Thanks Gary. You didn’t discuss encrypting the TM backup drive. That’s really important for me.
@JohnSpringateMusic
5 ай бұрын
I love your tutorials. I get all my questions answered -many thanks.!
@ElectronicazMusic
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Been a mac user for 20yrs. Never bothered with Time Machine. Your vid has changed my mind. Thank you. 😁
@stanleynowak9325
2 жыл бұрын
Gary, you are the absolute best and my first stop on all questions Mac. I have bought over 40 and I go back to the 2E with Apple. I still own a perfectly functioning 2GS with an Applied Engineering 8 Mhz. accelerator card, and a Mac 7600 with a G3 accelerator card.
@whathappenedwhen7456
3 жыл бұрын
Great video -- you make everything crystal clear & logical. Thank you!
@peakfitness3616
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Thank you! We didn't know how to restore files after backing them up to Time Machine. Thank you!!! So helpful. We've saved this video for later in case we need to see it again
I love you with all my heart Gary don’t you ever stop making Mac videos. Please ❤️
@movietalkjb8535
2 жыл бұрын
the best and most clearest breakdown of time machine. greatly appreciated.
@scottbillingsley3971
Жыл бұрын
I am commenting on your video mainly because it is so well done and easy to go through the questions. You probably have a video on how to do that and I would love to find out how. My problem was that I had an older Mac Pro and a 4TB SSD that I used as a Time Machine. That drive was accidentally disconnected for quite a while and when I purchased a New Mac Pro, I needed to use it, but it just wouldn't back up my files, so I used a different 4TB drive and created a new Time Machine. Here was the problem. I tried everything to reformat the drive using the advice of KZitemrs and couldn't get it done on the old machine and thought to install it along with my larger SSD on the new Mac Pro where I would reformat everything and then install everything new. Still, the drive was bulletproof as it was labeled Master Boot. So, I just restarted my Mac Pro with everything installed now and have left the Time Machine drive installed where you are given a choice of "eject," "initialize," or "erase." After so many failures I just chose "eject" and then opened up Disk Utility and tried to erase it and reformat it any way other than "Master Boot." It worked and it took seconds. You have to understand that I had done everything including things said in passing like attaching it to a Windows machine and even then that machine would not do anything. There you go. The question and answer that I was looking for but could not find. Now I can actually use a good and fast 4TB SSD that I was about to toss.
@bikeman5
2 жыл бұрын
This was one of your best informational videos, i love time machine and time capsule and apple, iPhones, Apple TV and MBPros, when i got off Hewlett Packard in 2012 it was the best thing i ever did and i never looked back.
@phbrinsden
3 жыл бұрын
I used to use Time machine but quit doing it as the old drive was suspect after many years. I think I will get a drive and set it up again. Thanks for prompting me on this,
@oliverphotography1
2 жыл бұрын
Gary, Thanks for sharing your expertise with the world!
@RhettBrownatRetroWreck
3 жыл бұрын
The revelation happened at minute 6:30! Thanks, Gary.
@waltermoore125
11 ай бұрын
Hi Gary. I want to back up my mac mini and an external drive, your video gave me the answer I wanted Many thanks
@mearkitek3773
3 жыл бұрын
Never could figure out how to restore an old version of a file…thanks so much.
@firstlast9813
3 жыл бұрын
I'm on windows but this was a super simple breakdown. I have a 256gb hard drive computer with a 8tb HDD running every 10 minutes. Thanks
@jmeditation
4 жыл бұрын
I’m having an issue... On an ext HD, Time Machine has run out of space and thus stopped backups entirely. I get a pop up that say something like “Time Machine doesn’t have enough space to back up etc..” Why is this happening? I want Time Machine to ditch older files that aren’t needed and then continue to backup my recent files. This issue has been a huge blunder and time waster. I’m spending weeks researching how to fix this issue and wether or not I should ditch TM for different backup software? Beyond frustrating! FYI there are other files on the drive that TM is on. And why can’t I just delete old TM files? I have ZERO use for backups from 2 months ago, let alone 2 years ago, makes no sense.
@robertbutcher222
3 жыл бұрын
I’m thinking of using boot camp to use windows on my iMac. I would want to use a drive to turn back the clock, if I decide I no longer want windows on my computer. How would I use time machine for that, would I restart to the full previous stored version? How? You showed us how to go back to an older file, but what about system wide, or what I’m looking for?
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
Lots of factors there. You should just be able to delete the Boot Camp partition and go back to having macOS have the whole drive. But you'll need to think on your feet when the time comes. I haven't had to do that in probably 10+ years, and a lot has changed. Otherwise, you can always just wipe the drive, reinstall macOS from recovery mode, and then restore your user account and apps from Time Machine (it asks when you set up macOS).
@darkray347
3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video for me, a new user!
@j800r_aswell
4 жыл бұрын
Time Machine is so underrated/overlooked by so many people. It's also more powerful than a lot of people realise. When I first got a Mac back in late 2010, Time Machine and it's ridiculous ease of use was the thing that actually encouraged me to start backing up. It is so easy to get going that there is literally no reason not to. Just set it and forget it. One thing that's only lightly brushed upon is this video is that Time Machine is more than just simple file backup/restore. It backs up your entire system including your OS in its current state. This means that you can also use Time Machine to restore full system snapshots onto a new or reformatted drive. This is done from recovery mode by hitting cmd+R at boot. Apple's Time Machine is the ONLY free/inclusive utility I have ever encountered that seamlessly performs both file backups and full system snapshots in one single piece of software. Windows has File History and System Restore. Neither of which work as well. Linux has the likes of Deja Dup for file backups and TimeShift for system snapshots. While both work well, TimeShift works conditionally and both are separate pieces of software. Apple has Time Machine and it does it all with no setup beyond adding the drive and forgetting it exists until you need it.
@nickgreaves1253
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Gary - thanks for another terrific video. Can you tell me whether I should back up Parallels using Time Machine, or will it quickly fill up my external hard drive? Thanks for your help
@devicevideo9411
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Gary very well explained with sweet voice 😊🇨🇦
@llaymard
3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video. Thanks for taking the time to make and upload this.
@60beats44
4 жыл бұрын
Superb video. Would time machine also back-up everything related to Parallels, if installed on a Mac? Thank you very much.
@stanleynowak9325
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@60beats44
2 жыл бұрын
@@stanleynowak9325 Thank you very much, Stanley. Definitely something that has been frequently was on my mind. I am much more relaxed now.
@paulbeasantiago5290
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Gary! Thanks for this amazing video! Just wondering f you have a video (or if it's even possible) about backing up (time machine) multiple macs with just one drive. Would love to know! Thanks so much!
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
You can do that with no extra steps needed. Just use the same drive. But if these are stationary Macs, then get them each their own drive so they can be connected all the time. Even if they are laptops, if you are connecting them manually, just get each its own drive. But using one (big) drive is handy when it is connected as a network drive and you are using it backup laptop Macs .
@simonduckworth5941
2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful video - it answered the questions I had about Time Machine. Thanks very much!
@Resist4
3 жыл бұрын
Can't I just make two partitions in the drive so it does Time Machines backups and is used for storage? Also, can I use one drive for Time Machine backups with two MacBooks, an older one and a new one?
@nounix
4 жыл бұрын
do you know of any way to compare time machine backups? So like a list of differences between them where we can see which files have been added, deleted or modified between 2 or more backups on our external disk so we can quickly check the differences between all our backups and change back any files that were mistakenly changed before it's too late and the oldest backup gets replaced as time passes as we may not have even noticed a change (deletion, addition or modification) on certain files that we may not want to remain as such? That would be a VERY VERY useful tool!!
@bobbygotsch
3 жыл бұрын
Great video my friend! I'm new to a lot of this and I found this very concise and helpful
@dakdur1126
3 жыл бұрын
So I have a Synology NAS being used as a TimeMachine Backup, the NAS says that it’s used 1.51 Th of my 2 TB quota. When I attempt a backup on my MAC, it initiated and then stops, saying there is only 376GB available and that it needs to back up 800 something GB to the time machine. I also have an atrocious amount of “other” files on my MacBook Pro in the amount of 218GB, Idk where the hell all these came from but I need them gone and I had thought I would have to back up, prior to deleting a bunch of files
@aliblack2989
Жыл бұрын
thank you for the information it was excellent.
@JottyHB
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve made bad experiences with time machine several times. It happened more then once, that the Mac was unable to use the backup any more although the hdd wasn’t full or damaged. I had this on several hdd. I switched to Carbon Copy Cloner, a fantastic program with much more options. CCC works reliable since years on my computers.
@TonyPadgett
5 жыл бұрын
I would also suggest that people encryt their time machine since if you don't, someone could simply take the hard drive and get your files.
@beautyizeasy
4 жыл бұрын
Tony Padgett I tried to encrypt my data on time machine and it’s been stuck in the encryption process for hours with no progress. Any ideas how to pause it? Or stop it?
@rep3e4
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@bobcat6653
5 жыл бұрын
Very useful, thanks so much!
@RyuByronGAMING
4 жыл бұрын
How long did it take you to backup your Mac mine has been taking 5 days 😢
@altowaimage
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I know TM is supposed to erase oldest versions when drive fills up, but mine is now saying it cannot complete backup because of lack of disk space. Why will it not just erase old versions? 500gig MacBook - 1tb dedicated external time machine drive.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
There is a limit. It removes older versions of each file, but keeps one copy at least (otherwise it wouldn't be a very good backup). So as you delete files and replace them with others there is one copy of the deleted file still around. That's how you fill up a Time Machine drive. How fast that happens depends on the type of things you do on your Mac. 1TB is definitely much too small of a drive for Time Machine in your case.
@archetypemusic
8 ай бұрын
Hey Gary. Always useful information. thanks. I'm wondering if Time Machine can be used to back up non-OSX work drives to an external i.e. my photo/video drive to an external back up. Can I have Time Machine back up multiple sources to multiple targets? So, a basic OSX backup as usual but also a photo drive to its own back up drive, a video edit drive to it's own back up drive etc... Thanks fro your help
@macmost
8 ай бұрын
No, it isn't configurable to that level. It is meant to be easy to use, but you want something more pro level.
@ambeez___
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@PilatesinSacramento
3 жыл бұрын
Super helpful!!! You answered all my questions. 🙏
@BigMoney23223
2 жыл бұрын
I have time machine backups compiled on two drives. How can I merge them all together on one large drive? Dragging them dent work
@WallemBrothers
4 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thank you!
@RyuByronGAMING
4 жыл бұрын
How long did it take you to backup your Mac?
@tonycomito9050
Жыл бұрын
You strongly suggest dedicating a drive for Time Machine. Can I partition a large drive and dedicate part of it to Time Machine? Do you see any downside to this strategy?
@patrick7481
3 жыл бұрын
How to view, restore a photo from Time Machine? (not whole library, it's huge ) Macbook drive mainly has pics and own videos, got 2 TB ssd for TM, ran OK, can open TM, see Pictures folder with Photos lib in it (just like macbook finder.) Click Photos library in mb Finder Pictures folder, see pics OK Click Photos in TM finder Pictures folder, it does not open Photos app (just a big dead file :) Thanks for great, concise video. And any explanation: If MB ssd full, delete some videos or pics I know are on TM, how do I find, see and restore just those?
@drifter402
3 жыл бұрын
Yo this thing backs up external drives too? OK that makes things way easier for me.
@4MyThoughts
2 жыл бұрын
I have 2 OS's on my MacBook Pro, 2 volumes on one disc. Mojave is used mostly and I can reboot to Big Sur. If I only use Time machine on Majove bootup, will time machine backup the Big Sur part of the drive? So if I need to restore the disc to a clean drive, I can restore bother Majove and Big Sur volumes of the one drive solely from the Majove time machine backup?
@franklinlegacyinvestmentsl4272
Жыл бұрын
Gary, thanks for this material. I have subscribed and support you on Patreon. I am a newbie in every sense of the word. Here's my dilemma: I use two time machine backups as you mentioned... one at home and one at work. The one at work can be ejected easily by going to Finder, locating the drive and ejecting. The drive at home will occasionally work in the same way, but usually no matter how often you push on the eject symbol, you are told something is using the drive. If you Force Quit, there is a warning the drive isn't being ejected properly. Thoughts?
@annaowens5424
Жыл бұрын
Great job! And I know this is 3 years old, but I'm reaching out in case you still check messages on this video! In time machine, the "little" lines (before "today" or "right now" are not available to click on unless I click and hold down "Today," but once I let "today" go, I am unable to click on the little lines I see that are for yesterday. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
@kevinpomer9309
3 жыл бұрын
You mentioned that you can use a single drive for multiple computers at 3:48. Do you need to partition the drive or do anything to it to allow it to separate the computers? I haven't been able to get a straight answer online or via Apple Tech Support - but when I plug in my drive to the router I'm only able to select a single one of my partitions to use for Time Machine. Can I remove the partitions all together an backup multiple computers over the network to the same disk without any additional partitioning?
@ishaanpatro2938
4 жыл бұрын
Gary what if I use a non empty external hard disk for time machine. Will it delete all the things stored in it ??
@macmost
4 жыл бұрын
You need to use an empty drive. First, you can't back up data from the same drive -- that doesn't make sense for local reasons. Second, you want to let Time Machine control the entire drive. Just get a drive that is dedicated to your backup and nothing else.
@jonathancopeland5952
9 ай бұрын
Best in class content
@BP-1988
Жыл бұрын
Gary - Love your channel! I'm still trying to figure out how to best backup my MacBook Pro using Time Machine. I'm running both Catalina for legacy programs and Monterey for current apps. It seams that I need to run separate backups for each OS. Is there a better way to do this? Also, any tips on restoring a drive with dual operating systems would be appreciated. Thanks!
@majrminer
2 жыл бұрын
Question: Time Machine backup way back from 2014 Snow Leopard onto a 1TB WD drive... I didn't understand "backups" at all then and rather than formatting it via Disk Utility, the drive self formatted when I used Time Machine. My goal was to backup .jpg and .mov or .mp4 on my system to the hard drive so I could view and copy files with any other computer (Windows, Mac)... any way to retrieve the files now to see and copy them as usable to another computer or external drive?
@PeterCheape
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, Did you manage to solve your 'problem' as I too have the same question?
@majrminer
2 жыл бұрын
@@PeterCheape no
@rdelaluz
3 жыл бұрын
I am new to MAC so thanks for all the great videos. A tech guy suggested I disconnect external drive so it can't be attacked and connect only for backups. How would you address the ransomware attack issue?
@peterskowronski6248
2 жыл бұрын
Good video, thanks. One question, how to I recover a file to a different t Mac?
@linuxxxunil
Жыл бұрын
I backed up Catalina across the network to an external drive that’s plugged into an AirPort Extreme (5th Gen). I booted into Internet Recovery and selected Restore From Time Machine Backup. When I click “connect” I am prompted for a password for “System Administrator” The ONLY pwd anywhere is my pwd to login and the password to access AirPort Extreme. Any thoughts?
@jscotttalley
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Gary! Thanks for this video. Just purchased a new MacBook Pro M1 and want to restore from my older MacBook (2015), both are running BigSur. You showed in this video how to restore individual files, but do you have a video that shows how to restore ALL user data to a MacBook that currently has an iOS installed? If so, please point me to it when you have a chance. Thanks so much. Jeff.
@jscotttalley
3 жыл бұрын
...and btw, I do have a Time Machine backup.
@johngulack9858
3 жыл бұрын
I just bought a new Mac mini. When I started it up and logged in as an Apple user, I noticed that the calendar and contacts from my old MacBook Pro had already populated those apps. My question is if I use the Migration Asst program from my MacBook Pro to transfer data from a Time Machine backup to my new Mac mini, will there be a bunch of duplicate entries in my calendar and contacts. Thanks
@Mohammed22442
2 жыл бұрын
hello, thanks for the video i have a problem why everything the back up bar stop????
@MichaelJones-bp7tl
3 жыл бұрын
What happens in the following scenario. A file currently on the hard drive that has not changed single it was included in the very first time machine backup and the time machine drive has filled up resulting the oldest backups being removed. Presumably among the oldest backups being removed is that very first one which is the only backup including the file in question.
@samlazar574
2 жыл бұрын
I think a network drive would be best for me, as I want to have fewer cables.
@itzmillertyme
2 жыл бұрын
hey Gary any idea how to copy or transfer my time machine backups (apfs) Monterey to a new drive??
@watermeloncaviar5959
Жыл бұрын
Bravo Gary awesome tutorial
@rapaent
3 жыл бұрын
As always Gary, Thank you for the great video! I just received back my Late 2016 Macbook Pro w/ touchbar from Apple and want to completely restore it from my Time machine backup. Do you have a video on completely restoring from Time Machine? Thanks again and Happy New Year!!
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
I don't have a video on that particular subject. When you restore a Mac it is basically one of the options you get in migration assistant.
@harryc560
10 ай бұрын
Gary why does fire vault keep stopping my external drive from backing up my drive to time machine
@filk2300
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! If I do a full back up of my laptop and for some reason I go back to restore from time machine …does it also restore that backups iOS that it was created at that time or just restore files on current iOS? If I go to restore point that was older iOS will it restore how,it looked back then files and iOS version?
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Are you backing up your iPhone to your Mac? If so, that backup file is on your Mac and it would be restored at the same time along with every other file. But iOS backups don't back up the operating system, just your data. But what's your goal here? You don't need to restore your whole Mac just to restore your iPhone.
@themateese9754
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Only issue I’m having is Now it says encrypting and the progress bar will not move
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
Encrypting could take many days. But you don't have to pay any attention to it. Just let it work.
@themateese9754
2 жыл бұрын
@@macmost I went to File - Export right to the external drive. I did have to give my profile read and write permission though first. Thx!
@BretChilcott
3 жыл бұрын
Gary, thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a MacBook Air that is shutting down by itself periodically. I had not been using time machine. However now that I know the computer has a problem, I purchased a new external hard drive to attempt to record a time machine copy. I found that even in “safe mode” the computer would shut down after about five minutes. I learned that if the computer was kept very cold I could extend the on time in safe mode for a few hours. So by keeping the computer very cold, I was able to make it run for about 4 hours, which was about 20 minutes from getting a full time machine backup. I repeated the following day. I expected time machine to start the previous incomplete backup all over. But it appears that time machine remembered what was left to back up and completed the previously failed back up. So do you believe the above is true, that I do in fact have a comolete backup?
@raosam
3 жыл бұрын
short, crisp and really useful. Excellent video. BUt have one question. What if your macbook runs out of power or battery or for some reason, you need to stop the backup and put off your laptop. Can one resume the back up again the next day? Please advise
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
It will just stop the backup and continue them the next time. But this rarely happens because if you have your MacBook connected to your external Time Machine drive, then why not have it connected to power at the same time?
@mekaniko17
4 жыл бұрын
My macbook has a 250gig drive and after backing up my iphone it already used up almost 200gig. If I have successfully backed up in time machine, can i delete this iphone backup to free up space and get it back in time machine in the future if needed? Thanks in advance.
@niranjanh.shukla639
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Gary... I'm truly fan of your videos and content presentation.. Can I back up my SD card permanently inserted on Mac with Time Machine and same drive?? If yes, how..
@life-onmars8223
3 жыл бұрын
Question - can you restore a specific email message using time machine?
@brucemetzker9121
2 жыл бұрын
Gary, the drive on my 3t Time Machine stopped working about a month ago, and ordered a 4T 3.5 Sata replacement. how would I copy the data from the old one onto the new one. (I haven't replaced yet). Love your videos..
@Ginfio
3 жыл бұрын
What if you are a person that uses a laptop just to listen to music, and send emails, just basic things like that. Do you really need it? Because I’m trying to help my grandma out cuz she is running out of storage, the “system storage” is taking up a lot of space. And I found that backup time machine is probably mostly part of the system storage. So, do you think I could delete some of the stuff that’s backed up? She just needs the laptop for listening for songs on chrome, and send emails, or letters.
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
Is there a problem though? It would use extra storage for backup "snapshots" but only if there is room. If she only uses it for these things, and there is no problem, don't worry about "system storage" and let macOS manage that.
@Ginfio
3 жыл бұрын
@@macmost The problem is ... "she has reached the storage limit". Specs: 121 GB, Macbook ari 2020. In the Desktop: there is only 1 file, which is less than a Mega byte. Applications: about 14 GB. there was other stuff too, but the one that stood out the most was the system storage. It took almost half her storage. about 50 GB. I tried looking in the library, but I don't see any big files, and I'm afraid to delete any files in the library, cuz first of all, there aren't any big files to delete (some of them or 0 bytes, some 2kb, 5kb...). And i'm kinda afraid that i might delete some important file. So after doing some research, about how to manage, delete files from system storage, on most of the videos/articles I read, they mentioned time machine "snap shots", and deleting those might help.
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
@@Ginfio Don't worry about "categories" like system storage. Look in her Home folder. Which folder there is biggest? Look in Documents, same. Look in Applications. Do an inventory on a folder-by-folder basis to find out what is taking up space.
@Ginfio
3 жыл бұрын
@@macmost hmm, ok. I looked everywhere. but I WILL look again. Do you think deleting older snapshots would be a bad idea, or do you think that could be something we could do? too.
@macmost
3 жыл бұрын
@@Ginfio Does hurt too much to try it since she's not storing any data. But I doubt that is the issue.
@servo5000
3 жыл бұрын
Let's say I do a full time machine backup, then upgrade my OS to a new release (e.g. OS X 10 to OS X 14) and certain programs or plugins no longer work, can I restore everything back to the way it was? I.e., revert from OS X 14 back to OS X 10, and all files just as they were before, as if the OS upgrade never took place?
@samlazar574
2 жыл бұрын
An exclusion would be with TimeMachine would be cloud storage like OneDrive...
@xavierromano518
2 жыл бұрын
How do you back up the apps or software on your mac or does TM automatically backup everything you use on your device? E.G. your entire adobe creative suite.
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
It does, but that doesn't matter. If your Mac were to die or get stolen, you could just re-download the Adobe apps using Creative Cloud. No need to restore from a backup at all.
@RecordingStudioRockstars
3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks
@johnfranklin6999
2 жыл бұрын
I'm having a tough time finding out if I can backup different data on a single computer to separate external drives. Can this be done. Here's the scenario. I have regular household data on my desktop and I have my photo imagery files on the same desktop. I would like to use Time Machine to backup the household data on one external drive and have the photo image files backed up on the other external drive. I need to understand how to select the specific data (say the photo imagery data) and have Time Machine save it to the specific external hard drive I want?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
That's how Time Machine works by default. Just set up the third drive to be your Time Machine backup. It should backup everything on your internal and external. Make sure in Time Machine settings you don't have your external listed in the Privacy settings (which would cause Time Machine to skip it). This is exactly my setup, in fact.
@suedepup
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video, but I have a question. It looks like the Time Machine stopped doing backups to the external drive 2 years ago on the Mac I am inspecting. It sounds like the external drive is broken (makes noise). However, Time Machine seems to be continuing to do back ups somehow. Does it default to the internal Mac drive for TM backups when the external gets corrupted? I’m confused.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
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@worldpeace2005
3 жыл бұрын
how to reformat backup time machine drive and redo time machine backup with Encrypted off.
@bryan_ferrer
2 жыл бұрын
Does Time Machine(or any backup service for that matter) capture corrupted files/virus or does it automatically fix it in the process?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
Time Machine just backs up files, it doesn't scan them for issues.
@tscharlton
Жыл бұрын
Gary - how does Time Machine handle files and folders that are within a Cloud service that is supported on the Mac, such as Dropbox and OneDrive? For example, what happens If you do a Time Machine restore to set up a new computer and your old computer includes cloud storage files and folders that are available “on demand” which appear in the Finder on the old computer with an icon next to them indicating that the file needs to be downloaded? Are then any guidelines and/or additional steps that should be taken when migrating cloud storage files and folders to a new computer? Any help is appreciated.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Time Machine can only back up files that are present on the local drive. But it probably backs up most if not all because of how that works. I did a video on this: kzitem.info/news/bejne/l42s3ZqXqXuKq3o
@tscharlton
Жыл бұрын
@@macmost Thank you for the response, Gary. The second video was helpful. I think the problem is most apparent when you migrate to a new computer and your old computer is set up to use both local files/folders stored on the hard drives but has also offloaded other files/folders to the Cloud. As you indicated, you can still “see” those offloaded items (marked by the Cloud and down arrow) in Finder and easily pull them down when needed. I realize you must have enough hard drive on your new computer to match your old computer. But what happens when you do a restore of Time Machine on the new computer? How does the restore handle the on-demand files? Do the offloaded items still appear in Finder on the new computer? Or are these folders must missing on the new computer and you have to set them up again using the Cloud service? How do you safely get back to where you were on your old computer? It gets worse when you have multiple cloud services involved in the setup. I use OneDrive primarily because it provides 1TB of free storage plus I have other files on Dropbox. It gets very complicated. I ended up in this situation when I got a new M1 Mac Mini which had more limited hard disk space than my old iMac. If I did it again, I would just pay for extra hard disk storage!!
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
@@tscharlton I'm pretty sure the cloud services handle Time Machine restores gracefully.
@axelBr1
2 жыл бұрын
Time Machine is also great for setting up a new mac with all the configuration you have on the mac you're replacing. The logic board of my 15 month old 16" Macbook Pro died, including zapping the SSD, a few months ago, (Apple doesn't consider this to be a case of poor quality and I had to spend about 50% of the original price to replace it), and luckily I had recently made Time Machine backup, (I hadn't bothered because this was my first SSD computer and I was enjoying the resilience of a solid state drive); I'm not sure what happened during the restore, (maybe because I used the default Mac name?) but the password key chain got messed up and I was no longer able to access stored passwords, at one point I wasn't even able to log into my mac. Not good.
@sammycuadras7804
3 жыл бұрын
I have partition my new external SSD to increase storage on my Imac 24 and use time machine is this a bad idea? it is working like a champ!
@Imbauttakum
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think your able to download files now unless you reformat it
@sarahleeann7208
2 жыл бұрын
Can anyone elaborate on his answer to the "should I get a HDD or SSD"? I'm especially confused on what he said about if you're connecting it with a USB
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
What other information are you looking for? Basically, if you want a Time Machine backup drive, it is far more important to have a large drive than a fast one. SSDs don't come in large sizes and are more expensive because they are fast. So just get a large HDD.
@scottm4267
3 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. thank you
@leonardrichards2052
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Gary, Another splendid video! Thank you. I really appreciate your style of delivery and the quality of your content. At 1:52, you mentioned the option of connecting an external drive to a WiFi router. I like that option as I have an aging NAS (a 10 year old WD My Book Cloud drive). I want to replace it before it goes ka-put. Do you have a video with steps for that configuration? Or should I go for a replacement NAS kit. My apologies if this is a duplicate question (I might've overlooked it the comments).
@SamTalbot96
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Gary, I would love any instructions for this too! Any help? 😀
@emranmde
27 күн бұрын
What happens if the external hard drive that stores your Time Machine backups fails or is lost? Will all of your previous backups be gone as well?
@macmost
27 күн бұрын
If the drive fails or is lost, then yes, everything on it is lost, logically. You can be thankful that it was your backup and not your internal drive that failed and simply get a new backup drive immediately and start backing up to that.
@emranmde
26 күн бұрын
@@macmost thanks for your reply
@jerzboybeats
2 жыл бұрын
Can time machine be used as a boot up if your hard drive fails.
@TheICUChannel
2 жыл бұрын
Time machine uses full backup or incremental backup ?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
Time Machine is incremental. It only backs up what is new or changed.
@TheICUChannel
2 жыл бұрын
@@macmost thanks a lot . I am finally buying a NAS for the same based on your recommendation in lesson 13 I think . Also for my 2 TB Mackbook pro , I think 6TB would be enough for time machine or should I increase the capacity?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheICUChannel Hard to know, but the more capacity the longer your backup will be.
@TheICUChannel
2 жыл бұрын
@@macmost Thank u . Thanks again for reply . You are a gem 💎
@D_Boy
Жыл бұрын
I need to replace Time Capsule. I have read that MacBooks with M1 cannot connect to an external drive from Time Machine via WIFI.
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Where did you read that? Many people use a network drive to backup with Time Machine.
@John_in_Oakland
Жыл бұрын
Question: can I back up my Mac air and my iPhone with time machine on the same external drive?
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
Time Machine is for backing up Macs, not iPhones. The best way to back up your iPhone is just to have the iCloud Backup turned on. Otherwise, you have to manually do it to your Mac with a sync.
@qwincyq6412
Жыл бұрын
I recently got my iMac back from the Apple Genius bar. My iMac was running very very slow and I couldn’t diagnose why, despite trying all your tips. They said my computer was slow because of Ventura being too much for it and they reverted it back to Mojave. They told me then I could restore it from Timemachine, as they had erased all my profiles etc. When I did the timemachine my computer now runs a bit faster but it is still using Ventura! Did I do something wrong or did Apple not replace the OS after all? Was there another way I should have been using TimeMachine?
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
No idea what you experienced there. It would be very odd for Apple to revert your macOS to an older version like that. Are you sure that is what they said they did? Maybe you misunderstood. If your Mac supports Ventura, then running Ventura should be fine.
@trashdaytheband
Ай бұрын
trying to resstore a drive and it says: "Source format is not valid for restoring". It was formated for backup on time machine as APFS. Why?
@macmost
Ай бұрын
I've never seen that before. I'd try calling Apple Support and see what they say.
@ricknelson99
Жыл бұрын
when do you know the backup is complete ? My screen says "encrypting..." but the TB left number never changes,
@macmost
Жыл бұрын
It will show "last backup completed" or something like that. If it says it is still encrypting then it is not done. I could take a long time, especially for the first one.
@supericardovlog
4 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. Thanks!!
@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial
Жыл бұрын
Why does time machine keep re- checking the “backup automatically” box when I unchecking then start a backup with power plugged in. Annoying
@scottparis6355
2 жыл бұрын
If I have an existing Mac with lots on the disk and I attach a new external drive, make it a Time Machine drive, and tell it to start backing up, How do I know when the whole drive has been backed up?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
It shows status in several places. Check in System Preferences, Time Machine for one.
@robertbutcher222
2 жыл бұрын
Could I use a single HDD and partition it to use part for time machine backup, and part for Windows backup with bootcamp?
@macmost
2 жыл бұрын
Not sure that will work. I wouldn't risk it. Just get two separate drives.
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