The Time Machine saved me after I lost my data... I'm a believer !
I had about 18GB of video data that I had for a client. Before I got started I deleted it all. I felt like a complete idiot! Right then I remember I had the time machine setup on my mac and sure enough all my data was on the backup. I was a hero and was able to restore all the lost data. I'm now a firm believer.
A happy thread about backups.
Very cool.
Welcome to the "paranoid, and loving it" club!
But I might also add a CarbonCopyClone or SuperDuper clone to your backup mix. Makes a bootable copy of your internal system disk, so that when (not just if, but when) it fails, you can boot to that clone, and use its DU to rebuild the internal drive.
Give yourself over to the Darkside completely, my son ...
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I do a lot of work on the web and I have a ton of bookmarks that I use to maintain various sites. I have lost them all!
I have tried to install a clean copy of the programme and restore the Mozilla file from the User Library (in time machine) but all I have is a white space where the bookmark toolbar was! I also have a problem in trying to enter all the bookmarks manually again. I can open the bookmark drop down but I cannot save any bookmarks. Firefox will not let me bookmark any new pages. I still have all the passwords in the preferences so I do not want to install a completely new copy of the programme and loose these.
Are there any other system files that Firefox uses that I can restore from the backup to solve the problem?
I have a Mac Pro and I am running OSX 10.6.4
I have used Firefox for many years and never had a problem before.
Can anybody help - please?This can be a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox -
My old backups on the Time Machine disk are not accessible.
Hi everyone,
I installed a fresh OS X Mountain Lion yesterday. I tried to use Migration Assistant (in the Utilities folder) for the first time, to migrate my old data from the Time Machine back-up disk.
After almost 6 hours, my data was completely in place from the backup disk. In fact, the data was gotten from the latest version of backups as I expected. But now, when I go to Time Machine to browse my old backups, it seems that all backups are still there, detected by the Time Machine itself, but it is not possible to access any of them.
In fact, selecting one of the past backups from the Time-Line on the right edge of the screen, has no effect. All the windows behind the current finder window in the Time Machine are also dimmed, seems that no backups are there. But the Time-Line on the right edge of the screen displays several items from the first backup on my disk to the latest which was for the day before yesterday.
This is not what I expected from the Time Machine. I was so glad when the Migration Assistant read all my data from the backup disk and put them in place. But I did not expect to lose my old backups which are still there on the disk, but Time Machine behaviour is like the times where there are no backups.
It is important to note that before migrating data using Migration Assistant, I was able to browse all my backups in the Time Machine. This was also one the great features of Time Machine, since I had a fresh OS installation, and all my data from the past were accessible in the Time Machine.
I could also get my data one by one and restore them in-place using Time Machine but it was some how cumbersome.
Now is there any one to let me know why this has happened? I Appreciate your time to write.
Mani HamedaniTroubleshooting information:
Time Machine Troubleshooting
Time Machine Troubleshooting Problems -
I used the Migration Assistant to move data from my Time Machine to my new Mac. Most data seems to have been transferred successfully but none of my iPhoto pictures have been transferred.
My Time Machine now shows the earliest available Back-up to be after the Migration Date. My iPhoto pictures seem to have either been lost in the migration process or are locked in my Time Machine prior to the earliest back-up date now accessible.
Any advice on recovering my old iPhoto pictures would be greatly appreciated.First go to iPhoto Preferences, look in both General and Advanced tabs to make sure that things are set to import from camera into iPhoto.
Then if that doesn't help, connect the camera and open Image Capture in your Applications > Utilities folder and see if you can use Image Capture to reset the import path from the camera to iPhoto.
Image Capture: Free import tool on Mac OS X - Macgasm
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Sorry John, I didn't see your post when I clicked the reply button. Dennis -
I backed up my iMac with a "WD My Passport" using the Time Machine option and tried to restore my iMac but it only saved my applications none of my documents, photos nothing else! What happened?
There should be two sparse bundles on the TC, one for each Mac. If you click the TC in a Finder sidebar, you should see something like this (in Column View):
If you see the sparse bundle for the iMac there, but not on the window where you do a full system restore (after starting from your Recovery HD or OSX Install disc), they may be corrupted (especially if your iMac was failing at the time of the last backup).
Try repairing those backups, per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
Then try the full restore again, per Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #14. Note that if you suspect problems on the most recent backup, you might want to select an earlier one. -
Time machine only ever backed up the first time it runs immediately after I start up my computer after it has been shut off. All other back up attemps fail. Recently it stopped recognizing the icon for my external hard drive in the time machine dialog window where you select the hard drive to back up to, and turn on and off the time machine function. Now the external HD icon only shows up on the desk top but no longer in the dialog box. I just tried shutting the computer off and turning it on again and now the light is on, on the external hard drive but the icon does not even appear on the desk top.
The external hard drive is a 1TB Seagate. The drive still has plenty of unused capacity. I ran a diagnostic test on it. It said the disk needed repair but the repair function would not work. The message stated that it could not be unmounted and repair is not available because the disk can't be written to. The Mac OX utility said the disk can still be opened but can't be changed nor repaired. The external HD is not S.M.A.R.T. supported.
I haven't tried replacing the cable yet. Is that the next thing I should try?What Mac OSX version are your running ("iOS" as shown in your profile cannot run on a Mac computer)?
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After servicing my laptop recently, I can no longer find the time machine back up disk
I recenty had my macbook pro serviced after the hard drive cable was broken. Upon return, when I attempt to back up to time machine it says backup disk not available and I cannot find any disks to select in time machine preferences. Any idea how to fix this?
aimehunter,
if you had Time Machine running without connecting an external drive directly to your MacBook Pro, then it must have been a wireless connection to an AirPort Time Capsule.
Open the Time Machine pane in System Preferences. Does it show that you have a destination drive selected there? If not, press the Select Disk… button to select your AirPort Time Capsule drive. After that, select Back Up Now from the Time Machine icon in your menu bar to restart your regular Time Machine backups. -
Mac book pro stops responding after Maverick OS restart. Currently have a circle with a line through it after 20+ hours. Tried to shut it down and use the Time Machine to restore but no response. How can I restore with Time Machine if it will not start?
sonjadg,
you can purchase a replacement pair of grey installation DVDs for your MacBook Pro from either Apple or iFixit. If Startup Manager is only showing an OS X Installer volume, then it sounds like the Mavericks installer had a problem midway through its installation process. To fix this, you’re going to need to erase your internal disk and reïnstall your original version of OS X from the grey Mac OS X Install DVD, use Software Update to get it back to 10.6.8 (presuming that your MacBook Pro originally came with Snow Leopard), and then restore from Time Machine. -
How can I get my time machine to allow me to recover files again?
After upgrading MBA to OS X, the time machine still backs up the files; but, I'm not able to navigate within the time machine or select any folders or files for restore.
I've searched and can not find a solution to the problem that's being encountered.Yeap that all makes sense now.
Do you only have the current backup showing in the TM display?? Won't it fill in the rest?
Over wireless are you waiting for the indexing to finish.. ??
Previous backup may not show for a couple of hours.
Long short of it.. Mavericks version of TM is a pain.
Sometimes it is easier to completely ignore the TM backup and do the restore manually.
I have posted the details here. See if this helps.
Can't access old files on time capsule -
Lost In The Time Machine - Help!
Hello,
I sincerely apologize, in advance, if I am repeating old history here and for all the questions.
Time Machine has got me confused… I’ve read the FAQ’s/Threads but still not sure about how to proceed. I’m a ex Microsoft Windows guy and Mac newbie. And I am completely in love with this MacBook. I’m never going back to Microsoft land.
The Setup is - External 1TB LaCie HD with two partitions to backup a MacBook Pro and a Macbook (250 GB HD’s each). Both MacBook’s are on home wireless network using the Airport Extreme (not Time Capsule).
Time Machine is optimized to do hourly backup's (which I personally think is crazy...). The documentation I read strongly suggests not to change the backup time since the Time Machine SW is optimized to work that way. However, there is reference to a "Time Machine Editor" software (assume third party SW?) to modify the time settings of these backups. But, it seems the literature does not recommend using it or better yet, use it at your own risk type of thing. I don't do enough "stuff" to merit hourly backups. I think daily would be optimum.
My initial thinking was, if I have to do hourly backups then it seems that the external HD would have to be directly connected to my MacBook Pro. Which means the other MacBook is not being backed up. However, that was my most likely flawed initial thinking.
So, some questions (tried to limit it to five):
1. I first need to do an initial full backup on both MacBook’s. So, assume I would direct connect the ext. HB to each machine to accomplish that?
2. Then, I am assuming, the only way to properly set this up is to connect the ext. HD to the Airport Extreme? That way the hourly backups can be done for both machines over the wireless network. Personally, I would prefer to directly connect the drive to each machine, at the end of the day, and do a daily backup. But, I guess that would not be the best way to proceed and probably a bit painful to do.
3. The Airport Extreme has one USB port which is being using for sharing a printer. So, again I am assuming I would need a USB hub to connect the printer and the ext. HD?
4. If backup's have to be done hourly, how does that work when the computer is in Sleep mode? How does it work if I am working on something when it tries to backup? For instance, I read that iPhoto needs to be closed when doing backups. And I use iPhoto a lot. Do, I have to stop everything, every hour, for it to do its incremental hourly backup?
5. Is the “Time Machine Editor” SW a safe way to change the time of backups?
I really don’t get the hourly backup thing. I know these HD’s are mechanical hardware and can fail. But I’ve got to believe they are more reliable than needing to be backed-up every hour.
I would greatly appreciate any help in getting this setup correctly. Thanks, in advance, for the help!
DMerzHello, TeenTitan, Csound1 and Pondini:
Thanks all for taking the time to provide excellent and thorough replies!
Ok, so I think I'm getting it straight now but just a couple more questions to completely cement this in my head.
TeenTitan wrote:
When you setup timemachine, one of the things your telling time machine is how to get to the hard drive. If it's directly connected, then it's going to continue to look for the drive being directly connected.
If you want to have time machine work over the network; then you should configure the drive to be on the network, and then do you first backup over the network. It's a good idea to connect the computer to the network by ethernet, with wireless off, so the first backup happens over 1000 mb/s ethernet instead of 5-50 mb/s wireless.
Having the drive on the network would make it easier and more convenient to do backups. It would take less work out of making backups. You wouldn't have to remember to 'plug-in.' If some thing stops working there is more to trouble shoot.
Direct connecting the drive is more stable, there is less to troubleshoot if some thing breaks. this also give you a very easy way to control when backups will happen. if you only want to backup ones a day, then only plug-in the drive ones a day.
*Excellent! And also straight inline with what Pondini wrote below. Plus, I was missing the fact that, if I chose the Airport Extreme method I would need to first configure the wireless network with the ext. HD and then do the initial backup via the ethernet port on the Extreme.*
*Also, please see my summary below/final questions to check if I am going on the right path now.*
Csound1 wrote:
Please ignore any advice about connecting TM drive to the USB port on an Apple Extreme, that method is neither reliable or supported by Apple!
*I appreciate your comment but it seems contradictory to what Pondini and TeenTitan have said. Plus, if memory serves when I first bought the MacBook's and Extreme, I seem to remember the Apple store dude telling me I could connect a ext. HD to the USB port and do backups (though he didn't provide details on how to do that). So, I don't want to dismiss your comment but it was a fairly strong statement. Do you have a document link that expressly says that or is it from personal experience?*
DMerz wrote:
Personally, I would prefer to directly connect the drive to each machine, at the end of the day, and do a daily backup.
Pondini wrote:
Yes, you can do that. It's faster and more reliable than any wireless backup, and much better than via an Airport Extreme. Time Machine won't object to it, either. Just be sure to eject the drive before disconnecting it. Then Time Machine will just wait patiently until you connect it again to do a backup (using no CPU).
*Ok, so Time Machine will sense that the ext. backup drive (used for initial backup) is not connected and wait until it "sees" it is connected again. This is a major point I was hoping was the case. This, in essence, let's you avoid the hourly backup time constraint.*
*So, when I properly eject the ext. drive, do I need to adjust any settings in Time Machine? I noticed there was this big "On/Off" button. Or do I just leave it alone and let it look for the ext. HD? If it can't find the ext. HD (when it goes for the hourly backup), will it hang up the system? I think you answered that by saying it will "wait patiently" until I hookup the ext drive again. When I hookup the ext. drive, will I need to start Time Machine or will it do it on its own?*
I'm not crazy about the wireless Extreme method (though it sounds like it would work), so I think I will go the direct connect route.
*Here is my summary of what I propose to do based on the excellent responses you all provided (please correct me if I'm going in the wrong direction):*
a. Do direct ext. HD connects for initial backups to both MacBooks.
b. Leave the ext. HD connected to my MacBook pro, at all times, when I am on it. Which it will do the hourly backups. And this is even more appropriate since I use my MacBook Pro more hours in the day.
c. The second MacBook, which my 87 yr. old Mom uses (LOL), is most definitely not needed to be backed up hourly. She just uses the internet (Facebook, online bridge) and iPhoto once in awhile. So, I can backup her's once a day after I am done using mine and it is shut down.
Does, that sound like a good plan?
Please let me know if a., b., and c. are ok to do and any comments to the other questions I had.
*You all have been FANTASTIC and I immensely appreciate the help!*
DMerz -
I have time machine saving onto two usb drives.
The total size of the files being backed up is 4.6TB.
Each external USB drive is 6TB. So I have 12 TB of space for Time Machine.
Why is time machine only updating one USB drive? (One drive has been the same for two weeks.)
I have selected both drives in the Time Machine settings panel.
My understanding was that it would do a full backup, and then incremental backups of changed files, getting rid of old copies as needed, and alternate between the two drives.
But it looks like drive A has one complete backup, dated two weeks ago, and drive B is the only one getting action.
There is a red icon on drive one that says the drive needs 120GB more space to do a backup -- which is strange since the whole backup set is only 4.6TB in size, and the drive is 6TB in size...You could try a clone instead.
Clone - Carbon Copy Cloner (Often recommended as it has more features than some others)
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After replacing a failed hard drive with new one I inadvertently created a different account name(home/user) than the one in the Time Machine backup. Now I cannot restore the photos in iPhoto. What are my options?
The best thing to do would be to start over. Use Setup Assistant this time.
Boot into Recovery, launch Disk Utility, and erase the startup volume. This operation will destroy all data on the volume. Quit Disk Utility and install OS X. If your Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade, so make a note of those before you begin.
When you reboot, you'll be prompted to go through the initial setup process. That’s when you transfer the data from one of your backups. For a walkthrough, see here:
Using Setup Assistant
Don't transfer the Guest account, if it was enabled on the old system.
Note: You need an always-on Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection to the Internet to use Recovery. It won’t work with USB or PPPoE modems, or with proxy servers, or with networks that require a certificate for authentication. -
Why I'm losing space on my internal HD, after i started to use the Time Machine, and after deleting all my files i still dont have any space on my internal HD?
Why I'm losing space on my internal HD, after i started to use the Time Machine, and after deleting all my files i still dont have any space on my internal HD?
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How to reinstall Mountain Lion after Mavericks OS has been installed without using the time machine?
Hi, I upgraded to Maverics a few weeks ago, and since than my computer has been very slow. It NEVER happened before. Now, I want to go back to Mountain Lion, but I didn't back up my computer with the time machine. I'd appreciate if anyone could tell me how to reinstall Mountain Lion again over Maverics? Thanks a lot for your help!
You will need either a bootable flash drive with Mountain Lion to install, if you have one, or reinstall Snow Leopard if your computer can boot Snow Leopard. Or you can use Internet Recovery to reinstall the original version of OS X that came with the computer. In any event you will have to repartition and reformat the drive.
Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion on a New HDD/SDD
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your external hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless. -
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But I desperately need the info from my ical.
I tried using the time machine but i received a messagem saying that they can not modify ical.
Can somebody help me?First of all, we are not Adobe. This is a user to user forum. We are consumers just like you. And I have arthritis, too, although not severe.
Now let's see if we can help you resolve your problem.
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