If you have a USB drive or other external storage device, you can use Time Machine to automatically back up your files, including apps, music, photos, email, and documents....
If Time Machine says that it can't use your backup disk to back up or restore your files, try these solutions....
Time Machine can back up your Mac to any of these storage devices that are compatible with Time Machine ....
Time Machine is designed to work in the background, without interfering with the regular operation of your computer. Time Machine backs up only the changes since your last backup , so after your first backup , future backups should be faster....
I keep getting this error message " Time Machine couldn't back up to ' Time Machine .'" OS Monterrey 12.4, latest. I'm using a Seagate Backup Hub Plus external drive and it has been performing backups perfectly but I'm now getting close to the 6 TB limit of storage (5.945 used) and no matter what I do it will not add any new backups , even though it's supposed to delete the oldest backup . So, here's my question: Isn't TM supposed to delete the earliest backups to make room for the latest backup ...
once i back up my iMac, the next time back up will back up everything in my iMac or just back up if there are any changes [ added items or deleted items ] ????...
If I've backed up to icloud on my iphone 8 before, what happens if I try and do again?
I have an IPad Mini 2, was able to back up to COMPUTER (PC) and to Icloud (version 12.5.5.) and latest ITunes. Another IPad I want to back up has (version 8.4) and does not back up via ITUNES or ICloud. I WIIL NOT risk UPDATING the SW to back up . SOLUTIONS?...
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How can I reinstall the Time Machine app? The app is frozen and won't let me select a disk for backup .
I back up to a local disk already using Time Machine , I am thinking maybe it is better to backup to iCloud. Can my MacBook Pro (Mid 2015) be backed up to the iCloud?...
I have just migrated from iMac to a new Macbook Pro M1. Using Time Machine can I continue backing up the Macbook Pro using the same hard drive that holds the iMac back ups ?...
I want to discard my earliest backups on a time machine drive. Can I do this deleting the backup folders before a given date? Does it create problems? regards backforest_guy....
2020 MBP 13” M1 251 GB sad storage. I have 2.55 GB of free space. I cannot update macOS to 12 4 due to lack of storage. Reformatted Toshiba 1 TB HDD for 860 GB of time Machine and remained to exFAT for portable use of PC and Mac files. No joy on backup attempt. Received message that said no room on Macintosh HD it is almost full. Next external drive WD 4TB Passport for Mac . Same results. Please explain like I’m 5 how to do this so it works. I would like to use the 1 TB Toshiba to backup ...
Time Machine stuck on Preparing Backup . How do I fix this?
//www.cleverfiles.com/howto/top-free- backup -software.html. Top of their list is “Disk Drill”, second is Apple’s own Time Machine , both of which they seem to like. However, further down the page they have a table of what they call “theoretical situations where each software would come in handy” and they say the following about Time Machine : “Use it if…” “You’re not currently or soon upgrading to High Sierra (HFS/HFS+ Time Machine backups don’t work on APFS drives).”. This is not mentioned in the main section...
Hi - I have close to 3 TB of free space on my back up drive that time machine is not using. Is there some way to get time machine know the know what free space is available, and to adjust when to clean old files accordingly? I know this cannot be done use system preferences, but may there is a way using the CLI? Thanks for any assist I can get on this. I have os x 12.4...
I want to find a few pictures that I recently deleted on my current computer. I have those on an older back up . I have restored an old back up to an external drive. Now I want to access the photos but I am afraid it will either ALL be added to new current iPhotos or will replace my current photos. Heres my question: How can I be sure that I am just looking at the restored pictures in order to find the few photos I want?...
I’ve got an old Mac , and I’m trying to back the whole thing up . Got a usb and started Saturday…..it’s still backing up . Is this because of the amount of data needing backing up (500GB) or am I doing something wrong?...
I am not able to see my Apple Notes being backed-up anywhere in my Time Machine files? I am using MacBook Pro 2016 running Monterey....
My external drive with Time machine backup of my computer is stolen. I am not sure if the data was encrypted. Can the data on the drive be accessed by the thief? Can I remotely erase the data on the drive to prevent misuse? What safeguards do I take to prevent any access to / misuse of information on that drive....
I'm seeing lot's of external drives in Time Machine interface, when you click options key, in the exclude window I'm not able to remove drive, please let me know how I can manually add a specific drive which I want to include for backup ?...
I'm hoping I can articulate my dilemma and question clearly and succinctly; it has been a while since the fiasco began. Fingers crossed. My external HD was nearly out of storage space, almost entirely due to Time Machine backups . I researched all the methods of erasing old backups no longer needed (the majority of them.) I began deleting old backups the standard way- one at a time - through Time Machine itself. Like many (judging from the many comment threads about this in forums and message...
I have a MacBook Pro (Intel) and use WD 4TB HDD for Time Machine backups . The issue I am having is that the drives keep failing for not reason. I had this issue a few months ago, and lost all my backups . I bought a new HDD (same model) and for a few weeks, the backups and the drive worked well. Then suddenly, the drive could not be mounted and Disk Repair couldn't repair the data. Now onto drive three, this time formatted to ExFAT and a few weeks in, exactly the same issue. The drive worked...
I use TM with an external USB drive that I plug in every night before going to bed. The initial backup is small and quick. But when I wake up in the morning TM is working on a new backup and is only about 30% finished and seems to be backing up about 4GB of data. What could be causing this? I use Blackblaze but it runs all the time and if that was the problem the initial backup wouldn't be normal. I have Norton 360 on my Macbook but, again, it runs all the time and doesn't affect the initial...
I’m trying to backup another MacBook Pro but I don’t know how to rename one of the disks.
iPad won’t backup to iCloud when connected to power, locked, and on Wi-Fi. Won’t backup when commanded to back up now. Have shut it down and restarted it with no difference. Plenty of room in the cloud. What to do?...
need to back up my i phone to my computer and I am having trouble doing so.
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