Time Machine in Yosemite

Hello,
I have just noticed that when you open Time Machine to recover one file, you can not move among the favorites folders of the left hand side of the finder (Documents, Download, etc.) but you remain "stuck" on the Desktop folder.
The only way I found to find a file is to browse the Mac hard disk.
Is that normal or am I doing something wrong? Please advise.

Something is wrong. Time Machine is working perfect for me. I don't have a solution for you, just wanted you to know that was not normal. I have recently run disk utility and repaired permissions. I don't know if that would have any effect on your problem though.

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The Ambassador wrote:
7. I click Restore, and nothing happens. I click again, nothing. I click and click and clikc.
How long did you wait? Surely you don't expect it to restore 33,200 messages instantly?
Note: Had the Lion install been clean, I don't think this would have happened.
No, it would have taken a very long time to import that many messages.

I have a macbook retina with a partition of windows 7 and Yosemite. When I use time machine in Yosemite it wont recognise the macintosh HD, but it recognises the windows hd ( bootcamp). Does anybody know why ?

I have a macbook retina with a partition of windows 7 and Yosemite. When I use time machine in Yosemite it wont recognise the macintosh HD, but it recognises the windows hd (bootcamp ). Does anybody know why ?

Please provide a bit more detail on what 'recognize' means. A screen shot is always very helpful.

How to revert to Snow Leopard from time machine on Yosemite Device.

Hello everybody,
Essentially I need to revert back to OS Snow leopard on my new macbook that has Yosemite installed (bought secondhand) as a few of my DJ programs (Rekordbox) are not co-operating with the new OS. I have the back up on a hard drive made with Time Machine, is there any way I can do this?
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Do a backup, preferably 2 seperate ones.
Revert to a Previous OS X
Revert to Snow Leopard
If you do revert, I'd use Setup Assistant to restore your data. This process takes a while, so do it when you won't need the computer for several hours, based on my experience.

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I have a 27" iMac (w SSD Drive) and after the initial Yosemite upgrade i had to uninstall because it hung trying to boot. After some help from Apple I lost all of the data and apps on my hard drive (thanks???). The restore utility (restart option r) restored me back to Mountain Lion. I wasn't concerned as I have a time machine. I tried to restore from Time Machine using command-r and it is said I don't have enough space? I retried the Yosemite upgrade which seems to be working fine (a couple of reboots and has been ok (cautiously optimistic. I Entered Time Machine and clicked on the last valid backup in the timeline (the time line shows many) and nothing? It should have scrolled backwards but it didn't (the bar highlighted red when I hovered over). I tried to use the little arrow to move back and it doesn't do anything? All I can do is cancel? Am I doing this wrong? Any suggestions?

Yosemite has to index the backup.. over wireless this takes days.. no kidding.. even over ethernet it takes a very long time.
Is the TM backup on a Time Capsule or on external drive??
How long are you waiting?? Please don't expect instant indexing even on fast external drive... and on wireless connection to a TC.. forever could be close to the time period.
If you had have asked before you started down this route.. I would have strongly recommended you take a bootable clone from the disk before you attempted anything.. Carbon Copy Cloner creates a reliable and easily tested backup since you simply boot from it.
Time Machine is now so hard to use, so unreliable when you change OS version.. it is seriously time to stop using Time Machine.. or at least supplement it with something more reliable.

Moving snow leopard data from from old iMac time machine to Yosemite

I have a pre-2007 17" iMac running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard. Time Machine is used to backup this machine.
I plan to buy a new iMac or Mac Mini with Yosemite, and would like to move some of the data from the old iMac to the new Mac machine.
Can I connect the new Yosemite Mac to Time Machine and selectively restore data from the Snow Leopard backup?

This solution worked perfectly (almost).
Tips: don't forget to deauthorize old computers for itunes content lol.
The folders copied over easily, and lauching each program, a few prompts and each had pulled in my old data easily. I noticed one currupt picture that I'll look on my old machine to find. I plan on verifing quantity of music, photos, etc to double check. And iMovie was having a lil trouble opening, hopefully thats resolved with my gbs of unedited videocamera movies. Otherwise easy.
I noticed my iweb didnt import, so I probally need to find it in documents or something.
Thanks for all the help. Hope this helps someone else.

Problem using Time machine in Yosemite

I have recently reformatted my Macintosh HD in my iMAC 21,5 from 2010, downloaded latest version of Yosemite and after that reloaded
all my backup data using Time Machine. I then ran a fresh initial backup again by Time machine to the same external hard disk. That
took of course a few hours (5) for 16 GB. Next day, after having made some updates in my documents etc, I took a new backup. This time
in 1.5 hours for 160 GB. Again one day later, after having done only very minor work in my computer, I took a backup again expecting it
to be run in just 5 minutes or so. It took however 45 minutes and 67 GB were backuped. All this does not make sense to me at all.
Since at least a year back I have regurlary run my backups once a week, and it has typically been completed in approx. 5 minutes for on average
of 3 to 5 GB.
Can anybody give me some hints how to handle this? What could possibly be the reason for this strange behavior of Time machine?
Do I have to buy a new external hard disk, or what shall I do?
Kindly regards
Dennis 2008

When the "absurd 139-GB-backup" was completed, I ran a disk control again, and the result looked OK. So I decided to give it one more chance.
I made a few changes to an excel-document, in order to get some minor updates, and then I started a backup run again.
And this time it behaved exactly the way I expected! Only 253 MB in 2 minutes!!
It really looks very promising now. I will wait until tomorrow though, before I try again. And if it works fine then, I will mark your answer as 'This solved my question'.
If I still get the absurd GB-backups, I guess I shall follow your suggestion and buy a new EHD, as you recommend. Even if the one I have is not even one year old!
But it looks very promising now. I think you have solved my problem.
Regards
Dennis

Activated Time Machine in Yosemite shows black screen

I installed yosemite 10.10.2 at my MacBook Pro 2009 17 inch. with 8GB memory and switched in the time machine from a My Book (2009) to an Airport (2015) 2TB disk. This required four attempts before the first backup at the airport was successful. However when I activate the time machine, my screen turns black and mac book crashes. I have to restart the pc hard. During the shutting down only an instant the activated time machine screen appears. After the restart the problem occurs again. I saw I am not the only one at a lot of communities but couldn't find any solutions.
It would be great if there is a solution for this bug. Anybody from Apple (or power users) any Ideas?

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your documents or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this behavior; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled in OS X 10.9 or earlier, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start up and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal startup may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of Steps 1 and 2.

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Hello all,
Since updating to Yosemite I've had so many problems trying to get it to work properly. I want to do a clean install. Firstly, I made a backup of my Yosemite (10.9) via Time machine. I then installed the latest version of Yosemite with a clean install, when I tried to restore the Time machine backup (just files and applications) I get a warning stating: This backup has been made on a newer version" Yet the backup was made on 10.9!
I then restored my backup and tried updating Yosemite 10.9 to 10.10 via the App Store. Again I get an error stating that I can't open the installer as the version I'm using is newer.
I need the files and applications that I've got. That is why I need the Time Machine backup. I'm open to some suggestions on how to resolve this.
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So you did the fresh install the way I said?
If yes then try booting to Internet Recovery by holding down Command+Option+R at startup. Yo know yo are in Internet Recovery since you have to connect to the internet right away to download disk utility and other necessary things.
Internet Recovery initially asks you to select a Wi-Fi network and enter a network password when needed. Next, Internet Recovery downloads and starts from a Recovery System image. From there, you are offered the same utilities and options as the Recovery System on a startup drive.

Backup External Drive w/ Time Machine on Yosemite

Hi there –
I'd like to backup an external hard drive connected to my Mac Mini. I have two of the exact same external hard drives connected and I'm hoping that Time Machine can transport the contents of one of the drives to the other but I cannot remove the source drive from the exclusion list in Time Machine's options.
After doing some research, it looks like this has been possible to do in the past and I'm wondering if there's another way to do it with Yosemite.
Thanks for any help!

Connect both external drives directly to the computer. Clone one drive to the other:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the empty drive. Source means the drive you want copied.

I have a 2013 macpro I upgraded to yosemite. Now I find time machine does not work, nor my old back up using a click free wireless back up. What is the status of time machine and yosemite?

What is the status of time machine not working with yosemite?
I upgraded mu mac pro to yosemite and since have found time machine does not work.
Also, my old backup via a clikfree wireless backup does not work any longer.
Is anyone working on this issue?
Is there anyway I can backup my information today and until time machine &
yosemite get fixed?

These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console 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 and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes.) You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard."
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Note the timestamp of the last "Starting" message that corresponds to the beginning of an an abnormal backup. Now
CLEAR THE WORD "Starting" FROM THE TEXT FIELD
so that all messages are showing, and scroll back in the log to the time you noted. Select the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ If all you see are messages that contain the word "Starting," you didn't clear the text field.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

How to search on Time Machine using Yosemite OS X?

Is searching on Time Machine different using Yosemite OS X?

Hi Bruce,
This article give an excellent explanation of how to search in Time Machine under Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite).
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Brett L

Issues with Time Machine after Yosemite reload

I had an issue that the Genius bar did not find a cause for (looked like a graphics problem, but in store diagnostics showed no errors). In an effort to rule out software, I agreed to do an erase and reload of Yosemite, then restore from backup from my Time Capsule.
Ever since then, every time I try to manually start Time Machine to back up my computer, it tells me that it couldn't find the backup disk. I'm connected to the Time Capsule (I have 2 wireless networks in the house - my Time Capsule and my Uverse network). I make sure I'm connected to the Time Capsule before starting the backup, but it tells me it can't find the backup disk.
I have to go into the Airport Utility and go in and edit the device (don't change anything, just hit edit) and it shows the disk is clearly there. THEN I can back up to it.
When I completed the setup of my Macbook Pro when I got home from the store, I did set up the wireless network, and I can connect to it effortlessly. It's just not finding the backup disk.
Is there a step I might have missed?
Should I have posted this in the Time Capsule forum?

Have a quick look around.. if by software update you mean OS.. expect trouble.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4143321?start=30&tstart=0
You are now a beta tester it seems..
But if you are referring to some other piece of software.. your question is far too general.. what software?

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Hi there
Ever since upgrading to Mavericks and then to Yosemite, the Time Machine backups have been a mess to try get them running. I did eventually with Mavericks but unable to get it going on Yosemite.
Here's the thing: It keeps telling me the drive is full. For the last week, its been telling me there is just over 2GB left on the drive. This is on a 1Tb drive that has two MACs backing up to it. If I check the sparsebundle files, the data only adds up to less than half the drive's size.
I then followed some steps I used last time around and mounted the disk in Disk Utility and ran a verify on it...all is good with it and then suddenly it showed there is more than 70% of the drive capacity available. I enable Time Machine again and went and selected the disk but it shows 20gb available this time. See the attached screenshots of the Disk Utility as well as the Time Machine versions of the disk space available.
I cannot format the drive, thats just not an option. Any suggestions please as this laptop has gone two weeks without a backup and its the owner of our company's MAC with vital vital information on it.

Sorry, forgot to add the pics...and cannot edit my original post.

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