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Time Machine is Apple's built-in backup software. Time Machine was first introduced on OS 10.5 Leopard.

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Can't copy files from one hard drive to another (same sizes)

Time machine uses Unix hard links. This is confusing the copy software which results in the same file having multiple copies. Here is how to make the copy according to Apple. https://support.apple. …
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Time Machine Backup: separate configurations for different drives?

"A few times a year I back up pretty much everything to that." I suggest you use a cloning software package for making your once in awhile copies. I use Time Machine to get a historic copies of my fil …
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Is it possible to use `tmutil delete` or another command to delete one file from all backup ...

Here is a way to exclude folders from timemachine. Hold the command key and type the space bar to bring up Spotlight. Type Time Machine and open the system preference (not the application). Click t …
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Using Time Machine with 2 internal drives

I agree that TimeMachine will backup both internal volumes. https://www.baligu.com/pondini/TM/32.html My sister's 2012 MacBook is running terribly slow I would spend a little time diagnosing why the …
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Where is system.log in TimeMachine backup

I would like to get older versions of /private/var/log/system.log files from TimeMachine. Is this possible? How? I see current system.log files. I went to folder /private/var/log then invoked Time …
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Can Time Machine files be restored across different OSs?

Each mac can only run versions of macos that apple allows. You need to look up your older machine in a database like http://mactracker.ca/ to find out if it supports el capitan. There is a five re …
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Accidentally deleted everything from a directory on my Macbook using terminal

You do not need to restore your whole machine. You need to restore only one folder. Time machine is much faster than I assume. Seems like a big deal to me since I've been trained never to relay on b …
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Finding and Renaming Mislabeled Duplicates

I would strongly recommend a total backup of all your data before proceeding. After that, create a new account and play-around from the new account. "Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide" covers everythin …
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