Christian Simon

Q: Migrate Time Machine SD backup: "No OS X system backups were found"

I've made my first TimeMachine backup for my MacBook Air (Late-2010) on an SD card. But before I trust my backup to TimeMachine, I'm testing the restore process.

My Air is encrypted and partitioned (80G system, 40G free). The SD card is also partitioned (100G TimeMachine, 20G VFAT) and DiskUtility reports the SD card has an Apple Partition Map. Also, importantly, the TimeMachine partition is Apple Extended (Journaled).

The problem is I can't get Migrate to see the backup. When I boot with SPLAT-R, choose restore from TimeMachine, the next screen shows: "No OS X system backups were found".

 

What am I missing?

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), null

Posted on Jun 16, 2016 6:19 PM

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Q: Migrate Time Machine SD backup: "No OS X system backups were found"

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  • by leroydouglas,

    leroydouglas leroydouglas Jun 16, 2016 6:32 PM in response to Christian Simon
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    Jun 16, 2016 6:32 PM in response to Christian Simon

    First I heard of making a Time Machine backup on an SD card. What size card I wonder?

     

    Non-the-less is TM the 1st partition on the card?  This is the general rule otherwise it can not be seen.

  • by Christian Simon,

    Christian Simon Christian Simon Jun 16, 2016 6:53 PM in response to leroydouglas
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    Jun 16, 2016 6:53 PM in response to leroydouglas

    It was when I added the partitions in Disk Utility.

    $ diskutil list

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage Snagglepuss             79.2 GB    disk0s2

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

       4:                  Apple_HFS Huckleberry             40.5 GB    disk0s4

    /dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                  Apple_HFS Snagglepuss            +78.8 GB    disk1

                                     Logical Volume on disk0s2

                                     [...]

                                     Unlocked Encrypted

    /dev/disk2 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *125.7 GB   disk2

       1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk2s1

       2:                 DOS_FAT_32 BACKUP_BLUR             24.0 GB    disk2s3

       3:                  Apple_HFS MyTimeMachine           101.4 GB   disk2s5

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jun 16, 2016 7:06 PM in response to Christian Simon
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    Jun 16, 2016 7:06 PM in response to Christian Simon

    Please open the Time Machine pane in System Preferences and click Options. Is anything excluded from the backups?

  • by den.thed,

    den.thed den.thed Jun 16, 2016 9:57 PM in response to Christian Simon
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    Jun 16, 2016 9:57 PM in response to Christian Simon

    Apple Partition Map is the old Apple PPC Format. Try reformatting it to Guid Partition Scheme and then try the whole Time Machine/Restore business.

  • by Christian Simon,

    Christian Simon Christian Simon Jun 18, 2016 3:51 AM in response to Christian Simon
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    Jun 18, 2016 3:51 AM in response to Christian Simon

    UPDATE

    (First, sorry bout the strange formatting. I tried to fix that when I posted--select all; set font size; But now I see I prolly should have edited the HTML, but I can't edit the OP %-/

     

    The best answer to your questions is first, this is a Kensington 125G SD which I've partitioned (102/23) using the larger for TimeMachine. I've conformed my install to your guidelines. This is a completely new install without any modifications (except updates). I've also not excluded anything.

     

    My goal is to firmly establish a working TImeMachine backup/restore solution before I start personalizing this install. Because I'm just going to erase and retry the backup until it works.

     

    Here's an updated report

    $ diskutil list

    /dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:          Apple_CoreStorage Snagglepuss             79.2 GB    disk0s2   // New Install

       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

       4:                  Apple_HFS Huckleberry             40.5 GB    disk0s4   // Projects container, No system or apps

    /dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:                  Apple_HFS Snagglepuss            +78.8 GB    disk1

                                     Logical Volume on disk0s2

                                     854BC127-E227-40B9-BA58-EB53543398D8

                                     Unlocked Encrypted

    /dev/disk2 (internal, physical):

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *125.7 GB   disk2

       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk2s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS MyTimeMachine           101.6 GB   disk2s2  // TM

       3:                  Apple_HFS BLURAY                  23.6 GB    disk2s3  // BluRay sized container for backups