Can you still share files using the AFP protocol, or must you contend with SMB and its bugs? And what about shared storage for Time Machine backups?
Category Archive: Macs
In the market for replacement backup storage? It’s a gamble, and you probably won’t know whether you made the right choice for the next year or more.
Three easy riddles this week, with the solutions posted here on Monday morning.
Apple recommends an unusual procedure to fix this, which might also work with other models suffering sudden shutdowns.
Are you worried about strange and serious problems occurring when you upgrade to Catalina? Here are strategies to prevent and deal with them.
Looking at failure of automatic backups, cancelled backups, and errors occurring when backing up, using T2M2, from Sierra to Catalina.
Detailed log excerpts showing normal backups in 10.12 to 10.15, with some of the more common errors encountered.
New series looking at how TM works, what its problems are, what tools to use to diagnose those, and how to fix it.
How did you get on this week with the three riddles?
Recommended for all users, particularly those running TM in Catalina, where it analyses strategies used to determine what to back up.
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