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T2M2

The Time Machine Mechanic (T2M2) version 1.0 released

Now places its report in a scrolling text view, has extensive Help book, and more. The only tool for checking that Time Machine backups are being made properly.

June 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

The Time Machine Mechanic, T2M2, version 0.7b1

Two minor improvements to make its use even easier. Now a final release candidate?

June 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

Watching a Mac losing its grip: background services are vital

When scheduled backups become irregular or stop, this affects much more than just Time Machine. This is what happens, and why you must restart.

May 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

T2M2 now timestamps its analyses in version 0.6b1

Each report on your Time Machine backups now comes with a detailed timestamp in this new version.

May 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Making more sense of the log

Conventional log analysis gets precious little from Sierra’s unified log. Automated analysis has much greater potential. Will Apple head in this direction too?

May 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

T2M2 can now make its own smarter backups, in 0.5b1

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This completes the intended feature-set for the first release version: T2M2 can now make better backups too.

May 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

T2M2 can now analyse for up to 48 hours, and includes scheduling, in 0.4b1

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Adds a new set of analyses to discover the underlying cause of infrequent and irregular automatic backups.

May 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

Advanced Time Machine backups: multiple sources, multiple destinations

You can back up multiple volumes to multiple backups. Here’s how and why you might do these things.

May 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

T2M2 now analyses multiple and manual backups in 0.3b1

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And the most important fix: the colours of the traffic light indicator are better.

May 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Using T2M2 to diagnose and treat Time Machine problems

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A full explanation of everything that T2M2 analyses and reports, with practical tips on how to interpret and fix.

May 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

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