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Time Machine 12: Backups that never complete

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Here’s what happens when a Time Machine backup, normally the first, slows to the point where it’s just never going to finish.

February 8, 2020 Macs, Technology

Orphaned snapshots: a growing problem?

If a Time Machine snapshot can’t be thinned, nothing warns you of the problem, and without Terminal or the log you can’t even find out.

February 6, 2020 Macs, Technology

Errors in the night and snapshot problems

What does your Mac get up to when you’re away from it? Mine was busy writing hundreds of thousands of entries in the log because of a couple of snapshots.

February 5, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Is Catalina a good upgrade yet?

Although 10.15.3 fixes a serious bug in Mail and Catalina is steadily maturing, there are many users who still shouldn’t upgrade.

February 2, 2020 Macs, Technology

Pervasive effects of the Catalina 10.15.3 update

Catches and issues with the 10.15.3 update – and good news on two important bugs which it fixed.

February 1, 2020 Macs, Technology

What’s this new AppleInternal folder then?

When restoring a Catalina system from Time Machine backups, this ‘new’ folder may appear. What should you do with it?

January 31, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine: 11 tmutil

The three tools which Apple provides to control Time Machine are its System Preferences pane, the Time Machine […]

January 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine: 10 Tools

There’s a small selection of tools available which work with Time Machine, supplement it, or replace it altogether. […]

January 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Things don’t always ‘just work’

Where are the tools for diagnosing and fixing features that don’t always ‘just work’? Turning to look at iCloud.

January 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

Time Machine: 9 Inside backup support files

How can you tell what was backed up when Time Machine last ran a routine backup? Here’s one way to find out, and detailed info on its support files.

January 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

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