Time machine in professional applications + system home folder quetions
this is a two fold question....
1) can time machine create a backup of a pure data disk? If so it sounds like just getting two fast drives one for data and another for the data time machine volume.
2) I am replacing my system drive with a WD raptor. I want to have my system 100% isolated, and right now its only 90% so. Is there a way I can actually set my system Home folder to be on another disk?
thanks,
~sam
Apple makes it easy. Unlock Account settings and control + click on your account for advanced options. Set to the location of home folder. Previously was done in NetInfo Manager.
The WD 750GB Caviar also makes an excellent boot drive, or Time Machine, which will backup any drive.
Boot drive, data drive, scratch/editing, I went with TM internal but also have a couple external that I use so I don't have just one in case it has a problem, backup the backups.
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Time machine will not back up home folder
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1) There is nothing on the exclusion list in TM options
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4) I reformatted the TM external hard drive
5) My home folder is not called "home"
All other folders are being backed up normally as far as I can tell. Any ideas for how to fix this would be much appreciated.Also, I am not using FileVault.
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Time machine will not backup my home folder
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Yes, it's because it's encrypted. Time Machine does not backup a File Vault protected Home folder as it would an unencrypted one. The File Vault disk image is only backed up after you log out. If you never log out then it will not be backed up.
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Does Time Machine backup the Applications folder?
Hi everyone. I'm backing up my MBP with Time Machine with the intention of formatting and reinstalling ML. It's completed it's first backup, however the backup is 133GB and in Disk Utility it says I've used 220GB on my hard drive? What's happened to that 87GB? I've noticed also that on the Time Machine disk, the Applications folder is nowhere to be seen.... Has it backed up my applications? Why has it missed out 87GB of stuff? Thanks
Hi Steve, thanks for the reply.
Yes I've checked all that, applications is not in the exclude list, and the "used" value in disk utility is vastly different...
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Time Machine not backing up my home directory
One day, I came in and booted up my Mac. I began my usual practice of pairing my Bluetooth mouse & keyboard, but this time, it failed to pair. The Bluetooth prefPane was acting weird (beach-balling, garbage characters appearing in the "is the name Bluetooth devices use to connect to this computer" title). I rebooted, and much to my dismay, Bluetooth was no longer detected by the system (both in System Profiler and System Preferences).
I assumed this meant the Bluetooth module was failing. I contacted Apple support, and we concluded that it was in fact the Bluetooth module that was failing, and no the connector cable. I filed a GSX ticket to have the entire display assembly replaced (since that's how these new aluminum uni-body MacBook Pros are built). The Bluetooth module has been failing intermittently, so I cancelled the GSX ticket to do more research (and to make sure it wasn't a software problem with my OS). I planned on doing an Archive & install to see if a new OS fixed it.
I ran a Time Machine backup to make sure I had the latest and greatest copy of my data, and ran an Archive & Install. As expected, the Bluetooth behaved identically in the clean OS, so I rebooted again, and ran a Restore from Time Machine, selected the most recent snapshot I had just created. After the restore completed, the machine rebooted, and an old desktop & Dock greeted me, much to my dismay. I checked and double-checked, and determined that Time Machine had been maintaining a week old copy of my home directory files, but had been continuing to update the rest of my computer (so my Applications folder was up-to-date).
I don't know how Time Machine could think that my Home directory hadn't changed in a week, but now I'm running an extended S.M.A.R.T. scan on the drive to make sure it's not failing. And yes, I made sure my Home directory was not in Time Machine's exclusion list. The reason I think the drive is failing is because when backupd tried to run after I restored from Time Machine, it ground a whole lot, and took forever to backup 90 MB. Like, a lot of grinding to get from 30 KB to 70 KB.
Does anyone know why/how this might've happened?
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Message was edited by: Link DupontLink Dupont wrote:
I'd plug in and run a Time Machine backup about once a day, on average. I've been scouring the logs, and the only thing I notice is the "deep traversal" message, which I'd expect occasionally as it needs to reindex files (especially after a restore).
This also happens if the TM disk isn't dismounted, etc., exactly the way TM expects; or if there's an abnormal power-down. It means TM isn't sure about just exactly what is where, so it looks at every file and folder to be sure.
I've run long S.M.A.R.T. scans on the drive (via smartctl on a Linux LiveCD and SeaTools via a Windows installation), I've run Repair Disk (via Disk Utility) and I've defragmented the filesystem (iDefrag). All the diagnostics come back healthy, and iDefrag had little to do. My gut tells me the drive is failing, but I can't actually prove it. My next step is to reformat the drive and create a new filesystem; I'll see if Time Machine is happy with a clean start.
I'm a MobileMe subscriber, so I downloaded and set up the old .Mac Backup.app, and will be running that daily to shove my important files up to my iDisk (and probably to various other locations), in case backupd decides to choke again, at least I have a backup to my backup.
Good plan. I run CCC daily, in addition to TM's hourly backups, and use Backup to iDisk daily for fairly small stuff, plus others to DVD/RWs kept in my safe deposit box. May seem like overkill, but I've learned, usually the hard way, that when it comes to backups, paranoia is prudent! -
How can I force Time Machine to make a complete backup of my Hard Drive. I just installed a new external drive for Backup since my previous one failed. Now when I back up, Time Machine only backs up my data folder and the Users folder.
When I start a backup. Time Machine says "Oldest Backup: None; Latest Backup: None", so it seems like it should do a complete backup, but it only does a partial.Hi I'd like to jump in here. Your app showed me this:
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
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Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 749.3 GB Disk used: 453.81 GB
Destinations:
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Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
/sbin excluded from backup!
/usr excluded from backup!
/System excluded from backup!
/bin excluded from backup!
/private excluded from backup!
/Library excluded from backup!
/Applications excluded from backup!
Aside from the size of my backup drive, which I will increase at some point, I'd really like to have time machine backing up all system folders, especially Applications. How to I reset this hidden exclusions?
Thanks,
Darcy -
Hi, for some reason my clean installed 10.8.2, when I use the Migration Assitant won't recognize Time Machine [It's mounted alright (Firewire 800 with green icon with the Time Machine logo) Western Digital, My Book Studio model. I probably should have opted for Apple's significantly expensive Time Machine when it comes to integration and backup]. It would go into Time Machine but the Restore would be dimmed out. All the snapshots are from Mountain Lion; I'm wondering why it's not compatible. If I try to restore the Applications it won't let it. I've manually copied the Documents, Desktop, Downloads, Movies, Music files but I can't find the the Applications folder in that external backup drive to copy from or at least see what apps I've installed and reinstall them.
How do I go about at least viewing what apps are in my latest Time Machine snapshot so I can reinstall- a blessing in disguise coz' at least it'll be more streamlined. It's prudent, by God's grace that I have another USB external drive with Snow Leopard on it to run some apps I've used before doing the clean install (I had to erase and zero-out the hard drive for security because it's part of the Apple hardisk replacement program which I'm thankful for- AppleCare is worth it for very expensive gadgets like this late-2009 iMac. Reinstalling and putting things back to normal is a little tedious, thankfully there are other projects to be busy with while it copies and downloads updates).
Thank you in advance.
God bless.Hi. Thanks for the reply. Does Time Machine by default exclude System and Applications Folder (I didn't click any option to exclude those I remembered)? How do I not exclude the Applications folder and System files this time around?
In Time-Travel view when I point it to the Applications folder, it switches to the Volumes folder and the Restore is dimmed. I wonder if it's incompatible because it's not Apple's Time Machine or it's a bug with Moutain Lion (the drive is backing up the new clean install of Mountain Lion now but when I test it, use Migration Assistant if I need to restore things again, it still doesn't see it as a Time Machine backup).
What could be the solution? Should I reinstall my applications again (I guess that's a blessing in disguise, now I can declutter)?
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Time Machine Restore Specific Applications
When Snow Leopard is available for purchase, I plan on doing a fresh install on my Macbook. I am wondering, will my Time Machine be able to restore certain applications? I don't want to restore everything from Time Machine, only certain applications. Does Time Machine allow for this?
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Yes, Time Machine can restore individual items, including apps. Here's a demo: Time Machine Tutorial
Time Machine can also be used to restore all your configuration, settings, apps, users, preferences, data, etc., after purchasing a new Mac, or doing an Erase and Install. See the *Erase, Install, & Migrate* section of the Glenn Carter - Restoring Your Entire System / Time Machine *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
And, if your hard drive fails, it can be used to restore your entire system to the exact state it was in at the time of any backup. See the *Restore System From Backup...* section of that same Tip.
But you may want to re-think your strategy. It's usually much better to delete what you don't want, rather than, in effect, delete everything and try to pick and choose to restore what you do want.
If you're thinking of the Windoze world, where a PC will gradually slow down, and needs a periodic reinstall to clear out assorted junk and speed it back up, that's rarely the case with OSX.
While we don't know what the Snow Leopard procedure will be, usually when Apple releases a new version of OSX, all you have to do is an "Archive and Install, preserving users and settings." That moves the current OSX into a "Previous System" folder, which you can delete as soon as you're comfortable, and leaves your configuration, settings, users, etc. alone.
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Where is time machine backup of applications and library?
I have had regular time machine backups of my system for the past year. I have recently wiped my system and have done a fresh reinstall of OSX 10.8.
I now need to restore some applications and application settings but the Macintosh HD/Applications and Macintosh HD/Library only appear in the very first backup from a year ago. No other backup contains anything except for the "user" and "shared" folders.
Nothing on the iMac internal disk was excluded from Time Machine. Username and password are the same in the new install.
All my hair has fallen out and I am rolling around on the floor in agony.
Any ideas?It's possible for those folders to be excluded without anything showing in the Time Machine preference pane.
Triple-click the line below to select it:
defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine SkipSystemFiles
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
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 (command-V) into the Terminal window. Post the line(s) of output that appear below what you entered. -
Installed GoFlex 1.5 TB external drive on my iMac running OS X 10.7.4 and error says Time Machine can't create a backup folder. Any solutions?
Well, to unmount the drive, you can use the Terminal application.
Start in Applications > Utilities > Terminal.
When the Terminal window opens, type - without the quotes and with the space at the end - this:
"diskutil unmount "
Then drag the icon of the unmounted drive from the desktop into the Terminal window - the drive location will be added to the end of the command above. It should look something like this:
diskutil unmount /Volumes/volumename
Then press enter (return).
That should unmount the drive. Now you can try the Time Machine process again with perhaps a different interconnect cable for the GoFlex. -
Is Time Machine a incremental Backup system???
Dear community,
i have a 500GB HD in the Notebook, and a 500GB HD as a External USB-Drive for the Time Machine Backup. For 1 Jear i had the same problem. I formatted the external Disk, made a Time Machine Backup everything is OK. Than i connectet the HD after 1 Week and the Error cames, that no Backup can be made, because the place on the Time Machine HD is to less.
I had a 60 GB free space on the Notebook. How can it be? I searched in the net, and there was a known issue with the snow leopard. Ok. Than i taket my Credit Card, an bought Lion. nice... now is the same problem... 500GB Bakup HD, 500GB internal Notebook HD... Second Backup to increment the first one and the error: No enought space on the Time Machine HD....On the Internal dist 43 GB Free, on the external HD 100 GB free.
How can it Be? Is the Time Machine a incremental Backup System or a cheap xcopy from DOS-Times?
Pleas Help
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i have reinstalled snow leopard 10.6.8, and want to restore my i photos from time machine. Can not find i-photo libary in time machine, can't not find > home-pict. iphoto lib. in time machine. Please help.
On my HD it does not say ,restore, in yourname -pict. Iphoto lib.,
On the time machine, it , yourname etc, oes not show up at all.
Only right side of TM, your name etc. does not show. -
Can Anyone Tell Me Why Time Machine Won't Create A BackUp Folder for a Programed Backup?
Does anyone know why my Time Machine is NOT creating a backup folder on and regular scheduled backup? Just recently I downloaded the Time Machine Editor and it said to turn off the regular Time Machine (ON/OFF) switch, and just run off the TM Editor. However, at 1am in the morning, it comes up with the error saying it can't create a Backup Folder. I'm sure this is a simple solution but I really don't know how to handle this... Would appreciate any and all help in this matter... Thanks, Gary
Were you already backing up with Time Machine - ie, did you have an existing backup folder on the drive before you started using Time Machine Editor? If not, you probably need to do at least one full backup with TM, and then start using TME to schedule backups.
Matt -
Urgent help needed! How do I use Time Machine to restore my System disc?
I need urgent help. First I discovered that my Library folder was empty. When I tried to restore the library to an earlier version via Timemachine it would not let me because it said the system was in use. Trying to start-up from another system on another internal drive and using various disc repairs resulted in the whole volume to disappear.
Question is how do I get the earlier system from my Timemachine backup drive? I have another Mac where I can attach the TIme machine HD to. Can I restore it from there and then copy the files over to my corrupted disc? All my programs are on there as well, which would take me days to re-install and then there are the other bits, emails, photos etc. Can anyone help?lightandmagic wrote:
Thanks for your sympathy Pondini and the encouragement. You just reminded me that I will lose a whole working day restoring !!! Do you happen to know where the emails are kept on the system and the address book? I better nick those as well as my other life sustaining bits before its too late. I don't trust anything any more.
I don't know what you mean by "nick those." Time Machine will put everything back the way it was at the time of the backup (unless you'd excluded things).
Do you mean you want to restore things from the period after the backup you selected?
For Address Book or Apple Mail, start the application, then +Enter Time Machine,+ navigate to your latest backup, and you'll have a prompt to restore. For Mail, you can restore an entire mailbox. When you exit from TM, you'll see a new folder in your Mail sidebar with the restored items, so you can sift through them and move, delete, or leave them as you wish.
Other items, you'll have to locate and restore via the Finder > Time Machine. -
How do I use Time Machine to restore applications to a new computer?
Hello again
I just upgraded to a newer computer (not brand new, though: 20" imac with intel core 2 duo).
I traded in the older one and the files from it were transferred over, but not the applications.
Now, a year ago I took my tech friend's advice and used TM to back up the whole hard-drive .... so last night i used TM and navigated through Finder to see that all the applications are there in the Application folder. Tech friend said that i could just restore the Application Folder .... but this isn't an actual install .... so what other folders will i need to restore?
Or should I just restore the whole hard drive? .. if i do this, will it copy over Snow Leopard too? cause the imac only came with leopard and i just had to install snow and then it took all night to get the upgrades and install them !
Thanks for any advice and help.
ElizabethI would recommend you just reinstall the applications from their original distribution discs. Some applications require files that are not installed in the Applications folder alone. You would need to know what specific ones to look for. Reinstalling a whole system or major folder from an old TM backup will surely render a malfunctioning system unless the system you would be restoring is known to work on that computer. For more on using Time Machine see:
A whole lot about Time Machine for help with TM problems. Also you can select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "time machine" to locate articles on how to use TM. See also Mac 101- Time Machine.
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