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namuang26 Author

Level 1

62 points

Mojave time machine back up failing

Since installing 10.14 have not been able to complete a full backup using time machine to external drive. All disks check out on disk utility first aid both under OS and stand alone utility under recovery. Have erased and reformatted the external drive. Still no success. Backup begins and runs up to about 80GB ok, then fails. Restart by "back up now" continues for about 500MB and then fails again. My full backup is about 900GB so I am running unprotected.

I believe this is a Mojave problem, not a drive problem.

Any ideas?

Mac mini, macOS Mojave (10.14), Samsung display

Posted on Sep 30, 2018 12:07 AM

330 replies

Jan 22, 2019 2:16 AM in response to jjtitan92

I Used the Terminal to go and remove directories

Sorry for my english

Jan 23, 2019 11:40 AM in response to Koltrasten

Has anyone now tried TM backup under the new MacOS 10.14.3? I’ve updated my system, but haven’t had either the time or the courage to try running TM.

rtm808

Level 1

30 points

Jan 26, 2019 2:22 PM in response to Michael Graubart

Updated to 10.14.3 yesterday and turned on Time Machine. So far, no freezing. I'm hopeful...

Feb 3, 2019 2:19 PM in response to speedolli

18 pages on this topic and still Apple is silent. A bit scary, isn't it? I mean, it's not like backing up one's computer is all that important, is it? Three OS updates. Nothing on this.

fopsy

Level 1

9 points

Feb 8, 2019 5:49 AM in response to speedolli

Hi speedolli,

The paths were ----

/Library/Audio/Presets/Waldorf and ~/Library/Audio/Presets/Waldorf

Feb 8, 2019 1:14 PM in response to fopsy

Aaaah, thanks. I my next tests after your post I didn't exclude things from the root-directory yet.

I will try that now ....

Thanks.

winstonz

Level 1

9 points

Mar 1, 2019 6:39 AM in response to namuang26

Hello,

I've had the same issue and resolved it by excluding the OneDrive and iCloud drive folders from Time Machine backups.

Hope this works for you

Mar 10, 2019 4:29 AM in response to phiphi747

Same here. Looks like this system fail is presented by Apple like yet another "Opportunity". Apple please react.

Mar 10, 2019 4:44 AM in response to phiphi747

Switching to Microsoft is a bit drastic. Just use a 3rd-party app such as SUPER DUPER, which can also be used to create a perfect OS X clone on a disk or hardrive.

Mar 10, 2019 4:45 AM in response to argent_smith

This TM problem is beginning to be TS. But, just use a 3rd-party app such as SUPER DUPER, which can also be used to create a perfect OS X clone on a disk or hardrive.