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Fixing Sierra’s Time Machine + bug: does macOS get overtired?

Lack of sleep can do strange things to people. Perhaps it can to Macs too. Could this solve the Time Machine irregularity bug?

July 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

Mobile Time Machine and its transformation in High Sierra

On laptops, Time Machine’s ‘local snapshots’ have been of limited use. In High Sierra, this all changes, and for laptop users should be a strong reason for upgrading.

June 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Exploring Sierra 10.12.5 sleep and wake in the log, 2 DAS and CTS

Sleep interrupts the scheduling and dispatch of background tasks. Here’s how it looks in the dispatching systems.

June 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

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

Consolation version 2.2 is here

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Free, works with Sierra and other unified logs, examines log entries already in the log, unlike Console. Now supports logarchives and more.

June 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Next Week on My Mac: All the fun of WWDC

Its annual developer conference will reveal how Apple’s new file system will roll out in macOS 10.13, and determine its adoption and success.

June 4, 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

An Incomplete List of Sierra’s Dispatched Services

Time Machine backups are but one of 70-80 background services which are run by macOS dispatching systems. Here’s a list of some of the others.

May 31, 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

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