How to check Time Machine backups, and investigate any errors which may have occurred – the easy way using Ulbow.
Time Machine
What’s the point of impressive Finder illusions when users can’t rely on your explanation of how to erase a disk? Apple’s problems of 2019 considered.
What to do, when you can, before taking or sending your Mac in for service or repair. What about FileVault? And Activation Lock?
Recommended for those running or preparing to upgrade to Catalina, as it adds a new strategy for determining what to back up.
From its first release, Time Machine has been designed to back up over a network. So why the problems? And how you can make your own NAS.
Migration and inheriting backups from earlier macOS and Macs investigated and documented. It’s a smart system, but can take a long time. And a new version of T2M2.
What to do when there are problems with a backup, or you want to delete backups or their contents.
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?
In the market for replacement backup storage? It’s a gamble, and you probably won’t know whether you made the right choice for the next year or more.
Looking at failure of automatic backups, cancelled backups, and errors occurring when backing up, using T2M2, from Sierra to Catalina.
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