Time Machine is a backup utility by Apple Inc. It is included as part of Mac OS X starting with OS X 10.5 "Leopard". Time Machine supports backing up data to hard disks connected to a Mac and AFP network shares.
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Time Machine backs up symbolic links that haven't changed
Lately I've noticed that my Time Machine backups are taking a very long time. I recently replaced my boot drive, and I thought the problem might have been due to the way I reconnected the drive to the ...
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Get Time Machine's current state in terminal
I'm wondering if there's any way to get the current status of Time Machine's backup process in terminal. I'm interested in whether backup is in progress (or not) and what its percentage of completion ...
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Why does OS X Time Machine create directory hardlinks?
I've been reading up on how OS X Time Machine works. Appearantly it creates hard links for directories as well. I'd imagine directories could just be created and only files could be hard linked.
Is ...
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Make Time Machine stop opening a new window when backing up
A few weeks ago, I ran quite a few of the commands found at https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx hoping to get rid of a few of the annoyances on my Mac. Unfortunately, in the ...
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cant install osx 10.8 - error “the disk is used for time machine” - its my main HD
Im trying to upgrade to 10.8 from 10.7.5 on my "13-inch macbook, aluminum late 2008", when i run the install i click agree on the T&C, and then i get to select the HD i want to install it on (but ...
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Time Machine backup taking longer over Ethernet than Wifi?
I just purchased a Synology DS412J NAS. I installed 2 3tb drives in it and formated it as SHR1.
I have a fileshare setup to store my Time Machine Backups.
I started a fresh TM backup on my Mac Mini ...
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If OS X is slow, will a Time Machine backup, clean installation and restore make any difference?
I've heard people suggest that when your Mac is slow, you should:
perform a Time Machine backup
do a clean installation of the OS
then restore the time machine backup after installation.
I'm ...
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OS X: Delete single folder of Time Machine Backup via Terminal
I know there is tmutil delete to delete single timemachine snapshots from a backup of another machine — but now I need to delete only one of the folders inside the backup.
On my old (and now dead) ...
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Time machine: backup in case-sensitive, new installation is case-insensitive
My Time Machine backup is case-sensitive. I just upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion by doing a clean installation. I used a case-insensitive file system.
Installation / Migration Assistant can't ...
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OS X Mountain Lion unstable after Time Machine restore
I recently sent my Apple MacBook Pro (Retina 15" mid-2012 with OS X 10.8.3) in to Apple to repair the screen, and they wiped the hard drive. I connected my external Time Machine drive and booted into ...
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How to make Time Machine backup a SD card
I am trying to get my Time Machine to back up my 64GB SD card which I always keep inserted in my Mac. I tried a solution provided by @Olfan where he asks to run an apple script:
do shell script ...
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Permissions Error Time Capsule (can't rsync owned by root:wheel group)
So, I had just flat out erased my Time Capsules 2TB drive and began running a sync script I wrote alongside a Time Machine Backup. They both have been running for over a day without a hitch, but out ...
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How to use my new external HD for Time Machine backup
I use Mac OS X 10.6.8. I have a brand new external portable hard disk, a Seagate 1 TB, formatted as NTFS. I want to use it as backup drive for Time Machine.
When I open Time Machine, it does not ...
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Time Machine permission errors
I back up fairly regularly with Time Machine. Recently, my hard drive crashed and now I wish to put my old contents onto /temp. I am unable to do it in the laptop, as when I open the 'documents' ...
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Forced TimeMachine backup to a network TM DISK of specified folder following shutdown command for each of 22 networked computers using Mac OS 10.8.x
I have a 22 computer LAN, wirelessly connected.
Each user has their own identity, user name, and unique password. I wish to FORCE a TimeMachine backup of a specified named folder ON EACH DESKTOP, ...
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Is there a way to detect why a command line task like rm is still not done after several hours on mac os x?
I was trying to get Time Machine working again on my OS X 10.7 (Lion) powered iMac, and a remote drive on airport base station, and the only solution that worked was the rename my .sparsebundle file ...
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How do I find and mount the virtual volume named “TIme Machine backups”?
I have a couple iMac computers running Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8 which back up to a 3 tb hard disk which is attached to an Airport (Apple wireless router + usb disk server). They appear to be storing ...
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“The network backup disk does not support the required afp features”, even from a Mac Mini
A Mac Mini running 10.8.2 is sharing a drive over the network. Prior to today, Time Machine was backing up to it quite happily.
I turn on my MacBook today and boom, I get the error:
"The network ...
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Backup sshfs volume via Time Machine on macosx
Is it possible to mount a filesystem via sshfs on my mac and have
time machine back that up to external disk?
Time machine does backup any other external drives to its dedicated
external drive so ...
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Time Machine over network using incorrect realm for kerberos authentication
Question: how can I influence the kerberos realm that Time Machine, or more specifically NetAuthSysAgent, uses?
Time Machine backups over the network are failing on OS X 10.7 / 10.8 clients except ...
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When re-installing OS X and importing using Time Machine, which imports should I avoid?
My computer has been having several problems related to hanging and poor graphics performance. I want to re-install OS X to get a completely clean system. I want to keep my files, so I'm going to use ...
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Is Time Machine enough to completely restore my system on a new primary hard drive?
I have made a Time Machine backup of my Mac Book Pro onto an external hard drive. I do not have a copy of the OS (Mountain Lion).
Is my Time Machine backup all I require if I want to reinstall my ...
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Migrate to a new Mac does not recognize external HD
I bought a new Mac (Mini Late 2012). I have a Time Machine backup of the older computer (Macbook Unibody Late 2008) and I want to restore system configuration and apps. I open Migration Assistant, ...
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Time Capsule + Ubee Router?
I can't for the life of me figure this out. I recently had TWC installed in my house, and wanted to disable the NAT and router functions of it. I have a Time Capsule hooked up to it from LAN1 (on the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Timemachine - Suddenly can't find disk
I have used my Ubuntu server as backup through my network with my Mac Book Pro Mountain Lion for a while. But suddenly it won't work. It sais it can't find the disk. Even though I can connect through
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Permissions troubles with Library folder in Mac OS X
Here is my sad story.
In my macbook pro I have 2 disks and Time Capsule. There are SSD with system and apps and HDD with user folder. The other day my HDD disk was totaly broken. I bought new one and ...
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Can I use the Snow Leopard install discs to recover a Mountain Lion Time Machine backup onto a new hard drive?
I'd like to install a new SSD into my 15" mid 2010 MacBook Pro which is currently running Mountain Lion. Previously when I have changed the hard drive I've been able to recover the system using its ...
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How do I prevent Time Machine's persistent dialog “xserve.local unavailable”?
Running Mac Os X 10.7.5, all of a sudden I'm getting hourly connection errors caused by Time Machine when I'm away from our work network, saying it can't connect to the backup server – duh! The alerts ...
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Time Machine backups & OS restore
My permissions were all screwed up and after every exhaustible try to change them all back my only solution was a complete restore. So I did a time machine backup onto my external and started ...
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Why are my backed up Time Machine files smaller than the originals?
Why are the files I've backed up smaller than the actual files?
For example, Aperture is 225 GB on my external drive but only 202 GB on the Time Machine backup.
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Time machine slows to a crawl
When the time machine backup starts, the speed of the backup, as reported by the progress window, seem fine. I have a USB 3 disk and it reports 60GB will be backed up in about an hour. For the first 5 ...
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Use Mac Pro as time machine, server and editing station? [closed]
Background:
My fiancée needs a Mac Pro for movie editing and rendering. I need a web server and a backup solution for my MacBook Pro.
Idea
We thought we could split the costs of the Mac Pro and set ...
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Are old backups still kept in Time Machine after excluding some folders?
After Time Machine is running for a year or so, I exclude some folders like ~/Downloads with the hope to save some disk space on the Time Machine external drive.
Will the old files (such as those in ...
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Can't Change Disk in Time Machine System Preferances
I went to back up my computer the other day- and this message popped up "the storage location for time machine backups cant be found".
I clicked the "Change Disk" button in my the Time Machine System ...
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Time Machine says it must create a new backup erasing my backup history?
Time Machine completed a verification of your backups on “MyBackupDrive”. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.
What does this mean and why did it happen?
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Copy time-machine backup to Linux?
I am trying to copy my time-machine backup from an external USB drive to a linux powered netatalk server. For this, I removed the SATA hard drive from its enclosure and connected it directly to the ...
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is there a way to stop mac osx disk encryption in progress?
I chose a 1T external drive for time machine and checked the "encrypt backups" option. I thought it will only encrypt the backups, but as it seems it is now encrypting the whole drive which has quite ...
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Continue using TM backup hdd with netatalk
I just successfully installed netatalk on my raspberrypi. I also can use it as a TimeMachine backup destinationn. Until now I had a external hdd which is formatted with hfs+ and encryption enabled. ...
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Mac : Time Machine or something else? [closed]
I would like to know how Time Machine from Apple compares to other solutions out there like Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper ?
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External Drive appearing as Logical Volume Group, cannot use as Time Machine on Mac
Once upon a time I encrypted my Time Machine and I cannot remember the password I used to encrypt it (yes, very frustrating).
I wiped my Time Machine using Disk Utility, thinking I could just start ...
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NAS solution ideas for scalable home backup needs [closed]
A little more than a year ago I came back from a trip and my workstation was jacked up. I ended up buying a netgear stora to backup before reinstalling windows 7 + rrrvrything else. The netgear came ...
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Problems backing up to Apple TimeCapsule
I've used an Apple Timecapsule for a number of years and through a number of iterations of the hardware. My latest device is the 2TB model and I've been running no problem for 12 months. I've ...
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Is there a time machine equivalent for windows that can back up network files?
This question is similar to Does an equivalent of Time Machine exist for Windows?, with one difference:
The files I want to back up are on a network drive. The computer on that network drive is ...
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How do I trim Time Machine backup history?
Let's say I am nearing the limit of space on my backup drive. So I want to delete backups or versions before 6 months ago. Is that possible through time machine? How do I do that?
UPDATE!
This is the ...
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NAS for use with mac os x and multiple time machine
I'm researching purchasing a NAS drive but I have some questions about whether it will fulfil my requirements.
I have a very Apple-centric household with an iMac, air, iPad and a couple of iPhones! ...
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Reinstalling OS X – Can I restore my data from a Time Machine backup?
I have recently bought a new MacBook and would like to reformat my old MacBook and give it to my girlfriend. I have been regularly backing up my old MacBook using Time Machine. My aim is to start ...
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Mac Time Machine - Restore from File Fault sparsefile
I have a time machine backup of my whole mac. My make went in for repairs and I need to restore the files now from time machine, but I had file vault encryption enabled for my user account. Is it ...
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Time Machine & Time Capsule not backing up
I read this answer here by John Erick:
Navigate to your backup disk using Finder. Manually delete the oldest backup folders (i.e. perform the task Time Machine typically is able to do ...
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Setup new Mac from encrypted timemachine
I was setting up my new Mac from encrypted timemachine, to my surprise, Lion start importing the files from timemachine without asking for the encrypted key. I couldn't find any documentation about ...
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How do I configure Time Machine to correctly mount my external hard drive after waking my laptop up?
I have a an external hard drive attached via USB to my 13 inch Mac Book Air 2011 running 10.7.4. I have Time Machine setup to backup to this drive exclusively; this hard drive serves no other purpose. ...
