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Jun 28, 2016 8:36 PM in response to lazy_atomby coocooforcocoapuffs,Just say yes and let TM do it's thing. If you are lucky, the backup will be restored with all previous backups in place. If you are unlucky, TM will just start over. That is just the way it is with TM
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Jun 29, 2016 9:23 AM in response to July7Kiss1995by j-m-d,yeah, I was screwed again last week, thanks for nothing Apple (but taking my money under false promises). yes, Apple, I'd like a refund for funtionality you don't provide. you should not be charging people for TM until it works for more than a few months. -
Jun 29, 2016 9:47 AM in response to j-m-dby Csound1,j-m-d wrote:
yeah, I was screwed again last week, thanks for nothing Apple (but taking my money under false promises). yes, Apple, I'd like a refund for funtionality you don't provide. you should not be charging people for TM until it works for more than a few months.How much money did you pay for TM?
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Jun 30, 2016 6:40 AM in response to coocooforcocoapuffsby lazy_atom,Just say yes and let TM do it's thing. If you are lucky, the backup will be restored with all previous backups in place. If you are unlucky, TM will just start over. That is just the way it is with TM
Worst advice ever. Seriously. No doubt that was offered with a hefty degree of sarcasm. If so, kudos.
If just saying yes was the answer there would not be 12 pages+ of comments on this issue. People like having history. The whole point of Time Machine is history.
Starting over afresh (and the default message everyone is getting from TM on this thread states that it wipes everything and starts over) is the least successful outcome possible. This is a glitch. An error. A bug and a gremlin. And it has been around for years.
There has to be a reason. And therefore a solution.
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Jul 10, 2016 11:23 AM in response to Csound1by A$X,This is an absurdly ridiculous problem that plagues so many of us. I'm assuming it's not been fixed since there would be discussions indicating that. The following was suggested to me as a fix. Has anyone tried it?
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Jul 11, 2016 6:05 AM in response to July7Kiss1995by bullfrogII,Add my name to the list.
Running Airport Extreme sw 7.7.7 and OS X 10.11.5
"Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you"
Happens about every month or two. Very frustrating. If it's a failing hard disk, just tell me and I will get it replaced.
APPLE - What is causing this error????
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Jul 17, 2016 5:06 PM in response to bullfrogIIby Duchy777,Doubt it's a failing hard disc..... I completed (overnight) my first TM backup on my brand new Synology and was greeted by this error when I got up this morning.
Very frustrating because I went for a NAS to allow the whole family to back up their devices in a central location that was self-protected. I didn't go for Drobo (my first choice) because I liked the idea of a "personal cloud".
I'm beginning to think I've wasted my money
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Jul 17, 2016 5:09 PM in response to Duchy777by Csound1,NAS is not supported by Time Machine (unless it is a TC by Apple).
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Jul 17, 2016 5:37 PM in response to Csound1by Bob Timmons,This is just not correct. You might want to check the facts in this Apple Support document.
Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support
You can use Time Machine with a drive connected to your Mac, a drive built into or connected to a Time Capsule, or a supported network volume.
Time Machine can back up the data on your Mac to these backup disks:
- An external USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire drive connected to your Mac
- An AirPort Time Capsule's built-in drive (any model)
- An external USB drive connected to an AirPort Time Capsule (any model) or AirPort Extreme (802.11ac model only)
- Network volumes connected using Apple File Protocol (AFP)
In other words, if the NAS connects using AFP, Time Machine backups are supported.
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Jul 17, 2016 5:41 PM in response to Csound1by LaPastenague,NAS is not supported by Time Machine (unless it is a TC by Apple).
TM supports network backup to any suitable device. That includes a NAS that has AFP and suitable extensions. The cheapie NAS do have issues.. eg My Cloud.. But any of the better NAS support Time Machine..
I am running synology and it has been stable since Nov 2014 when I started it.. (better than most TC I have owned) and I have backed up my main computer continually over that time plus a few others on ad hoc basis. Not a moments trouble.
Very frustrating because I went for a NAS to allow the whole family to back up their devices in a central location that was self-protected. I didn't go for Drobo (my first choice) because I liked the idea of a "personal cloud".
I'm beginning to think I've wasted my money
It does depend on what you bought of course. But remember Time Machine is not the only show in town. It has always had issues with network drives.. and that includes Time Capsules.. TM is much better suited to a local disk.
But you can buy a single license for Carbon Copy Cloner and it is allowed to be used on all the computers in your household. It has a lot better fault tolerance than TM and is more reliable in my experience. Chronosync is a also well recommended although I haven't tried it.
I find running both CCC to a local drive so I have a bootable clone.. allowing instant fix for a computer with a bad drive .. plus TM on some network location works really well.
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Jul 17, 2016 6:00 PM in response to LaPastenagueby Duchy777,Thanks for the advice LP. I might just use Cloud Station (that comes with the Synology) ..... but not sure if that keeps copies of accidentally deleted files. I'll look at the others you mentioned.
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Jul 17, 2016 6:45 PM in response to Csound1by Bob Timmons,It is not a change at all. Every document that I've ever seen from Apple says NAS is supported if AFP is used and the drive appears as a destination for Time Machine backups.
Are you looking at another Apple support document that says otherwise? Please post a link in that case.
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Jul 17, 2016 6:47 PM in response to Bob Timmonsby Csound1,No, not looking at any document, just from experience with them. Do all NAS support AFP? most I have seen seen seem to be restricted to SMB