Re: [WAMUG} Time Machine Backup - post Big Sur and full backup drive

2021-04-12 Thread Peter Crisp
backup to run. When I glanced at it, it had backed up ~30GB of 230GB - so it is a substantial backup resulting from the MS Office update and the Big Sur update combined.  This confirms my confidence in TM as patience is important. When it says it is doing something - it probably is doing something

Re: [WAMUG} Time Machine Backup - post Big Sur and full backup drive

2021-04-12 Thread Ronni Brown
etting my MS Office 365 > subscription in order - which was an inhibitor for moving to Big Sur (as my > MS Office 2011 was not compatible with Big Sur) - I then have done the Big > Sur update. I am pretty happy with it and no gotchas for me yet with anything. > > However, duri

[WAMUG} Time Machine Backup - post Big Sur and full backup drive

2021-04-11 Thread Peter Crisp
Hi folks, during last week following my plunge into getting my MS Office 365 subscription in order - which was an inhibitor for moving to Big Sur (as my MS Office 2011 was not compatible with Big Sur) - I then have done the Big Sur update. I am pretty happy with it and no gotchas for me yet

Re: big sur

2020-12-23 Thread Stephen Chape
ell and have a very pleasant Christmas and New Year. > > As for Big Sur, I feel it is probably the best version in recent memory. > Everything works well and briskly. > > Regards > > John Thompson > jetj...@optusnet.com.au <mailto:jetj...@optusnet.com.au> >

Re: big sur

2020-12-23 Thread John Thompson
Thank you for the greetings Peter, much appreciated and I trust you and yours are safe and well and have a very pleasant Christmas and New Year. As for Big Sur, I feel it is probably the best version in recent memory. Everything works well and briskly. Regards John Thompson jetj

Re: big sur

2020-12-23 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
> On 23 Dec 2020, at 11:29 am, John Thompson wrote: > > Greetings All, > > A little patience is all that is required. Just after posting my previous to > the list, Macmini and Big Sur came to life. > > All appears good and the interface is quite pleasing. > >

Re: big sur

2020-12-22 Thread Stephen Chape
is that SuperDuper backup is dragging it’s feet. I have communicated with them via email and they don’t seem very concerned. Their response was like “ well just be patient or use Time Machine while you wait" It will not yet run with Big Sur. But that’s OK .. I have switched to Carbon Copy C

Re: big sur

2020-12-22 Thread Marcus Harris
edis and no problems noted. >> >> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all WAMUG members >> >> Keep safe and enjoy the festivities. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Philippe C. >> > > Great news Philippe. I must say I do feel better

Re: big sur

2020-12-22 Thread John Thompson
Greetings All, A little patience is all that is required. Just after posting my previous to the list, Macmini and Big Sur came to life. All appears good and the interface is quite pleasing. Best Wishes to all John Thompson jetj...@optusnet.com.au > On 23 Dec 2020, at 11:05 am, J

Re: big sur

2020-12-22 Thread John Thompson
the upgrade to Big Sur. It has been ove two hours now and still not up and running so I guess it is just a waiting game. A very Merry Christmas and happy and safe New Year to one and all. Regards John Thompson > On 23 Dec 2020, at 7:55 am, Pete wrote: > > Thanks Marcus! >

Re: big sur

2020-12-22 Thread Pete
gt;>> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all WAMUG members >>> >>> Keep safe and enjoy the festivities. >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Philippe C. >>> >> >> Great news Philippe. I must say I do feel better about Big

Re: big sur

2020-12-22 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
r, mainly Excel, Mail, GraphicConverter, Safari, FireFox, > Reunion and Heredis and no problems noted. > > Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all WAMUG members > > Keep safe and enjoy the festivities. > > Best Regards, > > Philippe C. > Great news Philippe. I mus

Re: big sur

2020-12-22 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Hi Rosemary and Peter, I have updated my 21” iMac 3 days ago, after having done a full bootable copy of the HD, and so far so good. I must admit that I have only used a few applications so far, mainly Excel, Mail, GraphicConverter, Safari, FireFox, Reunion and Heredis and no problems noted.

Re: big sur

2020-12-21 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
> On 22 Dec 2020, at 8:46 am, Rosemary Spark wrote: > > What do you think is it OK to download now? > Macbook Pro 13 " 2017 Catalina 10.15.7 > Cheers > Don’t see much in the way of problems out there in the wild. I’ll probably update during the Christmas break. Never did do Catalina, and

big sur

2020-12-21 Thread Rosemary Spark
What do you think is it OK to download now? Macbook Pro 13 " 2017 Catalina 10.15.7 Cheers Rosemary Spark PO Box 781 South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia Phone: + 61 ‭8 6397 6822‬ Mobile: 0414268043 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Tim, I’m still running High Sierra on my Computers. Have a read at this link https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-big-sur-known-issues Kind Regards, Ronni  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 7 Dec 2020, at 6:57 am, Tim Law wrote: > > Ronni does CCC still work okay wit

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Ronni Brown
ence SuperDuper or CCC ? > SuperDuper seems to get “top of the list” in reviews. > >> On 6 Dec 2020, at 6:26 pm, Ronni Brown wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-big-sur-known-issues >> Some Big Sur startup volumes don't

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Stephen Chape
following a CCC update last week I now have a bootable Big Sur clone of my > computer (as well as the two Time Machine backups). This applies to all the > machines in our house. > - my SuperDuper installations is patiently waiting for an upgrade. > > An interesting and annoying side ef

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Robin Belford
Dear All, My experience is - following a CCC update last week I now have a bootable Big Sur clone of my computer (as well as the two Time Machine backups). This applies to all the machines in our house. - my SuperDuper installations is patiently waiting for an upgrade. An interesting

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Tim Law
on my Computers. > Have a read at this link > https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-big-sur-known-issues > > Kind Regards, > Ronni > >  Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >>> On 7 Dec 2020, at 6:57 am, Tim Law wrote: >>> >> Ronni does

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Tim Law
Ronni does CCC still work okay with Big Sur? Tim's red iPhone > On 7 Dec 2020, at 5:58 am, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Hi Stephen, > > I’ve always used CCC, but I can’t remember the reason why I made that > decision. > There was a reason... ;-) > > Kind Regards, &

SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Stephen, https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-big-sur-known-issues Some Big Sur startup volumes don't appear in the Startup Disk Preference Pane In the past, the Startup Disk Preference Pane would list all available startup volumes, including volumes cloned by CCC (whether CCC used ASR or its

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Stephen, https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-big-sur-known-issues Some Big Sur startup volumes don't appear in the Startup Disk Preference Pane In the past, the Startup Disk Preference Pane would list all available startup volumes, including volumes cloned by CCC (whether CCC used ASR or its

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Stephen Chape
Thank you Ronni. Is your preference SuperDuper or CCC ? SuperDuper seems to get “top of the list” in reviews. > On 6 Dec 2020, at 6:26 pm, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Hi Stephen, > > https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-big-sur-known-issues > <https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Tim Law
Nothing new Stephen Just relying on Time Machine. Regards > On 6 Dec 2020, at 5:57 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Thanks for that reply Tim. > Are you using something else now then ? > I had thought about looking at Carbon Copy Clone. > >> On 6 Dec 2020, at 5:26 pm, Tim Law >

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Stephen Chape
Thanks for that reply Tim. Are you using something else now then ? I had thought about looking at Carbon Copy Clone. > On 6 Dec 2020, at 5:26 pm, Tim Law wrote: > > I used to use SuperDuper and was pleased you took the initiative to find out > from the manufacturer and share the information

Re: SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Tim Law
I used to use SuperDuper and was pleased you took the initiative to find out from the manufacturer and share the information with us. I guess I can use that 1Tb drive for something else now! Regards Tim Tim's red iPhone > On 6 Dec 2020, at 4:35 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Hi folks. > >

SuperDuper not compatible with MacOS Big Sur yet ??

2020-12-06 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi folks. I am finding this frustrating. I have emailed Dave at Shirt Pocket only to be told “just use Time Machine in the meantime”. Does anyone else in WAMUG use SuperDuper ? I use Time Machine, but also use SuperDuper at regular intervals on a Drive locked in my safe. I have not been able

SuperDuper with Big Sur !

2020-11-26 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi folks. I emailed Shirt Pocket yesterday re compatibility and got this reply today:- We're working on it. When we have something to announce it'll be at the blog - http://www.shirt-pocket.blog . -- Dave Nanian Shirt Pocket Regards, Stephen Chape -- The

Re: Big Sur ??

2020-11-16 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
> On 16 Nov 2020, at 4:54 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: > > I have had Big Sur installed on my 2017 iMac for about 3 days and no issues > so far !! > Reassuring news indeed, seeing that I also have a 2017 iMac : ). Still gonna wait a couple of revisions though... Kind

Re: Big Sur ??

2020-11-16 Thread Stephen Chape
I have had Big Sur installed on my 2017 iMac for about 3 days and no issues so far !! > On 16 Nov 2020, at 8:32 am, Robin Belford wrote: > > For those of you considering updating to Bir Sur. > > https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-big-sur-11-list-of-serious-install-upgrade

Re: Big Sur ??

2020-11-15 Thread Robin Belford
For those of you considering updating to Bir Sur. https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-big-sur-11-list-of-serious-install-upgrade-issues-updated/?utm_source=rss_medium=rss_campaign=macos-big-sur-11-list-of-serious-install-upgrade-issues-updated <https://mrmacintosh.com/macos-big-sur-11-list-of-seri

Re: Big Sur ??

2020-11-15 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
> On 13 Nov 2020, at 5:20 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Hi folks. > > The Big Sur macOS 11 upgrade seems to have crept up unnoticed. > Just heard about it from a UK Mac User Group I belong to. > > Regards, > Stephen Chape Yes, it literally crept in this y

Big Sur ??

2020-11-13 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi folks. The Big Sur macOS 11 upgrade seems to have crept up unnoticed. Just heard about it from a UK Mac User Group I belong to. Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines -