Q: Lost ability for Time Machine to automatically back up my iMac (Mountain Lion 10.8.5) to an external 500GB Western Digital Passport. It had been working for 6 months but now it automatically shows up in Time Machine as 'Exclude these items from backup'.
I can't remove it from the 'Exclude from back-up' as it is non-selectable. The external drive is working fine. I did a complete erase & started over as instructed. Thought I had solved the problem but the "new Passport" automatically ended up in the "Exclude these items from backup" too. I need this to work ASAP as I have 2,000 songs & 7,500 photos to protect.
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on Oct 11, 2013 7:51 PM
Whew, recentlly our resident, the absolutely guru for TM/TC has passed away, hopefully his site is still available.
Have you looked through Pondini's extensive TM help site?
http://Pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Can't imagine something not being covered there.
That being said, I personally would be proud if I could come up with a more cantankerous backup method.. I refuse to use it.
Posted on Oct 11, 2013 9:22 PM