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timemachine backups showing only one day

  • I did not upgrade the OS
  • I did not change anything related to the backups
  • I did a reset of the time machine locations

and I see only one days of backups.....

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on May 8, 2020 5:51 AM

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Posted on May 8, 2020 6:19 AM

wdib wrote:

• I did not upgrade the OS
• I did not change anything related to the backups
• I did a reset of the time machine locations
and I see only one days of backups.....



If you changed " I did a reset of the time machine locations"

then it will start a new.



Time Machine: How to transfer backups from a current to a new disk ... - Apple Support-

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202380


https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/time-machine-troubleshooting-mh15653/mac


If your new Mac inherits your backup history - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-your-new-mac-inherits-your-backup-history-mh35732/mac



Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202784





3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.


Boot clone https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081

How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250

Use DiskUtility Restore feature https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/restore-a-disk-dskutl14062/mac

note: >System Preferences>Security & Privacy >Privacy>Full Disk Access

unlock the padlock, press the + button and add Disk Utility



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May 8, 2020 6:19 AM in response to wdib

wdib wrote:

• I did not upgrade the OS
• I did not change anything related to the backups
• I did a reset of the time machine locations
and I see only one days of backups.....



If you changed " I did a reset of the time machine locations"

then it will start a new.



Time Machine: How to transfer backups from a current to a new disk ... - Apple Support-

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202380


https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/time-machine-troubleshooting-mh15653/mac


If your new Mac inherits your backup history - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-your-new-mac-inherits-your-backup-history-mh35732/mac



Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202784





3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.


Boot clone https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081

How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250

Use DiskUtility Restore feature https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/restore-a-disk-dskutl14062/mac

note: >System Preferences>Security & Privacy >Privacy>Full Disk Access

unlock the padlock, press the + button and add Disk Utility



May 11, 2020 11:18 AM in response to wdib

this is becoming really annoying. I have plenty of space, even if timemachine is trying to do full backups i should see more than 1 day. my timecapsyle of 3TB is still have almost 1TB of free space... I have a NAS with 4TB allocated for timemachine, 1 other remote machine with 550GB allocated for timemachine and all I can see when I open the timemachine to see the backups is one day max! the previous backups are grayed out, I need help please



timemachine backups showing only one day

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