How well can Time Machine back up other volumes, such as those on external drives? Can it restore them when the original disk fails or goes missing?
macOS 14
Sonoma 14.1.1 and Ventura 13.6.2 apparently contained ‘important bug fixes and security updates’, although Apple provides no further details. What is going on?
How should you restore a whole volume, or an old version of a document to a different folder? Includes details of backup structure.
How to use the Time Machine log extract in Mints to check whether its backups are working normally, and what are expected errors.
Apple has just released updates to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.1.1, and macOS Ventura 13.6.2 for “MacBook […]
Detailed account and explanation of the sequence of phases during an automatic backup in Sonoma 14.0 and 14.1, with tear-out chart.
First released 16 years ago, it was destined for Time Capsules, and relied on hard links in HFS+. It soon used APFS snapshots, and now uses them as the basis for its backups.
How iCloud Drive, concerned with sharing files, and CloudKit, supporting databases shared in iCloud, have changed in Sonoma.
What are dataless files, and how do they work with iCloud and third-party cloud service providers? How can you tell whether a file is dataless?
Do you have a third-party camera using its own plug-in? Sonoma 14.1 could disable it. Here’s what to do to keep your camera working, perhaps even better than before.
The Eclectic Light Company 