Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine backup failure

Thanks Sam. The backup is roughly 25GB but there is literally about 10GB left on the disk. There are other non time machine folders and files on the disk. I think what I will do is buy another passport drive and use it solely for time machine. Probably the wiser move, especially as the current

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine backup failure

Hi Jonathan How much data is there to be backed up? If you have a 2TB disk and (for example) 1.5TB data, the backup drive will soon fill up with dated versions of your files. Time Machine will automatically remove older backups but it won’t remove the last version of a file. If you’ve got plen

[sussex_mug] Time machine backup failure

Good morning all. I have a WD 2TB passport external drive that I use as my time machine backup drive. I have been successfully backing up to it for several years. For the past few weeks, time machine begins a backup and then abandons the process saying there is not enough room on the disk - t

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine and APFS

Thanks for the info Tony. I don’t have TM set to run automatically as I have it run by an external app (TM Editor) - I found the hourly frequency too much when using Xcode. I’m not sure why TM would be running, but I must say that I didn’t check after I’d connected the drive. As you’ve managed

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine and APFS

I’ve got a WD drive I’m using for Time Machine. I had to halt TM before doing an erase and reformat. TM uses fseventsd so that might be what you see. Anyway with TM not running Disk Utility happily reformatted the WD drive as APFS. I can confirm that with APFS TM runs much faster than with H

[sussex_mug] Time Machine and APFS

Hello all, Big Sur allows Time Machine to backup to an APFS formatted drive. Apart from just being a modern and robust filing system, it’s much faster to perform TM backups than HFS+ according to what I’ve seen. I planned to reformat my WD Passport drive using Disk Utility for speed and reliabi

Re: [sussex_mug] TIme Machine Issue

Thanks Sam and Jason. Phil Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: phil_w...@mac.com (me.com, iCloud.com) W: musicandmiscellany.com W: audio-icons.com W: peggysdiaries.wordress.com W: soundcloud.com/philberish • Freelance writer and product designer. • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. > On 26

Re: [sussex_mug] TIme Machine Issue

On 26 May 2020, at 15:51, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: I’ve seen that a few times, only resolution is to erase the drive and run a backup My experience (and colleagues who've asked me for help) is that TM drives get gradually and reliably corrupted. Annoying but I'm saying this to echo what Sam

Re: [sussex_mug] TIme Machine Issue

I’ve seen that a few times, only resolution is to erase the drive and run a backup _ Regards Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 i...@macambulance.com www.macambulance.com MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine Disk

There are a couple of Terminal commands I’d recommend running after finishing, but it should just be a case of selecting the drive in System Preferences > Time Machine Regards Sam

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine Disk

Thanks Sam. When I've cloned the old Time Machine backup to the new drive do I just rename the new drive "Time Machine"? and restart with it connected rather than the old one? Phil Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: phil_w...@mac.com W: philward.biz W: audio-icons.com W: peggysdiaries.wordpress.

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine Disk

CCC doesn’t copy Time Machine backups, but SuperDuper does Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen ACMT +44 (0)774

[sussex_mug] Time Machine Disk

Evening all, I want to migrate my Time Machine to a bigger drive but not lose the existing backups. I'm thinking I'll use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the existing Time Machine drive to the bigger one and then restart the Mac with just the new drive attached. Will that work? Ta Phil Phil

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

This is something that concerns me! On the grounds of “it went wrong once…” I’ll keep an eye on it! Regards, Andrew > On 17 Jun 2015, at 8:24 am, Sam - MacAmbulance > wrote: > > Just keep an eye on the drive and see if it goes wrong again. > > Regards > > Sam > >

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

Just keep an eye on the drive and see if it goes wrong again. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen ACMT +44 (0)

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

Thanks Sam! It all worked fine. Took HOURS - but has worked.Many thanks. Andrew > On 16 Jun 2015, at 10:22 am, andrew lancaster wrote: > > Thanks, Sam. > > I’ve erased the disk as you suggested and Time Machine is now backing up… I > shall see how it gets on! > > Andrew >> On 16 Jun 2015, at

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

Thanks, Sam. I’ve erased the disk as you suggested and Time Machine is now backing up… I shall see how it gets on! Andrew > On 16 Jun 2015, at 9:11 am, Sam - MacAmbulance > wrote: > > That just means the drive's directories were too severely corrupted to > repair. Try erasing it and see if

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

That just means the drive's directories were too severely corrupted to repair. Try erasing it and see if it can be used again. Follow my previous instructions on Finder preferences to show external drives on the desktop. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

It didn’t reappear on the desktop. And this morning I got this message appear on the desktop SO does this mean that the WD disk is dead? If so I shall buy a new back up disk - any recommendations? I’m loathe to buy the same make as it really hasn’t had a long life at all. And how do I back u

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

Try switching it off and on again, see if it reappears on the desktop Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen ACMT +44 (0)7747778022 i...@macambulance.co.uk www.macambulance.co.uk MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered compa

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

Can the My Book Studio have packed up completely?? It isn’t showing on the desktop, clicking on Back up Now in the Timer machine icon gives me a message “Back up disk not available Try backing up again when “My Book Studio” is available. It is plugged into the mains and the iMac, but seems not t

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

Sounds like the time machine backup drive has been wiped and re-set up automatically, I wouldn't have expected that. It may be worth erasing it yourself just to make sure (open Disk Utility and erase it there). To access the WD drive it should be on your desktop. If not, open Finder menu > pref

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine problem

Thanks. I didn’t know how to access the WD drive? So when the warning came up again, I clicked on available dicks My Book Studio - and it has stared counting down. But it now tells me that there are no previous back ups… However, something is happening. Presumably I have now lost all repvious

[sussex_mug] Time Machine verification

Dear SMUGs For a long time now my Time Machine has been working perfectly (A great achievement, for it wasn’t always so..!) Unhappily I have now received the dire message:- "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups… To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for yo

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine

Thanks Sam, I was away and offline when you posted, but I'm going to try it. If I can make it all right, it will be a wonderful saving, and I expect many others will bless you for it.. Ranulph On 5 Oct 2014, at 14:47, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Ranulph > > You can inherit the old ba

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine

I have a similar problem which I haven't solved yet, but Sam advised analysing the external disk, finding the sparse bundle for Time Machine and using disk utility to fix it. Phil T On 8 Oct 2014, at 09:53, NIGEL PROCTOR wrote: > I have a 2TB Seagate BUP Slim external disk attached via USB

[sussex_mug] Time Machine

I have a 2TB Seagate BUP Slim external disk attached via USB to my iMac for Time Machine backups. When the iMac sleeps and I log back in I get the error message " The Time Machine back up disk was not ejected properlyetc" and the back up disk is no longer connected according to the Mac even

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine

Hi Ranulph You can inherit the old backup sparsebundle with the MacBook Air using the command line tmutil. Click the Time Capsule in a Finder window > Connect to its share called Data > you should see a .sparsebundle file. Open Applications > Utilities > Terminal > type in sudo tmutil inheritb

[sussex_mug] time machine

I have a question that may be of help to several members concerning time machine and migrate assistant (and this is not about some very ambiguous wording). I migrated an air book to a new air book. The old one renamed itself air book 2, The ew one becomes air book, or air book 1 I have a full

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine Drive with Time Running Out

Belkin do a sort of hub which runs to your thunderbolt port, has 2 thunderbolt connections (but one has to go to your computer), and 3 usb3 connections, plus HMDI and ethernet. It's not ideal, thunderbolt is really underdeveloped, chaining seems expensive and I can't find a thunderbolt hub anywh

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine Drive with Time Running Out

Hmmm, yeah. A quick search reveals that these (enlightened) days I'd pay through the nose for a 2TB Firewire drive. Seems I need a re-think. It just never ends does it? Yeah, a Mac Pro would be lovely. I'll get one just as soon as I win the lottery :-) P Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: phil_

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine Drive with Time Running Out

You could always get a USB3 hub and connect your devices to that. It'll shift down to USB2 speeds on your iMac then when you upgrade to a MacPro ;) it'll shift back up to USB3 speeds. I have an 8 port Anker USB3 hub with a dedicated charging port, it's ace. Regards Sam MacAmb

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine Drive with Time Running Out

Thanks Sam, Of course what I also needed to mention, but forgot, is that the new drive really needs to be Firewire. P Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: phil_w...@mac.com W: www.philward.biz W: http://soundcloud.com/philberish W: www.thegalleons.com W: https://www.facebook.com/thegalleons W: http

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine Drive with Time Running Out

I would say 2TB western digital passport as they don't require an extra power supply and come with a 3 year warranty. You can either start from scratch and back up normally, or use SuperDuper to clone over the historic time machine backups (Carbon Copy Cloner doesn't support cloning TM backups).

[sussex_mug] Time Machine Drive with Time Running Out

Morning All, My Time Machine drive has just developed an unmistakeable death-rattle, it's also full. So first, what are the latest SMUG thoughts on the best brand of external HD to go with? And second, what's the procedure for replacing a Time Machine drive? Ta Phil Phil Ward Skype: ap

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine crisis!

Many thanks Sam. I had begun another (epic) backup before I received your message, so I think I'm going to let it run, just in case it's fixed (unless you tell me that you know that such an attempt is doomed!) I think I understand your instructions re repairing the sparsebundle (must google what

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine crisis!

Hi Phil Sounds like the sparsebundle that TM backs up to hasn't been closed off or is corrupt. This might take a while but try it : Mount the WD share as a volume on your Mac's desktop, find the sparsebundle file that TM backs up to Open Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility > drag the spars

[sussex_mug] Time Machine crisis!

Can anyone advise? Recently my Time Machine backup to a WD MyBook Live drive has gone disastrously wrong. I accidentally interrupted a backup just before it finished and this caused warning messages from Time Machine telling me that it would no longer make backups until a completely new backup w

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine

That worked. Thanks for reminding me. In the past when I've not been able to find my time capsule, turning off and then on has usually worked. This time the error message was different and I forgot the usual first cure for everything! Ranulph On 19 Mar 2014, at 09:06, Philip Tomlinson wr

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine

Hi Ranulph I have had several years of problems with Time Machine and Time Capsule. At present, thank goodness, it's been working brilliantly for months. I back up to a WD "MyBook" via ethernet connection and powerline adaptor. Last time I had a crisis, Sam helped me out by going through a length

[sussex_mug] time machine

Yesterday I was backing up fine. Today not. When I go to select disk, often a source of problems with time machine (in my experience) I get this message: The disk image "Ranulph's MacBook Air.sparsebundle" is in use. Try ejecting the disk Image. I don't know how to eject this. My time c

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

12GB, HDD, Mavericks The only time the iMac is stopped 'ungraciously' is if something has gone AWOL and I can't use it. Most of the time I never even switch it off - uptime just gave me: 17:57 up 33 days, 2:09, 3 users, load averages: 1.24 1.18 1.14 I'm finding TME very handy so I'm not wor

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

I found that if I log in as Administrator I can view the TM log just fine and all appears well. It's backing up again as I write. Thanks again for the app suggestion Jason. There are quite a few logs I can't see as my usual login as I don't have Admin rights for my normal user. It means that I

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

On 22 Nov 2013, at 16:25, itsagr...@mac.com wrote: One question with TME: I'd switched off TM via its big switch and let TME do its thing. A short while ago the TM menu bar item showed it was backing up and it now agrees by giving the last backup time on its menu. However, TME's Window>Show Ti

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

For me I think TimeMachineEditor will be the business. I like TM so much because: a) I don't even have to think about it - when I used Retrospect many years ago I had to remember that it was "time to do my backup", just like when I used to be in charge of backups at work. It was possible to for

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

On 22 Nov 2013, at 13:53, John Patrick wrote: I would say it's one of the better general backup solutions available, easy to use. for certain things, it knocks the stuffing out of any other. By that I mean 'when the hell did I delete that file?' because retrieval is so easy. In the old days

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

On 22 Nov 2013, at 13:41, Phil Tomlinson wrote: I had hoped that a new backup disk would improve its grindingly annoying constant backing up system, but that didn't work you can tell it to go once a day or at intervals with TimeMachineEditor. Have a look, you can get the best of both worlds..

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

I would say it's one of the better general backup solutions available, easy to use. Speed of local hard disk and read/write access time of the timemachine plays a big part. Backups all have issues; how do you handle open files; how do you handle changes whilst the backup is happening; how much sp

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

An interesting discussion - I very much agree with Toby. TM is excellent as a retrieval device (and great fun to operate) but I wonder how many people leave it "on" for automatic backup? I have stopped doing that for about a year now. I had hoped that a new backup disk would improve its grinding

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

I have a kind of love/hate relationship with time machine for the very reasons in this thread. I don't know if John Patricks 7 steps are exactly what its doing, that's a horribly inefficient way of backing anything up - but it wouldn't surprise me if its pretty close to the mark. Just to clarify

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

Thanks Jason - I'd never heard of that app and it could well do the job. I've downloaded it and will give it a whirl. It's free too! Stephen On 22 Nov 2013, at 11:50, Jason Davies wrote: > On 22 Nov 2013, at 11:31, itsagr...@mac.com wrote: > >> The backup drive is attached to the Airport Ex

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

It does a few hidden things which might not be apparent to the average user, I would suspect it something like the following. 1) Connect to timemachine, get meta data about last backup 2) Tidy up old backups and merge some older ones together as it says it does the following; - Hourly backups for

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

On 22 Nov 2013, at 11:31, itsagr...@mac.com wrote: The backup drive is attached to the Airport Extreme which naturally slows things down but I was wondering if anyone here has any ideas as to whether there is anything I can do about the seemingly endless disk writing. I used TimeMachineEdito

[sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

Hi all, Is it just me? It seems as though my iMac spends a lot of its time either preparing to backup, backing up or cleaning up. The time every hour when it's not running seems to be getting smaller and smaller. Is this usual? I'm not downloading huge videos every day and when I look it usua

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine, time taken (was: Problems with Time Machine & WD My Book)

Hi Graham Yes I read your previous post about this problem - trouble is my Mac / I.T. skill levels are not so very sophisticated. I fear I might royally screw up something by intervening at this level Might have more confidence tomorrow! Thanks, Phil T On 6 Nov 2013, at 16:54, Graham Perrin

[sussex_mug] Time Machine, time taken (was: Problems with Time Machine & WD My Book)

On Wednesday, 6 November 2013 15:16:11 UTC, Phil Tomlinson wrote: > … It is still a mystery to me why this epic backup had to happen > (Mavericks??) … > Not specific to Mavericks. Some Time Machine backups *can* take an extraordinarily long time to prepare then complete. You might find the

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine help

Yes, that looks interesting. In the end I did it by 'revealing' the Library item in the usual way, then opening Time Machine. It then goes back to previous versions of what you're looking at - in this case, the required Library folder. Thanks Rob - Rob Beattie Freelance writer an

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine help

Try using EasyFind On 8 Oct 2013, at 13:17, Rob Beattie wrote: > Anyone know how I access this folder on my > Time Machine back up? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" gro

[sussex_mug] Time Machine help

I've got a file I need to restore from a Time Machine back up but it's in the hidden Library folder (the one you can normally only 'see' if you hold down Alt and open the Go menu. Anyone know how I access this folder on my Time Machine back up? thanks Rob - Rob Beattie Freelance w

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine

Hi Andrew Yes a bigger drive would be much better for backing up. Time Machine creates a lot of dated variations of files, so you do need minimum 1.5x more space for backing up than the capacity of your drive. Time Machine should be deleting older backups to make space, but it'll always keep t

[sussex_mug] Time machine

Hi. Time machine wants to back up but has announced that my Iomega HDD is full up. How do I delete stuff? I don't actually require anything from before today (as far as I know!!) so can I just move the folders to trash and start again? I am assuming that it IS actually full as opposed to defun

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine question after SSD install in MBP

Hi John Is there anything in Applications > Utilities > Console output that sheds any light? Perhaps copy & paste the last few pages into an email (offlist) and I'll see if I can see any reason. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://w

[sussex_mug] Time Machine question after SSD install in MBP

Midnight... My macbook pro has been trying to do a full time machine backup for the past 6 hours but has only done 46MB out of 224GB so far... I bought a new SSD, made sure I had a full backup and then did a restore from time machine onto the SSD. Anyone else seen anything like this? John --

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine has stopped!

You're a star Russell. I launched the Airport Utility, selected the base Station in the window, then chose Base Station > Restart ... It's just completed a 1.2GB backup. Much appreciated. Stephen On 26 Nov 2012, at 14:16, Russell Brown wrote: > Try rebooting the airport and the external HDD

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine has stopped!

Try rebooting the airport and the external HDD. Sent from a device of sorts. @drbrown1970 On 26 Nov 2012, at 14:14, "itsagr...@mac.com" wrote: > Hi all, > > TM has been backing up to the disk attached to our Airport Extreme quite > happily since August. Today though, whilst it was backing up m

[sussex_mug] Time Machine has stopped!

Hi all, TM has been backing up to the disk attached to our Airport Extreme quite happily since August. Today though, whilst it was backing up my iMac locked up and the cursor vanished and nothing would make it work at all so I had to restart and since then TM will not backup as it says that: T

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine

I strongly recommend upgrading to Mountain Lion. I had horrendous problems with both Time Machine and Spotlight under 10.7.x and since upgrading to Mountain Lion these are now both behaving well. Actually most things seem better under Mountain Lion. Paul On 11 Oct 2012, at 23:30, Ranulph Glanv

[sussex_mug] time machine

My time machine appears to stall. When backing up, it gets part of the way, then stops. I have tried backing up to different discs (time capsule, usb), to no avail. I have tried many times, but it keeps stalling. However, where it stalls is not at the same place. Fortunately I have another clon

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine/time capsule

In case anyone else has the problem I had with my time capsule indicator light suddenly turning yellow for no apparent reason, while time capsule kept on working, there was a firmware update which was not caught by software update. I found this by following Sam's suggestion, below. Thanks, Sam,

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine/time capsule

Hi Ranulph You could simplify things somewhat by connecting the TC directly to the Virgin media cable mode, the netgear router is a bit superfluous unless you have a specific reason for it being there? Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 h

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine/time capsule

OK, so as your access continues uninterrupted, the TC is not dropping its IP address, it could just be checking software updates. I'd still archive it. Chris Webb . Principal MacService Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL t: 01580 881212 f: 01580 881313 m: 07770 9606

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine/time capsule

Thanks, Chris and Sam. I'll follow Sam's suggestion. Chris: I have virgin cable going to a modem, an ethernet cable from the modem to a router which connects in to my time capsule. I access everything by wifi, unless there's a problem, when I might use an ethernet cable. The modem is virgin's

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine/time capsule

Also, it may be worthwhile connecting and external USB drive with enough capacity to hold the contents of the TC's disk and using AirPort Utility to archive its contents. It could be turning up its toes. Chris Webb . Principal MacService Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine/time capsule

Hi Ranulph You can find out what the problem is by opening Applications > Utilities > Airport Utility when the Time Capsule is flashing orange, it should explain what the error is. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulanc

Re: [sussex_mug] time machine/time capsule

Ranulph, How is your network setup, what connects to what? Chris Webb . Principal MacService Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL t: 01580 881212 f: 01580 881313 m: 07770 960632 e: ch...@macservice.co.uk w: www.macservice.co.uk facebook: www.facebook.com/macserviceuk

[sussex_mug] time machine/time capsule

My time capsule has a very strange behaviour. Every so often (perhaps once a fortnight), the green light turns orange and flashes. Yet my network and internet access seem to continue just fine. Has anyone any idea why this happens, and if I should do anything about it? (Usually, when I see thi

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine partition locked

Could be a bad black on the drive then, perhaps when erasing it do a zero format. Select the drive not the volume name in Disk Utility, then go to Erase and you'll have security options, click that and select zero format. That should map out any bad blocks but will take ages! Regards Sam MacAm

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine partition locked

Thank you, Sam. Disk utility's verify/repair claims there is nothing wrong. I tried three experiments. Producing a disk image with disk utility gives me a locked disk I cannot open. Carbon Copy Cloner found errors and produced only a partial copy. As I have a back-up copy I'll erase the disk a

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine partition locked

Hi John Usually when that happens it's because the system can't repair some file-system damage on the hard drive and presents you the disk read-only so you can make a copy of it then erase. What happens if you open Disk Utility then select the disk and click on "Disk Repair"? Regards Sam MacA

[sussex_mug] Time machine partition locked

My time machine is on one partition of an external disk drive. Sometime in the last day (I don't know what I have done to produce this) a padlock has appeared on the disk icon, and I cannot make any changes. On the Get Info window it shows "custom" in the privilege column, ignores all my attempt

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine and network disks

Thanks Chris, I will certainly look into that. I have also found that I can share the drive connected to my iMac via the Sharing system preferences then on the MacBook I can 'Go > Connect to server ..." in the Finder and then the MBA can see the drive in Time Machine. Of course the iMac has to

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine and network disks

Stephen, The problem is the way the disk is formatted, or partitioned. You just connected the disk and started using it as the destination for your TimeMachine backups. Before you continue, be aware that TimeMachine backups written to network attached storage devices are written to 'sparseimag

[sussex_mug] Time Machine and network disks

Hi all, I currently have my TM backup disk connected directly to my iMac. My partner has just got a MacBook Air and I would like that to be wirelessly backed up if possible when he switches it on at home and connects to the network - I feel it will never happen if it has to be taken up to the s

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine backup

eem a longwinded way of recovery a disc for use regards Brian - Original Message - From: Toby Leighton To: smug@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine backup The second problem first because thats an easy one - radiation

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine backup

The second problem first because thats an easy one - radiation logo. That represents some files waiting to be burned to a blank cd or dvd. Lion handles these a bit differently now, but from memory you can just drag the "untitled cd" folder off the finder window to the left and let go, it should d

[sussex_mug] Time Machine backup

Two problems I have a terabyte disc that I use as backup. It now tell me that I have only about 11.95 gb available and will not complete a backup,it does not make room for any new backups I cannot find a way to empty the disc. next problem in the rhs of the finder window under favorites(sic) th

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine question

Many thanks for that reassurance Sam Hope all is well with you Kind regards, Nick On 1 Nov 2011, at 15:21, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > It'll pick up where it left off. If you look in the time machine backup disk > there's a file called .inprogress that it picks up from. > > Regards > > Sam > Ma

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine question

It'll pick up where it left off. If you look in the time machine backup disk there's a file called .inprogress that it picks up from. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk i...@macambulance.co.uk -- You receive

[sussex_mug] Time machine question

Hi all, I had to interrupt a new Time Machine back up onto an erased ext HD and then restart a few hours later. Will that have rendered the TM back up useless or can TM cope a stop start initial backup? Should one do the initial backup only in one go (ie. 12 or hours worth)? Thanks in advance, N

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine backups - or not!

Interesting to know that Matt - I said to Paul in Apple support that I'm sure I wasn't the only person using TM with this problem but I wasn't expecting another sufferer so close to home! He has just sent me an app called "Capture Data" which I ran, then ran my TM backup, then stopped his app.

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine backups - or not!

Very interesting... I have this exact same issue with mine. A couple of folders wont back up. Nothing special about them, I just have to accept it. I spent a good couple of weeks going round in circles before I eventually started backing up one folder at a time, eventually ending up with the dodgy

[sussex_mug] Time Machine backups - or not!

Hi All, I said some while back that I've been having problems with my TM backups and after spending easily over and hour on the phone yesterday with Apple support what we have found is that I have a folder that TM will never back up. It can be renamed, copied to the desktop and imported into an

[sussex_mug] Time Machine backup says it's "run out of space"

Hello all, Having connected up my existing TM backup drive to my new iMac it's now run out of space attempting to complete the backup from my new iMac. The TM disk is 500GB. The data on my new iMac - transferred from my old iMac - is 164GB so there should be plenty of space with 90GB remaining.

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query

Yes that'll do nicely! Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk i...@macambulance.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, sen

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query

: Sam - MacAmbulance To: smug@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, 15 May, 2011 20:12:40 Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query Best to leave no less than 10% free space but I wouldn't be comfortable using a drive that's got less than 30GB free. Much cheaper to upgrade your hard

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query

Best to leave no less than 10% free space but I wouldn't be comfortable using a drive that's got less than 30GB free. Much cheaper to upgrade your hard drive than get a new Mac! Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query

o the wind can I sail? Many thanks, Richard From: Jason Davies To: "smug@googlegroups.com" Sent: Sun, 15 May, 2011 15:04:45 Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query Yeah that does seem a bit extreme! Maybe they got tired of putting right bodg

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query

Yeah that does seem a bit extreme! Maybe they got tired of putting right bodged home fixes under AppleCare or something... >From my iPhone On 15 May 2011, at 14:07, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > > If you've got a 2011 iMac, you're stuffed anyway as you can't upgrade with > your own hard driv

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query

Best thing is just to upgrade the hard drive in your Mac, then you don't need to worry about deleting files. You have to think what would happen if your backup drive were to fail and you'd deleted all those files off your hard drive. If you've got a 2011 iMac, you're stuffed anyway as you can't

Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query

Thanks Jason From: Jason Davies To: "smug@googlegroups.com" Sent: Sun, 15 May, 2011 10:18:10 Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Time machine query No it will keep them for when they were there. They will eventually disappear as TM Manages the space

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