Enter Time Machine unable to pick or restore data or date it seems to freeze. Thank you

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Enter Time Machine unable to pick or restore data or date it seems to freeze. Thank you

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 2, 2020 10:47 AM

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BDAqua

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Feb 2, 2020 1:18 PM in response to ralph168

Have you run Disk Utility First Aid on that drive?

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ralph168 Author

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Feb 2, 2020 2:34 PM in response to ralph168

Thank you, it's appreciated.

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BDAqua

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Feb 2, 2020 4:05 PM in response to ralph168

Did that really solve it?

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ralph168 Author

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Feb 2, 2020 8:16 PM in response to BDAqua

Unfortunately no.

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BDAqua

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Feb 3, 2020 9:27 AM in response to ralph168

And the drive checked out OK?

Try it in Safe Mode...

Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?

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ralph168 Author

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Feb 4, 2020 10:45 AM in response to BDAqua

Thank you for your reply. Booting in Safe Mode did the trick. Thanks again

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BDAqua

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Feb 4, 2020 3:32 PM in response to ralph168

Whoot, great news, thanks! :)

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Enter Time Machine unable to pick or restore data or date it seems to freeze. Thank you

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