Backup for Lion 10.7.3

What software do i need to purchase to wireless backup more than 1 Mac using time machine? I was checking time capsule but in the description it sasy for Mac OS X leopard or Snow Leopard. Does it works for Lions 10.7.3? Thanks

What exactly do you have and what are you trying to do? Time Machine will back up to any network available storage, so it could be a simple as attaching a HDD to your router (which is what a Time Capsule is). It depends on your setup.
Personally, I spent the same amount as a Time Capsule on a NAS. That way I get RAIDed backup and central storage, and it's upgradable too. Anyway, Time Capsule is completely compatible with Lion, the specs say Leopard or later.

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    I have created a new partition on the Mac HD for Lion as I would like to dual boot. Do I need to install Snow Leopard on that partition before installing Lion? If so, can I use one of my Time Machine backups to do this?

    zoominnana wrote:
    Can I set up 2 different time capsule backups? one for the lion partition and one for the snow leopard partition?
    No, you can't partition a Time Capsule's internal HD.  Both partitions will back up to the same sparse bundle. keeping the backups for each partition separate.
    Time Machine will not take the two OSX partitions as two different computers, but for best results, exclude the Snow Leopard drive from backups on the Lion partition, and exclude the Lion partition from backups on the Snow Leopard partition.
    There may be some files on the Lion partition that Time Machine on Snow Leopard won't like, among other things.  See #10 in  Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions for details.

  • MOUNTAIN LION, MBP RETINA : Time machine keeps saying to improve reliability, TM must create a new backup for you

    Hello
    I have a little network with 2 x Macpro, 1 x Macbook pro Retina, 1 x Mac Mini server and one DiskStation.
    I have no problem to backup the two Macpro and the Macmini on the Diskstation
    But I only have problem with my  Macbook pro Retina.
    I was told to start the 1st backup using Ethernet
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    I have tried to repair the Backup file
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    I had Apple support, answer : "no support because you are using a disk station" (I have used this diskstation since many years without ANY problem)
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    Thanks in advance for your help
    Best
    Cyril

    Scott F wrote:
    Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.
    Yes. See #C13 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
    My Time Machine drive is a 500GB drive connected to an Airport Extreme via USB.
    I hate to have to tell you this, but backing-up that way is "iffy" and +*not supported by Apple.+* See [Using Time Machine with an Airport Extreme Air Disk|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Airport.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
    You really should find a more reliable way to back up. See #2 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) for your options.
    I find this message confusing. Why must TM create a new backup?
    As in the first link above, because they're damaged beyond Disk Utility's ability to repair them. Exactly what that is, we mere mortals don't know. It's only on network backups, and even folks using Time Capsules see this occasionally.

  • Time Machine: Missing Snow Leopard backups after Lion Upgrade.

    I regulary use Time Machine for backups to my WD drive through my network.  After I upgraded to Lion I could not back up to my network drive   I learned through various forums that my WD drive required a firmware update, to work with Lion.  I upgraded the firmware and now  I no longer have my Time Machine backups from Snow Leopard, only backups from Lion, any idea how I can locate my Snow Leopard backups?

    Pondini wrote:
    I'd be the first to agree that keeping two sets of backups, one a "clone," is prudent.
    But if you have a Snow Leopard clone, then upgrade to Lion, the next time you update the clone you'll lose the Snow Leopard version entirely.
    Yes, I was caught out early, so I have a selection of backup drives now to keep everything backed up as safely as possible. Although at the moment, I'm not seeing any reason to go back to Snow Leopard, and all my media is safe. Hopefully in the near future my SL backups can go and I can get ready for the next OS when it comes along.
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  • HT4461 Hello I have just installed my license for OS v 10.6.3 and installed the upgrades on a new hard drive. I would like to upgrade to my license for Lion. How do I do this (through the Apple Store I guess). Cheers

    Hello, I have just installed my license for Mac OS v 10.6.3 and installed updates including security updates.
    I have a licence for Lion that is sitting on Apples computer somewhere.
    How do I access my account and install Lion on my machine?
    Beyond that I want to upgrade to Maverick but given I work out the first step upgrading to Maverick should be easy.
    Thanks, Julian R A

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities
    OS X Lion could be purchased from the Mac App Store (and now, at the Apple Online Store). Once you purchase it, you can download it as many times as you want for free.
    Open  > Software Update, and install the most recent Mac OS X version. It should be Mac OS X 10.6.6 or newer. Then, open the Mac App Store, go to Purchases, log in with your Apple ID and download OS X Lion. Make a backup before upgrading and check that your apps are compatible > http://www.roaringapps.com
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  • Dual boot for lion and SL

    BHow do I set up the dual boot for Lion and snow leopard oon the same internal hard disK
    What does Time machine do  under the dual boot?

    I am also considering putting Lion and SL on separate hard drives.
    Since this is an iMac forum, I assume you will use an external drive as the second drive. Use one that connects via firewire, not via USB.
    Both on a single drive -
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    To do that, clone the entire internal drive to the external drive.
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    Then add a partition to the internal drive. To do that, run Disk Utility. Go to the Partition page, select your internal drive in the list on the left, but do not use the Partition Layout menu this time. Instead, click the existing volume in the graphic display, then click the plus ("+") button underneath that display -
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    Use Startup Disk to re-select your original boot violume, and restart back into it.
    Now, clone the original drive again using CCC, but this time to the second partition of the internal drive, the one you just added.
    Boot to that freshly cloned volume to verify it. Then, while still booted to it, install OS X 10.7 Lion onto it.
    This will result in your original Snow Leopard on the first partition of the internal drive, and Lion on the second partition of the internal drive.
    The external drive will have Snow Leopard on one partition, one partition will be empty (available for a clone of Lion if you wish, or use it for extra storage). The remaining two partitions can be used for Time Machine backups - one for Snow Leopard, one for Lion.
    If you want to have each OS on its own hard drive, then you can use the first clone of Snow Leopard to the external to be upgraded to Lion, or upgrade the orignal on the internal drive to Lion. Be sure to boot to the volume to be used for Lion before installing it so that Lion is installed onto the correct boot volume.
    You can then use the empty partition on the internal drive as the backup (or Time Machine) volume for the OS on the external drive, and vice versa. In this arrangement you may need only partition the external into two volumes.
    If you have a different scheme in mind for partitioning, feel free to do that. I don't use Time Machine, so don't have the need to make space for it. Carbon Copy Cloner can be used to do incremental backups after the initial backup - but I don't use that, either. I'm old school - after the inital cloning for backup, I do manual backups of files on the fly.
    Comments -
    * I would suggest keeping both Snow Leopard and Lion on the internal drive. Reason - even though firewire 800 is fast, it is still noticeably slower than an internal drive. OS's on an external drive will run slower than those on an internal drive.
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    • It was just a few days ago that I went through the same process as you are planning. One slight difference - I used a 1.0TB external partitioned into 3 equal volumes, since I had no need to allow space for Time Machine. I have Snow Leopard and Lion each on its own partition of the internal drive; and cloned backups of each on the external drive, plus one GP partition on the external drive.
    • If you have not yet downloaded Lion, be prepared for it to take a while; it's almost 4GB in size. Probably be a good idea to defeat sleep for the duration.
    • Cloning takes a while, but not that long - it took 30 minutes to clone 45GB to the external drive, and 45 minutes to clone it to the second internal partition.

  • Where is the install package stored from the app store for Lion?

    This is an all new way of deploying OS updates from Apple. From what I can see, this presents some issues:
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    2. If there's a problem with my device in the future, I have no media of Lion to restart from- so what's the procedure to restore from a TM backup? Go back to 10.6, and then to the 10.7 update?
    3. What if I want to boot from disc or a drive? I don't have a copy of the install to make a bootable image.
    Thanks for the help

    OK, once you install Lion the Installation Package gets deleted. However once you have installed Lion, do following:
    - Open the AppStore Application
    - With pressed Option (on German Keyboard ALT) Key klick on the "Purchased" Tab!
    - You will now see that the prviously greyed out "Install" key for Lion becomes active
    - Download the install package
    - Do not start installation
    - In order to create a bootable DVD or USB drive containing the installer follow instructions posted on
    http://www.macworld.com/article/161069/2011/07/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.ht ml
    This is how you can create installation media.
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    Lion or recovery partition.
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  • "....To Improve Reliability, Time Machine Must Create a New Backup for You"

    I bought the new Apple 2 TB Time Capsule thinking it would be a great way to get a powerful wireless router and handle file backup for both me and my wife's iMacs.  She is running an up-to-date version of Snow Leopard and I am on the most recent update of Mountain Lion.  The Time Capsule was installed and running by the first of August and we had no problems until this monday (7 weeks later) when I got the message that "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability Time Machinge must create a new backup"  My wife's back up was still ok but I had to go though the 5-6 hour process of re-copying all my files(using an ethernet connection) to the device. All went smoothly for a few days until I got the same message again about creating a new backup.  Also my wife cannot enter her time machine files even though the computer is still being backed up. We have a stable internet service and both computers recieve a strong signal from the router. Is it possible that the Time Capsule Drive is defective? Is there any sort of maintenance such as zpping the PRAM that would help?  This is really frustrating as it looks like the timemachine backup is totally unreliable and not worth fooling with.  Is there any way to use the storage capability of the time capsule without going through time machine?
    Thanks,
    Reid McCallister

    hi
    rest assured you are not alone. i have the same problem and i hate it with a passion. in fact, i am the victim of this message as of 20 minutes ago and doing a full backup as I am typing this. I am so overly ****** that I actually posted here and will be calling or emailing apple next because I cannot take this anymore. the problem lies in time machine and unfortunately, there is no fix for that. time machine is the best idea of apple with the worst implementation ever. you have no obligation to use time capsule to benefit from time machine as this would not be legal anyway. i will give you 2 temporary solutions and let you decide which one works best for you:
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    2) install CCC (carbon copy cleaner) I have not used it myself yet, but probably will be installing it after finishing this post. it is claimed to be better, yet it is yet to be seen by me personally.
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  • HT4854 What size does the recovery partition need to be for Lion or Mt Lion?

    What size does the recovery partition need to be for Lion or Mt Lion?

    Maybe I'm approaching the problem the wrong way. My problem is that I installed a new HDD in my laptop after cloning it to a backup drive, and I wanted to install the OS after formatting the drive using Disk Utilities from my desktop machine. Since I had Lion installed from the App Store as a paid download, I thought I'd start with a freshly downloaded install of Lion, but I can't access the internet directly with my laptop since it has no OS or apps. So I'm downloading Lion to my desktop machine hoping to install it on my laptop as a Target HD. Is that possible? Does the App Store download allow choosing which drive to install on?

  • How do I create 2 Recovery partitions: one for Lion and one for Mountain Lion?

    Well that is basically the question:
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    can I access my programs from the other partition, so I can save space ...
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  • What do I need to do to prepare computer for Lion?

    I have a mid 2010 MacBook Pro and I operate on Snow Leopard OsX.  I would like to upgrade to Lion.  What do I need to do to do this?

    Backup... Backup... Backup...
    Have a look here   Bombich's Get Ready for Lion tutorial.
    Also... Check the Compatibility of Third Party Applications you may be using...
    See Here:
    http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
    Would also suggest that you Increase your RAM to at least 4GB

  • How do I remove a backup for a computer I no longer have

    I am running low with space on my Time Capsule.  I had four devices backing up to the Time Capsule but one of the four is not in my possession anymore.  How do I delete the backup for that device to free up space?

    Thank you!
    I used the Finder in Mountain Lion.  Unable to connect an ethernet at this time so I went through the WiFi; it did take a some time.  As soon as I had enough space the Time Capsule/Time machine went into action. 
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  • Restore an individual iphoto event from a time machine backup in Lion

    How can I restore an individual iphoto event from a time machine backup using Lion.
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  • Alternative to Winclone for Lion?

    I know that there has probably been a thousand posts about this, but is there a simple alternative to Winclone for Lion. By simple I mean, that it just creates the Backup as an Image with one click, and then just restores it with one-click.  
    Thank you.
    Software for OS X, that is.

    About the only thing I can think of is Norton Ghost. You would need to set aside a drive formatted as NTFS, or at least FAT32 (if your disk image wouldn't exceed 2 GB).
    Norton bought out the makers of Drive Image a couple of years back. So if you've ever seen that, that's what Norton Ghost is now. Norton essentially threw out their code.
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  • Combine backups using Lion?

    I have a complete set of backups for my old Macbook.  I purchased a MBP and transferred all of my files, so the MBP has basically the same stuff that the Macbook did, just on a different machine, although I'm now running Lion (Macbook was running Snow Leopard).
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    No, sorry, but even tmutil can't do that. 

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