Time Machine backup drive capacity questions - MacRumors Forums
Jul 23, 2007 · Time Machine will use the whole drive. Ideally you want a disk 2x (or more) your system drive. After your initial backup of your whole drive, Time Machine will add increments based on what …
How do you delete unwanted Time Machine backups
Apr 29, 2011 · If Time Machine backups are on separate disk and all backups (on this disk) can be sacrificed, then simplest way is to just erase the whole disk and do new backup after that. If not then …
End is Near for Time Capsule backups?! Upgraded to Sequoia 15.6 and …
Aug 3, 2025 · Hi all I use a Macbook M1 with Sequoia installed. I've been backing up to an Apple Time Capsule using v7.8.1 for years. I just upgraded from 15.5 to 15.6 and now see a warning message: …
Why is TimeMachine so painfully slow? - MacRumors Forums
Oct 7, 2016 · Time Machine can be slow at times, because it is busy backing up a lot of system files that have nothing to do with user files. CCC is a lot faster and you can decide which folders you want to …
Using an SSD for a Time Machine backup? - MacRumors Forums
Nov 2, 2006 · With Time Machine you can back up to any kind of storage you want: SSD, USB thumb drive, hard drive, etc. It won't backup any faster on an SSD though since the write speed is done …
Time Machine and Sequoia 15.0 - MacRumors Forums
Nov 11, 2010 · Is it a coincidence that after installing Sequoia 15 Time Machine no longer works? TM says backup disk is not available and it isn't in finder. But it is...
Best Time Machine external HD/SSD for iMac? | MacRumors Forums
Oct 2, 2011 · I learned my lesson the hard way, and now I'm going to set up Time Machine and do it RIGHT. I'm using a 2017 27" iMac Pro and have a few 2015 and 2019 27" iMacs for backup and …
APFS or HFS+ for TimeMachine and Clone Backup HDDs?
Aug 25, 2022 · I am moving from Sierra to a new Mac with Monterey and this is my first contact with APFS. Currently, I am setting up an 18TB Western Digital HDD for TimeMachine and an 12TB WD …
Bare metal re-install, Time Machine backup grayed out in Migration ...
Jan 6, 2025 · I went back and booted the OS install disk and went into Disk Utility and my Time Machine volume checked out fine. Tried starting Recovery from the OS install disk and it saw mt Time …
Time machine wireless backup keeps failing since installing Sequoia
Mar 2, 2015 · I don't know much about the old Time Capsule you're using, but I use my Synology NAS as my Time Machine disk (similar to what you're using, it's network attached storage, not connected …