Do I need to pause Time machine when I install Aperture 3 ?

do I need to pause Time machine when I install Aperture 3 ?

If I had to anticipate when TM was about to run and then quit Aperture I'd really be disinclined to use it.
Not always, but you have to give TimeMachine a chance to make at least once a full backup. If Aperture or iPhoto are open, when Time Machine is running, you will only get incremental backups. I cannot find the corresponding Aperture document right now, but see this:
iPhoto '11: Back up your iPhoto library
Important: Time Machine can’t do a full backup of your iPhoto library when iPhoto is open. To ensure that Time Machine does a complete backup of your library, quit iPhoto periodically before backing up.
To restore photos, quit iPhoto, open the folder containing your iPhoto library, and then open Time Machine.
I noticed recently, that TM had never made a full backup of one of my Aperture libraries and was a bit scared, because I am relying heavily on TM. So I try to remember to quit Aperture before connecting my backup drive. It is not dramatic, if I do not do it everytime, but I make sure, I get a full backup of each library at least once, after I created it.
Early versions of TM had a problem where if Aperture was running and TM did its backup there was a chance the whole library would be backed up rather then just the changes but I thought this was fixed in later versions of TM and/or Aperture.
You are referring to this, right?
Mac OS X v10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2: Time Machine may back up the entire Aperture Library each time
In Mac OS X v10.5 through 10.5.2, Time Machine may perform a full backup (rather than incremental) of the Aperture Library, resulting in heavier-than-expected disk usage for Time Machine backups.
This can happen if the Aperture library is included in Time Machine backups and a backup occurs while Aperture is running. In this situation, Time Machine excludes the Aperture library from a backup while the application is running, but backs up the entire library once Aperture quits, rather than just the changes since the previous backup.
Resolution
Download and install Mac OS X v10.5.3 or later. Afterwards, when you use Time Machine it will perform incremental backups as expected.

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I recently had problem with OS and apple told me, i need a new Hard Drive. They installed a new Hard Drive and returned my laptop with OS installed on it. They also created a user named "My name" which is not same as my prior user name. Luckily, i had all my data in Time machine.
Now, i am trying to restore the data and i am not able to. First when i tried, i went to time machine and click restore on the most recent one. It looked like it was just going fine since i didn't encounter any problem and it took around 2 hours to restore that 80 GB i had. Now the Machintosh HD size is around 90 GB but i don't see any data on my laptop. Even the applications are not there, so i got to desktop, or documents, or downloads... Nothings there, its like a new laptop but the Hard Drive size is increased as if it restored everything. Macintosh HD shows 4 folders
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Users
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Each one of them is less than 1 GB so why is this taking around 100 GB of hard drive?
Also, is there a way i can restore everything i have from My time machine backup without having to do OS? I don't care if i have to format the hard drive, i guess i can't do that since the OS is installed on HD.
Any help? Its macbook air and i don't have CD ROM so i can't do OS again, i will have to go to Apple and i rather not.
I am also trying to use 'M'gration assistant' so i can migrate everything but the remaining space is only 18.8 GB and i need more than 80 GB to migrate everything. Any help is sincerely appreciated.
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Unfortunately, Apple doesn't make it clear how to restore your whole system.
See #14 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

I just purchased Time Capsule today. I ONLY want to use it as an external drive. I do not need it for Time Machine. I can see the TC in my finder, but when I click on a file or video to drag and drop, I get message that TC can't be modified. Help please

I just purchased Time Capsule today. I ONLY want to use it as an external drive. I do not need it for Time Machine. I need to free up room on my computer. As of now, I can't even load updates. I can see the TC in my finder, but when I click on a file or video to drag and drop, I get message that TC can't be modified. Help please!

I agree with Kappy.. passing files and especially via wireless is slow as slow.
Just need to be sure your TC is the new AC model??
And the OS on the computer is Lion?
Have you completed the setup of the TC via the utility? You do still need to get internet via the TC so it has to be plugged into the main router..
Give us the full picture of the network.
Then we can help you get into it.. whether you should put your files on it is another question.

HT4753 Do I need to turn time machine on to use versions?

My versions is not working. I tried a simple thing like creating a simple text file and saving a couple versions. Then clicking to browse all versions which then get the spinning wheel for a while, then when versions opens, it only shows black boxes with the text "unable to open version".
So one of my questions is do I need to have Time Machine turned on to use this feature? Currently it is turned off.
My machine is brand new with solid state drive and 8GB of RAM.
Thanks.

Drat.
It sounds like the Versions database is corrupted. We've seen that on a few occasions.
It's a hidden folder, so you'll have to be able to see it. Download the free TinkerTool app, per #A3 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting (Versions isn't related to Time Machine, that's just where my page with directions is).
Once you can see the hidden files, open a Finder window to your internal HD. You'll see a lot of stuff shown in gray that you haven't seen before.
At or near the top should be the .DocumentRevisions-V101 folder, with a red badge. That's the culprit. Delete it (you'll have to authenticate), empty the trash, reset the Finder to hide hidden files, and do a Restart.
Then try your document again (that should re-create the folder).

I backup to an external hdd with Time Machine, when it ran out of space it did not delete old backups, now my internal hdd says its full when before it had heaps of space. I have searched for extra files but cant find any. Can anyone help, please.

I backup to an external hdd with Time Machine, when it ran out of space it did not delete old backups, now my internal hdd says its full when before it had heaps of space. I have searched for extra files but cant find any. Can anyone help, please.

First, empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. Then reboot. That will temporarily free up some space.
To locate large files, you can use Spotlight as described here. That method may not find large folders that contain a lot of small files.
You can also use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one.
Proceed further only if the problem hasn't been solved.
ODS can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
Install ODS in the Applications folder as usual.
Triple-click the line of text below to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything while running ODS as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means.
When you're done with ODS, quit it and also quit Terminal.

Auto pause time machine while other backups run

I backup every hour with time machine
Also every night while in bed backup does multiple backups to other locations
Is there a way to automatically turn off or pause time machine while these other backups take place and then start it when they finish??
I'm using the apple backup application v3.12
I've tried the automator but when I play back the recorded 'watch me do' it never seems to play back quite the same or I get 'the action "watch me do" encountered an error'
Many thanks for your help on this

Basically I am using time machine straight to a 500 gig Time Capsule via Gigabit Ethernet most of the time, sometimes through airport although it is slower, even using 5Ghz on draft n!
Also at night from 2am the following backups run using the backup app
Backup my accounting files to idisk every night only about 100Mb,
Backup my User folder to partition 2 of a 1Tb WD drive connected via USB to my Time Capsule and also to my time capsule every night
Backup my whole hard drive excluding user folder to partition 2 of the 1Tb WD drive on monday early am and to my timecapsule friday am.
Partition 1 is a backup of the time capsule done manually through airport utility
All this means that if a backup drive fails (tc or 1TB wd I've still got all my backup data on the other drive.
Worst case senario I lost both drives and my laptop I would at least have my account's on my I disk.
I think I may get another 1Tb and rotate them taking 1 off site
This may seem ott but I lost my last mac and lost some data due to and old backup drive that was failing. So I don't take chances now!
Thanks for your help on this.
Thanks for you help on this much appriciated

I have the new 2011 macbook pro, with lion preinstalled. I want to change the harddrive. I have backed up everything on time machine. when i put my new blank hard drive in will the lion screen startup.How do i get the lion dmg when i am already using lion

I have the new 2011 macbook pro, with lion preinstalled. I want to change the harddrive. I have backed up everything on time machine. when i put my new blank hard drive in will the lion screen startup.How do i get the lion dmg when i am already using lion

NicholasLiban -
When you use the Lion restore as described, it does a fresh install on the hard drive that you can select at the beginning of the process. This provides a complete install of the very latest version of Lion, including the recovery partition. The drive that you choose for the installation destination winds up like what you would have on a brand new computer from Apple.
- Randy

HT201250 I cannot enter time machine when I press the icon to enter time machine

I cannot enter the time machine when I press the time machine icon. I press and nothing happens, so I'm not sure even if it is backing up at this point. When i go to my Tme Capsule it has the folder there for back-ups and the most recent, but no access from the icon. Help me Ben Kanobi you're my only hope!

Try the things in #E4 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

Need space on Time Machine disk

My Time machine backups are failing - based on the message it's 3GB short of the space needed to do the backup. I need help reclaiming space on my time machine drive.
I realized that I should not have been backing up my Aperture library - so I have excluded that from the backup. I then went into Time Machine and erased the Aperture library backups. (after making an extra copy of the library on another disk)
Since my Aperture library is 278 GB, I thought this would free up plenty of space on the time machine drive (2TB drive, has 667.48 GB free, but needs 671 GB) - however, even after I erased the aperture library backups from within time machine - the free space didn't change.
What am I doing wrong? It seems like there should now be plenty of space on my 2TB drive for the backups. My brute force approach would be to format it and start over (it's only got one backup right now anyway).

loriac wrote:
My Time machine backups are failing - based on the message it's 3GB short of the space needed to do the backup. I need help reclaiming space on my time machine drive.
I realized that I should not have been backing up my Aperture library - so I have excluded that from the backup. I then went into Time Machine and erased the Aperture library backups.
Did you do that via Time Machine, or the Finder or Terminal?
(after making an extra copy of the library on another disk)
Is that an internal disk, or an external?
Since my Aperture library is 278 GB, I thought this would free up plenty of space on the time machine drive (2TB drive, has 667.48 GB free, but needs 671 GB) - however, even after I erased the aperture library backups from within time machine - the free space didn't change.
What am I doing wrong? It seems like there should now be plenty of space on my 2TB drive for the backups.
Is there anything else on that drive, besides the backup of your Mac?
My brute force approach would be to format it and start over (it's only got one backup right now anyway).
How much data is on your system, including any other drives being backed up, but not the Aperture library?

Do I need to have "Time Machine" running in the background all the time or can I turn it off and on say once a week?

Do I need to have "Time Machine" running in the background all the time or can I turn it off and on say, once a week?

Robert Kempner wrote:
Do I need to have "Time Machine" running in the background all the time ...
It is how it is designed to be used. How Time Machine Works its Magic
Robert Kempner wrote:
... can I turn it off and on say, once a week?
Why..?
Perhaps TM is not for you... See Time Machine vs. Clones and Archives
More Info here > http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/backups/ch2.php

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I decided to do a clean install of Mavericks to get rid of all the very old files hiding in my system folders. I made a startup disk following online instructions, rebooted from the USB drive and wiped the drive and reinstalled Mavericks. Then I plugged in my Time machine backup drive and tried to recover particular folders from the latest backup. However, I am getting a permission error that prevents me from going into the old user folder from that backup. It has a red circle/line icon on the folder. How do I get around this so I can select what to restore?

You might be able to view in System Preferences > Users & Groups.
Time Machine - Troubleshooting by James Pond is the best source around for Time Machine help.
I'm not seeing your issue listed. It's possible you will need to do a full Time Machine restore to another drive so you can actually boot from the drive then log into the user. If you have enough space on internal you could partition to restore there without polluting your current new install.
Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions 18. How can I copy my TM backups to a different location?
I backup to Time Machine but I also use a clone and use it over Time Machine when I'm trying to restore a User like youare trying to do. Hopefully someone else will have a better suggestion other than doing a full restore.

How to restore files from Time Machine after Clean Install of Mavericks

How to restore files from Time Machine after Clean Install of Mavericks. I know the data is there but seems unaccessable because I may have changed the Computer or Owner name. Is there any way to fix that now?

Hi Linc,
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When I open the 1TB drive in Finder I can see a folder "Backups.backupdb/Sigi's Mac Pro/ followed by many folders of backup dates going back to 2010-09-20-103441 and up to 2014-02-07-142414 all followed with folder Macintosh HD. February 7th 2014 was the date of the clean install.
These Backups are followed by backup date folder 2014-02-08-075554 with a subfolder of MacPro-320GB (this is the name I assigned to my Boot Drive during formatting; I suspect I should have assigned the same name as before ie. Macintosh HD) and 2014-02-11 with a subfolder Macintosh HD, these are the ones I get access to by way of Time Machine > Restore.
Weird thing is on Febr 11 when I relised my possible mistake and renamed the Bootdrive back to what it was initially ie. Macintosh HD despite this I have access to all backup data since the Clean Install in both folders MacPro-320GB as well as Macintosh HD but not to any data prior to the Clean Install.
Is there something that Time Machine knows and prevents access or is it simply a matter of renaming the subfolder 2014-02-08-07554/MacPro-320GB to ........./Macintosh HD?
I like to restore selectively and not everything - It was hard work reinstalling apps that were supposed to be the troublemakers (ref my discussion on Maverick problems) but I now need to get onto data specific to some of these apps as well as other data I may have missed. Long story? Yes and sorry.
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How can I resolve OSStatus Error 13 on Time Machine when connecting to Time Capsule on Lion?

This is a semi-rhetorical question: I have now resolved this for my own setup, However, there was very little information on this error in the fora, so I thought I would post my experience with getting a Time Capsule (2TB, 3rd edition) to work on OS X Lion after the AFP/NAS debacle.
Background
My third party LaCie Big Disk Network* NAS died when Lion came out.
I could access neither Time Machine nor the drive through Finder.
The excellent thread on "Lion: Connecting to legacy (pre-Lion) AFP services - and Mac OS X (server)" (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3258472?start=0&tstart=0) allowed me to access the drive via Finder to save my files but, of course, Time Machine was still broken. That guide showed you how to lift security restrictions on AFP shares.
For reasons explained below [disclaimer: rant follows] I decided to ditch the LaCie and purchased a Time Capsule.
The Problem
Time Capsule connected via DSL to the net and set up a wifi network with a green light.
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The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error 13)
Trying to open the share in Finder using the appropriate credentials showed:
The operation cannot be completed because the original item for "Data" can't be found
Things that didn't work
Turning lots of things on and off
Resetting the DSL modem, the router (Time Capsule), the computer
Repairing permissions
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Undoing the modifications made during the process of mounting the old LaCie NAS
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sudo -s
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rm com.apple.AppleShareClient.plist*
(from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3258472?start=0&tstart=0)
Then restart your computer.
This worked for me. I don't UNDERSTAND any of why this did or didn't affect the computer, so please don't ask me to explain how it worked or what else to try. I thought I would just put this out there for knowledge.
* LaCie have really got my goat. Unlike other manufacturers who seem to be trying to provide support for their drives (Western Digital MyBook), LaCie have stated outright that they will not be providing any updates for their Big Disk Network. This is a hard drive they describe as a "Professional NAS", though I can't think of many professions where £200 backups need to be replaced every two years to keep abreast of security updates. In their defence, the drive is no longer manufactured… but, IMHO, I don't see that as sufficient reason to abandon all support or updates immediately. Boo! On the upside, loving my shiny new refurb Time Capsule.

Our true genius died a little while ago.
But up to Mountain Lion he has tones of info ..
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Try some of the section C solutions.
It is more than likely network.
BUT do the following.
1. Install the widget A1
2. Reset TM, A4
3. Verify the backup, A5
4. Reboot the whole network and restart it in order.. modem.. TC.. MB Air.
No luck to this point.
Tell us exactly what OS you have.
The worst possible is Mavericks. If you are trying to connect to old backups after an upgrade it is hopeless.
I recommend you start over.
Simply wipe the TC and start afresh.
Manually mount the TC disk in Mavericks so you are sure it is working. Tell us if you run into trouble.
Most important.. in wireless network preferences are you running ipv6 in link-local mode.

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Most of the information I can find online is how to prepare for a proper backup, but at this point since Apple Genius did a fresh install, Time Machine has my only backup!
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Next is your (short) user name, which is also the name of your home folder.
Finally, enter "Library", then press return. You should now be in the Library folder. From there you can get around as in the Finder.

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