Hi there, My Time machine backup destination is a networked storage drive. I
had to change the password . This required a new backup job as I couldn't find
any way to change the existing password in the Time machine settings. When
adding the drive there was a message such as detect
I should have been clearer. I meant to ask for a quality drive large
enough to do the job,
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Guys,
Subject says most of it. I need a Time machine drive
Guys,
Subject says most of it. I need a Time machine drive large enough to back up
most, but not all, of an 8TB internal SSD. I’ve excluded all the directories
containing all my VST instruments as they could be redownloaded from their
respective manufacturers. I assume they would have to be
r startup device). Have a
> good ferret around in there. Apple explicitly documents manipulation of local
> mailboxes in the Finder, so it cannot be so bad—albeit that finding the
> mailbox itself can be a bit tedious since it’s heavily nested. But you’ll
> find it, eventually. If yo
the mailbox
itself can be a bit tedious since it’s heavily nested. But you’ll find it,
eventually. If your Time Machine backup is local, then begin your journey by
opening the backups.backupdb folder on that backup volume, and descend into the
computer folder, and then backup folder for a given
gt;
>>>> On May 20, 2021, at 5:03 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi John,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for this. It sounds complicated, though. Would an alternative be to
>>>> simply r
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> Thanks for this. It sounds complicated, though. Would an alternative be to
>>> simply restore my old Mac from the backup? I made the backup on Monday, so
>>> about the only thing that would be d
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> Thanks for this. It sounds complicated, though. Would an alternative be to
>> simply restore my old Mac from the backup? I made the backup on Monday, so
>> about the only thing that would be different would be the personal mailbox
t sounds complicated, though. Would an alternative be to
> simply restore my old Mac from the backup? I made the backup on Monday, so
> about the only thing that would be different would be the personal mailboxes
> I deleted. I’ve never had to restore from a time-machine backup though, so
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>> On May 20, 2021, at 12:22 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have on
personal mail folder that I forgot to copy over to the new Mac. I
> would like to retrieve it from my last Time Machine backup of the old Mac.
> Anyone know how to do this?
> TIA,
> Donna
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Hi all,
I have one personal mail folder that I forgot to copy over to the new Mac. I
would like to retrieve it from my last Time Machine backup of the old Mac.
Anyone know how to do this?
TIA,
Donna
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igrate my data manually rather than using either a Time Machine
> backup, or the Migration Assistant. This way I know I have transferred only
> the data and not any of the accumulated garbage from the old Mac.
> Since I keep most of my files in iCloud drive, this is a very simple
>
I prefer to migrate my data manually rather than using either a Time Machine
backup, or the Migration Assistant. This way I know I have transferred only
the data and not any of the accumulated garbage from the old Mac.
Since I keep most of my files in iCloud drive, this is a very simple
Hi all,
I'm excited to say that I'm a proud owner of a new MBA.
In the past, I've migrated my data using a time-machine backup, and it seemed
to go faster and more smoothly. However, that was several OSes ago, so I
thought I'd see what the current thinking about tha
that, the new SharePoint should appear in the
>> table of SharePoints. Get the Contextual menu for the new Shared Time
>> Machine SharePoint from within this table of the Sharing pane of System
>> Prefs.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Later...
>>
>> Tim Kil
refs.
>
> HTH.
>
> Later...
>
> Tim Kilburn
> Apple Teacher
> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>
> On Aug 26, 2018, at 11:39, Eric Oyen <mailto:eric.o...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello folks,
> I am having a
Machine
> SharePoint from within this table of the Sharing pane of System Prefs.
>
> HTH.
>
> Later...
>
> Tim Kilburn
> Apple Teacher
> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>
> On Aug 26, 2018, at 11:39, Eric Oyen <mailto:eric.o...@gm
im Kilburn
Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Aug 26, 2018, at 11:39, Eric Oyen wrote:
Hello folks,
I am having a problem here. I need to setup a shared drive that already has a
time machine backup on it to share from my high Sierra Mac mini to th
Hello folks,
I am having a problem here. I need to setup a shared drive that already has a
time machine backup on it to share from my high Sierra Mac mini to the MacBook
(lion OS X) unfortunately, even though the directions in the help file say to
click on the “+” next to the drive in the share
]
On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs
Sent: Sunday, 17 July 2016 3:05 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash
Yes, but the backup data is in the trash now so can’t that is what I am trying
to get rid of.
> On Jul 16, 2016, at 3:50 AM, Simon Fogart
mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs
> Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 6:21 AM
> To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
> Subject: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash
>
> Hi everyone,
> I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup
16 July 2016 6:21 AM
> To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
> Subject: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash
>
> Hi everyone,
> I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the
> trash, tell it that I want to remove all items, inclu
Tubbs
Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 6:21 AM
To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
Subject: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash
Hi everyone,
I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the
trash, tell it that I want to remove all items, including locke
turday, 16 July 2016 6:26 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash
Hi,
If you restart your Mac, you should be able to empty the trash. Regarding a
better backup solution, others may disagree, but I believe that Time Machine is
your best op
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On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs
Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 6:21 AM
To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
Subject: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash
Hi everyone,
I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the
tras
e using a large portion of its space. If you are using
> less than 1 TB on your internal drive, then a 2 TB external should do the
> trick.
>
> Later...
>
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>
> On Jul 15, 2016, at 12:20, Joshua Tubbs wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
d.com
On 7/15/2016 11:20 AM, Joshua Tubbs wrote:
Hi everyone,
I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the
trash, tell it that I want to remove all items, including locked ones, but then
it tells me that some of the backup folders, such as the user folder, which is
o delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the
trash, tell it that I want to remove all items, including locked ones, but then
it tells me that some of the backup folders, such as the user folder, which is
now on this new Mac, my home folder and something dated something in July, are
Hi everyone,
I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the
trash, tell it that I want to remove all items, including locked ones, but then
it tells me that some of the backup folders, such as the user folder, which is
now on this new Mac, my home folder and
ell me how to set that up?
> Thanks much.
>
> Tony
>
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kayaker
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:09 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Kayaker
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:09 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.
Hi,
Sorry, but this is absolutely wrong. Do not
ted as to how you
> want to move your data, one option will be from an external time machine
> backup. Don’t worry, you can always do this later with the migration
> assistant utility.
>
> If you don’t have a lot of apps and data to move, consider doing this
> manually.
process. But basically, you will be
asked if you are moving from another Mac and will be prompted as to how you
want to move your data, one option will be from an external time machine
backup. Don’t worry, you can always do this later with the migration assistant
utility.
If you don’t have a lot
sense.
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On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed
Sent: Wednesday, 13 April 2016 11:43 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Restoring from a Time Machine backup.
Hi list,
I took the plunge and got m
Hi Sadam
Michelle here,
Good luck you will enjoy your Mac air.
Kind regards
Michelle
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> On 13 Apr 2016, at 9:42 PM, Sadam Ahmed wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I took the plunge and got myself the 11-inch MacBook Air.
>
> It should arrive on Friday.
>
> My question is wh
Hi,
Assuming you have the backup already created, here is what you do.
Plug the external drive in to your new macbook air. Now, press command
- r and you should boot in to recovery mode. Turn on voiceover and you
should see a few options. Interact with the table and select restore
from timemachine
Hi Sadam,
I think you will really be happy with the MBA. You can restore from a
time-machine backup, that is what I did. It was three years ago, and a
different OS, so I don't remember all the steps now, but my memory is that it
was pretty straight forward.
Have fun on Friday!
Cheers,
Hi list,
I took the plunge and got myself the 11-inch MacBook Air.
It should arrive on Friday.
My question is what's the easiest way to transfer my info from my
current MacBook Pro?
Can I restore from my Time Machine external drive?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Best wishes to all,
You would need to select Time Machine from the Dock and then, Open Time
Machine, while you are in Mail on the mailbox. Then, you would access the time
machine controls and go back to a previous date to see how that mailbox
appeared. Use the Window Chooser menu to locate the time machine contr
Hello all,
I do a time machine back up about every week to ten days. I am wondering if
there is a way to recover an e-mail from a backup from about two weeks ago?
thanks.
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That is very helpful. I did not know how to get to the drive.
Max
On 2 May 2014, at 12:09 pm, Alex Hall wrote:
> I did just that. I opened Finder, hit cmd-shift-c for Computer, and opened my
> Time Machine drive. I then navigated to the folder holding the backup I
> wanted (they are labeled as
I did just that. I opened Finder, hit cmd-shift-c for Computer, and opened my
Time Machine drive. I then navigated to the folder holding the backup I wanted
(they are labeled as the dates on which they were made) and from there found my
file. Have a look at the folder structure sometime so you k
Hi,
I now have an external USB drive. I have backed up the files from the Mac. If I
need to can I restore only selected files or folders? For example If I
accidentally delete a file can I restore that file from the backup,?
Thanks as always for any advice.
Max
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Ok, between disk verification and rebooting my Mac, the backup has succeeded.
Odd.
Teresa
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too
dark to read."--Groucho Marx
On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
> I spoke too soon. Still wrestling with disk
I spoke too soon. Still wrestling with disk verification, which says it appears
to be ok. However, Time Machine is still balking.
teresa
On the other hand, there are different fingers.
On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
> Thanks, Paul. you put me on the right track, I think. M
Thanks, Paul. you put me on the right track, I think. My backup external drive
is listed twice in the backups table, so I chose the “other one”. How odd. I
don’t know what caused that to happen, but there you have it. It was listed
twice, with the same capacity and the same name.
Thanks,
teresa
Hi,
I had this happen to me a few months ago, before Mavericks came out. It
appeared that my computer got renamed. Just once, I saw a dialog, saying that
my computer name, mac mini, was already on the network. That message was in
error, because all I did was reboot my mini, and when it came on
Ok, I’m getting this message in my notification center repeatedly. I have it
set to notify me when old backups are deleted. It says the current backup is
supposed to be 168 gigs. That doesn’t quite sound right. I upgraded to
Mavericks the day it came out, but it’s taken this long for this proble
Hi,
I have no idea what I did or how it suddenly did this, but I spent several
hours going seemingly round in circles with it. Then suddenly, it started a
backup and not wanting to crow too soon, I waited and it finished after an hour
and a bit. I presume-hope-that all should be well now ... do
Hi,
It sounds
like you should reconfigure Time Machine and thus repoint your Mac to that Time
Capsule for performing the Time Machine backups. This process should only
affect the Time Capsule disk and the Time Machine setup and thus should not
affect the other wireless and Internet settings.
Hi,
I unplugged it and replugged in again as recommended. I still couldn't get it
to do a backup. I have tried to go into all the settings. I restarted it via
airport utility. Then it disappeared and I had to go and pull out the ether net
cables before it could recognise it again.
Now it appea
Hi Kirsten,
First thing that I would do is to restart your Time Capsule. You can do it
through the Airport Utility or just unplug the power to it, leave it unplugged
for about 40 to 45 seconds then plug it back in. Wait a bout a minute for it
to restart and re-establish connectivity and see i
Hi, I have just discovered that my time machine has not backed up to my time
capsule for a month. When I try to force it it says back up disk unavailable.
When I went to the help it said to go to airport utility which I did, but I
couldn't tell what was wrong. Also in help it said the password m
I don't believe so. I'm trying to get to user/library but on a time machine
backup. user/library is hidden. I know how to unhide this on my Mac HD but,
not in a backup.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Feb 29, 2012, a
Hi,
If you open the time machine backup in the finder just like it was your regular
hard disk, can't you get to the user library from the go menu?
Robert Carter
On Feb 29, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> There are some files and folders I would like to get
Hi list,
There are some files and folders I would like to get to on my time machine back
up. The problem is, the user library is hidden. Can someone tell me how to
unhide the user library folder in a time machine backup? I know how to do this
on my Mac HD via the go menu. Just can't f
Hi,
But you can always just turn that off and backup manually.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On Jul 8, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> True. So it's a bit smarter about that then I described. Still the end result
> of backi
> On Jul 7, 2011, at 9:34 PM, David McLean wrote:
>
>> I've done this several times simply by copying the backed up file over the
>> original on the main drive.
>> On Jul 7, 2011, at 9:46 PM, Paul Hunt wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone. I have never rest
e backed up file over the
> original on the main drive.
> On Jul 7, 2011, at 9:46 PM, Paul Hunt wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone. I have never restored files or folders from a Time Machine
>> backup. Since I use VM Fusion I will probably need to restore my image at
>> some
True. So it's a bit smarter about that then I described. Still the end
result of backing up multi-GB files from virtual machines can really
reduce the amount of history you can keep. My backup drive is 500GB so a
full day of backups was hitting 80GB plus whatever else I touched. A
month of dail
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Chris Blouch wrote:
First it will make incremental backups once an hour until it fills up
all available space on the backup volume. At that point it will start to
prune the oldest backups first to make room for new backups. So the bigger
your drive and the smaller the incre
Thanks Chris.
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[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 12:14 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Restoring files from a Time Machine Backup
Two bits I wanted to clarify here to make
rything will slow down as your Mac tries to fling GB of data
from your main drive to the backups each hour. Throw Jaws on top of
Windows with VMWare with a Time Machine backup running and you have a
not-so-great experience. So there are a couple things you can do to
minimize this:
1. Don't
Oh,
I've never had this problem.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296
www.mobileaccess.org
On Jul 8, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:
> You'd think it would be that easy, but every time I look at an older backup,
> the permissions are not righ
You'd think it would be that easy, but every time I look at an older backup,
the permissions are not right--sometimes I can't even read, much less write or
execute.
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ttp://twitter.com/kliphton72
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> Sent from my IMac
>
> On Jul 8, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>
>> Yup,
>>
>> Thats the easiest way. Just go to the drive witht he time machine backup,
>> find the
the drive witht he time machine backup,
> find the proper date/time, then find the file and copy it. Then paste it on
> your Mac HD or where ever you happen to want it.
>
> Ricardo Walker
> rwalker...@gmail.com
> Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalker296
> www.mobileaccess.org
&
Yup,
Thats the easiest way. Just go to the drive witht he time machine backup, find
the proper date/time, then find the file and copy it. Then paste it on your
Mac HD or where ever you happen to want it.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, & AIM: rwalke
I've done this several times simply by copying the backed up file over the
original on the main drive.
On Jul 7, 2011, at 9:46 PM, Paul Hunt wrote:
> Hello everyone. I have never restored files or folders from a Time Machine
> backup. Since I use VM Fusion I will probably need to
Time machine is completely VO friendly, so you can do a restore; as for the
steps, I'm sure they're on the net, at
www.icanworkthisthing.com
or
www.maccessibility.com
or similar. as for getting size and information on your mac, go to Desktop (VO
Shift D) and select your partition--whatever i
Hello everyone. I have never restored files or folders from a Time Machine
backup. Since I use VM Fusion I will probably need to restore my image at
some point. Can this be done accessibly using Voice Over? If so, what are
the procedures? Also, how can I quickly check my free space on the Mac Mini
Great, glad you got everything restored, the mac does make this quite easy.
On Mar 4, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Allison Manzino wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wanted to thank you for your assistance with my Time Machine backup
> dilemma. Thank you to Sarah, and Mike, for all your help. I am happy t
Hi all,
I wanted to thank you for your assistance with my Time Machine backup dilemma.
Thank you to Sarah, and Mike, for all your help. I am happy to say all my files
are back! I just had to reboot and try migration assistant again. Once I did
this, it took an hour and all my files are back
y Foret Jr wrote:
> Okay. This is too weird. I turn my Mac off for the day, then return home
> only to start it up again and find out that I cannot see my time machine
> backup disk. I seem to get stuck when trying to repair the disk or erase it.
> What in the world to do next?
too weird. I turn my Mac off for the day, then return home
> only to start it up again and find out that I cannot see my time machine
> backup disk. I seem to get stuck when trying to repair the disk or erase it.
> What in the world to do next?
>
>
> Sincerely,
> The Cons
turn my Mac off for the day, then return home
>> only to start it up again and find out that I cannot see my time machine
>> backup disk. I seem to get stuck when trying to repair the disk or erase
>> it. What in the world to do next?
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
&g
efootedray
On Feb 17, 2011, at 9:42 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
> Okay. This is too weird. I turn my Mac off for the day, then return home
> only to start it up again and find out that I cannot see my time machine
> backup disk. I seem to get stuck when trying to repair the disk or erase
Okay. This is too weird. I turn my Mac off for the day, then return home only
to start it up again and find out that I cannot see my time machine backup
disk. I seem to get stuck when trying to repair the disk or erase it. What in
the world to do next?
Sincerely,
The Constantly
Yes, you can do that, but with the Itunes Music folder, I'm not sure if you can
do that without re-choosing the Itunes library or some such procedure. I fixed
the Itunes screwup I made manually by renaming all the tracks to (roughly)
their correct designations. :)
• Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I think I know how to restore a single folder from a time machine backup, the
> operative word being think. I think that all you have to do is access the
> drive you have your time machine backup on and open it, then you should be
> able to see the folders contained within your backup. I
Hi Mark and all,
I think I know how to restore a single folder from a time machine backup, the
operative word being think. I think that all you have to do is access the drive
you have your time machine backup on and open it, then you should be able to
see the folders contained within your
If you have more stuff than will fit on a 9GB DVD are you sure you want
to continue without a backup? Making a second copy onto the same drive
is not really a backup. If the drive fails, or you accidentally format
the drive or your computer is stolen it will all be gone. You can get an
externa
Hello,
I think he's talking about a temporary situation.
Dan
On Aug 27, 2009, at 2:58 PM, louie wrote:
>
> Mike if your internal hard drive goes bad what good will time machine
> do you? Get a external hard drive for time machine.
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Mike wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all:
>>
>
Mike if your internal hard drive goes bad what good will time machine
do you? Get a external hard drive for time machine.
On Aug 27, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Mike wrote:
>
> Hi all:
>
> Just took a look at time machine and I discovered that I need to brake
> my hard disk up in order to create a plac
Hi all:
Just took a look at time machine and I discovered that I need to brake
my hard disk up in order to create a place to store my backups. I
don't have an external drive or time capsle so how do I resize my
drive and turn it into 2 disks?
I'm thinking I have to resize in disk utilities and on
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