Thread Time Machine won't back up after full reset
Time Machine won't back up after full resetI'm backing up 10.8.5 to a WM 500gb Passport external hard drive. Today it started "backing up" forever, always saying "Backing up Zero GB of 25.50 GB". I tried throwing out the "backup in progress" file, without succ...view more
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Apple Mac running slowMy Apple Mac running slow - can anybody help me - I don't have time machine configured and have tried to do it but it can't find Other time capsule - says internet connection Disconnected. I cannot use this repo...view more
Time machine backup - not enough spaceHello, I'm getting a message stating that there is not enough space to complete a time machine backup. I was under the impression that once my backup drive fills up the oldest file(s) will be deleted automatic...view more
Extend disk space for Time machine?Hi, We can now use 2 disk drives at one location to keep our backup files with Time Machine, thanks to Mountain Lion Behavior is that both disks will end-up with the same backed-up files. Is i...view more
Restore a file from Time MachineHi everybody, I'm a Word 2011 user and I overwrite my dissertation with a blank document. I lost my entire work and I cannot restore a previous version from 'Office 2011 Autorecovery' folder.' Can anyone he...view more
Time Machine backup failureI get the message: Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “Time Machine Backups”. Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder. I restart the system and am able...view more
Thread How to restore *just one iTunes playlist* from Time Machine?
How to restore *just one iTunes playlist* from Time Machine?Hi all -- I'm pretty picky about my iTunes playlists. There are several main ones ("Jazz Lite," "R&B," "Jazz Traditional," etc. etc.) and these playlists can overlap in their coverage/share certain songs. ...view more
time machine skipped filesOne of my Time Machine backup drives is not backing up all of the files from the drive I am copying. The skipped files are mostly Photoshop files. Everything was working fine until now.view more
time machine turn off encryptionHow do I turn off encryption for a Time Machine backup? I have an external drive that I have been using unencrypted for a year or so. I recently connected it to a new macbook air in order to use as a Tim...view more
Possible disk problem with backupI recently had need to remove ancient backup disk files after discovering their unintended inclusion on my regular Backup Disk. These files somehow became included for backup on the disk when I included another extern...view more
Thread Why on EARTH is Time Machine backing up these caches?
Why on EARTH is Time Machine backing up these caches?I just had a 15GB backup start on my machine, after systematically removing any possible stuff that shouldnt being backed up. I ran tmutil compare -s and Lo-and-Behold: /Users/$USER/Pictures/P...view more
