iMac (Late 2015) shuts down; urgent TM backup drive needed
iMac Late 2015: Retina 5k 27”. 3.2GHz Quad Core. Intel Core i5. Memory 16GB. OS: Monterey 12.7.6:
Request recommendations for fast hard drive for urgent 15 months of TM backup. Computer regularly shuts down without warning - between 30 mins and half a day.
Small business:
I need to buy a new iMac but can’t get a TM backup for transfer as computer shuts down after short time - 30mins to half a day. It’s random and the reason I need to buy a new iMac. Won’t reboot until I take the power cord out of the computer and reinsert. Taking it out of the power point doesn’t help.
My 2015 iMac is continually shutting down completely to a black screen (since I came back from Xmas holidays) Sometimes it will stay active for 30 mins, sometimes up to half a day. The more I use it the worse the shutdowns get. As I use it exclusively for my business I am keen to back up and get out. Considering it might shut down after 30 mins or might stay alive for a few hours I need advice on the quickest hard drive suitable for a full TM backup for the period Oct 2024 to now. Most of my work is saved to Dropbox and most of my work is done on apps. Outlook is my main concern as I have a lot of emails stored in Outlook folders.
Further information:
I have had regular back up issues since October 2024 and Time Machine backups stopped working at that time i.e. they would not complete - I bought 2 new drives and neither of them would complete.
I have tried backing up to TM periodically since then and most recently last week. The backups always fail to complete. I am using a 2TB portable WD drive and thought an SSD drive with more space would be a better option particularly as the Time Machine backup is trying to backup from October 2024.
Eager to have some advice. Note: I was on the phone to support for hours last week (call eventually dropped out) mainly due to computer frequently shutting down, eventually every 5 minutes even. If there’s a fix for my computer that would be great but we couldn’t even get a disk utility session/check to work.
iMac 27″, macOS 12.7
