Preserving copies of data which enable recovery from a data loss event.
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“Failed to upgrade encrypted tmbootpicker.efi” in Time Machine backups
I've noticed the error "Failed to upgrade encrypted tmbootpicker.efi: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=-50 "Could not find any Apple_Boot corresponding to the encrypted volume..." ...
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1answer
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Is “malformed base path in GetVolumeEntry” a cause of concern for Time Machine failing to start backing up?
I have one Mac that sits at calculating changes and won't start copying files to the backup drive. Both the Mac and the external drive pass Disk Utility checks (repair / verify of the drive and the ...
3
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3answers
733 views
Using crashplan to backup a time machine disk
So, crashplan themselves say it can't and shouldn't be done, because of hard links and how TM works... But can't it, really?! Isn't there any way around it?
Reason I want to use CrashPlan is because ...
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240 views
Does Time Machine change file permissions while doing a backup?
I use Time Machine to make backups of my computer. Now I would like to mirror the complete backup to a remote machine for added security.
Here's my rsync command:
rsync -azvH --progress --partial ...
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2answers
87 views
Creating Multiple iPhone encrypted backups
Is it possible to create multiple encrypted backups with different passwords in different iTunes?
For example, if I create an encrypted backup in iTunes 1 with password 'abc' and then plug the ...
2
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3answers
523 views
How can I back up my iMac from the Recovery Partition?
Things in my iMac are failing, most notably the hard drive. I can only reliably boot to the Recovery Partition. Booting to the regular system, either normally or in Safe Mode, does not work, and ...
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1answer
2k views
Does Time Machine need a “clean drive”, or can I use an old hard disk
I want to use Time Machine on my Mountain Lion. I have 1TB external HDD I use for storing various stuff.
The thing is I selected the drive for Time Machine to work on but nowhere it is mentioned ...
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4answers
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How can I reliably backup an external drive to another external drive?
I have got an external hard drive (A) that contains my iTunes & Aperture libraries. It's not always plugged to my MacBook.
What's the best way to make a backup of it on another external hard ...
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1answer
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iCloud backup does not show up in restore list
The only iCloud backups that show up in the list when choosing to restore a brand-new iPhone (4S) are ones from November last year. However, I know that there should be much more recent backups than ...
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1answer
247 views
Backing up iPhoto pictures and folders from the command-line
I'd like to install a new OS X on a MacBook and I'd like to know what needs to be done to backup only the iPhoto pictures. I definitely do not want to backup the entire /Users/Cedric/ directory. All ...
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1answer
333 views
Restoring iPhone's state from a dd hard drive image
This article, Recover Lost Data From Your iPhone, in its "Method 1" suggests a promising method to backup iPhone's entire state, that is iOS settings, apps, email settings, media files, that is ...
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1answer
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Best strategy to transport a MacBook backup
I just bought a new MacBook Pro overseas. I currently own a MacBook Air and I need to bring a backup of this current computer to US, so I can restore it on my new computer when I arrive.
I currently ...
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1answer
1k views
Is it safe to delete “~/Library/iTunes/Mobile Backups”?
Good morning-
Is it possible to delete the contents of ~/Library/iTunes/Mobile Backups? This seems to be where backups were stored in older versions of iTunes/iOS? It appears like it is every ...
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How to delete an individual machine (which I do no longer own) from Time Capsule backups?
I decided to take advantage of Mountain Lion's ability to encrypt backups, and I noticed that the Time Machine app is capable of deleting individual backups.
That being said, I've got other backups ...
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1answer
275 views
Will Apple's Mac Remote Wipe delete items on external disk?
With all the news about remote wipe I am wondering if having a backup on an external disk that is connected to my Mac is OK. Or if someone did a remote wipe, would they wipe that disk as well?
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2answers
1k views
Which Time Machine backup destination over Wi-Fi to choose: old computer running Ubuntu or Time Capsule?
Here is my situation. I live in a shared house where there is already a wireless router that other people use. I have a Macbook Air that has 128GB of hard drive. I want to use Time Machine for ...
2
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1answer
2k views
Export all stickies at once on OS X 10.8?
I am using Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8). I have a lot of stickies, but have been unable to find a simple way to export all the stickies at once as either text or HTML.
Have I overlooked something ...
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1answer
413 views
Is my private key available in the Time Machine backups? Where can I find it?
I've used Time Machine on my Mac to perform backups of my Lion install. My SSD failed and I installed Mountain Lion on my machine.
Now, I want to recover my private key from my backup so I can ...
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2answers
1k views
Will installing Mountain Lion require a complete refresh of my Time Machine backup?
I currently have my Time Machine backup on my network and access it wirelessly. This means a complete backup of half a terabyte of data can take a significant amount of time. So, I'm concerned that ...
2
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1answer
251 views
Is it possible to backup my iCloud contents?
One of the major features in Mountain Lion is the ability for almost all programs (certainly all the pre-installed ones and any newer MAS based apps) to store the files that they create and/or edit in ...
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2answers
393 views
Time Machine says “Waiting to Backup” after ML upgrade
I just upgraded to ML and my Time Machine says "Waiting to Backup".
Is the cause of this got to do anything with Spotlight indexing?
2
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1answer
784 views
Sync iPhone and dead mac
I have an iPhone 4 loaded with data (apps, contact, and photos)
iOS 4.x (not using iCloud), This phone was synced with my iMac and worked fine... Suddenly, my hard drive crashes. All my data was on a ...
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2answers
586 views
Stop Spotlight from indexing a drive that is regularly unplugged and reattached
I backup my Mac laptop to a volume on an external Thunderbolt drive using SuperDuper. This drive gets removed every day when I take my computer to work, then reattached when I get home. Because it's ...
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4answers
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How to revert to Lion from Mountain Lion?
I'm running a Mid-2011 Macbook Air, my first Mac. When I bought it, it had Lion pre-installed. Yesterday I picked up an external hard drive, and made my first Time Machine backup. In the next few ...
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3answers
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Proper backup procedure for upgrading to OS X Mountain Lion
I'm rarely an early adopter of new software, but I'm taking the plunge today and buying Mountain Lion. I don't know if it will break anything important (I run a few rather obscure programs on my ...
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1answer
370 views
Time Machine performing a mobile Backup to a location I can't find anywhere
First of all:
I'm running OS X Lion 10.7.4 on a recent MacBook Pro, have a local USB hard drive (1TB) Time Machine is configured to use for backups – this works perfectly fine.
Additionaly, I once ...
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2answers
3k views
Time Machine from networked Mac?
Is it at all possible to setup Time Machine so that it backs up to a disk image on my external Mac?
Here's my setup:
My MBA which will be backed up
MBP which is connected to the wireless network
...
0
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3answers
2k views
iPhone backup restore SMS
I have had to restore my iPhone 4S to factory settings - wiping everything on the device. Fortunately I have frequent backups so I was able to restore most of the settings and stuff.
However, is ...
2
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1answer
190 views
USB vs FW400 for iMac G4 external backup drive?
I am setting up an old iMac G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.8 as a computer to back things up from my network. I.e. it uses SSHFS to mount network shares and back up their contents (about 120GB) to a ...
2
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1answer
325 views
iPad Backup without iCloud or PC/Mac
Are there apps or appliances available for iPad (or iPhone I suppose) that would allow me to backup the content (photos etc) of my iPad without a PC?
I was thinking of something like ...
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1answer
476 views
Where does Time Machine store its cache? Mine is sometimes corrupted
Whenever a backup is run, Time Machine says "Preparing Backup...". During this stage, it looks for what files have been changed since the last backup by comparing changes in the Event Log (I assume) ...
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2answers
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Time Machine keeps asking to create new backup?
Every time a backup completes I get this message -
'Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.'
I am backing up to ...
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1answer
424 views
Will updating my iPod delete my files?
I am going to update my iPod to the newest software and was wondering if this will delete the files?
Most of my songs are from my old computer which I now longer have, so I no longer have the songs ...
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0answers
84 views
What is a good way to backup a disk mounted to an Airport Extreme?
So I'm overly cautious about having backups of my stuff.
I have 3 MacBook Pros
Mine
My Wife's
My old one which now serves as our iTunes/iPhoto server, etc...
I also have a 500GB disk attached to ...
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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 ...
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3answers
365 views
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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1answer
186 views
How to get Time Machine disk to backup itself?
How to get Time Machine disk to backup itself (ie, non-Backups.backupdb on the Time Machine disk)?
Specifically: I moved my /Users folder to a separate parition, a parition that also houses Time ...
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0answers
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Facebook deleted email addresses from Contacts, how to restore?
Most of my contacts that I'm also connected with on Facebook, no longer have any email address in Contacts. Sigh!
The problem is described here:
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=13197
I ...
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5answers
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Data Storage Using Dual-Boot System
It's probably not pertinent, but I'm a Mac user since the 1980's. I freely confess that as a middle-aged dog I find it increasingly harder to keep up with the latest and greatest in available Apple ...
3
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1answer
89 views
Move external HD to a new drive, but have Time Machine think it's the same?
I have two external drives, one for data and one for Time Machine backups. Time Machine backs up both my internal HD and my external HD. My external HD is dying, so I bought a new one and plan to ...
0
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0answers
82 views
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 ...
0
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2answers
217 views
Video backup solution in the Cloud
I'm about to purchase the new Macbook Pro with Retina display and I want to get the cheapest version. But it only comes with a 256gbyte hard drive. I probably use 30gbytes for all my data and ...
3
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1answer
614 views
Time machine backup/restore: “This user's data doesn't need to be transferred”
So, I had a MacBook Pro 15", Late 2011, that I've been using daily since I got it last October. I set up time machine and every day after work, I would bring my laptop home and plug it into my time ...
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2answers
328 views
What should I do before I give up my iPhone?
I am changing jobs and so I am giving back to the old company an iPhone 3GS running iOS 5. I am searching for a To-Do list for things to copy from the iPhone to a Mac computer so that I don't lose ...
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1answer
370 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 ...
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2answers
379 views
Need AirPlay and a network drive - is having two devices my only option?
I am replacing a PC in my house with a Macbook Air, and there are two primary functions that the Air won't replace:
Streaming music to a whole-house audio system.
A home-base for my main ...
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2answers
2k views
Clone the Windows partition with Carbon Copy Cloner?
I have bought a new Hard Drive and I want to switch from my old disk to my new one. Time machine will do the job for my Mac partition, but not the Windows partition I guess. So I'm looking for way to ...
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2answers
374 views
Time Machine stuck on “Preparing backup” whenever returning from Boot Camp to OS X
I have Windows 7 installed in Boot Camp. Whenever I go into Windows 7 and then go back to OS X Lion, and then run a Time Machine backup, Time Machine is stuck on the "Preparing Backup" stage for a ...
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0answers
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Backing up Notes in the Apple Mail app?
Is it possible to backup the Notes in the Apple Mail app? (Not just a single note via copy-paste, but the entire set of notes including titles, date modified, the device on which each note was ...
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0answers
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How to prevent Time Machine from creating new backup?
Time machine tells me that it completed a verification of your backups and wants to create a new one for me. This will remove all previous ones.
Is there a way to make it use the existing backup ...
