If you follow macOS security updates, by now you’re probably completely confused over XProtect. Although it has been […]
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Apple has pushed two updates today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]
What to do when there are problems with a backup, or you want to delete backups or their contents.
Classic resource forks passed into Mac OS X, but were deprecated by Apple in 10.8. Now in Catalina they can stop working: is this a new security measure?
How many did you solve this week?
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?
Three easy riddles this week, with the solutions posted here on Monday morning.
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.
