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Time machine

Logo on top line of menu bar disappears after I select "time machine preferences" to select backup using OS Monterey

iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 12.3

Posted on Apr 12, 2022 7:41 AM

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Posted on Apr 12, 2022 7:50 AM

1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


1A - Sometime a Safe Boot and then a Normal Reboot just fixes things


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


4 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


5 - If issue persist - please advise.

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Apr 12, 2022 7:50 AM in response to rickbradke

1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


1A - Sometime a Safe Boot and then a Normal Reboot just fixes things


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


4 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


5 - If issue persist - please advise.

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