Time Machine- hourly (then why does my external gear up more often?)
Time Machine is a beautiful thing. It kicks off every hour.
Then why does my external HD come alive more frequently? It seems to come on every 10 mins or so for a few minutes - and I don't know what it's doing. (It's not performing a TM backup.)
Thanks!
The operating system or other apps, when there's a need, checks mounted drives/partitions. For example, I have a file utility that, when invoked, polls the drives. This wakes my drives, even those on a server in which one of its drives is mounted on my Mac.
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HT201250 If time machine backups hourly. Why does it need to backup daily, weekly and monthly
If time machine backups hourly. Then why does it need to backup daily, seekly, and monthly?
It doesn't.
What it does is discard intermediate backups at the end of 24 hrs and keep just three spaced backups from the previous day.
At the end of the next day, that day's will be reduced to 3, and the previous 3 trimmed to one; the last backup of that day.
Daily backups are kept for a month, then trimmed to the last backup of the week.
The weekly backups are kept until the disc runs out of space and TM starts deleting the oldest ones. -
I have a Seagate Freeagent 1TB external drive that ejects it's self in the middle of the time machine backup, then disappears and can't be found unless I turn it off and back on again. Any ideas?
Hmmm.. sorry to jump in but...
I Wish I had seen this before I got mine.
Mine has been doing this auto eject stuff too.
I think I just plugged it in and TM let me select it but is it possible
I should have reformatted it with DU first, like with all the WD drive problems ?
Is it too late for that ?
Or just try to return it or get rid of it ?
TIA -
I can no longer print from windows pc via mac/time machine in lion. Does anyone know why or how to fix? I have print sharing ticked and printer is HP laser jest 2550.
I finally found a log file... unfortunately, it doesn't help me figure out what's wrong... but maybe it will mean something to one of you?
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Adding start banner page "none".
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Adding job file of type application/postscript.
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Adding end banner page "none".
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Queued on "SUTTER_WG" by "kristophermiller".
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstoappleps (PID 335)
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstocupsraster (PID 336)
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/rastertoepson (PID 338)
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:35 -0500] [Job 11] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/smb (PID 339)
E [10/Dec/2007:20:23:36 -0500] [Job 11] cgpdftoraster unsupported colorSpace: colorSpace = -1, colorOrder =1, bitsPerColor = 1
E [10/Dec/2007:20:23:36 -0500] [Job 11] cgpdftoraster: got an error from cupsRasterInterpretPPD
E [10/Dec/2007:20:23:36 -0500] [Job 11] No pages found!
E [10/Dec/2007:20:23:36 -0500] PID 338 (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/rastertoepson) stopped with status 1!
I [10/Dec/2007:20:23:36 -0500] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.
E [10/Dec/2007:20:23:36 -0500] [Job 11] Job stopped due to filter errors. -
Not sure how this all works but my problem is this: I have attached an external hard drive to my mac snow leopard 10.6 and am trying to back up my computer through Time Machine. When asked to select the drive as part of the set up, there is nothing to select. The box is empty. How do I set up Time Machine for back ups with an external drive? I am running Airport Extreme WI-FI (VERY confusing as I did not know the difference between Extreme and Capsule). Now to add another component...how does Icloud figure into all of this if I want to back up my computer systems, documents, etc? Is this a simplier way as long as I download Lion? Help!!!
Hello,
Problem is likely the Format of the External drive, for TM it needs to be Mac OSX extended Journaled & GUID Partition scheme for Intel based Macs...
How to format your disks...
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html
(To Install OSX on an IntelMac the Drive it needs the GUID Partitioning scheme mentioned at the bottom.)
Thanks to Pondini, Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks...
http://Pondini.org/OSX/DU.html
There are other free options for backing up if interested! -
Time Machine appears to be doing back-ups, but they do not appear on the external hard drive. The last one I can find is June 30. I did a utility scan of the hard drive disk and it is fine. What do I do?
Click the Time Machine icon in the menu bar. The time of the last backup is shown in the drop down.
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My mac Doesn't seem to see my external hard drive (seagate 1tb) I have it usb'd in to the back of my computer, but when I open time machine...it does not see it. Help...please
Yes...at least I thought it was....I have 10.6.8.
That's the whole issue. I want to run/install photoshop elements but I have to have 10.8. for that. So...be fore I install an upgrade (Yosemite is getting BAD press) I thought I'd check my back up...it's not there...I have the seagate plugged in and the usb into the back of the mac...when I try to turn the time machine "ON" it says airport device not found not ....
By the way...I REALLY appreciate the help here.... -
I am trying to use Time Machine to back-up to an external hard drive and I get the following message.Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder. Does anyone know what I should do?
Hello Drake, I suspect one or more of the Drives needs repairing, but...
Have you looked through Pondini's extensive TM help site?
http://Pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Can't imaging something not being covered there. -
Hi Everyone.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Right off the bat let me say I am using Mavericks 10.9.1 on a 2011 Macbook Pro and using all Lacie external hard drives.
I am trying to get Time Machine to alternate between two attached external hard drives, trying to be safe in case one of the backup drives itself fails.
I have both drives set in Time Machine.
From what I gather Time Machine should by default alternate between drives when backing up (I would assume it does one big initial backup on each then subsequent backups are just changes).
But this is not how it seems to be working and I cannot find a straight answer despite much Googling and Foruming
Unfortunately it seems to only be backing up to "External Hard Drive 1".
There have been 4 backups since I set it up, all on "External Hard Drive 1", even though "External Hard Drive 2" is also attached and set in Time Machine.
I manually clicked "Back Up Now" and it started to work on "External Hard Drive 2" (like I want it to) for a minute but it appears to have stopped and gone back to backing up to "External Hard Drive 1".
Am I missing something? Does Time Machine only move on to another disk when the first one runs out of space? Do I have to turn one off in order to force it to back up to the other drive (that would be less convenient of course)?
I am hoping that I am missing something and that it will just alternate between the two. Otherwise it is not the most comforting and thorough backup system as I had hoped when I purchased the additional external hard drive.
I have a 1TB drive and a 500gig partition on another drive, both dedicated to backups (my Macbook HD is 475gig). It will take awhile for each to fill up and who knows what could happen during that time. Having Time Machine alternate between hard drives would be a nice small bit of security if the worst happened.
I realize that there are tons of other options for backing up but I just want to use Time Machine if I can.
Again thank you for your help!You cannot use Time Machine in that way. I'm not sure where you heard that Time Machine alternates between drives automatically. What you can do is create a mirrored RAID array for the backup. This automatically duplicates whatever is on one drive onto the other drive.
Both drives must be the same size, and prefereably, exactly the same make and model. RAIDs can be configured using OS X's Disk Utility.
RAID Basics
For basic definitions and discussion of what a RAID is and the different types of RAIDs see RAIDs. Additional discussions plus advantages and disadvantages of RAIDs and different RAID arrays see:
RAID Tutorial;
RAID Array and Server:
Hardware and Service Comparison.
Hardware or Software RAID?
RAID Hardware Vs RAID Software - What is your best option?
RAID is a method of combining multiple disk drives into a single entity in order to improve the overall performance and reliability of your system. The different options for combining the disks are referred to as RAID levels. There are several different levels of RAID available depending on the needs of your system. One of the options available to you is whether you should use a Hardware RAID solution or a Software RAID solution.
RAID Hardware is always a disk controller to which you can cable up the disk drives. RAID Software is a set of kernel modules coupled together with management utilities that implement RAID in Software and require no additional hardware.
Pros and cons
Software RAID is more flexible than Hardware RAID. Software RAID is also considerably less expensive. On the other hand, a Software RAID system requires more CPU cycles and power to run well than a comparable Hardware RAID System. Also, because Software RAID operates on a partition by partition basis where a number of individual disk partitions are grouped together as opposed to Hardware RAID systems which generally group together entire disk drives, Software RAID tends be slightly more complicated to run. This is because it has more available configurations and options. An added benefit to the slightly more expensive Hardware RAID solution is that many Hardware RAID systems incorporate features that are specialized for optimizing the performance of your system.
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Time Machine not working with Verbatim USB2TB External HDD
MacBook Pro
15-inch, Mid 2010
8GB Ram
OS 10.8.2
No updates available ATT.
Problem with Time Machine using Verbatim USB2TB (Verbatim # 96865) external hard drive in regular and safe boot. According to the Verbatim website, this external drive is compatiable with MAC OS 10+ and can be formatted to the specific Mac filesystems.
The following list of events below happen irregardless of running in regular or safe boot, so I noted my last attempt at a backup while in Safe Boot.
Before this last attempt, I successfully zeroed out the data on the drive in regular boot.
As you will see below, the drive works just fine until Time Machine gets it grimy digits on it and kills it like South Park kills Kenny.
---- Begin ----
Started in Safe Boot
Connected and powered on the external drive.
Erased the drive and formatted it to Extended Journaled. Partition was successfully created.
Verifying partition map for “SAMSUNG HD203WI Media”
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition’s size
Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
The partition map appears to be OK
Verifying volume “Big2TB”
Checking file systemChecking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Big2TB appears to be OK.
Successfully copied over 2.8 GB of random data. (Screenshot)
Deleted the data and then emptied the Trash.
Started Time Machine backup.
Time Machine Created a backup folder on the external drive.
Time Machine started to transfer data then hung at 452.1 MB of 257.66 GB.
Backup failed.
--- Console ---
1/13/13 11:57:59.988 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Starting manual backup
1/13/13 11:58:04.581 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: User continued after being warned of changed destination volume identity
1/13/13 11:58:04.623 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Big2TB/Backups.backupdb
1/13/13 11:58:04.628 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
1/13/13 11:58:05.156 AM mds[34]: (Warning) Server: No stores registered for metascope "kMDQueryScopeComputer"
1/13/13 11:58:06.336 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Forcing deep traversal on source: "MainMan" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 8A3A5598-7C8B-3753-ABA8-D980E60299A3 eventDBUUID: 23107488-4BC9-49FB-818D-226AE695DE06)
1/13/13 11:58:23.346 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Backup content size: 246.45 GB excluded items size: 12.21 GB for volume MainMan
1/13/13 11:58:23.368 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Found 910640 files (234.23 GB) needing backup
1/13/13 11:58:23.370 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: 281.08 GB required (including padding), 2 TB available
1/13/13 11:58:23.388 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
1/13/13 11:59:23.443 AM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
1/13/13 12:00:02.530 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXGetWindowInfo: Invalid window 1045
1/13/13 12:00:02.530 PM Dock[259]: CGSBindWindow: Unable to obtain window information
1/13/13 12:00:02.531 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x415
1/13/13 12:00:02.531 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1044
1/13/13 12:00:02.531 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x414
1/13/13 12:00:02.532 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1043
1/13/13 12:00:02.532 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x413
1/13/13 12:00:04.481 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXGetWindowType: Invalid window 1066
1/13/13 12:00:04.481 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: Invalid depth WindowID 0x42a
1/13/13 12:00:04.481 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x42a
1/13/13 12:00:04.482 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1065
1/13/13 12:00:04.482 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x429
1/13/13 12:00:04.482 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1064
1/13/13 12:00:04.482 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x428
1/13/13 12:00:23.497 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
1/13/13 12:01:23.549 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
1/13/13 12:01:44.830 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.F5010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[1541]) Exited: Killed: 9
1/13/13 12:01:44.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 1541 [xpcd]
1/13/13 12:01:49.000 PM kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
1/13/13 12:01:49.000 PM kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
1/13/13 12:02:15.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF: 7419.448 AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff8008e26000]::Found a transaction past the completion deadline on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 5, EP: 2)
1/13/13 12:02:21.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF: 7425.451 AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff8008e26000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 5, EP: 0)
1/13/13 12:02:27.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF: 7431.454 AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff8008e26000]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 5, EP: 0)
1/13/13 12:02:58.000 PM kernel[0]: USBF: 7462.473 AppleUSBEHCI[0xffffff8008e26000]::Found a transaction past the completion deadline on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 5, EP: 2)
1/13/13 12:05:37.068 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXGetWindowInfo: Invalid window 1196
1/13/13 12:05:37.068 PM Dock[259]: CGSBindWindow: Unable to obtain window information
1/13/13 12:05:37.068 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x4ac
1/13/13 12:05:37.069 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1195
1/13/13 12:05:37.069 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x4ab
1/13/13 12:05:37.070 PM Dock[259]: find_shared_window: WID 1194
1/13/13 12:05:37.070 PM Dock[259]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x4aa
1/13/13 12:06:34.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:06:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:06:44.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:06:50.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:06:55.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:01.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:11.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:17.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:22.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:27.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:07:27.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: do_jnl_io: strategy err 0x5
1/13/13 12:07:27.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: end_transaction: only wrote 0 of 389120 bytes to the journal!
1/13/13 12:07:54.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:08:21.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:08:21.820 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/Adobe/AdobePatchFiles/{CFA1AAD1-DC10-413D-875E-2F5B8A78CB3B}.zip to /Volumes/Big2TB/Backups.backupdb/numeroeins/2013-01-13-115805.inProgress/376C91 FB-29D6-47F1-A29B-67D94CBD01BA/MainMan/Applications/Adobe/AdobePatchFiles
1/13/13 12:08:23.122 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Stopping backup.
1/13/13 12:08:23.122 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/Adobe/AdobePatchFiles/{CFA1AAD1-DC10-413D-875E-2F5B8A78CB3B}.zip to /Volumes/Big2TB/Backups.backupdb/numeroeins/2013-01-13-115805.inProgress/376C91 FB-29D6-47F1-A29B-67D94CBD01BA/MainMan/Applications/Adobe/AdobePatchFiles
1/13/13 12:08:23.136 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Copied 817 files (572.1 MB) from volume MainMan.
1/13/13 12:08:23.136 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Copy stage failed with error:11
1/13/13 12:08:23.174 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.HostUUID path:/Volumes/Big2TB/Backups.backupdb/numeroeins size:37
1/13/13 12:08:33.228 PM com.apple.backupd[1558]: Backup failed with error: 11
1/13/13 12:08:48.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:09:15.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
---- End console ---
Attempted to copy over 2.8 GB of random data again. Failed.
Now the drive is completely useless until it is erased. Also will not eject properly anymore. Force eject took 3 minutes.
--- Console ---
1/13/13 12:19:00.248 PM mtmfs[1555]: filesystem unmount attempted from stopFS
1/13/13 12:19:31.946 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:19:31.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:19:32.187 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:19:32.910 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Disk Utility" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
1/13/13 12:19:35.129 PM WindowServer[114]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Disk Utility" after 3.22 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
1/13/13 12:20:05.375 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:20:05.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:20:05.390 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:20:37.153 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:20:37.153 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:20:37.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:20:48.102 PM diskarbitrationd[49]: mds [34]:20995 not responding.
1/13/13 12:21:04.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:21:04.451 PM com.apple.kextd[11]: Can't create kext: invalid CFBundleVersion in identifier cache entry entry 339.
1/13/13 12:21:14.854 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x7b5
1/13/13 12:21:14.854 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: kCGErrorFailure: CGSSetHideOnDeact: error getting window tags
1/13/13 12:21:15.372 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: CGSCopyWindowColorSpace: Invalid window 0x7b5
1/13/13 12:21:22.606 PM WindowServer[114]: CGXDisableUpdate: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "com.apple.security.pboxd" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
1/13/13 12:21:23.060 PM com.apple.quicklook.satellite[1657]: bootstrap_look_up2 failed with 0x44c
1/13/13 12:21:23.081 PM mds[34]: (Warning) Server: No stores registered for metascope "kMDQueryScopeComputer"
1/13/13 12:21:23.090 PM WindowServer[114]: reenable_update_for_connection: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "com.apple.security.pboxd" after 1.48 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
1/13/13 12:21:23.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1658) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
1/13/13 12:21:26.021 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: CGSReleaseWindow: Invalid window 1973
1/13/13 12:21:26.021 PM com.apple.security.pboxd[1518]: _NXTermWindow: error releasing window (1000)
1/13/13 12:21:27.775 PM sandboxd[1658]: ([1657]) QuickLookSatelli(1657) deny mach-lookup com.apple.PowerManagement.control
1/13/13 12:21:52.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:21:57.967 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:21:57.967 PM fseventsd[44]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd/0000000000048e11 (Invalid argument). mount point /Volumes/Big2TB/.fseventsd
1/13/13 12:21:57.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
1/13/13 12:21:58.229 PM com.apple.kextd[11]: Can't create kext: invalid CFBundleVersion in identifier cache entry entry 339.
1/13/13 12:21:58.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s2: close: journal 0xffffff800908acc0, is invalid. aborting outstanding transactions
--- End Console ---
---- That's all folks! ----
Any help would be great!The external drive is malfunctioning, or the data cable is bad, or you have another malfunctioning device on the bus, or there's an internal hardware fault.
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Can I restore photo files from Time Machine without the use of an external drive? While I was transferring photos back and forth from a thumb drive something went haywire and my IPhoto was wiped clean! When I click on Time Machine I see all the dated pages (without an external storage drive connected), go back to a date where all my photo files are there, click "restore", and I get the message: "The Finder can't complete the operation because some data in file cant be read or written (error code - 36)"
Thanks so much Terence. I tried some of the fixes from that page, but then discovered the suggestion to compress the Time Machine Back up of the original library and transfer it as a zip back to my computer as detailed here:
http://pondini.org/TM/E9.html
That worked like a charm. I really appreciate it. -
Backing up two Macs to a mirrored NAS using Time Machine, and then on to the cloud
I'm going to be moving home in the next few months, and I want to use this as an opportunity to get my home technology rig set up properly. I wrote a blog post about this at
http://state68.com/content/moving-edinburgh-sorting-out-technology-rig
A few friends of mine have read this over, and the weak link in the chain seems to be my backup strategy. As per
http://state68.com/content/moving-edinburgh-sorting-out-technology-rig
What I'd now like to do is to backup both Macs (a Mac mini that stays on my desk at home and a MacBook Air that travels everywhere with me, in case you haven't read the links above) to a mirrored NAS via Time Machine, and then have the mirrored NAS backup to the cloud. I'm aware of the potential compatability problems between Time Machine and certain NAS drives, but as for the rest, well:
Has anyone got this to work? Is there a specific cloud service that you could recommend? And what do the Time Machine files actually look like: would I be screwed if my office caught fire while the NAS was in the middle of sending data to the cloud?Thanks, Linc. Is that a marketing decision by Apple (possibly to push sales of Time Capsule) or is there another reason why Apple doesn't support third-party NAS solutions?
All that being said, I'm happy for the fallout from a NAS meltdown to hit the vendor so I'm happy to continue this line of enquiry with regards to putting together a backup strategy. I'm also open to completely different backup strategies that will work for my scenario, if people would like to share these. -
I upgraded to Maverick and now Time Machine will not connect to the external hard drive to back up files. The external hard drive is a Western Digital "My Book Live" 2 TB. How do I solve problem?
I also had problem accessing my WD MyBookLive after upgrading to Maverick.
To resolve the problem, I used Connect To Server (Cmd K) to specify the IP address.
Then I enter a user id and password I created in the MyBookLive.
You can also verify that you have admin access to the MyBookLive using Safari or Chrome.
Just enter the MyBookLive IP address as the URL. -
Since installing mavericks my WD time machine doesn't work, it keeps insisting it needs more space? This wasn't an issue an hour earlier?
Id also like to know if Powerpc software will be supported? I have C&C Generals on disc but it doesnt run now mavericks is installed?!
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I use a little app named EasyFind - free at the App Store. It will allow you to search individual volumes or all volumes.
Download it and see if it will help.
Clinton
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