Time Machine is Apple's built-in backup software. Time Machine was first introduced on OS 10.5 Leopard.
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How to migrate several usb Time Machine backups to a Time Capsule?
I have several Mac each with its own USB hard drive, holding a Time Machine Backup.
I am wondering if I can move all of them to a Time Capsule. I have seen tutorial about single time machine backup, ...
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How to set up encrypted Time Machine backups to a remote drive?
I have an external drive which I used to do encrypted TM backups to, via a direct USB connection (i.e. the entire drive became encrypted - Lion).
I would like to switch to wireless backups but ...
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Moved my time machine backup drive to another computer, can see it but won't recognise old backups
I've been using an external hard drive on my MacBook for time machine for a year or so. Now I have a Mac Mini too and have connected the external hard drive to that for the same purpose.
I want to ...
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Why is the HFS Plus attributes file unusually small, for only a while, after using Time Machine to restore a Lion system?
Once after using Time Machine in Lion Recovery OS to restore a system, I noticed that the attributes B-tree was unusually small.
Initially I was worried (had Time Machine failed to backup some ...
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Time Machine fails to backup FileVault home directory on logout
I am using FileVault to encrypt my home directory, and Time Machine for backups. This is a typical workflow:
I am logged on. I plug in the USB hard disk drive that I am using for my Time Machine ...
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How Do I Target an Airport Extreme Shared Disk for Time Machine?
It looks like Apple may have changed something since I last configured this...
Some time ago (maybe two years?), I bought an Airport Extreme and plugged an external hard drive into it. From my ...
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Will backing up using time-machine also backup all the users?
I have two users on my MBP, and IIRC, both are Admin accounts. I want to upgrade to Lion GM, and have the dmg to do that. However, to be safe, I want to have a backup. I am not familiar with ...
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Use old Macbook as NAS/Fileserver?
My wife's 2007 Macbook has a busted screen and a screwed up keyboard. I have a work PC and she can use my Macbook Pro but I was wondering if I could use her Macbook sitting on my network as a NAS for ...
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Can I use TimeMachine with a Thunderbolt hard drive?
The Apple technicians told me that I needed a specific device to use Time Machine... namely a wireless device that had a relatively small hard drive.
Since I use Oracle Virtual Box and have very ...
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Why won't Time Machine work with a drive connected to an Airport Extreme?
Is there any technical limitation or engineering reason that could possibly be behind the inability to RELIABLY use a connected USB drive with Airport Extreme for Time Machine?
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Time machine backups and deleted files
If I delete photos from my current iPhoto library which have been backed up on time machine, will it be possible to recover these photos from my time machine backup once they've been deleted from my ...
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Can a Time Machine drive have several partitions, or does Time Machine need the whole HDD to itself?
Is it possible to partition and external drive an use only one of the partitions for a Time Machine backup? Or does Time Machine need its dedicated hard drive? (I've never used Time Machine before.)
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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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What are the advantages of Time Capsule over Airport Extreme with an external hard drive?
I would like for someone to outline the differences between buying a time capsule vs. just getting an airport extreme and attaching an external harddrive. The latter seems more flexible (easy to ...
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delete all backups of all machines and reset time machine drive
Delete all backups of all machines and reset time machine drive.
As you can see I just want to start over. There are some great discussions on deleting one backup at a time. I have 30 or so. I am ...
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Remove unnecessary backups from TimeMachine to get space
I know that oldest backups are removed automatically when there is no space for new ones on TimeMachine. I use TimeCapsule also for sharing files on WiFi, so I’d like to free some space by removing of ...
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What setup is needed to stay backed up and online after retiring the TimeCapsule?
My friend has the following kit in the house (although not all at the same time):
His MacBook Pro 15" with 500gb HD
Her MacBook Air 13" with 256gb SSD
Daughter's MacBook white with 500gb HD
His and ...
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Restoring iTunes/iPhoto Libraries After a Clean Install
I have an iMac i7 that's got a collection of files, settings, etc. that's the culmination of being transferred from past machines (originally an iMac G4, then a PowerMac G5).
I finally decided to ...
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Does the D-Link DIR-857 support streaming Time Machine backups from multiple machines?
I'm looking to replace my aging DIR-655 and the new DIR-857 looks appealing. This C-Net review has this to say about the USB port on the device:
SharePort is a useful feature of D-Link ...
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Problems with Parallels and backing up with Time Machine
I use Macbook Air and Lion. I use Time Machine to back up on my Drobo FS. All seems to be ok until I use Parallels. The Time Machine seems to take my virtual machine as one file so every time I open ...
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Can't delete old Time Machine backups
I changed hard drives for my Time Machine backup. I can't delete the backups on the older hard drive. I get an error code after I use "Move to Trash": -8072. It spends 45min deleting some 1,000,000+ ...
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Why can't I get my Time Capsule to connect to a new wireless network?
[Backstory for this question: I'm staying in someone else's apartment currently. All equipment mentioned in this post is being connected to their existing wireless network. That network is broadcast ...
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Does my Time Machine backup disc need to be dedicated?
I have an external HD that's about 60% full. The remaining space is more than enough for a Time Machine backup of my hard drive. If I enable Time Machine using that disc, will it erase my existing ...
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Time Machine backup taking a loooong time, is this normal?
I bought an external hard drive, plugged it into the USB port of my Airport Extreme base station, turned on Time Machine, set it to use that drive for backup.
It's backing up 350Gigs of data and it's ...
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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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Lost first backups - time machine
I seem to have lost my first backups, they disappeared from time machine!....
Is there a way to get back to them?
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Faster than Time Machine for Backup
I want to do a full backup of my Mac to an external disk AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. Does that mean I should use something other than Time Machine or set some settings?
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How to restore a backup to a user account? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to restore from a Time Machine backup when there is already a user account set up?
We just sold my wife's MacBook Air, and we're going to try sharing my MacBook Pro ...
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Does restoring from Time Machine also restore installed applications?
I am planning to upgrade my late 2009 MacBook Pro (running Snow Leopard) by replacing the 250GB hard drive with a new 1TB drive. I have been maintaining Time Machine backups.
I plan to install the ...
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Matlab on the command line error in Lion
I constantly get this warning in Matlab, which I run on the command line:
This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not ...
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Does Time Machine make a backup of Windows if using Boot Camp?
I'm using Windows 7 on my Mac. On the Lion OS I installed Time Machine to keep a backup of my Laptop. Does this backup also cover the Windows partition?
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Can I use 2 harddisks to backup using time machine (not duplicate, but to extend)
I have 2 x 500 GB external Harddrives and 500 GB internal harddrive . I use time machine to backup from the internal 500GB and one external 500GB HD to the second 500 GB HD. This is good till date ...
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TimeMachine and an External HFS + NTFS HDD
Can I partition my external HDD into 2 HFS + NTFS? and use HFS+ partition for TimeMachine backup. I already lost my info once in this way, this is why I have to ask now, before doing some stupid ...
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Time Machine hasn't been backing up the full system since before 10.8.3
Look at your hard drive. Now look at me. Now look at a recent snapshot in your Backups.backupdb directory from after the 10.8.3 release (March 14th-ish); now look at mine. Hopefully, your snapshot ...
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Time Machine is doing very large backups
Background: I bought new drive for Time Machine backup. First backup took about an hour and backed up about 80 GB (let's considered as good behaviour). Second backup was supposed to be above 70 GB ...
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protecting keychain data when using Time Machine
I plan to use Time Machine to back up by data.
If the backup is not encrypted, can someone with access to the TimeMachine disk access my keychain passwords? Do they at least need to know my system ...
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Is a 10.8 Time Machine backup restorable under 10.7
I want to revert my system from 10.8 Mountain Lion to 10.7 Lion. Will Time Machine (or Migration assistant) gracefully restore my users and files created under 10.8?
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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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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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How effective is a Time Machine backup?
I'm having a problem with Office not installing correctly and not being able to update. I have one last resort which is Backing up and formatting my system.
However I would like to know how effective ...
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How do I erase an encrypted TimeMachine drive on Mountain Lion if I've forgotten the password?
My question is similar to this question. I have a USB drive that contains an old encrypted backup. I don't remember the password and don't care about loosing the backup - I just want to be able to use ...
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Time machine: network hard drive vs Time Capsule
I read that is possible to set up a Network Hard Disk in order to connect it to the router and perform wireless Time Machine backups on the Hard Disk.
What are the pros and cons of using a Network ...
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Browse another encrypted time machine backup that's on a NAS
I have a Time Machine backup of my MacBook Pro pro that's encrypted and saved on a Synology DS212j NAS (OS X detected my NAS as a possible location to save my backup). Right now I'm on my MacBook Air. ...
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What external HD can I use to my Airport Extreme Base Station for use of wireless Time Machine?
The title pretty much says it all. I currently have an Airport Extreme Base Station and I want to be able to use the USB port on it to hook up an external hard drive and use it as a wireless means of ...
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Keep backing up when I put machine to sleep?
I use Time Machine, with an external hard drive connected by USB, to back up my MBA. If Time Machine is in the middle of backing up my drive and I close the lid of my computer, Time Machine will stop ...
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Account on Mac restored from Time Machine has FileVault turned off
My Mac book pro was stolen.
ML 10.8.2.
I successfully restored all system from Time Machine backup.
I remember having turned on FileVault on my user account on original system.
But on restored system ...
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Using Time Machine with a already used NTFS disk
I have just updated to Mountain Lion 10.8.2; I have done a clean install.
Now after I have installed all my apps and configure them I would like to create a Time Machine backup; so I could have the ...
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Lost Time Machine Password - Unable to Format Disk
I lost my password to my Time Machine backup. It's on a Seagate FreeAgent USB drive. I don't mind losing the data, I just can't figure out how to format the drive. I found this thread, however, the ...
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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
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Reinstalling OS X Lion vs restoring from Time Machine backup
If the system doesn't boot up (it was due to this issue), is it better to reinstall OS X Lion, or restore from a Time Machine backup?
I do see a Time Machine backup from 3 AM last night, so if that ...
