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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 ...
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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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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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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 ...
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Restoring to previous state: concerns with Carbon Copy Cloner and Time Machine conflict
One week ago I experienced an odd and catastrophic failure of my MacBook Pro. The details of the failure are not important, and the relevant parts have been replaced, among them a new HDD. Side note: ...
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Deleting undated files from Time Machine
I just bought a new MacBook Pro with Lion. I restored my files and apps from the MacBook with Snow Leopard, etc., from Time Machine. All seemed to have uploaded correctly, but after using several ...
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What is a typical transfer rate for a Time Machine backup over FireWire?
I am doing a TM backup for the first time to a portable disk from my macbook Pro(mid 2010) over a firewire connection (both ends).
The disk only contained a folder of around 20GB of manually backed up ...
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How can I retrieve passwords from old keychain after a new install? [duplicate]
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Move items from old keychain to new keychain
Having reinstalled a clean Snow Leopard. Is there a way to access the old keychain - I still have the old time machine ...
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How can I discover which files were deleted by `rm -rf`?
I had a little problem when running a script: this script reads a config file on $HOME, and it had ~/Downloads inside it.
Instead of saving a file inside ~/Downloads when I executed the script, since ...
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iPhone 4 Restore
When I upgraded to the new iOS 5 last week, I noticed that iTunes made a backup before installing, and then did a "restore". I realized that a lot of events in my iCal were missing, and so I tried ...
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Limit the number of versions time machine stores of particular files
Is there any way to limit the number of versions time machine keeps of files?
In this case, I want time machine to back up some of my Virtual Machines. However, Since VM images are very large and ...
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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 ...
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Moving from Lion to Snow Leopard
So it turns out that I am not the greatest fan of Lion after all. Is there a way I can downgrade from the Lion OS to the Snow Leopard OS if I bought my laptop in mid 2011?
There are plenty of sites ...
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Can I restore a Snow Leopard backup onto a Lion machine?
So I am a little confused and slightly worried, and I was wondering if someone could answer this.
I have a Time Machine backup saved on an external HD for my Mac mini that is running the latest ...
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Recommended way to back up a Macbook before upgrading its OS?
I'm planning on upgrading a friend's Macbook from OS X Leopard to OS X Snow Leopard. I think it's a good idea to backup all the data before upgrading the OS, in case something goes wrong. The problem ...
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TimeMachine with multiple disks (one at a time)
I have backed up my Mac to an external disk using TimeMachine. When I plug in a different external disk the Mac still expects to backup to the first disk. Is it possible to backup to two external ...
