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Last Week on my Mac: The value of log access

Why was my Mac still preparing a backup 20 minutes after it should have been completed? And what is a ‘deep event scan’?

February 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Diagnosing and treating Time Machine problems in Terminal

Two major tools are available to help you deal with problems. Here’s how to use them to best effect.

February 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

Why have my Time Machine backups stopped or become irregular?

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Is Time Machine becoming erratic? A simple diagnostic process can establish what the problem is, and how to deal with it.

February 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

How Time Machine backups are launched in Sierra

macOS Sierra doesn’t run periodic backups using a simple mechanism. Here’s the story in full detail.

February 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Instrumenting macOS Sierra to investigate irregular backups and log problems

Getting deeper into using Sierra’s new logs, and investigating why Time Machine backups become irregular.

February 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation 1.0b5: a tool for browsing your logs

Browsing existing log entries in macOS Sierra is now much easier and more powerful.

February 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Irregular Time Machine backups: is this a launchd bug?

Does macOS scheduling fail when it has been running for more than 10 days? Irregular backups suggest that it does.

February 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Time Machine problems in macOS Sierra

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Some users are having problems getting Time Machine to work in Sierra. Here are some suggestions to get that first backup completed.

November 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

iCloud, Spotlight, and Time Machine

When you keep documents in iCloud, are they backed up in Time Machine, searched in Spotlight, and kept securely?

November 14, 2016 Macs, Technology

App Store chaos + Power Coma + Time Machine blackout = Friday

When it rains, it always pours catfish. And most of the falling fish came courtesy of the App Store.

October 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

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