How to copy time machine backups to new d… - Apple Community
Jan 2, 2025 · Time Machine does enable you to restore all your files as they were in the past, or as they are now. But since the oldest backups are eventually deleted to make room for new …
I am unable to make a Time Machine backup… - Apple Community
Sep 27, 2023 · This occurs absolutely every time my Mac attempts to make a Time Machine backup, now that I have upgraded to Sonoma 14.0 (23A344). I am in the middle of help from a …
How to copy time machine backups to anoth… - Apple Community
Jul 26, 2023 · Turn off Time Machine on your Mac: Go to System Preferences. Select Time Machine. Toggle the switch to the OFF position. Copy the backup: Open a new Finder window …
iCloud Drive Sync progress? Can't make Time Machine Backup
Jun 6, 2025 · Regardless, I cannot do an initial Time Machine Backup because it says it is waiting for all this iCloud Drive Syncing to be done. But it's been 2 days and I have no way to see …
How large a disk for time machine? - Apple Community
Dec 13, 2019 · Although I see manual deletion of local snapshots commonly recommended, I have repeatedly tried and failed to make Time Machine malfunction by deliberately filling a …
how make time machine backup smaller? - Apple Community
Jul 4, 2017 · I use Time Machine a lot (on an old iMac [24"and 8GB of memory] from early, 2009 under El Capitan). I use it to back up everything -- even Parallels Desktop for Mac and …
Mojave Time Machine - Apple Community
Apr 19, 2023 · Mojave Time Machine This concerns a relatively new but still long-standing problem with Time Machine; it does not do what they say/said it would do in terms of deleting …
How to Make Time Machine Icon Show in Men… - Apple Community
Aug 8, 2023 · How to Make Time Machine Icon Show in Menubar ONLY when it's Connected I'd like the Time Machine icon to only show in the top menubar when I have my external hdd (that …
Make Time Machine exclude cache and temp … - Apple Community
Feb 14, 2016 · Make Time Machine exclude cache and temp folders? I notice that TimeMachine seems to use excessive data when backing up. I performed a backup back-to-back from …
Time Machine doesn't make room on backup … - Apple Community
Aug 31, 2024 · Your first Time Machine backup includes everything on your Mac. After that, Time Machine finds and saves only new and changed items, so the backups become smaller. Also, …