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
Thread How do I create bootable Mountain Lion external HD
How do I create bootable Mountain Lion external HDHow do I create a bootable Mountain Lion external Hard drive, and then recover a Mountain Lion external Time Machine backup onto that bootable Mountain Lion external Hard drive, while leaving my computer's operating s...view more
How to remove disk file from time machineI discovered recently that my Time Machine backup file was showing an inactive disk as being backed up in addition to the disk of backup. This has been corrected in the Time Machine Preferences showing the unwanted di...view more
Thread Notes App note being backed up by Time Machine.
Notes App note being backed up by Time Machine.I'm having issues with the new Notes application in Mountain Lion not being backed up by Time Machine. If it is being backed up then the new OS is keeping me from accessing the time stamps or backups. Normally I could...view more
Thread Time Machine Back Up creating multiple folders
Time Machine Back Up creating multiple foldersI attempted to used Time Machine with my Macbook Pro and 190 GB was required tor this backup. Midway through my laptop went into sleep mode. So to resume, I clicked "Back up now". I'm not convinced it worked b...view more
Backing up a Mac with more UsersHi, I have an iMac and two different users on it (since my girlfriend insisted that she wanted a separate one *yawn*). Anyway, now, when I back up the iMac through Time Machine on MY account, does it also back...view more
Thread Time Machine corrupting external USB hard drives
Time Machine corrupting external USB hard drivesIn February I installed two Mac Minis running 10.8 Server. Each machine had an external hard drive connected to it. Sometime over the Labor Day weekend, both drives stopped working. When I came in Tuesday, eac...view more
Thread Transfer only one time machine backup to new drive
Transfer only one time machine backup to new driveOld Drive A has Time Machine backups for macbook and iMac. Drive A is not partitioned. New Drive B has been partitioned and my intent is to transfer one backup to each partition. I cannot drag the Backups.bac...view more
Seagate GoFlex won't act as Time Machine?I have a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Drive which I have been using for sometime but it has now stopped working and I am getting messages to reformat it. I had Snow Leopard when I first installed and now I have mountain ...view more
G-Drive IssueHi. I'm on a Macbook Pro w/retina 15" machine. I successfully did a backup this morning, but this evening a backup failed. First, the G-drive wouldn't mount, but doing a disk repair/verify indicated ...view more
Why will not Time Machine work?I Recently changed the HD on my 2009 iMac as it was running out of space. But when I came to restore the data from Time Machine the Mac refused to read it. I tried replacing the old HD and making new copies on TM and ...view more
Thread How to force a full backup in Time Machine?
How to force a full backup in Time Machine?How do I force a new complete backup in time machine? My iMac has had Time Machine installed and used for 2+ years. It has 2+ years of incremental saves but I am about to upgrade from OS X 10.8.5 to OS X 10.11.5 and i...view more