Preserving copies of data which enable recovery from a data loss event.
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recover icloud calendar backup to iphone 4
My calendar entries in iphone 4 disappeared. I have no total backup but just calendar and contacts backup in icloud. I only want to restore the calendar back to iphone 4. I already extracted the ...
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Restoring an OLD iPhone backup
I recently made a full backup of my iPhone 4S to my computer. I was having some issues with it so I when into DFU mode and did a clean install.
Unfortunately as soon as iTunes finished installing iOS ...
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What's the difference between enabling Time Machine's “Encrypt Backups” option, and encrypting my disk from Disk Utility?
I'm setting up Time Machine backups on a new external hard disk.
I chose to first encrypt the disk via Disk Utility:
But I also see these options:
Is there any difference between an "Encrypted" ...
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Failure to backup files from Mac partition while in Windows 8 partition
I am running Windows 8 and OS X Lion using Bootcamp, and ran into an issue where OS X is no longer bootable (empty gray progress bar on startup). Googling this error led me to believe it could be any ...
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Why doesn't iTunes backup every time I charge my iPhone?
I read years ago when they introduced wireless syncing with iTunes, that they would backup my phone every time I would charge my phone wirelessly. I waited years and to this day this still doesn't ...
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Time Machine Backup popup comes up even though Time Machine turned off
Go to System Preferences > Time Machine, the slider bar is set to "off".
Yet every so often I get the "You haven't selected a location for Time Machine backups." anyway. It's very annoying since
...
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Apple TimeCapsule 2TB (2013) real life expierience; store data next to backups?
Im having an old 2008 time capsule to store the backups of my system. Im planning to buy the new 2013 time capsule soon but need to know if it supports the following:
Backup data ( music, movies ) ...
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iPad 1, MacBook Pro 2012
I just backed up my iPad 1st Gen into iTunes on my MacBook Pro, but I need to make sure all my apps have been transferred. How can I check this?
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Backing up Time Machine sparsebundles to another server
So, a while ago I backed up a couple of different Macs to my Linux-based fileserver. As a network Time Machine, each Mac has a separate sparsebundle file containing all of its information. I've since ...
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need more memory on my phone
I have the iphone 5 ios 6 and I have two backups on there and it tells me
I need to delete one of my backups. Would this delete my stuff already on my device even if it says that it will delete all ...
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Can Time Machine backup two HDDs to Time Capsule?
I have two physical harddrives in my Mac. One is an SSD with the OS and apps. The other is a 1TB HDD for media. Can I setup time machine to backup both drives to time capsule?
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Forced Time Machine backups take longer than scheduled ones?
Is it true that forced Time Machine backups take longer than scheduled ones? That seems to be the case for me.
Especially, if I've moved a large (1 GB or more) file and then immediately force a TM ...
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apps disappeared after unlocking, backup and restore of my iphone
I unlocked my iphone yesterday and backed up and restored my data, however my apps did not come back onto my phone . how do i find them on my computer in my back up and restore them to my iphone?
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How to recover iOS 7 backup into iOS 6.1.3 [duplicate]
ive recently upgraded my iphone 4 to iOS 7 beta but i realized that it wasn't quite good and it was laggy so i downgraded it back to iOS 6.1.3 but i lost all my data, and now im stuck with a new ...
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backing up notes on 4th gen ipod touch to icloud
I have searched several websites and tutorials but haven't found any working way to backup the notes on the 4th generation ipod touch to my icloud account. Most recommend logging into one's icloud ...
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How to recover a mac / audacity recording on mac?
I have a client who has been recording some audio using audacity on an apple mac.
They have lost their work and have asked me if there is anyway to recover the work they have done.
I know this is a ...
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How to back up from the ios 7.0 file to ios 6.1.3 or 6.1.4 version? [closed]
I upgrade my iphone5 to ios7 but I just realized that I dont like it.
But when I downgrade my iphone into ios6.0, and wanna use the back up file from my latest version. (ios 7 backup) I failed.
Anyone ...
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After restoring iOS from a backup made on an earlier version, some apps are stuck “waiting” even after downloading [closed]
After installing iOS 7 beta 1 on my iPhone, and restoring a backup taken with iOS 6, several apps get stuck in "waiting" mode. They are actually installed, and using spotlight to search for them ...
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Deleted I tunes Backup file
I deleted my most current I Tunes back-up file, it had my daughter's BDay photos from last night. I have been on the phone with an Apple agent and no luck. It seems strange to me that this file would ...
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1answer
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Make backup of Time Machine volume on Time Capsule
I have two laptops that back up via Time Machine to a Time Capsule. The shared volume on the Time Capsule contains two .sparsebundle files.
Can I copy those .sparsebundle files to an external hard ...
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1answer
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Can I clone my Time Machine backups folder to an image file, to essentially backup the entire Time Machine?
I'm interested in creating a clone of my Time Machine backups (the Backups.backupdb folder) so that my local backup strategy isn't entirely dependent on the external HD being alive. My hope is that I ...
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1answer
61 views
Turn off encrypted backup on iPhone that has a profile without removing profiles
I have iPhones that have profiles on them that were password protected profiles and those passwords have been lost. So we need to wipe the iphones and was hoping to to a backup first and then restore ...
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1answer
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How can I see (and delete) app data for apps that aren't installed?
I recently did a "restore" of my iPhone, and loaded data in from a backup (an iTunes backup, not iCloud) So, all my apps were gone- I had to re-download them. So I did, but I noticed that when I did ...
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1answer
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Are Time Machine backups to an external disk attached to a Time Capsule supported?
My 1 TB Time Capsule drive is full with Time Machine backups. I'd rather spend $130 on a 3 TB drive than $500 on a new 3 TB Time Capsule.
Is an external drive attached to a Time Capsule supported ...
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Backing up Adobe CS6, Microsoft office, Camtasia on Time Machine - will they completely restore?
I have a hard drive problem. If I use Time machine to make regular backups, will Adobe CS6, Microsoft office, Camtasia and other installed programmes completely retore on a new hard drive without any ...
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1answer
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Continue managing external drive backups on a different computer
I have an external drive with data on it that is shared on the local network. There's another external drive that's daisy chained where backups are stored.
The computer that was originally managing ...
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Does Time Machine run backups even when no account is logged on?
Does an account has to be logged on to trigger the Time Machine backup, or does Time Machine run without any session active?
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1answer
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Is TimeMachine Apple's System Restore?
I have recently moved to Mac from Windows. Rarely I find that I may have to use System Restore to fix an issue that the OS has incurred. What I would like to know is whether Time Machine is the Mac ...
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Cloud-sycning MS Office documents on OS X/iOS
I understand that iCloud does not synchronise MS Office Docs. What other options are available to synchronise and back-up my MS Office Docs across MacBook, iPad, etc.
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1answer
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Iphone 5 backup file
I have just gotten rid of my iPhone 5 but did a full backup of picture and such beforehand because i wasn't fond of the phone. I do not plan on getting another iPhone. Is there a way i can get my ...
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1answer
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Time Machine backup to Airport Extreme AirDisk
I thought it was NOT possible to use the USB hard disk attached to the Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS) as a backup destination for Time Machine backups. This was mostly due to Google results as ...
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Making checks before rsyncing external drive on OSX
I have the following issue on OSX though I guess this could equally be filed under bash. I have several encrypted portable drives that I use to sync an offsite data store or as an on-the-go data store ...
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363 views
Change iPhone file permissions wihout jailbreak
I want to delete some apps (games) but backup their save game data.
Since there's no way to save your saved game data the only way to backup this files is using something like iFunBox and copy both ...
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Older time machine backups not showing after renaming the backup HDD
I have a HDD for time machine archives. In Finder I renamed it, then made it start a new backup. Now none of the older backups show when I enter in Time Machine mode. I get why this is happening but I ...
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How to retrive my iphone 3gs backup files in windows 7
I was using iphone 3GS and using Dell windows 7 system. Last week I had cut and pasted (not deleted from my system) my iphone backup files in to my pen drive. I accidently lost my pen drive & ...
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iPad stuck with “iCould Backup” message — can't use it!
Yesterday I opened my iPad to discover a weird message I'd never seen before on my screen, that I cannot get rid of:
It prevents me from interacting with anything else on the screen!
So I plugged ...
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Time Machine stuck on “Preparing Backup”
I have a MacBook Pro from 2009. It came with OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) but I upgraded to 10.8 (Mountain Lion).
A few days ago, I tried to backup my files on an external hard drive, like I have ...
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What backup methods preserve kMDItemDateAdded?
The attribute kMDItemDateAdded corresponds to the "Date added" column in the Finder, and is especially useful for the Downloads directory. Unfortunately, this attribute is not part of the filesystem ...
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Exclude apps from iPhone/iPad backup?
I own both an iPhone (4S) and an iPad (mini), running iOS 5 and 6 respectively. The two of them are quite filled with large apps (roughly 40GB in total) and thus my Macbook is getting crowded. This is ...
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restore MacBook from sparse image
I recently wiped my MBP hard drive as well as installing a new SSD.
I have a sparseimage backup of my old drive (created with Carbon Copy Cloner) that I want to restore onto the SSD.
I've tried to ...
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Time machine backup only on home network
I've set up my Ubuntu server at home to act as a Time capsule using this guide:
http://alisnic.net/blog/use-a-ubuntu-as-a-timemachine-server/
It works very well, and I have two macbooks backing up ...
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1answer
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How to backup an encrypted Core Storage volume off-site?
Given a hard disk with an encrypted Core Storage volume (but not the decryption password, because the backup service should not have access to that), how would one go about backing it up in a way that ...
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1answer
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How do I restore a Deja Dup backup (done in Ubuntu) in Mountain Lion?
I have pretty much started from scratch on my new installation because I couldn't figure out how to restore the files I backed up on my Linux installation with Deja Dup. I have GPG Keychain access ...
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1answer
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How to move all of my mails to external HD and make them appear only when its connected
I have 200 GB of mails, and I would like to place them in an external hard drive, and to make the appear, in the Mail.app, only when this external HD is connected.
Is this possible?
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1answer
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restore Mac OS Mountain Lion to factory settings without discs or time machine backups
I installed XCode 3 on Mac OS Mountain Lion 10.8 and now I am getting the Apple BSODs.
Can I do a system restore without having the discs as I seem to have nothing to use, also I have no Time Machine ...
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Why does Time Machine hang/freeze on “Backing up…”?
Lately, whenever I try to back up Time Machine to one particular external drive, it gets past the "Preparing..." stage (most troubleshooting documents talk about fixing problems with hangs in this ...
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Manage iPhoto on external hard disk
Most of my Mac hard drive is filled with iPhoto pictures. I have an external USB hard drive. What to do? Just moving pictures from Pictures/iPhoto Library is not a perfect option as I want to have ...
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How do I get rid of my encrypted iPhone backups to start from scratch?
Is there a way I can delete all my encrypted iPhone backups for which I forgot the password, so that I can start backing up from fresh?
At the moment I'm stuck in this loop (below) which I can't ...
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How do I get TimeMachine to backup a FUSE filesystem?
I have -
/Users/me/Documents/
/Users/me/Documents/ADocument
...
/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/
/Users/me/Fuse4XFileSystem/AnotherDocument
...
TimeMachine will happily backup /Users/me/Documents and ...
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1answer
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GitHub-Style Collaborative iTunes Backup?
Alright, here's a funny question. I'm a DJ, and I use iTunes locally on my MacBook Air for my music. I also have my backup hard drive, to which I have copied my iTunes library to as the master ...
