The title and image says it all. Why no size? Is there a problem?
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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.7
The Time Machine that I have with me shows sizes for all files. You can check with Disk Utility>First Aid-- I just did and it took maybe 10 minutes for 19 files. It seems to check each one individually.
Does the backup look OK when you use "Browse Time Machine Backup?"
Can you search around at those dates? Does TM offer to let you restore items at those dates?
Yes, yes, and yes.
I didn't expect to see no values for the older backups. I'm pretty sure that they always used to have values. I'm just a bit concerned that a complete restore to a new Mac might fail.
There's a bug that prevents Disk Utility from unmounting and reparing the disk. I've had this before, so you've prompted me to find a workaround. I found this: https://eclecticlight.co/2021/11/19/disk-utility-still-cant-check-and-repair-apfs-volumes-and-containers/ so I'll be doing that. Will let you know he result when I get round to it.
I actually run two Time Machine drives-- one small (1 ounce) SSD that I carry with me, and one spinning drive at home. Two is better than one. Apple's recommendation is to get a drive that is twice the size of your internal drive.
If you mean flash drives, I find that they are only useful for giving pictures and stuff to friends-- they are very slow and not dependable. A spinning drive is slower than SSD, but fine for using Time Machine at night. I carry an SSD with me, because if I'm off somewhere, then I probably need stuff in a hurry.
OK. Running Disk Utility > First Aid in Recovery mode worked and says all is OK. It still hasn't fixed the date issue so I'm gonna buy another ext. disk just in case.
Thank you for your help.
Yeah, I bought a couple of 1 TB USB sticks some time ago but they don't work for some reason.
How to fix missing Time Machine backup size on MacBook Pro?
