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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to use my own sparse bundle image on Time Capsule for backups?
I'm trying to create my own sparse bundle image on Time Capsule and set it up for Time Machine. My main requirement is to limit the disk space allowed for backups but I would also like to encrypt ...
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How do you access the content of the iPhoto bundle from Time Machine?
I would like to access the files of the iPhoto library bundle to retrieve just some of the files to help solving this question about corrupted iPhoto db files properly.
In time machine mode there is ...
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Can you repair a Leopard sparsebundle in Lion?
I have a MacBook that runs Leopard and uses Time Machine to backup to a linux based server. For a long time this setup has worked perfectly, but apparently it stopped working over a week ago. It ...
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Repair Time Machine sparsebundle that will no longer mount
I messed up my Time Machine backup in some way. I'm no longer able to mount the sparsebundle file as I get an error stating that there are no mountable filesystems.
I used the hdiutil command to ...
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Time Machine sparsebundle corrupted on disconnect
I've been using Time Machine over wifi and have had a recurring problem with corrupted sparsebundles. The scenario is a relatively new Airport Extreme, a MacBook with Leopard, and a partitioned ...
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Merge Time Machine Backup
Is it possible to merge to Time Machine Backups?
When I look inside the sparse-bundle which Time Machine generates then I see that the folder-structure ordered by dates. So theoretically I could copy ...
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Is it normal for it to take hours to delete a Time Capsule “sparsebundle”
I'm trying to make room on my time capsule to make backups (it currently tells me it's full).
I got help in this question with how to delete individual backups, but it didn't solve the problem. ...
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Why can't I access the Time Machine backup .sparsebundle file on my new computer?
I've been at this for a solid 6 hours now, hoping like heck someone here can help me.
I've had a Time Capsule for nearly 2 years, consistently backing up two different laptops in my home using Time ...
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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 ...
