Time Machine not working with Big Sur
time machine not working with big sur
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time machine not working with big sur
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So to conclude, one of the things to try if your Time Machine doesn't work on Big Sur, if you have space on an external drive - try copying the files over manually first - to see if any of them are corrupt.
It's ironic that it was apple's own software 'photos' was the one causing me all the trouble.
I hope this helps someone and thanks Apple! It's great when it works, but when it doesn't - Arrrrrrrggggghhhhh!!!
looks like there is a bug with time machine - it has filled up a 1TB drive with multiple backups of the 125GB macbook air
so something has happened to the backup logic in Big Sur
I will wait for the Apple engineers' recommendations, which I should get from Apple tech support tomorrow.
How is the LaCie drive formatted?
Sophos Home AV seems to be blocking Time Machine updates to Network volumes at the current time:
https://support.home.sophos.com/hc/en-us/articles/360051251412-Support-for-macOS-11-Big-Sur-
Exactly the issue I found (the hard way) so has to disable Sophos for now
I can't even get into Safe Mode any longer. The instructions don't work. Not for Big Sewer.
If you're using a rechargeable wireless keyboard plug it in with its charging cable and try booting into Safe Mode again. It'll act as a USB keyboard.
any news ? I have the same disk i have been using for back up for the last 4 years, was working fine 2 weeks ago, before the update.
After this whole incident and running out of room on the back up disk a few years ago, I'm planning to back up to two separate disks instead of one.
Do you know if i can copy the "backup " folder in my current drive to a new one, so i dont loose those, and the next back up wont start from zero ?
I had the same issue, stuck in "preparing to backup" and then an eventual fail. I'm backing up to a Synology NAS
I removed Sophos and it began to work again.
I upgraded from Catalina to Big Sur and cannot use Time Machine any more.
If the drive is brand new with no files Big Sur will format to APFS no matter what.
Neither my Samsung external drives nor my G Drive Time machine are either recognized or working any more with Big Sur.
I have no anti virus installed.
Time Machine not working with Big Sur