time machine

My MBP (16’ M1) has a hardwired connection to my local network and in that network is a Mac Mini that has an external SSD disk attached to it that is specifically dedicated to Time Machine (the SSD). It has worked fine for years. Recently I needed a backup of a preference file in the OS, and I...

This seems to not be as easy to find an answer to as I thought. I have a TM External backup. It's been acting weird, so to be safe I'd like to transfer ALL the backups (back to January) that are currently on that HD). I've read about setting Extended Journaled vs. AFPS; I've read the 2016 "how...

I was finally able to get Big Sur on the MacMini (2014). The backup is 713gb. I had to get a different external drive, after having fought for a week with the Partitioned APFS 2T ED that was so painfully slow. I gave up on that one and reformatted the ED that had been the TM B/U with Mojave...

Hi all... I'm wondering if my DroboS work as a Time Machine Backup for macOS Sierra as when I visit the official Drobo website it's not listed as an officially supported product on macOS Sierra... but then again... neither was it supported for El Capitan but it all worked fine. Has anyone else...

Actually have a couple questions that may or may not relate. Just trying to wrap my head around it and maybe learn something new. And please let me know if I'm mixing apples and oranges. Spent some time online and on the web searching for answers and though there's a lot of info out there, I get...

Hi all, I'm looking to buy a NAS drive to work with my mac, iPad and PS3, basically I'll be using it to stream media to my PS3, backup my mac via Time Machine and it will also be used as an iTunes server. I haven't got a fortune to spend as if I did I'd go for a Synology straight away so...

Bought a new Mac Mini and migrated from my Time Machine backup. I then read this with some optimism: http://www.macworld.com/article/1161421/migrate_time_machine_backup_to_new_mac_in_lion.html I do not however get any such options. On the new Mac Time Machine refuses to backup because there...

See title of description of what the base problem is. Even if I Back Up Now, it will only calculate all the changes, prepare, and then it stops. The Latest Backup date never changes. What would be causing this?? The only way i've been able to get the computer to save an update is by...

Hi Today i tried to make a time machine copy with my external drive, btu while I was doing it, the system said my drive only had 20GB left and needed at least 130 . The thing is that my esternal drive is 400GB but when i connected to the my laptop I could only see the last copy I had made. I...

I have a portable hard disk which I use on my Windows XP System. I have a Chinese friend who has a Mac Air and I plugged my Windows hard drive into his system thinking I could transfer some files to his system. Time Machine 7.0 was running on his system. Some windows came up and I just...

iMac 2.66 GHz, 640GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM. I have a Western Digital external hard drive used by Time Machine. Worked perfectly for a few months. Now every day, I get a message that a backup failed because the disk appears to be read only. I launch Disk Utility, and run Verify Disk. It...

I understand that "Time Machine" likes to just have a hard drive all to itself. But, I have a 300gb harddrive and a 500gb external backup drive. Is it possible to put folders or files from another computer - a different computer - onto the same backup drive without Time Machine going wonky? If I...

I have a Mac Pro running Snow Leopard. I would like to do the following, and am wondering if this is a good idea... 2GB Internal Drive = Operating System and... 2GB Internal Drive + 2GB Internal Drive (Striped RAID) = 4GB = Time Machine. (This is a total of three drives, one containing...

Quick Question: I just purchased a 500gb Seagate External (the plastic one) at OfficeMax, and upon checking out, noticed that it is "compatible with Windows Vista, EP." Okay. But no mention of the Mac. The salesperson said, "oh, yeah, it will just ask you if you want to format for the Mac, blah...

Hi, Just got back in to macs yay! they are the best. Anyway, I have a netstore 3500 packard bell external hard drive. I can access it either via ftp or smb no problem. My son has a PC and uses it too, but his pc has the drive mapped I cant seem to do this on the mac. I want to use it to...

My iMac has a 500 GB HD; about 100 GB is used. What size external HD is necessary for a Time Machine backup: 100 GB? 500 GB? More?

This is what I'm doing, but still no luck in setting up my Time Machine - did once now I get 'Connection Failed'... 1) Open System Preferences 2) Choose Time Machine 3) Choose Backup Disck 4) Enter your user name AND password so Time Machine can accesss the file server "Time Capsule" 5)...