - “Last backed up to icloud: Unknown”
I tried to back up to iCloud through my computer with my phone attached and I get a message that says:
Last backed up to iCloud: Unkown.
I went to settings on my phone (iPhone 4) and to the ...
1
vote
1answer
4k views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
1k views
Changing Apple ID on iPhone - how is non-iTunes data affected?
My sister's iPhone had been irreversibly damaged. When she got a new one some time later, she had forgotten her Apple ID's password and created a new one. I managed to reset the password just ...
0
votes
4answers
421 views
What to do when my Time Machine drive is getting disk errors?
My Time Machine drive is getting disk errors. I used Disk Utility and ran "Repair Disk" on my Time Machine partition (NOT the drive) and I got the error "Incorrect number of directory hard links" ...
1
vote
3answers
2k views
external hd mac ntfs 3g could not mount
I got an external hd "clickfree hd" but when trying it in my mac i get
ntfs 3g could not mount, error
i have tried, NTFS-3G, MacFuse, FuseOSX
im runnig lion,
and seems not to be working,
so ...
1
vote
0answers
36 views
Huge time machine backup on NAS needs to be compacted
I am backing up to a QNAP NAS latest firmware using their Time Machine functionality which works great. I run VMware Fusion and learned that it isn't a good idea to backup the VM's. My TM backup for ...
2
votes
1answer
74 views
Is it possible for each of my iDevices to have its own iCloud backup?
But I would still like for all the devices to share a single iTunes account, so that
I only buy an app once
I want to be able to log into Find my iPhone with my main iTunes account and still see ...
0
votes
0answers
141 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
170 views
Backup files from recovery utility
My Mac seems to have given up. I have my important data backed up, but I have a few gigs of movies and music that I wasn't backing up. I can boot into the recovery utility and launch a terminal, ...
1
vote
1answer
373 views
How select date of full backup to restore with Time Machine - NOT the latest backup
My hard drive died after files started disappearing for a couple days. I ended up getting a new Mac since the computer was old anyway.
I'm worried that the last couple days of Time Machine backups ...
1
vote
2answers
440 views
Backing up a large sparsebundle using Time Machine
I use a large (presently 16GB) sparsebundle as a container for all of my professional work. This is convenient for me because it is an isolated, secure, "portable" entity where all of my work can be ...
1
vote
2answers
317 views
How can I create a new iPad backup in iTunes after I forgot the backup password?
I lost my password for the backup of my iPad. I don't need to restore, just be able to make a new backup with a new password, preferrably without reinstalling iTunes.
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vote
2answers
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Time Machine stopped backing up my iPhoto library a year ago, lost all photos
I recently got my iMac's HDD replaced and when I restored my computer, every single Time Machine backup stretching back to last October contained the same size iPhoto library (+/- 100MB), which was ...
1
vote
3answers
550 views
Account on Mac restored from Time Machine has FileVault turned off
My Mac book pro was stolen.
ML 10.8.2.
I successfully restored all system from Time Machine backup.
I remember having turned on FileVault on my user account on original system.
But on restored system ...
1
vote
1answer
52 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
493 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
97 views
Having trouble deleting old Time Machine back-ups after a restore
Due to migrating several computers over time, my MacBook Pro was bogged down with lots (and lots!) of old apps, files, etc. that I wanted to get rid of. So, I backed up to Time Machine as usual, then ...
7
votes
4answers
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DIY Fusion Drive: Adding Recovery HD to a CoreStorage Volume Group
After creating a "DIY Fusion Drive" using the methods below in 10.8, I'm now wondering how to add a RecoveryHD partition to the internal drive.
Here's what I did to create a Logical Volume Group ...
0
votes
1answer
148 views
Unable to uncheck the “Encrypt Backup” box, in iTunes 11
I am running iTunes 11, and have just plugged in my iPad 2 (running iOS 6.1.2) in.
I would like my back-ups to be unencrypted, but I can't uncheck the check box that would allow me to, as you can see ...
0
votes
1answer
71 views
What impact will a dropping Internet connection have on an in-progress iCloud backup?
We are in an area where there is extensive construction going on so internet connectivity to our building is frequently interrupted. My iPhone 5 is set to backup to iCloud. I am connected to a local ...
3
votes
10answers
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How to backup iPhone contacts (no iCloud, iTunes or Outlook)?
I have an iPhone from another age (pre 2008) which is ready to be commissioned as defunct and replaced with a new 4S. My question, is how to back up the contacts form the old iPhone and transfer them ...
0
votes
3answers
74 views
iPad: Using iTunes to restore causes automatic sync?
I had a iPad mini(miniA) several months ago, and I got a new iPad mini(miniB) recently. On miniB's first run, when I was asked whether to set it up as a new device or restore from a backup, I chose to ...
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votes
1answer
213 views
Best way to remotely/offsite backup a Mac Mini file server? [closed]
I'm procuring a Mac Mini 10.8 server for a small workgroup (6 Macs) and want to ensure that the files stored on this server are backed up properly and offsite. Anyone have any recommendations?
I've ...
6
votes
2answers
831 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
110 views
Timemachine encryption restore/backup?
I'm trying to automate the creation of an encrypted sparsebundle and configure backup for a 10.7 machine using a TimeCapsule. I've created the script below
http://pastebin.com/D2nQk1j1
#!/bin/bash
...
