Preserving copies of data which enable recovery from a data loss event.
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5answers
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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
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2answers
356 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.
4
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11answers
21k views
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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1answer
1k views
Error when restoring a iOS 4.3.5 backup onto a iOS 5 device
I have tried several times with several backups, but i keep getting the message that the backup is corrupted or not compatible.
1
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1answer
281 views
Why does a Time Machine backup not complete when destination is a Shared Volume?
I have six Macs in my house, all running the latest, greatest version of Snow Leopard. I also have an eMac (PPC) running Leopard 10.5.8. I use the eMac as a file and print server. The eMac has two ...
0
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1answer
18 views
Can Time Machine backup two HDDs to Time Capsule?
I have two physical harddrives in my Mac. One is an SSD with the OS and apps. The other is a 1TB HDD for media. Can I setup time machine to backup both drives to time capsule?
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0answers
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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 ...
0
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1answer
17 views
apps disappeared after unlocking, backup and restore of my iphone
I unlocked my iphone yesterday and backed up and restored my data, however my apps did not come back onto my phone . how do i find them on my computer in my back up and restore them to my iphone?
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0answers
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How to recover iOS 7 backup into iOS 6.1.3 [duplicate]
ive recently upgraded my iphone 4 to iOS 7 beta but i realized that it wasn't quite good and it was laggy so i downgraded it back to iOS 6.1.3 but i lost all my data, and now im stuck with a new ...
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0answers
775 views
How to back up from the ios 7.0 file to ios 6.1.3 or 6.1.4 version? [closed]
I upgrade my iphone5 to ios7 but I just realized that I dont like it.
But when I downgrade my iphone into ios6.0, and wanna use the back up file from my latest version. (ios 7 backup) I failed.
Anyone ...
1
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0answers
178 views
Backup MBP to a network attached Disk Drive
Im kind of stuck with this... im following this link?
I get these errors that are in the image.
aka they timed out for some reason.
im upto 5b, stackexchange wont let me put a image...
image ...
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0answers
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backing up notes on 4th gen ipod touch to icloud
I have searched several websites and tutorials but haven't found any working way to backup the notes on the 4th generation ipod touch to my icloud account. Most recommend logging into one's icloud ...
0
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2answers
6k views
Recovery of deleted SMS
I have never backed up or sync'd my iPhone 4S and need to recover deleted text messages.
Are these stored until they are overwritten? When would the overwriting occur on a 32GB iPhone?
0
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0answers
6 views
How to recover a mac / audacity recording on mac?
I have a client who has been recording some audio using audacity on an apple mac.
They have lost their work and have asked me if there is anyway to recover the work they have done.
I know this is a ...
0
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1answer
4k views
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 ...
-1
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0answers
163 views
After restoring iOS from a backup made on an earlier version, some apps are stuck “waiting” even after downloading [closed]
After installing iOS 7 beta 1 on my iPhone, and restoring a backup taken with iOS 6, several apps get stuck in "waiting" mode. They are actually installed, and using spotlight to search for them ...
3
votes
2answers
6k views
Console reports “sandboxd deny mach-lookup” … Should I modify system.sb?
I'm getting two errors in the console at the same time TimeMachine is running and taking FOREVER to make any progress.
1/4/13 9:41:38.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(5838) deny mach-lookup ...
3
votes
3answers
1k views
How do I get rid of my encrypted iPhone backups to start from scratch?
Is there a way I can delete all my encrypted iPhone backups for which I forgot the password, so that I can start backing up from fresh?
At the moment I'm stuck in this loop (below) which I can't ...
1
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1answer
24 views
Deleted I tunes Backup file
I deleted my most current I Tunes back-up file, it had my daughter's BDay photos from last night. I have been on the phone with an Apple agent and no luck. It seems strange to me that this file would ...
0
votes
1answer
2k views
Extracting text notes from an iOS 5 backup file?
So, I have backuped my ipod touch ios 5, and downgraded to iOS 4.1 (the only with SHSH available)
Now i can't restore my backup to iOS 4...
I am only interested to my notes, do I have anyway to ...
4
votes
1answer
286 views
Best rsync options to transfer data between two Mac
I am about to move my data from my old iMac to a brand new MacBook Pro. I would like to start over with a fresh install on B and copy just a subset of my data, reinstalling applications from scratch, ...
1
vote
1answer
27 views
Make backup of Time Machine volume on Time Capsule
I have two laptops that back up via Time Machine to a Time Capsule. The shared volume on the Time Capsule contains two .sparsebundle files.
Can I copy those .sparsebundle files to an external hard ...
2
votes
2answers
373 views
How do I restore itunes library onto another computer
I followed all the steps as suggested for backing up and restore iTunes library in the apple support website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751 but I have problems with the 'choose library' part in ...
2
votes
2answers
2k views
How do you restore files from an iCloud backup
I want to restore a picture that I deleted from my camera roll on my iPhone. I have iCloud backup enabled, with the option for camera roll turned on, so therefore the picture I deleted should have a ...
0
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1answer
33 views
Turn off encrypted backup on iPhone that has a profile without removing profiles
I have iPhones that have profiles on them that were password protected profiles and those passwords have been lost. So we need to wipe the iphones and was hoping to to a backup first and then restore ...
0
votes
1answer
567 views
Remove missing pictures in iPhoto
My iPhoto (iLife 11, version 9.1.5) committed sepuku. No fear, I have backups.
The backups I restored, instead of having 182GB of poorly taken pictures, ended up taking 276GB. Something failed with ...
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3answers
2k views
external hd mac ntfs 3g could not mount
I got an external hd "clickfree hd" but when trying it with my Mac I get the following error:
ntfs 3g could not mount, error
I have tried NTFS-3G, MacFuse and FuseOSX. I'm running Lion but this ...
4
votes
3answers
1k views
Can I restore an iPhone from iPod Touch Backup?
If I buy an iPhone, can I restore it (along with app data) from an iPod Touch backup?
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vote
1answer
320 views
How can I backup my apps from the iPad to my mac?
I recently updated to Lion and didn't keep any backup of the local library for my installed apps on the iPad.
Now when I'm trying to update to the latest version of iOS it tells me this:
But when ...
1
vote
2answers
5k views
How to jailbreak 2nd gen iPod Touch without losing data?
I have an 8GB iPod Touch 2nd Generation that runs iOS 4.2.1, and currently it is not jailbroken.
I want to jailbreak it using redsn0w version 0.9.6b4. I have found these instructions, but I will lose ...
3
votes
1answer
66 views
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 ...
11
votes
2answers
283 views
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?
0
votes
1answer
293 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
39 views
Can I clone my Time Machine backups folder to an image file, to essentially backup the entire Time Machine?
I'm interested in creating a clone of my Time Machine backups (the Backups.backupdb folder) so that my local backup strategy isn't entirely dependent on the external HD being alive. My hope is that I ...
2
votes
5answers
460 views
Time Machine stuck on “Preparing Backup”
I have a MacBook Pro from 2009. It came with OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) but I upgraded to 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
A few days ago, I tried to backup my files on an external hard drive, like I have ...
0
votes
2answers
410 views
Restoring from Backup error - cannot be saved to computer
I have all permissions organized and a single backup in the correct folder. I have 23 GB of space. I have an Iphone 4. I recently synced it and updated to the latest IOS. My contacts were lost, ...
3
votes
1answer
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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 ...
4
votes
2answers
495 views
Can the content of an iPhone backup be extracted?
After upgrading my device from iOS 4.3.3 to iOS 6, iTunes doesn't allows me to restore from an old backup, saying that it is an incompatible backup.
Why is this? Is there any way I could restore from ...
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1answer
57 views
How can I see (and delete) app data for apps that aren't installed?
I recently did a "restore" of my iPhone, and loaded data in from a backup (an iTunes backup, not iCloud) So, all my apps were gone- I had to re-download them. So I did, but I noticed that when I did ...
2
votes
1answer
43 views
Are Time Machine backups to an external disk attached to a Time Capsule supported?
My 1 TB Time Capsule drive is full with Time Machine backups. I'd rather spend $130 on a 3 TB drive than $500 on a new 3 TB Time Capsule.
Is an external drive attached to a Time Capsule supported ...
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votes
6answers
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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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0answers
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Backing up Adobe CS6, Microsoft office, Camtasia on Time Machine - will they completely restore?
I have a hard drive problem. If I use Time machine to make regular backups, will Adobe CS6, Microsoft office, Camtasia and other installed programmes completely retore on a new hard drive without any ...
1
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1answer
659 views
restore Mac OS Mountain Lion to factory settings without discs or time machine backups
I installed XCode 3 on Mac OS Mountain Lion 10.8 and now I am getting the Apple BSODs.
Can I do a system restore without having the discs as I seem to have nothing to use, also I have no Time Machine ...
0
votes
1answer
1k views
How best to restore BootCamp partition from Acronis TrueImage backup?
The replacement for my dead Macbook Pro Retina arrived yesterday, and the Mac side of things was restored from a Synology NAS in 30 mins, which was great...
But on the BootCamp partition, it's a ...
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2answers
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How can I combine text messages from my old iPhone with my new iPhone?
I just bought a new iPhone 5 and used it before restoring the backup from my old iPhone 4. Now I would like to restore the backup from my old phone without loosing the text messages already on my new ...
2
votes
2answers
418 views
Time Capsule partly stops working after some hours
I have a new TimeCapsule 2TB and use it as a wireless AP, router, and backup device. The TimeCapsule is directly connected to the DSL modem.
When I turn on the TimeCapsule, everything works fine. ...
4
votes
1answer
599 views
Which iSCSI initiator should I use on Lion?
I am setting up a video editing / encoding workstation based on a mac mini and a freenas box for mass storage. We plan to use iSCSI to share the disk with the mac and had planned on using GlobalSAN's ...
1
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1answer
2k views
Time Machine — ‘Sparsebundle already in use’ error
A few days ago, Time Machine on my Mac reported an error: ‘Sparsebundle already in use’. Manual unmount of the Time Capsule didn't help, nor a reboot of my machine. Removing and re-selecting my Time ...
0
votes
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
votes
1answer
261 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 ...
