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Time Machine Backups are present but missing

Entering Time Machine I see backups only back as far as 10/10/2019, 19:12. It won't allow a screenshot so I had to take a photo



TM Preferences shows


I Imagine that equates to 19:12


Terminal shows differently:


Unless I'm being particularly dense, TM can't see the backups that tmutil can see. So I am bewildered.


I'm not sure what data Catalina arrived, but I upgraded on pretty much that day

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Oct 12, 2019 12:02 AM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2019 9:47 AM

Much work with my NAS vendor has led to cautious optimism. We checked many things. They have been told my by many users that there is a problem and are taking matters very seriously. It may have come down to setting the Bonjour area correctly. This is my NAS user interface. Your NAS will be different, but equivalent settings are likely to be present



These are my two key settings. The lower one was not ticked. Obviously I am using SMB.


Now it is ticked. A simple test showed that this is likely to solve the problem. I will let my standard NAS closedown and restart process happen overnight, and brief you here in the morning with success or failure. A brief test just now leaves me cautiously optimistic

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Time Machine Backups are present but missing

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