Can't turn on Time machine local snapshots

I just found out about TM local snapshots feature - so I went into TM Prefs - and when I click "on" - it only comes up and says "select disk - other time machine capsule". There is no way to keep TM on, if I don't back it up to an external HD as well?

Local snapshot are enabled using command line.
If you open System Preferences, Time Machine, you'll read beneath the button Select Backup Disk
and when Local snapshot are disabled
Read for more details Pondini's page

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Time Machine Local Snapshot - perhaps not enabled?

I've read that there is confusion about the Time Machine Snapshot function, but I am still not convinced mine is working.
Have just purchased my MacBook Pro (& loving it) and am doing my Time Machine backups to a 3rd party external HD via firewire 800. When away from my desk I can not get into Time Machine at all and am presented with the message Your Time Machine backup can't be found and when I look at the Time Machine Setup under System Preferences there is nothing at all there to indicate that local backups are enabled.
As I thought the whole purpose of the local snapshot was that files could be retrieved while on the road, I feel something is not right with my setup. Advice appreciated thanks

Perhaps these Links may be of assistance...
Time Machine Local Snapshots Laptops
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4878
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427

Time machine local snapshots are taking up significant amount of hard drive space.

Hi there, my hard drive had become close to full and I got a warning message so I started a clean up. I have moved my iTunes media folder and my iPhoto picture folder to my Time Capsule external hard drive as well as deleting unnecessary apps and files. I was able to free up quite a bit of space but in looking at the hard drive in "About this Mac" the backups section is taking up 120.53 GB of my 250 GB hard drive. In my internet research it appears the "backups" section represents the Time Machine local snapshots when the designated drive is not available. Is there a way to decrease the space that the snapshots are taking up? 120 GB of my hard drive seems a bit excessive. Any advice is welcome, thanks!

what is confusing is why I would get a warning message that the disc was becoming full if there is 128GB worth of files that should have been automatically deleted?
You didn't get the warning because of that. You got it because of the files that you moved to another volume, and perhaps others. The local snapshots contain some of those files. They're available, for the time being, in case you need to restore them. Eventually they'll be deleted.

Time machine local snapshot

I tried to use finder to browse /volumes/mobilebackups/Backups.pdb/Mabbook Pro.... and I found an empty folder.
Using terminal, I can see hourly backups
These backups doesn't appear in Time line
I have a MBP early-2011 running Lion with one user
How can I fix it?

Well, you can re-set the local backup (i.e. delete all of it and start over) by Turning Off Time Machine in System Preferences, wait a little while, then turn it back on again.

Can't turn off time machine

I am trying to turn off time machine, as I use a different backup program and am happy with it and want to avoid the intrusive windows that keep asking if I want time machine to backup to my external drive.
I am in 10.6.6. When I select preferences:time machine and switch to "off" button, I get a window that asks me to select a time capsule. When I hit "cancel," it automatically reverts to "on."
Any help greatly appreciated.

Select the "none" drive in the window. That should turn it off.
If it still prompts you every time you connect a disk, download the free [Tinker Tool|http://www.bresink.com/osx/TinkerTool.html] app. Click +Snow Leopard+ in the toolbar, then the "Don't ask for backup disks ..." option.

Time machine local snapshots bugs ?

Hi,
I started using time machine to backup select folders to an external HDD hooked up via USB.
I noticed that during preview, the created dates of files for local snapshots are always incorrect. They are all timestamped to the year 2000.
You can see from the screenshots. The first shows the file with the correct timestamp.
In this one, the created date is now incorrect.
In some cases, the file may change into a folder in the local snapshot and you will not be able to preview it anymore.
I cannot replicate the folder problem now, but I have had this happen to regular txt files.
Any ideas?
thanks
Matt

Hi,
I started using time machine to backup select folders to an external HDD hooked up via USB.
I noticed that during preview, the created dates of files for local snapshots are always incorrect. They are all timestamped to the year 2000.
You can see from the screenshots. The first shows the file with the correct timestamp.
In this one, the created date is now incorrect.
In some cases, the file may change into a folder in the local snapshot and you will not be able to preview it anymore.
I cannot replicate the folder problem now, but I have had this happen to regular txt files.
Any ideas?
thanks
Matt

Time Machine Local Snapshots are completely filling my hard drive

I have a MacBook Air and have been receiving errors about my hard drive being full. It turns out that Time Machine's Local Snapshots are filling up my hard drive completely (dangerously so). Obviously there must be something wrong with my machine as Local Snapshots are supposed to only occur if my hard drive is less than 80% full. Does anyone have any idea how I could fix this problem?
Cheers,
Greg

what is confusing is why I would get a warning message that the disc was becoming full if there is 128GB worth of files that should have been automatically deleted?
You didn't get the warning because of that. You got it because of the files that you moved to another volume, and perhaps others. The local snapshots contain some of those files. They're available, for the time being, in case you need to restore them. Eventually they'll be deleted.

Time machine local snapshot broken?

Hello everyone,
I've done a clean install by going into restore mode and wiping my HDD and installing mavericks. I can confirm that localsnapshot is broken on my Macbook Pro retina 15" and MacBook Pro 13". I have this exact same problem : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5424793
I am just curious if localsnapshot functionality works for you all. Could you post your test case by trying to enter time machine when your external drive is disconnected on any macbook or macbook pro.
Thank you.

Thanks for the input. I really hope apple figures it out at some point and provide a fix for everyone.

Can't turn on time machine, & not backing up as initially set

I have a Seagate external backup drive that I have used before to backup our computer. Initially before I used this for the first time, I went to time machine and turned time machine on and set it to back the computer up frequently. Then I went and backed up the computer on the seagate all went well. This was in October. Well, now it is december decided to do another backup on the external drive but before doing so I checked the time machine only to notice it was last modified on december 3rd which means it last backed up dec 3rd right? With this in mind, it is the 13th of dec. I don't think it is backing up frequently like I set it too. Also, when I pull up time machine, and click on open, it will not open. Also, when I initially click on time machine I get the time line on the side of the computer, and it says last backup was oct 23rd. I am confused and would like to connect my seagate external for another update and backup but will not yet unless the time machine is working right. In looking at time machine info, the size:is 1,855,379 bytes (2MB on disk). Created: June 20th, and modified Dec 3rd. so what does modified dec 3rd mean, if is says it was last backed up oct 23rd?
When I go to time machine, it will not allow me to open it. and there is no on off sliding option now that was there when i initially opened up time machine to set it up
help

I am referring to the time machine application that comes with the MacBook Pro which automatically runs backups. I go to finder, applications, and then I click on the time machine icon.
Unfontunately I tried to copy the time machine box, and the time machine info box earlier, and again, and I cannot copy to this post to show you, is that what you mean by screen shot? Otherwise please explain what you mean by that.
thank you for responding.

Can I turn a Time Machine backup into sparsebundle?

Hi,
I have a NAS device, and the first back-up to it takes soo long. Unfortunately, the back-up format to a NAS device is a sparsebundle, to a directly connected drive it is backup. Can I connect my drive directly to my laptop, make the first back-up, then change the format to sparsebundle?

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Time machine local snapshot restoring hangs

Interested in others experiances with restoring form a local snapshot. Mine fail. They cause finder to stall at "preparing to copy". I have tested by clearing the local snapshot and then letting my Macbook pro create a new one. Then tried to restore from the new one and it still stalls at "preparing to copy". I am hoping someone might have an idea as to why?
Ran all the standard basic repairs like PRam reset, boot to recovery partition and ran Disk Permissions and repair disk. All passed and fine.
Thanks

Launch the Console 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 Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

When I try to set up Time Machine, there are no back up disks displayed. Therefore, I cannot turn on Time Machine. How can I fix this?

When I try to set up Time Machine, there are no back up disks displayed. Therefore, I cannot turn on Time Machine. How can I fix this?

Thanks - let it finish, but zero out data is unnecessary. That option is intended to thoroughly erase previously recorded data so that it cannot be recovered without sophisticated data recovery techniques.
Case sensitive is OK but I suggest you simply select Mac OS X Extended since "case sensitive" may complicate things for you in the future, should it be necessary to restore files to a case-ignorant volume.
Once it finishes, make sure it appears as a selectable option in Time Machine. If it does your problems are solved, but consider using Disk Utility and reformatting it. This time don't worry about zeroing unused space, and select Mac OS X Extended (Journaled). It will only take a few seconds this time.
For a more thorough description read Apple Support Communites contributor Pondini's FAQ: http://pondini.org/TM/5.html Read the pink box regarding the subject of case sensitivity.
Also: Mac Basics: Time Machine

When I plug a LaCie external hard drive into my new Mac mini, [os 10.9.1], to use with Time Machine it effects the performance of my internet and email. Turn off Time Machine and unplug the hard drive and the internet and email are working normally again

When I plug a LaCie external hard drive to work with Time Machine into my new Mac mini, [OS 10.9.1] it drastically effects the performance of the internet and email, turn off Time Machine, unplug the hard drive, internet and email go back to normal. Why?

Maybe:
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/usb-3.0-hard-drives-can-cause-wi-fi-inter ference

Add notes to my Time Machine backup snapshots?

Hello.
Is there a way to add notes to my Mac OS X 10.8.5's Time Machine backup snapshots for references (e.g., "upgraded Firefox v33.1.1 to v34)?
Thank you in advance.

Yes, I've done all "the ususal suspects.." repaired permissions, zapped pram, "reintroduced Time Machine to the backup drive by turning it off and on... etc

How can I recover deleted Time Machine Backups

My internal hard drive was full so I first ran a backup on time machine and reinstalled OSX 10.5.7. I then used time machine to restore my iphoto library, and a few documents. I still had backups going back a couple of months. Unfortunately the next time I backed up it erased all of my old backups and only saved the backup from yesterday. Is there a way to recover old backups from a time machine drive. I turned off time machine and have not written anything to that drive.
How can I recover those old Backups.backupdb.?

Wesley Groves1 wrote:
My internal hard drive was full so I first ran a backup on time machine and reinstalled OSX 10.5.7. I then used time machine to restore my iphoto library, and a few documents. I still had backups going back a couple of months. Unfortunately the next time I backed up it erased all of my old backups and only saved the backup from yesterday. Is there a way to recover old backups from a time machine drive.
no, they were overwritten by the new TM backups.
I turned off time machine and have not written anything to that drive.
How can I recover those old Backups.backupdb.?
you can't.

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