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Hello, A month ago I have transferred everything from my previous mac to my new one with the Apple migration assistend. Now I use both macs for different things. But Google Chrome, and some other apps think I only use one mac. This means that Chrome asks me every day to login again on my old mac. I have changed both device names, I have reinstalled Chrome on both devices with removing all date from the google application support folder and still it says there is one mac signed in to my Google account. I think with transferring a device ID or something else is duplicated, but I don't now what to do now, and I am not waiting to reset one or both devices. Is there anyone that can help me fix this? So All programs and accounts see the both macs as two separate devices? On both macs this is what I see in my Google account. While I have one mac named Robbes-MacBook-Pro-qwerty and the other one Robbes-MacBook-Pro-azerty And I don't see 2 mac devices in my account, while I do see multiple Windows and android devices. Thanks in advance Robbe ps sorry for my bad English, its not my native language

So finally... after decades 2 years of waiting I am a [full member] member (as far i understand) and i get this but then what is this supposed to mean, does Amazon and Google not use trackers? why is this one blocked? (its especially weird because bilibili has my basic info, obviously, what else would they get from this?) i know i could just allow it, but A) i don't really know what time machine is and B) i want to know *why* its blocked first... Seems some Chinese anti ad "enthusiasts" doing maybe? https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/10630 ^all i could find and i cant make anything of it. QUOTE: "cm.bilibili.com looks like a domain used to track. Blocking it won't cause any problem." Does not look like he knows what he's talking about to me because it *is* causing me a problem ... Should i just unblock it? (also weird i could click links to win yuan and tokens but *this* one, my personal "time machine" that's where ublock thinks its not ok, makes no sense to me, but then i dont know whats specifically bad about "trackers" either... i suppose they already track me anyways, no?)

Looking for some help and recommendations here. I'm a video creator, so data backup is always a concern. Occasionally, something gets deleted that I needed, so here's my current solution. Here's what I'm using now: I have an external usb3 ssd that I edit off of, which is plenty fast. Then I use a software called Goodsync to automatically watch for changes on the edit ssd and continuously makes a copy an external hdd as a backup. The files make it over within minutes, so the backup is plenty fast enough for me. Typically, this isn't human-proof, because if I delete something, Goodsync will propagate that deletion and now it's deleted on the backup too. So, I turned off "propagate deletions" so now it's human-proof, but the nasty side effect is that the size of the backup keeps growing and growing. This is especially problematic when I rename a folder, Goodsync will just make a duplicate folder with the new name next to the old one. Oof. What I've been trying to find, is a NAS solution that has a feature I believe is called "versioning." Basically, I'm looking for something like Apple's Time Machine. How it would work, is that the first backup would be the whole file structure, then subsequent backups would only be the changes to the original to save space. Now, here is where the Human-proof part comes in, I would want the versions to be a rolling backup that reaches back a 1-3 months into the past where I can retrieve anything I've deleted. After 3 months, I want the versions to delete themselves. Also, I'd like the "time travelling" between versions to not be a total hassle. On top of this, I'd like to a system that is pretty fast (I do edit video after all) Does anyone know of a software or hardware that does this? I'm open to any and all suggestions. Also, if I'm thinking about this wrong, or approaching this wrong/barking up the wrong tree, please let me know that as well. Thanks in advance! C.T.

Hi all, Budget (including currency): Around 800 EUR Country: Spain Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: NAS Server, Time Machine Backups and as Plex Media Server capable of handling at least one 4k HDR stream. I am not sure if, for my use case, Intel or AMD is better, so I created the two setups in hopes of someone able to guide me Intel Option: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/Gd7hTn AMD Option: https://es.pcpartpicker.com/list/6yNNDq Anyways, hope someone will read this and be able to help and point out ways to do better on my first build. Thank you!

Hi guys. Troubleshooting wifey's workstation. I'm a windows power user and my run ins with macOS are brief and incidental. I know my way around the system and can google, but I am stuck on the apparently simplest of things: I cannot restore the files or the system from the Time Machine backup Background info: I accidentally updated her system to Catalina when doing some routine maintenance (too much time on my hands during quarantine, I guess). Quickly discovered the error of my ways when it transpired that her Adobe CS6 which she needs for work won't run (yeah, I found the Photoshop workaround but she specifically needs InDesign which is a 32bit app). What I had done so far: 1. Verified Time Machine backup integriry 2. Made one final backup 3. Verified integrity again 4. Downloaded macOS Mojave installer from the APP Store (***technically went with a bootable High Sierra USB which I then updated to Mojave from another installer as trying to install mojave directly was throwing up some errors) 5. Created a bootable USB 6. Erased the main HDD 7. Performed a clean install of macOS and we're currently at macOS Mojave Ver 10.14.6 Problem: 1. During setup I tried going for the Migration Assistant "restore from a Time Machine Backup" 2. On the "Transfer Information to This Mac" I can see the AirPort Time Capsule. Below there's the mac spinny thingy saying "Looking for other sources..." 3. I select the Time Capsule, click Continue and it prompts me to enter the password, which I do. (I tried entering it incorrectly on purpose to see if the input is accepted and it won't allow me to progress with the wrong password). 4. NOTHING HAPPENS - screen goes back to state in point 2. I can once again select the TC, enter password etc. For visual referecene: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203981 I cannot progress past screen 4 on to screen 5 I went ahead and installed a clean OS, downloaded all updates so the only remaining one is the one to Catalina, which, obviously I will not be installing. Additional maybe useful info: 1. on 3. I can hear the hard drive spinning up on the Time Capsule 2. when I'm in the OS I can see the Time Capsule on a list of my drives, I can connect to it in Finder and it showes a Data folder, inside of which there's one file: "wifey's iMac.backupbundle". It seems very large because in the time it took me to write this post Finder was still calculating size;) Lastly, wifey's System Specification iMac 27-inch (Late 2013/Haswell) | macOS Mojave | Version 10.14.6 | CPU Intel Core i7-4771 3.5 GHz | RAM 32GB 1600Mhz DDR3 | GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB Please send lawyers, guns, and money!

If lets say I have a macbook pro that is connected to 2 external drive. Drive A is a 1TB HDD and it is for my own usage. (photos and videos etc) Drive B is a 2TB HDD Timemachine back up drive. Can the time machine back up my external drive A and my internal drive at the same time? Also I've heard some user on reddit said that apple's time machine does not work very well with NAS/time capsule? Is it true? People who use time machine, did you connect your mac to an external drive? Or using NAS/ time capsule to back up? How does it work out for you?

I'm wondering if this is possible but have no experience in this area so I am hoping you guys can help me out. I want to partition my 2TB seagate external USB 3.0 drive into three sections to do the following: 1TB - Would clone my 1TB Raid in my computer when I plug it in once a week 256GB - Would be partitioned in OS Extended Journal to use as a time machine backup for my Macbook The rest - would be used for file storage and transfers between OSX and Windows 10 so I am guessing it needs to be in EXFAT? If this is possible I'd appreciate if I could learn how. Just want to make sure it is possible before going through the trouble of sorting and clearing out the drive.

First off, I highly suggest you go read the guide linked below, as it covers a lot of important information that this will not. However, I hope to cover a lot of things that it doesn't, so read this too when you're done. As a TL;DR of the most important section though, just know that you should have at least two (but ideally three or more) copies of your data, on physically different devices, and in physically different locations. This means the copy on your computer, plus an external drive, plus a cloud backup, for example. If anything goes wrong you have at least one other copy of that data in a safe place from which you can recover. Why So Many Ways? There are a lot of ways to protect your data and each of them check a few boxes, but none of them check them all. This is why you need to combine multiple methods to ensure you are fully protected. You can visualize the available options as sitting somewhere on a 2D grid where one dimension corresponds with proximity and the other perpendicular dimension corresponds with update frequency: There are more variables than this in truth, but these are the two most significant factors in my opinion. In the following section I will be examining the pros and cons of some common strategies. I've listed a few examples for each category above, but this isn't a comprehensive list and there may be strategies that I've not thought to mention. By and large anything from one of these cells will have roughly similar characteristics to anything else that fits into the same cell, but there are certain key differences to consider. RAID should only ever be used to supplement a proper backup strategy and is not a backup in and of itself, but I've included it here for the sake of comparing its characteristics against other actual backup methodologies. I discuss its use in more detail at the end of this guide. The Ideal Scenario Here I will be comparing the various ways you can protect your data under the assumption that you run backups as regularly as you need to. Properties Below is a list of the properties of each strategy. These have an impact on the protections each strategy can offer (discussed later). Recency This refers to how recent your backup is likely to be when you eventually need it. The traditional HDD method is iffy in this regard because even daily backups pale in comparison to the recency of something like RAID or even OneDrive where files are backed up instantly or at worst within a few minutes. An external HDD that is constantly syncing files (for example, Time Machine, or other related services) should keep your files backed up down to the minute, or even second. RAID keeps everything synced between drives at all times No matter how diligent you are about updating your backup regularly, a drive stored at an offsite location that you manage directly is never going to compare with some of the other offerings mentioned here. Much like the traditional HDD, a manually run, "on-demand" cloud service will be as up to date as you keep it. Due to the simplicity, it may slightly outrank the HDD, but they are broadly similar in my opinion. Services like OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. that keep your files synced at all times should at most be out of date by a few minutes, unless your file is particularly large and is taking a long time to upload. Separation This refers to how the files on your backup are separated from your live data. The traditional HDD is physically disconnected from your system when not in use and thus is physically separated. This makes it impossible for any software issue on the computer to negatively impact your backup. This applies to all strategies with a "Physical" rating. RAID means by definition that all drives are connected to your system at once, and thus anything happening on the system has the opportunity to impact your backup. This applies to all strategies with a "None" rating. OneDrive and other cloud services are separated from your system through a software barrier. Anything that happens on your computer has the ability to influence your files, and these files will then be synced to your backup, but you computer cannot access the backup directly, and thus any file history the service may offer should be protected. Security This refers to how safe your backup will be from prying eyes, as well as economic factors beyond your control. Strategies like the traditional HDD that are fully within your control will remain as safe as you choose to make them. No bankruptcy can take your data away, and no unauthorized person can access it, if you choose to encrypt it properly. This applies to all strategies with the "+" rating. Strategies that rely on another company like Microsoft, Backblaze, Amazon, Google, etc. are dependent on their success and their policies. If the company ceases to exist, your backup may do the same. Depending on how they handle your data, your files may also be open to hackers, people at the company, or other companies they cooperate with. This applies to all strategies with the "~" rating. I've elected not to mark anything as a "-" because I cannot know for certain that any particular service is with certainty bad in these regards. I can only say that it is an unknown worth consideration. Convenience This refers to how easy the strategy is to use. The less time and effort required, the better. The traditional HDD requires it to be plugged in, the backup manually run, and then the drive put away again. This is a minor inconvenience, so it receives the intermediate "~" rating. All automatic strategies like Time Machine, OneDrive, etc. need virtually no thought or effort expenditure whatsoever, and so they get the highest rating, "+". The only thing worse than manually running a backup on your external HDD is then having to drive that backup to a friend or relative's house for storage (and likewise, picking it up from them when it's time to update it or recover your files). For this reason, it gets a very negative rating. Speed This refers to how quickly you can take a backup, and/or recover your files from it. Local storage is ideal for this and thus external HDD strategies, be them on-demand on always-on, get a high rating of "+". RAID is so "fast" that it almost exceeds the "+" rating and enters into the realm of "N/A". It's not so much a copy stored on another drive as it is a means by which you are using two (or more) drives simultaneously. There is no delay because you are always working on both your live data and the backup together - they are one and the same. All off-site strategies get a middling "~" rating, because they may be quite fast, or quite slow, depending on your particular situation. If your external off-site backup is 700 km away, or your internet speed is particularly poor, this will pose an obvious problem for the speed of your backup operations. If however you have a fast and reliable internet connection, or your off-site backup is relatively nearby, speed may not be an issue for you. Price I've not included this in the chart since it greatly depends on the amount of data you have, as well as a whole host of other factors. For most people though, cloud offerings will be more expensive than anything you can do by hand, because they are priced as a subscription rather than a "one time" payment (though of course remember that drives do fail and need to be replaced from time to time, so there is perhaps not as much difference there as some may think). Every company is different, but you can generally get around 1 TB of perpetual cloud storage for the cost of a 2 TB drive per year. If you only need a few GB though, it's worth noting that cloud services will generally provide a small amount of space for free. Protections I will now discuss some of the specific protections offered by each strategy. These are a result of the strategy's properties, as well as the nature of the service (if applicable). Ransomware Ransomware is a malware threat that for all intents and purposes deletes all of your files. The "ransom" name comes from the fact it encrypts your files, making them inaccessible, and demands the payment of a ransom in order to learn the key necessary for decryption. It is strongly recommended that these ransoms never be paid, as there is no promise your files will actually be released, nor any promise that if they are, they won't be soon encrypted again, and any payment directly funds the ability of criminals to continue these attacks on other victims. With the right backup strategy, you can avoid ever having to pay or lose data to such an attack. Depending on how sophisticated the attack is, you may lose nearly everything, or almost nothing. Some attacks target only certain types of files and only in certain key folders (for example, Documents). Other attacks may go after files more broadly. In the worst case scenario, the malware may lay dormant, waiting for you to connect a backup drive, at which time it will take your entire system as well as the backup. This is one of several reasons why you should ideally have at least three copies of your data, and never connect more than one backup at a time. With a proper backup strategy, even this nightmare scenario becomes nothing more than a minor inconvenience. In the event you lack such a backup and need an option to recover, try searching for the type of ransomware you have fallen victim to. Certain less sophisticated versions use encryption methods which can be broken with little skill, such as finding the key stored in a hidden file on your PC. The key factor in protection from ransomware is Separation. As such, the rankings of which strategies protect you from it and which do not directly mirror the Separation rankings of each strategy. However, this is necessary but not sufficient. Once Separation is present, there is an additional hurdle for any "Continuous" services. If they provide a robust file history option, you should be well protected, but if they provide an inconvenient history (for example, allowing the rollback of only individual files one at a time), or no history whatsoever, they will not protect you against ransomware. Accidental Deletion Everyone makes mistakes from time to time, and you may have saved over or deleted an important file. The right backup strategy will allow you to recover this file with ease. Luckily this is a very simple danger and as such, every backup strategy listed should be sufficient to address this problem. The only strategy that fails this test is RAID, because RAID is not a backup. More on this at the end of the guide. The important caveat here is that your protection exists either as a result of the strategy being occasional, or having history. For example, if you delete a file, you can easily plug in your external HDD and recover it. Likewise, if you have a service that's constantly syncing such as Time Machine or OneDrive, you can also recover your file from the file history or trash, if these features are present. I've given everything a positive rating rather than a "~" in the table above because I believe these features have become rather standard practice recently, but you should still keep this in mind. Data Corruption No storage medium is perfect and bits occasionally get flipped, or read/written incorrectly, resulting in corrupted data. With vigilance, you can spot this and recover a uncorrupted version from your backup, but I don't believe this is common practice, and as such, there is risk with every strategy mentioned for data to become corrupted and this new version to be saved over your backup. In the case of RAID, if you have a sufficiently advanced system that can notice when one drive has corrupted a file while two or more others agree on the original data, it is theoretically possible it could correct the copy on the bad drive and protect you in this way, but I'm not sure how common that is. Drive Failure Every backup strategy listed protects you from this risk. The only question is how quickly you can get back on your feet. With a RAID setup, you can hot swap the drive out and continue running as if nothing even happened. Conversely, if you have to drive across the city to a friend's house to retrieve a backup from which to recover, it could be an all day process, but this consideration was already addressed as part of Speed. In terms of protection, they will all do the job. Total loss of physical location This refers to a catastrophic event such as a theft, flood, fire, or other disaster that eliminates not only your live data but any on-site backups as well. By this definition, the strategies which do or do not protect you are obvious - anything on-site will not work, while anything off-site will work. Because of this threat, it is recommended that everyone have an off-site backup. RAID Every now and then you see it recommended, but I believe it is often not properly thought through. If you need absolutely unmatched up-time and can't afford to worry about a drive failing - if you need to be able to swap them out live without even realizing something happened - then RAID is for you. There is nothing better at protecting you from drive failure up to the second. If, however, you can afford to recover your data from a backup in the event of a failure, you really don't need it. And this is a key point: every other strategy also protects you from drive failure, so if you already have a robust backup strategy in place - which you should regardless - supplementing with RAID (because it's not a replacement for anything) is only going to improve your Recency and increase the cost. Is that worth it? Personally I say no, but you be the judge for your own setup. I should add that in some situations running RAID can even put your data at greater risk than it would without it. Aside from the obvious RAID 0 example, where losing any of the drives means you lose it all, there is the risk of corruption to the RAID system itself due to power failure, failing hardware/controllers, etc. There is a time and a place for it but I believe that it's not in the home. The Less-Than-Ideal Scenario The unfortunate reality is that most people do not take backups as often as they should. Therefore, I've provided this additional grid showing the same properties and protections under the assumption that you don't backup as often as you should. In this situation, the usefulness of all manual strategies is seriously undermined by the lack of Recency, and as a result the value and importance of automatic services becomes even greater. Generally Good Practices Regardless of the strategies you choose to employ, there are certain practices which will ensure you get the most out of your investment: One at a time Only ever connect one backup at a time, ensuring that there is at least one or more backups which meet the "Physical" Separation rating at any given moment. Verify Verify that you could restore from this backup as expected if you needed to. There is no use taking backups if they are corrupted, missing data, or otherwise inaccessible. Consider the operating system you will be using, and the compatibility of certain key features like file system, choice of encryption method, compression, etc. When doing manual backups, before committing the actual data to disk, perform a dry run to see what it is planning to change, and sanity check that this is correct. In short, make sure you're not backing up bad data over good data, and ensure that the backup completed successfully once you've finished. Listen to the voice in your head If you're about to do something dangerous that could cause data loss, don't slough it off as "it probably won't happen", or "I know what I'm doing". Just take a moment to protect yourself. One of these days, you'll be glad you did. Do it regularly A backup is only as good as it is recent. Make sure you are keeping yours up to date! Conclusion As always, I hope this was useful, and I'd welcome any corrections since I want this to be a good guide

This might be a silly question, but I can’t find the answer. I’m pretty familiar with pc hardware, and am wanting to create a home server. My fiancée has a MacBook and I use PCs, so I was wondering if I could create one physical server that runs multiple VMs to accomplish the following tasks: 1. Network time machine 2. Dropbox-like NAS for Mac and PC 3. Networked backup drive for my PCs 4. Media server I know it would have to be a beefier server to run all three of these, but I don’t want to build separate machines. Would it be possible to do this? If so, what software would I need? I have essentially zero experience in the server space and am having a hard time figuring out exactly what I’d need to do after building the thing. Thanks

Hello! I am currently deciding between the Samsung t5 SSD with 500gb and the SanDisk extreme SSD 500gb. Which one would you buy? I will use the SSD as a time machine backup for my MacBook and for storing some games. Thanks a lot Z3r0

As the title say what's the best way to back up my pc so if I lose a file, I get a virus, I have a drive failure, ecc. I'd be able to recover my system with no problems? Time machine is the only thing I miss from Mac Os since switching a long time ago.

I can't for the life of me figure out how to backup to a file location on TimeMachine on my Mac. I have file sharing enabled between both computers and I have no idea how to set up a Time Machine backup from the Mac on the Windows machine's drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Mac Specs Macbook Pro 13-inch (non retina) Mid-2012 2.9GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz Intel HD Graphics 4000 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM — 2x4GB 1TB Hard Drive @ 5400 rpm Windows specs: Dell Optiplex 980 3.3GHz Intel Dual Core i5 ATI Radeon 3450 Graphics 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 -2x2GB Western Digital Blue 320 GB Hard Drive @ 7200 rpm and a Seagate 80GB Hard Drive @ 7200 rpm

Before you peasant PC users euthanize me, this has nothing to do with purchasing a MacBook. I have a Mid 2015 MacBook Pro and a Mid 2014 MacBook Air. I've been researching Time Machine and discovered Local Snapshots. I understand that they're local backups so you can access previous "versions" of your OS. I use a NAS to backup. I have a few questions So when you click Backup Now, does that first backup locally, then to the backup disk, or straight to the backup disk or.... ​Also, when do local backups get pushed to the back up disk? If I disable them, using the command sudo tmutil disable local that also deletes the local ones. Do they not get pushed to the backup disk?

Hello all, I'm not all that familiar with Mac OSX. I've been trying to help a friend with their Time Machine not backing up. I ran the disk utility on the the Time Machine Drive and it says it is fine. I don't remember the version of OSX, though it is likely the most recent. What is the check list I should be going through to find the issue?

Even as much as I know someone like Linus doesn't enjoy Mac OSx or Apple as a whole, I am most likely going to be buying one for college next year. My plan right now is to buy a Macbook Air 11-inch (i5, 8GB RAM, and a 256 SSD). I really want to get an external hard drive for the laptop. I'm not positive if this is all totally possible, but if there was any place I could ask, this is easily my first choice. My main things that I am looking for in it would be: - 500GB+ - Able to Hold Windows 7 (Or 8) and Ubuntu (Or other Linux distribution) - Compatible with Time Machine and Mac OS (Mac OSx's Backup solution) A main question before even totally getting into this, is if I'd be able to boot to Windows from an external drive without something like Bootcamp. I saw an external drive enclosure from Tek Syndicate, that looked like might work. It has a built in software where you can make your computer recognize it as optical drive so that you could boot to multiple different things. But I am not sure how I'd go about that. I also don't know if I'd be able to sync it up with Time Machine to back up my Macbook. Here's the link to the video and the product itself. http://www.amazon.com/Zalman-ZM-VE300-B-2-5inch-External-Enclosure/dp/B008LA8TNG/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1392939591&sr=1-6&keywords=zm+ve400(Drive Enclosure) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMQNuSoUaWA (Tek Syndicates Video) The other thing I was looking at would be this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CO1I29O/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0CKAW8Z8GXMFNSDSYPSM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846 It's compatible with Mac OS right out of the box, but I'm not sure if I could create partitions on it for ubuntu, and Windows. And if it is even possible, how I'd do it. I feel like I'm asking a lot here, anyone who takes the time to read this and/or helps, I truly appreciate it. Thank you - Wubnaught