Time Machine not working with Yosemite

I recently upgraded (clean install) from OS X Mavericks to Yosemite. Before upgrading, I backed up my MacBook Pro via Time Machine on a network server (QNAP.) Yosemite is up and running now, however, I am unable to access folder history via Time Machine. Yosemite recognizes the historical backups, however, when I select a specific date in Time Machine, nothing happens.


Is anyone else experiencing this?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 16, 2014 10:56 PM

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Nov 25, 2014 5:48 AM in response to Beatnick

ya sounds like my 5 -6 hours trying to get at my photos in time machine that has me very nervous especially after 3 hours with a senior Apple consultant who could not get things working and came up with reinstalling the crappy Yosemite as I didn't want to wipe my HD clean and reinstall Maverick due to the work I've done between the two operating systems would be lost. It's a nightmare trusting an Apple back up system that will not work within the Apple future operating systems,I so trusted Apple for a long time now it's starting to wain and there becoming more like PC,especially since there getting rid of Aperture and iPhoto too! It ***** to be a photographer using Apple these days,Steve Jobs would be turning in his grave if he ever heard that.

Nov 25, 2014 3:48 PM in response to GroveMan

Thanx GroveMan. I sure hope that the next Yosemite update fixes the problem. Still it makes absolutely no sense, how some of us have problems, using Time Machine, Wi Fi, and a myriad of other different stuff, and some have none at all. For instance I have absolutely no problem using Wi Fi anymore, but in Mavericks I could never use it. I've reported the problem to Apple Bug Reporter bugreport.apple.com/

Nov 26, 2014 9:58 AM in response to AHappyMacUser

Wow, time machine still broken in 10.10.1, What gives? It used to work in 10.9, what jerk(s) broke it in update to 10.10? And broke it so terribly that it's still broken in 10.10.1, for which a fix was announced! I'm an Apple fan, but now embarrassed to tell others that I use a MAC. Apple better reorganize its SQA department -- fire a few people, like maybe the time machine team altogether, or at least the so-called manager -- and rebuild the company reputation. How did SQA let release notes get published saying that the time machine was fixed? That SQA manager gas for to go. Q stands for quality, A stand for Assurance. So much for that. Terrible.

Nov 26, 2014 10:08 AM in response to Ken Gorman

Ken


I could't agree with you more, I have been a loyal Mac fan and converted our business from PC's to Mac in 2009. I have't been able to do a time machine backup since I updated to Yosemite. I am sorry to say, but the new Apple without Steve Jobs is broken at the moment. How this update was ever released without someone discovering this serious issue is beyond me?? I just hope my machine doesn't have an issue and now I am without a time machine backup, just pathetic.

Nov 26, 2014 10:22 AM in response to John Gruver

John


I haven't been able to do a time machine backup because every USB external drive I have tried keeps giving me 'time machine backup failed" errors? I tried erasing, reformatting, repairing using the disk utility and I always get the same errors? I never had this issue when I was running Mavericks using the same drives for my backups and it's the same issue on every one of my machines I recently updated to Yosemite?

Nov 26, 2014 10:51 AM in response to Beatnick

You probably will not be allowed to log in without a developer account. However, you can send an email to the same address and they will respond by auto email acknowledging receipt within minutes. I think that it will help increase the change that Apple will respond in a timely manner if we continue to send emails to the support group that needs to address this issue. In addition: https://www.apple.com/feedback/ was posted by Greenland a few days ago just for this purpose. I send in a complaint everyday and will continue until they correct the issue. This is one of the most important part of the overall operating system and it is Broken at present.

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