Questions tagged [time-machine]
Time Machine is Apple's built-in backup software. Time Machine was first introduced on OS 10.5 Leopard.
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Alternative backup solution for a mac?
I know that we can easily use time machine. However, i wonder if there exist any other way to backup the data on my macbook? Since I do a lot of modification to the system and sometimes make it has ...
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Cleaning up time machine
Is there a way to remove some of the absurdly old back ups from my time machine so I can continue using the disk that is now too full?
Or is this even the best idea?
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Any way to extract notes from iPod Touch backup?
Is there any way for me to extract notes from an iPod Touch backup? I had forgotten to back up the notes on my old iPod Touch and subsequently lost all my notes on it. It's been a year and a half now, ...
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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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Time Machine External Drive
What factors are important when selecting an external hard drive for time machine backups?
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TimeMachine over network without TimeCapsule
Are there any good/easy solutions for using TimeMachine over the network? I am currently unplugging the backup drive from the desktop to backup laptops but would like to do this wirelessly instead if ...
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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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Move Time Machine backup from local disk to Airport Extreme disk and share with others
I recently picked up a Drobo for storage and light backup, and want to clear the 1TB Western Digital external drive I have off my desk. I would like to still use Time Machine, but possibly off a share ...
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Time Machine: disk was not ejected properly
I have an external hard drive (Verbatim #47576) setup as a Time Machine drive.
Everyday, at random intervals, the computer warns me that the disk was not ejected properly. Why? How to prevent that? ...
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Encrypting/protecting Time Machine backup drive?
How do you guys secure/protect your Time Machine backup drive? Even though it's an external drive, it's still susceptible to physical theft though. What do you guys do for precautions?
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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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Why Did Time Machine Delete My Old Backups?
I recently upgraded my hard drive from the stock Hitachi 250GB to a Western Digital 320GB. I restored from Time Machine.
I plugged in my hard drive today and left my hard drive to back up. ...
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Quicksilver accessible script for disabling and enabling Time Machine?
I'd like to disable and enable Time Machine at will via Quicksilver.
'nuff said.
Do you're thang, nerds. :)
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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 ...
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How can I avoid Time Machine starts to back up files right after the Mac is restarted?
Sometimes I have to restart my Mac Mini because an application blocks it.
When I restart it, Time Machine starts to back up files right after 10 seconds I restarted the Mac, and it makes it slowly (I ...
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What would I lose if I needed to reinstall from a Time Machine backup?
Is there a list somewhere of the areas of the hard drive that aren't backed up by Time Machine? And does reinstalling from Time Machine install everything from the backup or just parts of it?
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How to backup Bootcamp partition via Time Machine?
I just started using Time Machine for backup of my late 2009 MBP.
So far it's backing up only OS X partition and ignoring Bootcamp partition.
I also see the point Time Machine completely ignores NTFS ...
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How to delete another machine's time machine backup?
I've used my Time Machine drive to back up my main machine, and also a friend's mac. Her machine is now being backed up on another Time Machine drive, and she'd like me to delete her backup.
I'm ...
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How would TimeMachine work with two external (destination) drives?
I would like to backup my data to two external drives. That way I would like this to work is that both disks should have have a full backup of my internal disk. Is this the way TimeMachine would work?
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Is the first boot after a full system restore from TimeMachine supposed to take a long time?
I have had the hard drive in my iMac replaced and now I'm trying to restore it from my TimeMachine back up. I thought the TimeMachine back up was corrupt but maybe I'm just not patient enough, or I'm ...
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Is there any way to see what OS X is doing when it's booting up when no chime is played? [duplicate]
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How can I see the system status during boot?
I have had the hard drive in my iMac replaced and now I'm trying to restore it from my TimeMachine back up. I thought the ...
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Can I access TimeMachine data from a machine other than the one that was being backed up?
I have an iMac with a dead internal drive. And I have it's TimeMachine drive. I'd like to know that the TimeMachine-based data is safe and sound so I'd like to restore it to my MBPro. But not over top ...
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Time Machine backup format
Is the format of Time Machine's backups documented, or standard? Can I extract the files with a non-Mac system?
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Enabling Time Machine for a USB HDD with NTFS
When I've plugged in my USB HDD (WD Passort Elite) for the first time, the system had asked me whether I want to use this HDD as time machine drive. I've chosen smth like 'decide later' and continued ...
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External Disk Capacity for Time Machine
I have a 500 GB hard drive in my iMac, and I am planning to buy a new external hard drive to use for Time Machine. I don't know if Time Machine synchronizes, or something else.
What size external ...
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Any way to get Time Machine to backup to Amazon Simple Storage Solution?
Just curious if it is at all possible to have Time Machine backup to the 'cloud' using Amazon Simple Storage Solution. I've setup Time Machine to work over the network before to unsupported volumes (...
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Time Machine backup is slow. How can I speed it up?
My time machine is backup is very slow. Connection is FireWire 800. Transfer is around 5 Mb/s or 0.5 MB/s, which seems slow. I've seen plenty of mention online of very slow Time Machine backups. What ...
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Time Machine multiple Disks Backup over Network
I have a Mac OS X Server 10.6 with a hard disk attached to it which has been configured as Time Machine destination. Over the Workgroup manager I have assigned the TM destination on Computergrouplevel....
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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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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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Should I use time machine to migrate from one mac to another?
I have had my blackbook for a little over 4 years now and think it's time to upgrade to a new macbook pro. I'm currently running leopard on the blackbook with time machine. I'm wondering if time ...
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How can I get Time Machine to ignore the data created by Spotlight?
I would like Time Machine to ignore the indexes and other metadata created by Spotlight, where are those kept on 10.6?
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Is there a bash command to check to see if Time Machine has finished backing up?
I'm writing a script that will rsycnc my Time Machine directory to a remote server using ssh. I've switched from a shell script to an AppleScript and then back to an Apple script and I don't really ...
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How to back up Windows 7 on Boot Camp to a Mac-formatted external drive?
I have MacBook Pro with latest Snow Leopard on it. I just bought an Iomega eGo external HDD for Time Machine backup.
I also run Windows 7 on Boot Camp partition and I normally use Parallels 6 to run ...
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How can I get Time Machine to back up the contents of a FileVault while logged in?
Disclaimer: this question and answer are targeted to the Snow Leopard implementation of FileVault where the user home folder is only encrypted in a bundle. Lion's implementation of FileVault doesn't ...
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Can I select only a few specific folders to back up with Time Machine?
Can I backup only specific folders with Time Machine?
If there is not an "official" way to do this, does somebody know a trick to do so?
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Time Machine: should I partition a 500GB disk?
I was considering using Time Machine and I was wondering if creating a 50 GB partition on a disk of 500 GB for it make sense.
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Command Line method to backup using two Time Machine disks
Does anyone know of a command line method to select the active Time Machine disk? I would like to alternate between two backup disks for redundancy. I would like this to be automated, presumably via ...
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Time Machine with only one internal disk
Is it possible to use the time machine backup system without an external (or second) HD?
I know that the protection to disk failure will not be guaranteed anymore, but the file accidental deletion, ...
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Upgrade time machine storage?
I'm going to buy 2T external HDD to replace my already full 1T HDD external. I want to keep the time machine backup data. In this case, is it just OK to copy all the time machine backup data in 1T HDD ...
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What is time machine backing up?
Is there a way to find out what time machine is backing up?
My time machine has been running fine, but it suddenly started to back-up 20GB a few days ago when I have not changed that much since last ...
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How can I use my existing Time Machine drive on the network?
I have an external HD that I've been using as a time machine for my MBP. Here's what I want to do:
attach the drive to my desktop machine
configure time machine on my MBP to use the drive as a time ...
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Running Time Machine only 1 time a day at 02:00am?
I must say that Time Machine is pretty useful, and it saved me a couple of times. The problem is it seems running all the times, and slowing the system down pretty often.
Is there a way/tool to run ...
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Can Time Machine on a server use quota?
We have enabled Time Machine on a Mac OS X server (10.6) with a big RAID drive. The server will be used by many users for their backup. How can we set quota so that every Time Machine backup takes up ...
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Is it possible to use Time Machine on a shared USB Hardrive?
I've a iMac with an external HD derserved to Time Machine. I also have a MacBookPro.
Is it possible to make this config :
Share the disk on the iMac so that the MBP sees it on the network
Ask Time ...
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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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Time Machine backup .sparsebundle file inaccessible on 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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Is there a limit on the number of Macs that can use a single 2TB Time Capsule?
I am looking at buying a few of the 2TB Time Capsules for our office, where we have about 20 unibody MacBook Pros with 128GB SSDs.
Is there a limit on the number of Macs that a single 2TB 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 ...
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