Solved: MacBook Air and backups to regular NAS
Sorry for cross-posting - I thought it is worthwhile mentioning that it is possible to use Time Machine with a NAS and perform wireless backups. I have done this with the help of a number of people on a Synology DS-107+ as described here: http://www.naschenweng.info/2008/07/15/os-x-time-machine-backup-to-synology-ds1
Throughput via wireless (AEX) comes in between 5-7MB/sec.
Still problems, but they are different from before. Since some of this may help others, I will summarize my actions to this point.
Reformat and reinstall MAC OSX for clean start.
Shrink mac partition (I used boot camp, and then deleted boot camp partition)
Get refit and make sure everything syncs and shows only the two partitions (I also found gpt fdisk helpful for this step, since things were out of sync from the beginning, and it was easier to delete the partition with gdisk)
Then used the latest gparted live to make the new partitions and turn on the boot flag. Now had a /dev/sda3 for / ext2 and /dev/sda4 linux swap
Resyncd with refit
When all was in sync I used the archboot may 2011 disk.
mounted my prepared partitions and used http as the source for packages for arch 64 bit
exited before installing boot loader
/dev/sda3 is still mounted on /tmp/install at this point so I mount -t proc none /tmp/install/proc
mount -o bind /dev /tmp/install/dev
chroot /tmp/install
grub-install /dev/sda3 --FAILS--
so I did a cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub
then grub
root (hd0,2)
setup (hd0,2)
and rebooted
Now when I picked the tux logo in refit, I could see the grub menu at least but nothing booted. I had to go into the /boot/grub/menu.lst file to edit the locations of all the files. It had root as (hd0,0) changed to hd0,2 and it also did the kernel and image files as /.. instead of /boot/..
After changing that it actually seemed like it my boot. But it failed with trouble deteriming the file type of the root=/dev/sda3 so I replaced this with root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/<myUUID> and subsequently added rootfstype=ext2 ro nomodeset
Now, I am stuck in the boot process with the error "Unable to determine major/minor number of root device '/dev/disk/... '. You are being dropped to a recovery shell.
Now What??
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Solved: Time Machine and backups to regular NAS
I recently purchased a Synology DS-107+ NAS (1TB) and have been able to get Time Machine working with it. If you are interested, follow this link: http://www.naschenweng.info/2008/07/15/os-x-time-machine-backup-to-synology-ds1
Throughput via wireless (AEX) comes in between 5-7MB/sec.Are you aure they are not local snaphots?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4878
You can read more about that here...
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I have used Airport Time Capsule with my iMac for a couple years. I recently purchased a MacBook Air and when it tried to backup to Time Capsule it couldn't because Time Capsule is full. How can I now use the 3TB Airport Time Capsule to back up both the iMac and MacBook Air? I don't mind losing earlier backups. I have excluded some items from backing up, but since the Airport Time Capsule is full, I can't even begin to back up the MacBook Air.
On your Mac.......
Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click on the Time Capsule icon, then click Edit in the smaller window that appears
Click on the Disks tab at the top of the window
Click Erase Disk
On the next window that appears, select the Quick Erase option, then click Erase
The operation will only take a few minutes.
Now you are ready to start new backups of both Macs. Back up one Mac first, then back up the other. Do not try to back up both Macs as the same time. -
I am out of space on my Macbook Air and have a Time Machine Backup. I want to complete reset my mac, but wonder if I can pick and choose what I restore to my computer? Can I also use my time machine backup as external storage as well for the files I don't need everyday?
If you are using "Restore from Time Machine Backup" option from OS X Recovery, you can only choose from the broad categories presented.
... Can I also use my time machine backup as external storage as well for the files I don't need everyday?
To be clear, if you are asking if you can use the volume containing your Time Machine backup to store additional, non-Time Machine files, the short answer is yes.
It's not a good idea though, since the Time Machine backup will eventually fill all available space, after which it begins to remove old, "expired" backups to make room for newer ones. The presence of additional files doesn't change that fact, and Time Machine will not erase them, but you will encounter a dilemma should you want to store additional files on that volume when there is no remaining space. You will have to make room for them on your own, by deleting existing files. Furthermore, since Time Machine cannot back up its own volume, those additional files will not be backed up by Time Machine.
The easy solution for what you describe is to purchase additional external storage. External USB hard disk drives have become very inexpensive; about $55 will buy a perfectly suitable 1 TB drive.
You can also choose to replace your MacBook Air's internal storage with a larger capacity one. Look for a suitable replacement from OWC / MacSales:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Air-Retina
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After macbook air and macbook pro backup on tc wifi is very slow
I have been great with my macbook air and the time capsule. Everything was working perfect til I just got a macbook pro, I just did a backup and now the wifi is down to 0.02mbps. The weird issue: if I turn off the pro, the wifi goes back to 6mbps. Any suggestions? Thanks.
The two are interfering with each other.. or one is bouncing the other.
Remember wireless has limited bandwidth.. AC or not.. and it is divided (time sliced) between all the clients.. so if the MBP has the right settings it might be capturing the connection.
There are a few things you can do.
1. Check if both computers are linking at the same speed and on the same band.
Hold down the option key and click on the wifi symbol top right menu.. and check the exact values on each.. perhaps give us a screenshot from each computer.
Looks like this.
2. Force the connection to different bands.
Use a different name for 5ghz and 2.4ghz.. eg as you can see.. TC5ghz and TC24ghz are my correctly named wireless from TC.. (short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric)
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I make a backup of the iPhone and after that worked Ri Storr lost version reserve two MacBook Air and thus lost all contacts and pictures in my phone I hope help me to recover because of its great importance knowing that Alitonz Copies old from backup from Prepare other iPod does notretains only a new version of the iPhone after the irrigation Store
TS2529 I make a backup for my iPhone and after that I worked Re Storeto it than when i select re stor backup I lost version reserve from MacBook Air and lost all contacts and pictures in my phone I hope help me to recover my last backup because of its great importance
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Have an older iMac and am contemplating adding a new MacBook Air and a 2TB Airport Time Capsule to increase WiFi speeds. My question is (a) is this a compatable setup and (b) will the older iMac slow the WiFi speeds?
ThanksBe careful about mixing Time Machine backups and other data on the TC's disk. That will cause conflicts, sooner or later. See #Q3 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule for an explanation and some possible workarounds.
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After update to MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 2.0 screen start flicking
I've just updated my macbook pro 15" retina with Macbook Air and MacBook Pro Update 2.0 from App store (just this update).
After that, every time it goes on the screen saver or if I close it, I can't get it back on, the screen starts flicking black.
There is no away I can enter the password, even the keyboard is flicking.
I have to force the macbook pro power off and on in order to use it.
The update is this http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1609
How can I solve this?Unfortuantely, right now there appears to be no solution except for restoring from a backup before Update 2.0.
Update 2.0 is a mess - you are lucky if that is the only thing it affects. See: https://discussions.apple.com/message/20272989#20272989 -
hello everyone i have macbook air, hello everyone i have macbook air and my startup disc is full i checked everything and and find out that all space is of OTHER and i dont know what is it and what i have to do with that
First, empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. Then reboot. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of your data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
If you're using Time Machine to back up a portable Mac, some of the available space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of files you've recently deleted. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as "Backups." The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself.
To locate large files, you can use Spotlight. That method may not find large folders that contain a lot of small files.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) to explore your volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also 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.
Deleting files inside an iPhoto or Aperture library will corrupt the library. Any changes to a photo library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
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. Quit it if it's running.
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.
The application window will open, eventually showing all files in all folders. It may take some minutes for ODS to list all the files.
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 in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
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I am trying to record a meditation from my Macbook Air and an annoying loud sound, like a burp, will suddenly erupt from the MacBook, necessitating I start again. Any ideas on how I may stop this, or what it is??
Click on the blue Internet Recovery in nbar's post. That is a link to what computers can run Internet Recovery.
Do a backup, preferable 2 separate ones on 2 drives. Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart or hold down the option/alt key during a restart and select Recovery Volume). Run Disk Utility Verify/Repair and Repair Permissions until you get no errors. Reformat the drive using Disk Utility/Erase Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then click the Option button and select GUID. Then re-install the OS.
OS X Recovery
OS X Recovery (2)
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I have a macbook air and need additional storage should i consider a time capsule or a simple external hard drive?
If you move live files (files you don't want to lose) to an external drive, you need to back them up. Any files not backed up are at risk of loss. Hard drives and SSDs can fail at any time. It is hard to backup a Time Capsule so a TC should be used only as a backup device.
Do you have a Time Machine backup now? If so, and if it is large enough, you can backup your internal and external disk to it using Time Machine. If not, you all need to purchase an external drive or TC as your backup device. (I recommend an external hard drive for backup instead of a TC.) Ideally the backup drive should be twice the size of what you are backing up but 50% larger will work so if you have an external 1 TB disk and an internal 250 GB SSD then a 2 TB backup disk will work well.
By default, Time Machine will not backup the external disk. You need to remove it from the exclusions list:
To have Time Machine backup your system disk and your external offload disk up onto your Time Machine disk:
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hi! just purchased a macbook air, and because of the limited storage (256 gb) and my massive music library, I am going to find an alternative storage method. I am debating between an external hard drive and utilizing iCloud. icloud makes me a little nervous....having my entire library in "the cloud" and deleted off of my desktop - do most of you who use icloud for music and photos have a backup on external hard drive anyway? So....iCloud vs. external hard drive for storage. Thoughts? opinions? thanks!
iTunes Match allows you to put 25,000 songs in the Cloud. At present it isn't possible to add more storage but I wouldn be surprised if that isn't an option offered in the future. With iTunes Match you allow Apple to match your songs (purchased from Apple, ripped from your own CDs are purchased elsewhere). When Apple cannot match a song a copy of yours is uploaded.
Once the match process is complete (for my 24,000+ collection it took a couple days) the fun begins. Since my MBA can't hanle all my music, I use iTunes Match to download a small selection of my music every couple of weeks. My music remains in the cloud even when I delete them from my computer and if I have WiFi accesss I can get new songs. It is a great service and much more convenient than keeping your MBA's music on an external drive. -
Help! Can I transfer my SPSS software to my new computer? How about End Note?
I just purchased a macbook air and need to move files, etc., from my old MacBook.Use Setup Assistant and a Time Machine backup of your old system. Details are described here.
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I just upgraded my operating system on my MacBook Air and now my laptop won't detect my Toshiba 1T external hard drive, how to solve this problem?
Try some of the troubleshooting steps outlined below:
Troubleshooting an external hard drive
> Unplug the hard drive, wait a few seconds, and then plug it back in
> Restart the computer
> Unplug any other peripherals from the computer
> Plug it into a different USB port
If none of those steps work, see if it is recognized in Disk Utility.
Checking a disk with Disk Utility
To check a disk using Disk Utility, launch the Disk Utility application in any of the following ways:
> Type the first few letters of its name into Spotlight. Select it from the results.
> Go Launchpad > Utilities > Disk Utility
> Go Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
Once Disk Utility is opened, check to see if your external HD appears on the sidebar. If it doesn't appear at first, try the troubleshooting steps above again while leaving Disk Utility open, each time checking to see if the external HD appears.
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I have won a 11 inch 128GB MacBook Air and want to increase the storage to 256GB, is that possible?
I have won a 11 inch 128GB MacBook Air and want to increase the storage to 256GB - is that possible?
When one is tight on storage space, offloading data onto a $79 external spinning disk drive is cost effective but not portable. When you are not at your desk you cannot access the data. On any Mac that has a MicroSD slot, one can add up to 128 GB of inexpensive portable storage using the following options that cost less than $100. This is cost-effective alternative to upgrading the internal SSD on a MacBook Air for $200 to $315. One can use multiple microSD card to multiply the storage they carry with them.
Time Machine does not backup these microSD cards so using an alternative backup program, such as Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper! would be prudent. One could partition their Time Machine backup drive(s) with 64 or 128 GB partitions (one per microSD card) so another backup hard drive is not needed.
For more about backups:
Time Machine Basics: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1427
Most commonly used backup methods:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3045
Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6031
TheMiniDrive.com Adaptor: $30 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_pc?ie=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=TheMiniDrive.com &node=541966
64 GB Flash 30 MB/s: $47 http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-microSDXC-Memory-Adapter-SDSDQU-064G-AFFP-A/dp/B00 9QZH6JS/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_img_y
Total $77 for 64 GB of portable storage.
PNY StorEDGE 128 GB: $95 http://www.amazon.com/PNY-StorEDGE-Memory-Expansion-P-MEMEXP128U1-EF/dp/B00DC9U2 Q8/ref=pd_cp_pc_3
Thanks go to wwynne23 for pointing me to this miniSD card solution.
PlotinusVeritas gives some great suggestions for purchasing external hard drives in this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5602141?tstart=0
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