Aperture and Time Machine - have they learnt to live together yet?

Reading through various Help web sites on Time Machine it says that if Aperture is running when Time Machine is backing up the system then Time Machine will back up the whole Aperture library instead of only the changed components.
Has this situation changed or should I forgo the benefits if Time Machine for Aperture by excluding the Aperture library from Time Machine.

This was fixed around Mac OS X 10.5.3. That was quite a while ago
If Aperture is running when Time Machine runs, the Aperture library won't be backed up. The next time that TM runs when Aperture is not running, the changes will be backed up.

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Aperture and Time Machine

I read where Time Machine can now be used with Aperture, but I'm wondering if my Aperture library has to be on my internal hard drive order to be recorded to my TM hard drive? Or can I have TM connect to it on an external hard drive where my Aperture library exist? I haven't used TM in a while, so I'm thinking about purchasing a 1TB drive and start using it again.
Thanks for the help.

TM backs up what it's set to back up. You configure this in the TM settings. If your Aperture library is on a disk that TM is set to back up, it will be backed up.

Aperture and Time Machine compared to iPhoto behaviour

If I'm in my iPhoto library and enter Time Machine I get to browse my entire backup of the iPhoto library in the Time Machine window - which is great. Though I don't use iPhoto anyway so there aren't any images there anyway...! I first noticed this way Time Machine works when recovering some e-mail notes I'd lost on the iPhone - very simple way of getting individual items back.
If I enter Time Machine in Aperture I'm dumped out of Aperture and cant see any old photos in Time Machine from the Aperture interface...
Does anyone know if Apple plan to make Aperture behave like iPhoto in the near future?
I like to keep things simple and have one large drive with one Aperture library holding all of my photos and a separate large Time Machine drive to hold the backup.
Thanks.
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Does anyone know if Apple plan to make Aperture behave like iPhoto in the near future?
Afraid no one outside of Apple know what - if any - plans Apple have for the future.
Regards
TD

10.5.2, Aperture and time machine

I am currently using Aperture on Tiger, my secondary machine runs leopard but I have not regarded it as stable enough to upgrade my main working machine until the dust settles on 10.5.2. I gather there was an issue with time machine and the aperture vault and I see no mention of this being fixed in the .5.2 release notes. can anyone confirm if this is still an issue or not?
Cheers
Jim

Conal Ho wrote:
Oh please, Apple, say something about whether 10.5.2 OS X fixes the Time Machine problem with backing up Aperture while Aperture is being used! Thanks!
Ask and ye shall receive.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306853
Solution
This issue is resolved in Mac OS X 10.5.2. Use Software Update to make sure you have the most recent version of software.

Need help in distributing Master Folder (all my original pics), Aperture Library, Aperture Back-up, Vault and Time Machine

I have a desktop iMac and three external HDs. One HD called Aperture Library (2T) now has Aperture Library, Time Machine backups and Master Folder, which is where I put my RAW files of pictures I want to keep. A second HD called Aperture back-up (1T) has another large Master Folder. This was created a long time ago when I was using Lightroom. I plan to transfer pictures on to HD Aperture Library > Master Folder so I will have 1 Master Folder. A third external HD called Vault (1T) now only contains my Quicken b/u.
I have not made a vault yet for Aperture, because I am in the process of exporting files from Lightroom and bringing them into Aperture 3. What a mess, especially because I was not able to use my photo apps (Lightroom or Aperture) for a few months and forgot the do's and don'ts. Please help me organize this stuff while I have the time and motivation. Greatly appreciated.

Note that Masters need only be backed up once (but to multiple backup locations) and that backup should happen immediately after copying to the hard drive from the camera card, before involving Aperture or any other images management app.
Time Capsule is an ongoing regular-routine backup process. Image originals instead need irregularly timed backup, once.
IMO referenced Masters make far more sense than building huge managed-Masters Libraries.
• Hard disk speed. Drives slow as they fill so making a drive more full (which managed Masters always does) will slow down drive operation.
• Database size. Larger databases are by definition more prone to "issues" than smaller databases are.
• Vaults. Larger Library means larger Vaults, and Vaults are an incremental repetitive backup process, so again larger Vaults are by definition more prone to "issues" than smaller Vaults are. One-time backup of Referenced Masters (each file small, unlike a huge managed-Masters DB) is neither incremental nor ongoing; which is by definition a more stable process.
Managed-Masters Libraries can work, but they cannot avoid the basic database physics.
HTH
-Allen Wicks

Does anyone know why since upgrading to ML notes are not visible in Time Machine. They used to be part of mail and could be recovered from Time machine but since ML I don't seem to be able to access notes in Time Machine. Any help would be useful.

Does anyone know why since upgrading to ML notes are not visible in Time Machine. They used to be part of mail and could be recovered from Time machine but since ML I don't seem to be able to access notes in Time Machine. Any help would be useful.

Welcome to Apple Communities
Mail doesn't support notes. If you use iCloud, you have them in it because Notes is an application

"No configured AirPort base stations have been found." I can see the content of the TimeCapsule's drive in finder and Time Machine but it no longer is making backups. Ideas?

Bought new TimeCapsule March 2013. Worked fine. Now get "No configured AirPort base stations have been found." I can see the content of the TimeCapsule's drive in finder and Time Machine but it no longer is making backups. Ideas?

Make sure that you have AirPort Utility 6.3.1 installed on your Mac.
AirPort Utility 6.3.1 for Mac - Support - Apple
Then, power off the entire network...all devices...in any order that you want
Wait a minute, then start the modem first and let it run a full minute
Start the next device connected to the modem, which may be your Time Capsule and let it run a minute
Keep starting devices one at a time the same way until the entire network is back up
See if AirPort Utility can "see" the Time Capsule now.
If yes, try another backup. If you encounter an error message, post back with the exact message.

I have a 500 gb hard drive partitioned for files and time machine but when i connect it to my mac only the time machine one shows up

well as the title says i have a 500gb hard drive with 2 partitions one with time machine and one for files it worked perefectly until yesterday only the time machine partition appeared in finder, i checked disk utility and both partitions appeared but the one for files appeared in grey and when i press mount an error comes up.

The repair shop likely replaced a major circuit board on your MacBook Pro, so Time Machine thinks that you have a "new" computer and it wants to make a new complete backup of your Mac.
You are going to have to make a decision to either add another new Time Capsule....or USB drive to your existing Time Capsule....and in effect start over with a new backup of your Mac and then move forward again.
For "most" users, I think this is probably the best plan because you preserve all your old backups in case you need them at some point, and you start over again with a new Time Capsule so you have plenty of room for years of new backups.
Or, as you have mentioned, you have the option of erasing the Time Capsule drive and starting all over again. The upside is that you start over and have plenty of room for new backups. The downside is that you lose years of backups.
Another option....trying to manually delete old backups individually....is tricky business....and very time consuming. To get an idea of what is involved here, study this FAQ by Pondini, our resident Time Capsule and Time Machine expert on the Community Support area. In particular, study the pink box.
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/12.html
Once you look through this, I think you may agree that this type of surgery is not for the faint of heart. I would suggest that you consider this only if one of the other options just cannot work for you.

Backing up photos on iMac using external hard drive and time machine

How do i back up photos from my imac using an external hard drive and time machine
Thanks in advance

Apple explains how to use Time Machine in http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427.
Setting up and using TM is very simple to do, connect any external HD (format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) using Disk Utility ) and your computer shoudl ask if you want to use that EHD for a Time Machine backup. If you have any questions visit your local Apple Store or reseller and they can answer how to setup and use TM and also should be able to offer suggestions on EHDs. My personal preference is OWC (www.macsales.com) Mercury Elite Pro due to the build quality and OWC's level of support.

Time Capsule and time machine with third party router

Hi,
This is the first time I use this site.
I have over three years old Mackbook.
APP has expired.
Now I want to know how to set up time capsule in a new environment.
I moved from Australian and Singapore.
I was using Time Capsule and Airport Extreme in Australia.
I have moved to Singapore.
I am using router provided by Singtell(Singapore Telecommunication). I do not have an Airport Extreme anymore. My housemate and I are using wireless internet-sharing. Needless to say that internet provider is SingTell.
Now I would like to know how to use time capsule and time machine with the network created with a router provided by SingTell.
What I did so far is;
Connected the time capsule to the power point.
Orange lamp lit and flashed for a few second and stop. Orange lamp stayed on.
Apple Utility does not recognise Time Capsule.
I prefer to use it wirelessly.
There are only two USB cable ports installed.
One is used to synchronize iPhone.
Other is used for a printer.
but if it is not possible, wired would be OK.
MacBook 13 inch 2.0 GH Late 2006
I hope that someone able to give me an answer for this.
Cheers,
morepubholidays

In this case the apple support people reveal a truly poor understanding.
You must bridge something.. you either bridge the TC.. which 90% of people do.. or you bridge the dsl router.. which some people do manage to do.. You will have to look that up for your modem and check with verizon if they support pppoe authentication.
IMHO just bridge the TC as you were told not to do.. as they are simply wrong about that.
If you already tried this and it didn't work.. try again.. it is the correct approach.
You have no choice. But this time let me suggest you do it using the 5.6 airport utility.. as the apple toyland v6 airport utility is likely half your trouble.
So here is how to get the utility into your computer.
How to load 5.6 into ML.
1. Download 5.6 for Lion.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
Click to open the dmg but do not attempt to install the pkg.. it won't work anyway.
2. Download and install unpkg.
http://www.timdoug.com/unpkg/
Run unpkg on the desktop.. it is very simple.. drag the AirPortUtility56.pkg file over to unpkg.. and it will create a new directory of the same name on the desktop.. drill down.. applications utilities .. there lo and behold is Airport utility 5.6 .. drag it to your main utilities directory or just run it from current location.
You cannot uninstall 6.1 so don't try.. and you cannot or should not run them both at the same time.. so just ignore the toyland version.. the plastic hammer.. and start using 5.6.. a real tool.
For screen shots see this post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4668746?tstart=0
Then open the manual setup on the 5.6 utility.. go to internet tab. Connection sharing.. off bridged mode.
Select this and update..
Then all your IP addresses will be wrong.. I suspect this is where things are going wrong.. and messing you up.
Once the TC is bridged.. turn off everything and restart.. in correct order.. modem.. TC.. client computers etc. 2min gap between each.

Time Machine Restore Leads to Kernel Panic and Time Machine Inaccuracies

Last night I had to do a full restore from time machine because I had disturbed system files. So I boot in the OSX disk and run time machine from utilities to a time before I messed things up. After it finishes I restart as the screen prompts me to do and I get in a kernel panic restart cycle.
So I reinstall snow leopard from the disk, and for some reason instead of being formatted everything appears as it did at the beginning of summer (I've had Snow Leopard since it came out). So I boot in the disk and try a time machine full restore to a different backup, and after it completes I again get into the kernel panic restart cycle.
So I reinstall snow leopard to the same effect, thinking I'll just go into time machine (star wars interface) and manually update all the important files, but even though I have regular updates that run all the way to may, they are inaccurate. For instance: my downloads folder remains identical in all of them, even though it is altered almost daily, also my documents don't change: for instance an essay I'm working on doesn't contain changes which I made and through all of the time machine backups has not been modified since may 10th (quite wrong). But oddly, programs which I had installed recently remain on the computer.
Disk Utility and Disk Warrior both report my internal hard drive and my external hard drive (where the time machine backups are stored in their own partition) are intact.
All I want is data restoration, and none of my methods have worked.... if there is a workaround to my time machine kernel panic issue and time machine would give an accurate restoration then I would do this... hopefully some of you have ideas... Thanks.
Running:
Macbook 2.13 Ghz
2 gb ram
was running the most recent edition of Snow Leopard, after restore I'm running the original OSX 10.6

You might try the following to repair permissions in your Home folder. Disk Utility does not repair permissions in the Home folder.
To fix Home folder permissions
Open the Terminal application in the Utilities folder. At the command line prompt enter or paste the following command line:
sudo chown -R `id -un`:`id -gn` ~
Press RETURN. You will be prompted to enter your admin password which will not be echoed.

Version 2 and Time Machine

There was a problem with backing up photos in Aperture with Time Machine. The "solution" was to exclude the Aperture data from Time Machine.
Does version 2 fix this issue?

based on what I've seen tonight on my iMac, Time Machine is now 'compatible' with Aperture 2 by ignoring the Aperture library package if and while Aperture is running.
tonight while Aperture was running, Time Machine deleted the Aperture Library from the backup disk (250GB of space was created) in preparation for an update (insufficient room on the backup disk to add a copy of the library without deleting the existing one), but refused to actually back up the library file until I quit Aperture (i.e., for several hours, I had no backup of my Aperture Library). this may be how Apple worked around the 'inconsistency' problem, by not backing the library up while Aperture's running.
if my assumption is correct, Apple opened up the possibility of losing your library. if they don't back up Aperture Library files while Aperture is running, then they also shouldn't delete existing Aperture Library files from the backup while Aperture is running.
there is nothing in Apple's support documents to clarify how Time Machine in 10.5.2 works with Aperture to create consistent backups.
to answer your question though, I don't think Time Machine backs up the entire library every time it backs up but I'll need to do some quick tests to verify this.
sincerely,
Gregory

HT201250 Does the new time machine have oil inside?

Dors the time machine have oil inside?

Time Machine is a piece of software that runs on Mac computers. I assume that you are referring to the Time Capsule base station. In that case, no it is not filled with oil. At best, the internal hard drive is pre-lubricated and factory sealed. On the other hand, capacitors are known to use oil and they are used as part of the TC's circuit board. This would have to do with the TC's power circuitry.

Lion has deleted all my emails and Time Machine back ups !

Help !
I had the very bad idea of installing Lion :
- first consequence : it deleted all my emails
at this point I was a bit disappointed but of course I had a back up of my emails via all the saveguards done automatically on my Time Capsule via Time Machine, so I decided to go there to get back my emails...
but ahhhhhh
- second Lion effect : it had deleted all my saveguards in my Time Capsule !!!!
I called Apple technical support :
they are very sorry but indeed Lion deleted my emails, and sorry again it has screwed my Time Machine, technically they have no solution !
Does anyone hat the same issues ? or had better technical support ?

Arrhhhg, no idea on contacts, but might try some recovery SW...
Data Rescue II...
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
This one would require another HD with plenty of space to recover to.
You should use another Boot Disk or other Mac with this one in Target mode to do the recovery.
They have a free demo to see what it could recover.
rccharles on file recovery...
"Stellar Phoenix Macintosh - Mac data recovery software, recovers data from damaged, deleted, or corrupted volumes and even from initialized disks."
They have a trial version, so I guess you can see if your data can be recovered...
http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm
FileSalvage is an extremely powerful Macintosh application for exploring and recovering deleted files from a drive or volume. FileSalvage is designed to restore files that have:
    * been accidentally deleted.
    * become unreadable due to media faults.
    * been stored on a drive before it was re-initialized/formatted.
http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id= 1

MacBook Pro Disk Space Question and Time Machine

Hi all,
I know this is probably a "noob" question, but I have been backing up my laptop (2009 Mac OS X 10.6.8) onto an external hard drive set up for Time Machine, and now my MacBook Pro only has 1.15 GB available of free space after the many years of usage and saving things onto it (such as images, movies, etc.). I had a question: Are these files backed up onto Time Machine and so can I delete them from my laptop without losing them? I am concerned about losing them and am not sure how Time Machine really works; if I delete these files from my laptop in order to free up space, then backup my computer onto Time Machine, will they be deleted from the Time Machine drive also?? I need to free up a lot of space on my laptop but also don't want to lose any pictures and videos from over the years.
Thanks in advance.

570ad
My question is, how do I effectively "copy over" files onto my new external hard drive? Is it as easy as connecting the hard drive via usb
Easy as drag and drop, yes indeed. Could almost do it with your eyes closed.
Entire user account, ....no, just get all your files, you created, saved, made, work on ALL VITAL DATA you "dont dare lose" etc. drag it over, make files in the HD showing where things are, etc.
There are of course a 1000 ways to organize folders and data on external HD, ..pick what suits you.
Keep it simple.

Aperture and Time Machine - have they learnt to live together yet?

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