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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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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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Does Time Machine fail gracefully if I eject the backup disk during a backup?
I'm using an external USB HDD as my Time Machine backup disk for my MacBook. I have it plugged in as long as I'm working at my desk. I don't have it with me when I take the laptop somewhere else. ...
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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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TimeMachine backup username changed and unable to restore after HDD replacement
I'm in a bind! My late '09 iMac running OSX 10.7 (Lion) was repaired under the Seagate warranty replacement for a faulty 1TB internal HDD. Prior to taking it to the Apple Store for the repair, I ...
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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't ping a linux server with MacOSX. Software related
I'm having an huge problem with my Mac, from months.
I have at home a linux server, a CuBox. It's running Archlinux, running fine. Everything works.
But the Mac can't ping the CuBox.
I will paste ...
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Using TimeMachine backups after changing (short) username on OS X?
I changed my (short) username on OS X Mountain Lion using the instructions mentioned here.
I am guessing that would sort of invalidate all the TimeMachine backups I had till now. Is there a way to ...
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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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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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Reparing a corrupt Time Machine backup on a Time Capsule won't work
I tried to follow these instructions:
http://www.garth.org/archives/2011,08,27,169,fix-time-machine-sparsebundle-nas-based-backup-errors.html
But after typing in the hdiutil command I only get one ...
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What differences are there between using the Server.app Time Machine server and simply sharing the attached backup HDD?
I'll get a Mac mini next week and apart from other things, I'd like to use it as a backup server via Time Machine and an external HDD.
As I want to be able to access the HDD from remote anyway, I ...
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How do I reinstall the OS when buying a MacBook Pro since no install media was delivered to me?
I just bought a refurbished MacBook (through a reputable retailer) and 3rd party external drive for Time Machine backups. There are no install discs and my concern is that after the warranty ends (90 ...
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Restore 10.8.2 to original developer settings
So I am at a point in a rabbit hole of troubleshooting programming problems (a lot of it seems to involve my gcc and fortran compilers, but I have long lists of libraries interfering with one another) ...
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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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Custom Scheduling of Time Machine backups
How can I customize the schedule at which time machine backups.
I am annoyed by looking at the number of times I see the TimeMachine backing up several MBs every hour and then the cleanup.
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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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Time Machine and Storage
I have a 3TB external HD that works both Mac and PC for storage. I understand the "best" way to back up the Mac would be partition the external as explained here: Time Machine - can it share external ...
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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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Weird issues ejecting external hard drive
I have a 1TB Western Digital external hard drive that I use for Time Machine backups (and storage of a few other large files). Recently (since Mountain Lion, I think) I've been getting the following ...
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Prompt When Ejecting Time Machine Drive
Whenever I eject the external drive that I use for Time Machine, I get this prompt:
However, in actual fact, this particular drive has got only ONE (1) partition, so it's rather annoying that I ...
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Can I fix this problem backing up Time Machine to an external HD via Airport Extreme?
I'm using a MacBook Pro and I decided to try using my WD Passport external HD wirelessly by connecting it to my Airport Extreme. I had previously used this external HD for storing things as well as ...
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Time machine error backup failed with error 11
I have a western digital 2TB hard disk (wd caviar green) connected through a unitek sata hdd docking station with my macbook air (10.8.2).
When I try to backup with time machine, the backup fails ...
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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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Restore OS X 10.6 Time Machine backup to OS X 10.8 iMac
I just got a new iMac and have tried to use Time Machine from Snow Leopard, but Mountain Lion does not see the older back up (it is on a USB drive). All of my music and photos are in my back up and my ...
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why when I load recovery mode does it say the last timemachine back up was ages ago
My hard drive is fragmented, so I have decided to restore my machine. I have a external hard drive which I use as my time machine drive. I ran time machine and It said that my last back up was an hour ...
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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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How to make Time Machine backups over network without OS X server?
At our institute, we have several Macs (from 10.6 to 10.8) but not one is running a server version. In the one running 10.8 there are 4.5 TB of hard-drives from which 2 x 2 TB are raided together ...
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One text file is not being backed up by Time Machine
I have this strange problem where a single text file (Notes.txt, where I keep random notes) is, as of yesterday, not being backed up by Time Machine. It exists in the many backups that I have dating ...
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Time machine freezes mac?
I had just installed new SSD on main bay and move HDD instead of SuperDrive on my 2011 MBP. All works perfectly but Time Machine. It freezes entire mac when I trying open Options on Time machine ...
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My OS X Mac Mini server crashed - How can I restore it?
I have a 2011 Mac Mini Server. It is the unibody model that has two hard drives and no optical drive. I got this second hand so I don't have anything other than the machine itself.
The way I ...
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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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Where does a Fusion Drive store Time Machine local backups? Should I disable local backups?
Time Machine in OS X does store local backups (snapshots) on the local harddrive if you have Time Machine enabled.
Even if you backup regularly, the size of the local backups increases steadily. In a ...
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MobileBackups not being backed up
My .MobileBackups folder is 32GB. I've plugged in my Macbook Air to the power and have already forced time machine to backup. However, the folder is still 32GB even after restarting...Did Time Machine ...
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Backing up a disk image with Time Machine
I'm storing backup of my Gmail account in a disk image, to cut on number of files on the main HFS+ volume. This makes Time Machine ignore the existence of this volume, just because it's in a disk ...
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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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Time Machine - List of Files that were backed up
I'd like to know to see which files are getting backed up by my time machine? I often see a large amount of data being transfered and I'm not sure sure what it is.
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Missing Time Machine Files caused by FSEvents Failure?
I recently did a clean install/upgrade to Mac OS 10.8.2. I did a final update of my ongoing Time Machine Backup and verified Disk Integrity. After reinstalling and restoring my files, I have learned ...
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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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Does Time Machine fix ownership of files when restoring from another Mac?
My computer recently crashed with no backup of Time Machine. I'm having issues getting a clean install to install on my hard drive (it won't let me do a fresh install from my Boot USB disk).
I am ...
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What does com.apple.timemachine.supported denote?
What does the presence of a file named .com.apple.timemachine.supported denote?
Is it safe to delete?
I find about a dozen of these scattered across my local hard disks, not the TimeMachine ...
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Time Machine Question
Is it possible to use Time Machine such that I can restore the machine to specific date in time? By restore I mean fully restoring the exact same files system wide.
For instance, today I'm sure that ...
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How to partition External HD for both Time Machine and other purposes?
I have retina MacBook Pro with 256GB and a 1TB external HD.
That external 1TB hard drive I want to use for several things, one of them is to backup my system.
Is it possible to partition using Disk ...
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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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Time Machine Backup freezing computer
Time Machine on my computer is trying to backup onto a external hard drive, but the only thing I get is the famous beach ball of death which makes my computer extremely slow.
When I go to cosole.app ...
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HOME dir on another disk, how do I restore from TM backup?
I have two disks in my MBP. One is small SSD for the OS and applications, and the other is slow HDD for my HOME folder, downloads and stuff like that.
I have Time Machine set up. Everything seems to ...
