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1. #BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC MAC OS#
2. #BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC INSTALL#
3. #BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC MANUAL#
4. #BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC PORTABLE#
5. #BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC DOWNLOAD#

My laptop got stolen, and the backup was in the bag with it.

#BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC MANUAL#

While manual or semi-automatic works.the tech world is littered with horror stories of Murphy's Law. This means all files that are irreplaceable (think family photos, financial records, projects, thesis papers, that great novel you are working on, etc.)Ģ.

Have all important user data in at least two places. Much less common but rea threats would be: theft, fire, flood, tornado (any disaster), blackouts and brownouts, lightning strikes, etc.ġ. Most lost data is drive failure, computer failure, or a user event. Prioritize the most likely lost data event first, and work your way down. My guidelines (others will have different priorities): In addition Time Machine sometimes can get corrupted (rare but it happens) so having a 2nd Backup solution preferably a cloud based one or something like Carbon Copy Cloner that you can keep at another location can give you additional security.ĭifferent solutions for different risk and comfort levels. So in the event of a house fire or theft you may lose both your Mac and your Time Machine drive. My favourite feature is if you accidentally delete a file, photo or email, you can 'pop' into time machine go back to the point in time that file /photo/ email existed and restore it.Īs suggests it is not ideal to completely rely on Time Machine as it exists an external drive either physically connected to your Mac or at least connected to the same local network. Time Machine will backup everything on your internal hard disk, including apps and system files. It can be helpful in the case of hardware failure as you will still have a copy in the cloud. So if a file becomes corrupted or deleted, it will be corrupted or removed from all your devices. iCloud is not really a backup solution, is is principally a way to Sync your files across multiple devices. ICloud only saves what you put into iCloud (so will not normally store system files and apps). Thank you again for your patience and prompt reply I'm almost 100% certain I've done this before - but it was easily three years ago so I can't remember the specifics. However I thought it would be possible to simply choose to restore the entire "thing" from say two hours ago, rather than as you say tediously selecting individual items. apps/.doc) as the restore button becomes active. When I select an older the back-up and then go into it I can see that individual things can be restored (e.g. Yes this screenshot above is exactly what I get but all the bars are red when I scroll over them. However I am now more concerned that my back-ups are not working/accessible. So originally, I wanted to restore some files.

#BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC INSTALL#

I was trying to clean it up to install Catalina, accidentally deleted something and wanted to restore a backup from an hour previously and couldn't. I store very little on the internal drive. I basically have all my storage on the external HD (music/photos/documents/pdfs etc). I don't have the Airport or the HD that was associated with it.

#BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC MAC OS#

Sorry I should have double-checked and the HD is formatted: Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I thought you could restore old iOS versions so I didn't think you needed to.

#BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC DOWNLOAD#

Or can I not restore them as the iOS is not up to date - I am trying to free up internal storage to download Catalina. Is there any way to use any of the backups? Are none of them now usable? I realise how green I am about this but I've never needed to use this option before and none of the threads I have read seem to make sense/are applicable.ĭid I need to format the HD before I started using it for backups? If so how do I format the HD so future backups are usable? They may have always been red lines I've never noticed. However, today I went to try and restore a backup from the previous hour and all the back-ups are red lines.

It back-ups as always and I can see all the versions when I enter the time machine.

#BACKUP FILES ON MY PASSPORT FOR MAC PORTABLE#

I changed by hard drive earlier this year and started using an external drive (WD Elements portable external HD) which is always connected as my time machine/for my backups.