Hard drive replaced, backup successful, now can't sync to time machine
Hi Guys
I had a failing hard drive (S.M.A.R.T. status) so I got the hard drive replaced on my apple care plan. I had been able to successfully back-up the entire system using a WD My passport for Mac (1TB). The tech uploaded the new Lion operating system and then plugged in my WD to reinstate the computer. All went well. However, now my computer won't continue the Time Machine backups from where it left off, rather wants to reback-up the whole system again, which it can't as there is insufficient room on the drive. Do I have to delete everything on the external drive and start again?
There's no way to avoid the need to back up all your files, as Time Machine has no way of knowing they're the same as they were on the old drive. The best solution is to start a new backup on another external drive. You need more than one backup anyway, to be safe. When you're sure you'll no longer need the data on the backup drive you have now, erase it and start over.
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To move your iTunes media library to a different location, take a look at the article below to walk you through that process. Make sure that you have everything organized before you move everything over.
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449
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Last login: Wed Mar 11 19:23:03 on ttys000
~ belambert$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_CoreStorage 250.1 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *249.8 GB disk1
Logical Volume on disk0s2
7A998EAE-68FB-4BAC-BF40-7A31D2806B2C
Unlocked Encrypted
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk2
1: Microsoft Reserved 134.2 MB disk2s1
~ belambert$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 883A56F4-5559-4872-A8DA-960F99655B63
=========================================================
Name: Macintosh HD
Status: Online
Size: 250140434432 B (250.1 GB)
Free Space: 8921088 B (8.9 MB)
|
+-< Physical Volume 7EDAFA20-FF9A-45FB-BA44-6526BB46C381
| ----------------------------------------------------
| Index: 0
| Disk: disk0s2
| Status: Online
| Size: 250140434432 B (250.1 GB)
|
+-> Logical Volume Family B47B0B40-CBF2-4D02-BFEF-182061AC6F8E
Encryption Status: Unlocked
Encryption Type: AES-XTS
Conversion Status: Complete
Conversion Direction: -none-
Has Encrypted Extents: Yes
Fully Secure: Yes
Passphrase Required: Yes
|
+-> Logical Volume 7A998EAE-68FB-4BAC-BF40-7A31D2806B2C
Disk: disk1
Status: Online
Size (Total): 249779191808 B (249.8 GB)
Conversion Progress: -none-
Revertible: Yes (unlock and decryption required)
LV Name: Macintosh HD
Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Content Hint: Apple_HFS
~ belambert$ mount
/dev/disk1 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
localhost:/vB3z604U-dvSpES6320fHq on /Volumes/MobileBackups (mtmfs, nosuid, read-only, nobrowse)
~ belambert$ diskutil info disk2
Device Identifier: disk2
Device Node: /dev/disk2
Part of Whole: disk2
Device / Media Name: WD My Book 111A Media
File System: None
Content (IOContent): GUID_partition_scheme
OS Can Be Installed: No
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: USB
SMART Status: Not Supported
Total Size: 2.0 TB (2000365289472 Bytes) (exactly 3906963456 512-Byte-Units)
Volume Free Space: Not applicable (no file system)
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (no file system)
Ejectable: Yes
File System: None
Content (IOContent): GUID_partition_scheme
OS Can Be Installed: No
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: USB
SMART Status: Not Supported
Total Size: 2.0 TB (2000365289472 Bytes) (exactly 3906963456 512-Byte-Units)
Volume Free Space: Not applicable (no file system)
Device Block Size: 512 Bytes
Read-Only Media: No
Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (no file system)
Ejectable: Yes
belambert ttys000 Wed Mar 11 17:34 - 17:39 (00:05)
belambert ttys000 Wed Mar 11 17:33 - 17:34 (00:00)
wtmp begins Sun Mar 8 14:40
~ belambert$ ~ belambert$ diskutil list
-bash: :~: command not found
~ belambert$ /dev/disk0
-bash: /dev/disk0: Permission denied
:~ belambert$ #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
~ belambert$ 0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
-bash: 0:: command not found
:~ belambert$ 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1
-bash: 1:: command not found
~ belambert$ 2: Apple_CoreStorage 250.1 GB disk0s2
-bash: 2:: command not found
~ belambert$ 3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3
-bash: /dev/disk1: Permission denied
~ belambert$ #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
~ belambert$ 0: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD *249.8 GB disk1
-bash: 0:: command not found
~ belambert$ Logical Volume on disk0s2
-bash: Logical: command not found
~ belambert$ 7A998EAE-68FB-4BAC-BF40-7A31D2806B2C
-bash: 7A998EAE-68FB-4BAC-BF40-7A31D2806B2C: command not found
~ belambert$ Unlocked Encrypted
-bash: Unlocked: command not found
:~ belambert$ /dev/disk2
-bash: /dev/disk2: Permission denied
~ belambert$ #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
:~ belambert$ 0: GUID_partition_scheme *2.0 TB disk2
-bash: 0:: command not found
~ belambert$ 1: Microsoft Reserved 134.2 MB disk2s1
-bash: 1:: command not found
~ belambert$ ~ belambert$ diskutil cs list
-bash: ~: command not found
~ belambert$ CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
~ belambert$ |
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `|'
~ belambert$ +-- Logical Volume Group 883A56F4-5559-4872-A8DA-960F99655B63
-bash: +--: command not found
~ belambert$ =========================================================
-bash: =========================================================: command not found
~ belambert$ Name: Macintosh HD
-bash: Name:: command not found
~ belambert$
-bash: 3:: command not found
~ belambert$ /dev/disk1
Whole: Yes
Internal: No
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not supported
:~ belambert$ Last login: Wed Mar 11 19:23:03 on ttys000
~ belambert$ diskutil list
Whole: Yes
Internal: No
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not supported
~ belambert$ Last login: Wed Mar 11 19:23:03 on ttys000
~ belambert$ diskutil list
Volume Name: Not applicable (no file system)
Mounted: Not applicable (no file system)racergirl,
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If I completely fill my hard drive 500Gb how time machine will keep working having 1Tb of total space [externak hard drive], I mean I have to delete my hard drive but how I keep my previous information on time machine and keep using it with new information?
Time Machine does not provide archival storage.
If you delete a file from your disk it will eventually be deleted from your TM backup without any notice to you.
You need a second external disk to use for archival storage.
You also need a third disk for backups of the second disk. -
I had to get a new hard drive in my 27 in IMac. I used time machine to get everything back on my computer. I just turn on time machine and its says it's preparing over 800,000 items to back-up, it never back-up, it stop and starts the process over again.
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then repair the backup/TM drive. -
Why does my iMac (with Mountain Lion) no longer recognize my external hard drive I have used as a back up via Time Machine after the hard drive was accidentally unplugged?
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Check if Disk Utility sees the drive. Applications / Utilities / Disk Utility. If the external shows up in the left column, select it and click on Mount.
If it does show up this way, I recommend using DU to Repair Disk. -
Can I use the same hard drive to back up my photos and also do Time Machine backups?
I bought a 1T external hard drive today for my MacBookPro with the intentions of backing up my iPhoto library, and then deleting it to make more space on my hard drive.
I also tried and failed to install Time Capsule because my Verizon modem won't let Time Capsule run with it unless I use Time Capsule as my wireless.
That said, I want to back up my computer, and even though I copied my iPhoto library already, I have plenty of space to do a Time Machine backup as well.
Is this something I can do? Please let me know. After two hours on the phone with Apple only to learn Time Capsule was a waste of money, I'm hoping I don't need to buy another external HD yet…If you want to use the drive for both TimeMachine and storage, attach the drive and then open Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Choose the new hard drive from the left sidebar, and then in the main panel choose Partition.
Choose the number of partitions to be two. Click the first partition and change the size if you do not want the default half of the drive. Name the partition (such as Backups), then accept the default format Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) and the partition table as GUID. Click Apply and confirm you want to erase the drive.
Then do the same for the second partition, but of course, give it a different name.
When finished Quit Disk Utility.
Turn ON TimeMachine in System Preferences and direct it to your backup partition. -
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How do I restore my entire system?.
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Formatted hard drive and changed computer, how can I sync with iTunes?
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New hard drive - how to import iTunes and Mail only from Time Machine backup
Hi
I am installing a new boot drive into my MacPro. When I do this, I only want to copy over initially Mail and iTunes as previously backed up in Time Machine.
Is there an simple way to do this without a complete copy of my last Lion install going on the new drive?
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Copy everything from your backup copy of your computer. -
SPECS FOR NEW MBP HARD DRIVE AND HOW TO INSTALL NEW OS AND USE TIME MACHINE
I need to replace the hard drive in my early-2006 1.83 MacBook Pro (15-inch), because the Genius at the Apple Store told me that I'm getting weird behavior on it due to the drive slowing down and that it won't last much longer.
I have 2 questions:
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Second, I am currently running 10.5.8 and backing up with Time Machine. I would like to install 10. 6 on the new drive, but don't know how to go about using the Time Machine backup to get all my apps and files running. Can someone describe this procedure for me?
Many thanks!Hi Annie,
You need a 2.5" 9.5mm high SATA HD, either 5400 or 7200RPM. Check out macsales, newegg, amazon to name a few places.
How to restore from a TM backup: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Prepare your HD by formatting and partitioning it:
1. Boot from install disc (press power button, immediately insert install disc and hold down c key).
2. Select your language.
3. Open Disk Utility from Utilities menu.
4. Select the HD in the left pane (the manufacturer’s name and the HD model number).
5. Click on the Erase tab.
6. Choose the Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
NOTE: if you want to zero the HD (which I always think is a good idea, but does take time), click on Security Options, click the button for Zero Out Data, click OK. The larger the HD, the longer this will take, in some cases several hours.
7. Click on Erase and wait for the entire process to finish.
8. Click the Partition tab.
9. Click on Volume Scheme: and choose the number of partitions (normally just one unless you have other plans).
10. Click on the Options button (located underneath the Volume Scheme pane) and select GUID.
11. Click Apply.
12. Quit Disk Utility and continue with the installation process to install OSX or run Restore from a TM backup; when finished, repair permissions, run updates, repair permissions.
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Hard drive died on my iMac how to retrieve from Time Machine
HI,
My Hard drive died on our iMac (we were on Snow Leopard). We replaced it with a larger Hard drive and the Tech put Lion on it. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do I retrieve my entire back up from the Time Capsule.... I search and read something about a Recovery HD? Do I have to have this? Also as noted above, I have the Snow Leopard from when we got teh iMac, but are on Lion now.....
HELPLOL - I think I have a different/new related problem....
The instrucitons don't say anything about timemachine, but I read somewhere that you need to stop a back up when you get a new computer and want to transfer files.... and that the migration rebuilds the data from the latest successful back up...(thats a little back ground).
Where I am now:
last night the migrations said it would take 29 hrs. No problem....this morning there was not much change in that (considering 8+hours had passed) but did not think much of that either...
I was browsing on the internet and suddenly I get a notifiaiton that the back up failed! oh god I think - surely its not supposed to back up while its migrating....?!?
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