Forum: General
04-28-2021, 09:31 PM
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Reasonable backup time expectations
I have a 2TB WD external drive that I have routinely backed up (Smart Update) to a Volume on another powered external drive for years (say, 6 years of bi-weekly backups). It typically takes 5-10...
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Forum: General
04-28-2021, 08:17 PM
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Views: 6,915
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04-28-2021, 06:22 PM
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Backing up HighSierra & Catalina volumes
My MBAir has two volumes on its internal SDD: one with OS High Sierra and the other with OS Catalina.
I want to confirm that the proper way to back up each with SD is to create/run the backup for...
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Forum: General
09-07-2019, 02:30 PM
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Views: 6,481
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02-25-2018, 04:08 PM
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Views: 9,015
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02-25-2018, 01:38 PM
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Creating a partition to run legacy OS (Mavericks)
I just bought the latest model of MacBook Air (2017 model). I would like to partition its HD and have Mavericks running in that 2nd partition.
I have a similar 2-partition setup on my 2010 MBAir...
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10-26-2017, 09:25 AM
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Views: 9,922
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10-25-2017, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 5
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Similar issue "Disk disk4.. vanished!"
Is there anything further on this? I just got a similar message and the backup appeared to have stalled. I finally cancelled it. I'll attach a screenshot of the last few lines of the log. I am...
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Forum: General
06-09-2016, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 4
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I was about to try the resize (after some...
I was about to try the resize (after some research on it) and found that after dismounting the external HD and remounting it, the size now does appear at the smaller size. So it did apparently work...
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Forum: General
06-09-2016, 12:10 PM
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Views: 14,345
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Forum: General
06-08-2016, 08:58 AM
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How can I recover sparsebundle space?
I run a weekly copy that uses a script to restrict the copy to a single folder on the source disk, updating a sparsebundle file. The source folder is now significantly smaller, having had many of...
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Forum: General
02-18-2016, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,274
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02-18-2016, 01:41 PM
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Views: 8,274
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Forum: General
02-17-2016, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 4
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Can I recover when seeing the Spinning Beach Ball
I have a Mini (2009) running Snow Leopard, with SD backups made weekly to a USB-connected external drive. Last week my Mini froze and when I restarted it showed the Spinning Beach Ball of Death. I...
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Forum: General
09-06-2013, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,143
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09-05-2013, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,143
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09-05-2013, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,143
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Forum: General
09-05-2013, 04:02 PM
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Replies: 7
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What is Error 7 (Argument list too long)?
and how can I get around it? It is causing my backup job to abort.
Details: I am trying to run a full backup of my MBPro in Target Disk mode, from my Mini -- Firewire connected. SD runs for a...
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