Apple :: Time Machine From Old To New MBP

Feb 14, 2009

I just accepted an offer on my MBP and I'll be purchasing a new unibody MBP in the following week.

I have a lot of personal data and applications that are backed up right now in the form of a Time Machine backup.

The old MBP is a SR (sig below) and the new one will be the unibody; different specs, GPU, HD etc...

Can I just plug in my external HD that has my Time Machine backup into the new machine and restore it? Would the fact that there are different hardware complicate matters? And if so, since I still have my old machine for now, what would be the best solution to do what I'm trying to do here?

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Apple :: Is There Anything Like Time Machine For Windows

Jun 17, 2009

I have two laptops. One is a macbook and the other is a Toshiba that has Vista. The Toshiba works pretty well, but I want to be able to back it up like I can with the mac and time machine.

Is there any Windows software out there that can come close? I know there is backup software that comes with some external hard drives, but I think they just save your files and not your settings.

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Apple :: Time Machine And VMware Fusion

Nov 3, 2009

I upgraded to Windows 7 today on my Fusion Virtual Machine on my Macbook today. I preceded it with a Time Machine backup, and it copied a few gigabytes, which I expected since I installed CS4 the other day.

Two hours later...
I installed the Windows 7 upgrade, and then did another Time Machine backup. This time it copied 36 gigabytes (the amount of my virtual machine file).

This got me thinking... Does Time Machine backup the entire virtual machine file each time there is a slight change? If so, then merely launching Windows in Fusion would be enough for Time Machine to backup the virtual machine file, using almost 40 gig on my backup drive most every time I launch time machine backup, even though the change is minor (a few bytes)

The consequence is that for a Fusion user, the backup device is going to fill awfully fast because of the relatively minor changes to the VM file, thus making for paltry space for history on all the Mac files.

I figure that a 320 Gig backup device is effectively extremely tiny for a 250 Gig HDD with only 90 Gig of files. My backup drive is already full after only ~8 backup sessions, hence deleting old history, which is hardly a few months old!

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Apple :: Time Machine Backup And External HDD

Jun 23, 2009

Which folder can I delete to conserve disk space? I only need one back up. Also how iomega in general? Is GTECH worth the extra money? What about this one: [url] Thats two 1tb drives mirrored right?

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Apple :: Time Machine Slow Backup

Sep 20, 2009

Just started TM backups on a new 1TB drive today....

It did 30GB in 2 & half hours! A little slow...

Why does it go soooo slow? Supposed to be faster in SL.... don't think so....

Went for Carbon Copy Cloner..... much better.... currently 27GB in 23 mins.... thats more like it.

That'll be my weekend moan out of the way I guess...

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Apple :: Time Machine Backup Taking Too Much Space

Apr 24, 2009

Here is the thing, I only have used 285gb of 500gb on my internal hard drive. I got myself a new 500Gb external hd as a time machine.

However, when I go to the time machine' options it says: Total included: 503.1gb

How can a backup be bigger than my internal hd?

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Apple :: Time Machine - External Drive Plugged In

May 13, 2010

I dont have my Time Capsule just yet, and am looking to set up Time Machine to an external USB HDD.

If I dont have the external drive plugged in, does it just skip the scheduled backup its missed?

Can I just create the initial full backup, then stop the scheduled backups - so only have it incrementally backup when I manually run it?

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Apple :: Backing Up Current Laptop With Time Machine

Jun 11, 2009

Will that allow me to just copy it onto a new computer if I get one?

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Apple :: Time Machine To Backup My Hard Drive

Apr 18, 2010

If I want to replace my HD in my MBP, and I use time machine to backup my hard drive.

I don't want to lose any content or reformat, so I think time machine would be my best bet.

The thing is, I have a lot of purchased music/movies from itunes. Would time machine preserve the authorizations etc..to play this stuff on the new hard drive?

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Apple :: Snow Leopard Upgrade With Time Machine

Aug 25, 2009

I have a 4 month old MB 13" with Leopard.

Say I upgrade to Snow Leopard on Friday......

If I have a subsequent failure, or just want to upgrade my HDD that then requires me to restore my drive from scratch (with a good recent Time Machine backup avaialble), what process would I follow?

1) Install Leopard from my original disk, then upgrade to Snow Leopard, then use the time machine backup to restore?

-or-

2) Install Snow Leopard straight from the upgrade disk (if it even possible), then use the Time machine backup to restore?

I guess I am asking whether the "Upgrade Disk" a full install disk, or is it just for an incremental upgrade?. Do I even need my old Leopard disk anymore?

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Apple :: Disk Encryption Within Snow Leopard With Time Machine

Oct 17, 2009

Using a mid-2009 MBP -- have grown to really like this notebook. Given that it gets carried around often, I'd like to have everything on it protected by something more than just a simple login password.

I use Time Machine in conjunction with a Time Capsule to keep things backed up, but my understanding is that if I were to enable FileVault to encrypt the disk, I would have to log out of my user account for any backup to actually run. This is pretty inconvenient and a ridiculous issue in general.

What are my other options, folks? Should I just look into using TrueCrypt? (ETA: apparently TrueCrypt doesn't play nice with Time Machine either...)

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Apple :: Time Machine Function As A Complete Backup Solution

May 9, 2009

Does time machine function as a complete backup solution?

Does it backup every file?

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Apple :: Why Can't I Access My Time Machine Backups After Installing Snow Leopard

Dec 27, 2009

I just installed a clean copy of Snow Leopard but now I don't have permission to access my Time Machine backups, the drive itself shows all the dates of the backups like this:[url]

But say when I try to open any given folders inside the backup it says I don't have permission to do so: [url]

When I enter Time Machine it shows the folders as empty with the red no access icon on desired folders.

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Apple :: Third-party File Encryption / Encrypted Images With Time Machine

Nov 1, 2009

My understanding is that FileVault's shortcomings are such:

- Documented vulnerabilities
- Requires that user be logged off to backup with Time Machine

I have a few things on my notebook that I would like to be kept safe in the event of a loss or theft. I used to use AxCrypt on Windows for this, but there are no OSX builds for it, so what I'm wondering is this:

- If I create an encrypted image and use it like a TrueCrypt/Cryptainer partition, will Time Machine back the image up as it changes over time like any other file?
- Is there any reason I shouldn't do that over some other way of keeping things safe?

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Apple :: Time Machine - Is It An Image Backup Or Just Data Backup

Jan 2, 2009

Back in my Windows days and for my servers at work (just a few), I always did the following to do backup:

1) DATA
Use SyncToy or copy the data folders (My Documents, etc.) to an external hard drive

2) OS and APPLICATIONS
Create an image using Acronis's TrueImage, so I don't have to re-install the applications or re-configure the OS

With Time Machine, I know it backups my User folder (Documents, Music, etc.), but does it also backup the computer settings, such that in the case of re-install, I just pop-in the original OSX Installation CD and restore from Time Machine without reconfiguring the OS AND re-installing the application again?

I noticed in the Time Machine hard drive there is also an Applications folder that contains the list of the same applications as installed in my MBP.

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Apple :: Is It Possible To Get Mac OS X, XP And 7 On The Same Machine

Jan 20, 2009

I have XP on my macbook pro via bootcamp/vmware. I tried putting 7 on it, but then XP stopped working. So I deleted the partition that 7 was installed on and XP worked again.

Is there a way I can have both XP and 7 working via bootcamp? As far as I know I can't, so I was thinking about running 7 with bootcamp and XP via vmware. Also ever since deleting the partition that 7 was installed on XP doesn't seem to be able to boot via vmware. It was says I have to remove the physical disk from the virtual machine then add it again. How do I do this?

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Apple :: New Updates - Machine Won't Boot Without Option Key

Feb 16, 2009

I noticed that there were new updates so I went ahead and installed them. On restart, the gray screen came up and just sat there. I shut down and started up a few times and same thing. I restarted and held the option key down and it gave me the OS menu and I'm able to boot Mac OSX from there.

I'm going to try to set the default OS using Boot Camp to see if that fixes the problem.

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Apple :: Backing Up A Vmware Virtual Machine

May 5, 2009

I use my boot camp partition in Vmware. How do I make a bootable copy of that? I want to know because in Boot camp I'm gonna install Windows 7, but I might still need XP so I was thinking about using Vmware for that.

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Apple :: Macbook Pro 13"Great Unix Developers Machine

Jul 5, 2009

my expensive massive desktop replacement PC recently died after only 16 months - and I was sick of lugging this monster around.

I'm a software consultant - so I need to be able to run both MS .NET environments, and J2EE depending where I'm working.

Having never really looked at the Mac OS X, before - I thought what the hell, after being thoroughly enthralled by the build quality and price of the new 13" pro. It was a nice contrast from the 7kg beast I was lugging about before.

Well! What an eye opening revelation, seconds after opening my first bash shell and realizing the whole damn thing is sitting on top of Unix.

No need for linux as I was intending. I setup bootcamp but haven't needed to use it yet - for now being able to use a VM - but it's nice to know it's there if need be.

I'm completely recommending this to any Unix or Linux developers out there.
The more I dig, the more I find various Mac OSX binary builds of my favorite Linux packages.

My only minor complaint is I find Finder a little quirky in it's behavior, but no worse than half a dozen X windows file managers.

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Apple :: MAC Pro And Unplugged Time

Dec 16, 2009

I am leaving town for 6 weeks and giving my desktop to a friend to hold onto while I am gone from the dorms. I don't trust the dorms with this computer. She is going to just be keeping the desktop in her room packed up in the box. Is it safe to do this? Will the internal battery die over those 6 weeks and not being plugged in? I just want to make sure that it's kept safely in every sense possible.

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Apple :: Do Macbooks Last A Long Time

Feb 11, 2010

buying a macbook pro and I wanted to know how reliable the machines are.

I assume they're excellent considering the 4 digit price tag.

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Apple :: Mac - More Than One Internet Page Up At One Time

Aug 4, 2009

on a mac are you able to get more than one internet page up at one time? like how with windows u can have tabs.

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Apple :: MacBook - Time To UPGRADE

Jun 8, 2009

I bought a MacBook on THURSDAY and now they already have new ones! Is there a way I can upgrade? My friend also recently bought a MacBook Pro and he mentioned something about Customer Relations refunding him money or something of that nature. What does this mean?

Is there a way to upgrade without paying an arm and a leg (again)?

Third- I bought an iPhone 3G 8gig mid December. I remember that at that time they had some sort of update process where you could trade in your older iPhone for a newer one.

Do you think they're going to do this? Would it be better to leave it jailbroken and do a software unlock on my current one and sell it on craigslist?

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Apple :: Time Capsule Used For Windows Backup

Feb 7, 2009

I have 2 WinPCs and a Mac and I am searching for a solution that will enable me to set up a wireless backup for all the 3.

So I am considering buying the large Time Capsule (1TB) if and only if I can use it as a backup drive for my WinPCs too. Do you know if this is possible or even better, has anyone done it?

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Apple :: Time Capsule Signal Woes

Mar 17, 2009

I recently replaced an old Linksys router with a 1TB Time Capsule. I loved the idea of an integrated solution with passive backups. Unfortunately, I am starting to regret this purchase but I'm hoping that I am just missing something.

The TC sits upstairs in my office where my Linksys used to be. On the main floor, I tried to add my PS3 to the network. It ends up showing a signal strength of about 55%-65%, with NAT Type 3. My old Linksys gave me 85%+, with NAT Type 2. I also noticed that my laptop's network signal strength is four bars when I'm on the main floor, which is one less than with the Linksys.

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Apple :: Macbook Pro 13" Start Up Time

Aug 5, 2009

yesterday my SSD took a dump and replaced it with my stock HDD (160GB). My boot time with the SSD was 21 seconds. I did not install EFI 1.7. Now, with the 160GB, the boot time is 1:10. Is that normal? What can I do to make it faster?

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Apple :: Time Capsules Should Never Be Used As A Backup Device

Oct 17, 2009

Well after time capsule number 22 of 31 died today, I thought I may rant slightly about these so called server grade backups they " Just Work " for a few months to 2 years then seem to LOVE to pack it in taking entire backups and even causing me to transplant drive platters to recover business data.... small piece of advice go find a decent seagate or WD drive and use that, and sure looks like im not alone either as I will soon be entering 22 serial numbers in the dead Time capsule directory [url] next time apple wants a server grade backup try something with redundant power supplies and a SERVER grade drive, not some drive outta the discount bin

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Apple :: Startup Time At First Boot Of The Day Or After >6hrs S/d

Mar 21, 2009

I have bought a MB alu 2.0GHz + 2Gb RAM DDR3 and I have noted that sometimes the boot time is longer in the morning or after a long s/d (more than 6hrs for instance) than after a 2-3 hrs s/d. Indeed the cold startup takes around 43-45sec whilst the 'warm' start may take about 32-35sec. Does this happen to you too?

2nd question: what do you think about ONYX? Is it worth making this automation or it is better to abandon these pc-attitudes on a mac?

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Apple :: Unibody Macbook Battery And Charging Time

Jan 21, 2009

Two questions:

1) Is it normal for the battery to take several hours, i.e. 4+, to fully charge after being mostly depleted? For example, my battery says it's like 95% charged, yet has 40 minutes to go.

2) Is it normal for the battery time-left indicator to jump all over? When I run it on battery, the amount of time remaining constantly changes. It goes from 5 hours to 3 hours to 4 hours, etc, etc.

The first time I ever used the computer when I got it in December I charged it up fully, kept it plugged in for several hours, then let it completely die out overnight and fully charged it again.

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Apple :: Long Load Time For Win7 - When Booting

Sep 28, 2009

If anyone experiencing long load times when booting up Windows 7? It takes considerably longer for me to boot Win7 than SL...

When Win7 boots, whether it be a cold boot or reboot, ill find myself hanging at a blank/black screen with nothing other than a blinking underscore in the top left corner for what seems like a minute, then it'll go to the normal "Starting Windows..." screen from there. Is a format/reinstall in order?

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