New answers tagged time-machine
0
Yes, TimeMachine is Apple's way of doing backups (both user, and whole system, as long as you aren't excluding system files).
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
0
You can use timedog for that.
timedog is a Perl script that displays the set of files that were saved for any given backup created by Mac OS X Time Machine. By default it shows those files that were saved in the most recent backup. The listing includes the file sizes before and after, as well as a total file count and size. The script includes an option ...
0
So, to summarise, if I understand correctly, you have:
old 500GB drive in an external case, with good data
new 1TB installed internally, with bad data
I would do the following:
Plug in the external 500GB drive.
Hold the option (alt) key whilst turning on the Mac, then choose to boot from the external drive.
Erase the internal drive using Disk Utility.
...
0
Apple only supports backup to Time Capsule, so the wording there is a constant and not something designed to know it's not backing up to Time Capsule as opposed to an actual server or directly connected drive.
You can test this (since I doubt they recently changed course on this with an update) by connecting a totally new drive to the Airport Extreme, wipe ...
0
Sounds like this drive is on its last legs, given that it spontaneously dismounts and then churns. Inexpensive USB3 drives with larger capacities exist for probably less than you paid 5 years ago for this aging drive.
Go for a replacement - you won't be sorry when you really need to restore something important. Why take the chance that the drive will fail ...
0
Question: Is the [AEBS + USB/AirDisk + Time Machine] combo finally,
officially supported? On Mountain Lion or something? I couldn't find
documentation along those lines but since we're talking about backups,
I just want to make sure I'm not following an unsupported mechanism.
It is not supported.
From KB article OS X Mountain Lion: Disks you can ...
1
Well, this thread exists, which I must have missed when I first looked into the problem.
While I'm not sure why the issue was occurring, I can reasonably say that it was related to 10.8.3, and at least one other person I asked was not experiencing the same.
Anyhow, this behavior is caused by /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist, and in ...
1
You aren't supposed to browse the Time Machine directory tree directly. Try entering Time Machine from the Finder and just look for those folders from there.
If you're sure that those folders aren't in the backup, check System Preferences -> Spotlight -> Privacy.
To check all the excluded items, you can execute this command from Terminal:
sudo mdfind ...
0
Problem understood. The disks were actually locked by the failed copy of the backup folder I tried to do between the two disks shortly before.
If it happens to you, just make sure the disks are not locked. In the worse case, reboot.
1
A very useful page about Time Machine: http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
2
This isn't normal, but you have two options:
Just wait for all the processing to finish or error out.
Help the process along.
In this case, an initial backup can take a long time, but the way to help the process along is to delete the .../whatever.inProgress file. You could also try backing up to a new drive to make sure it's not a problem with the Mac ...
0
I'm pretty sure it helps to delete an old backup. I struggled around with the same problem and solved it by deleting the oldest backup. See here how to do that.
0
I think this is a normal issue. See here, the first backup is expected to take a long time…
0
This solution worked for me:
In Terminal, make a directory called ".fseventsd" (mkdir .fseventsd) in the drive mounted by Time Machine, and add a file inside called "no_log" (touch no_log).
It tells fseventsd process not to bother reading the backup drive.
The annoyance ceased immediately. Time Machine backup worked flawlessly.
I found the solution on ...
0
In 10.7 and later you can start up from the recovery system and choose Restore From Time Machine Backup.
Or if the backup was made on a different Mac, Apple recommends using Migration Assistant. See Mac Basics: Time Machine:
Restoring your entire system from a backup
If you are restoring a backup made by a Mac to the same Mac
With your ...
0
TM is by default set to 60 minutes, or 3600 seconds.
But you can change that to, lets say, 5 hours or any number without any hack.
Run this command in Terminal:
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 18000
Top 50 recent answers are included
