IMac running el Capitan will not save time machine on external hard drive

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• Time machine backup external hard drive

  Hi all

  I'm looking to move my iTunes library to a new drive external hard to free up space on my iMac storage internal 1 TB drive.

  My concern is the Machine of the time's up, is it possible that I can set it up so it will save the new external hard drive which will be my iTunes library folder?

  I am currently using Time Capsule with my iMac, but wonder if I can use it with the external hard drive.

  Any info or advice would be great.

  Thanks in advance

  Backups Time Machine is up as the startup disk (which is actually a volume and not a disc), it backs up external drives or other volumes on the internal drive.  If you want to save to an external drive to a Time Capsule and then use Finder to copy the files or search for third party software that automatically copies files.

• It seems my time machine and external hard drive are wiped clean this morning I started my computer. Is there a way I can know for sure if anything is salvageable?

  I started my iMac this morning find a message that I didn't stop my Seagate external hard drive properly. I always just shut down my computer, I do not close the hard drive first. Now the computer says disc is not readable by this computer. Looks like it's a goner but maybe not, I don't know. I can't tell if it's the same thing to my Lacie Time Machine. There are no backups on it. How will I know what to do? Nothing is salvageable?

  

  Try to run a disk utility to repair your disk of TM. It seems that there are 757 GB of backup data it me.

• Restore the folder from Time Machine backup external hard drive

  Hello world

  I have a folder of music that is 600Go and has been saved on Time Machine my previous internal hard drive in the iMac.

  Ive since upgraded to SSD and do not want to want to restore this music folder on my new SSD due to its massive size.

  Is there anyway I can restore the folder music of time machine on an external hard drive?

  This way I can still recover my music collection but away from the internal SSD.

  Any info and advice would be great.

  Open Time Machine

  Navigate the backups to find the music folder

  Click on the music folder to highlight

  Click on the gear at the top of the window icon

  Click on "restore to".

  In the next window that appears, locate the hard drive

  Click on the hard drive to highlight

  Click on choose

• You can use migration assistant to transfer the time machine backup external hard drive?

  Hello. I just bought a new macbook pro with a 256 GB flash drive to replace my previous macbook pro that had a breakdown of all the systems. My problem is that I have a time machine backup that is greater than 256 GB (it's almost 450 GB) and I try to find out if I can use migration assistant to transfer all the content directly on an external hard drive, then move the content I want on my hard drive from the external hard drive? My goal is to let my music and photos on the external hard drive and for all port hardware I need for work.

  I don't have access to another mac with storage well enough that I have the old HD so could potentially be installed in an external enclosure and extracted files directly from there if it's easier.

  What I intend to do in the long term is to buy a big external hard drive network and put all my photos, music etc over there and use the laptop as expected - that is for files from day to day - then it will be just a short-term problem.

  Any advice would be really appreciated.

  Thank you

  Nick

  Migration Assistant is user to transfer data from one computer to the other.  If I read your post correctly, you want to copy your data from Time Machine on another HARD disk.  Thia may be useful:

  http://pondini.org/TM/18.html

  Pondini website covers virtually all aspects of Time Machine.

  Ciao.

• Time Machine backup external hard drives

  I've been using Time Machine to back up to an external hard drive.  External hard drive backups are visible in TimeMachine when the external hard drive is connected to the computer. How can I see the backups if the external drive is lost?

  External hard drive backup is buried in the backup.

  http://pondini.org/TM/32.html

  I strongly recommend using an alternative backup software like Carbon Copy Cloner. Allows you to separate the backups. Time Machine does not work.

• Cannot access my backup time machine on external hard drive once I changed my hard drive

  Since I changed my hard drive on my mac pro book I can't access the time machine back up on my external hard drive. All the shows when I connect the hard drive, but I can't access it.  Any ideas?

  I use El Captain MacBook Pro (15-inch mid-2012),

  By changing the hard drive, you have also lost all preferences, including those for Time Machine. You can have success by cloning back from the old system to the new drive to get back them.

  Or, simply erase the backup drive, reconfigure Time Machine preferences, then let time Machine do a new backup.

• file .avi and .mov on iMac changed in .m4v when they are copied to the external hard drive. I will be able to open these files on other devices like a Windows PC?

  file .avi and .mov on iMac changed in .m4v when they are copied to the external hard drive. I will be able to open these files on other devices like a Windows PC?

  FWIW, do not change the extensions of file simply by copying the files to an external drive.

• I try to use my Time Capsule as external hard drive. But when I look in the Finder, nothing is available for shared devices.

  I have a Macbook air running OS X El Capitan. I try to use my Time Capsule as external hard drive. But when I look in the Finder, nothing is available for shared devices. I don't know if I need to restart the time Capsule or change the wireless setting, etc. ?

  Please advise...

  The TC appears in airport utility? If not then it is probably not part of your network or is lost... upgrade installed you El Capo because there a lot of questions.

  What is the TC plugged into the network by ethernet? And configured properly? Are you to internet via the TC... but can not see his drive... that would be typical?

  Have you set Finder preferences to display the network drives? Apple keeps making it difficult for some unknown reason.

  You actually have to mount the drive TC if it appears under shared... it still may not appear if you double click on it. Under the search box on the top of the right hand you see Connect (As) box, type the name or IP address of the TC in there... Make sure that you save the password from your keychain.

  I try to use my Time Capsule as external hard drive

  For the storage of the files it is fine.

  For the execution of direct files for an application in the Mac, you are very likely to damage or corrupt the file at some point.

  And how do you do backups? Time Machine can't help you... it won't work.

  Backup is crucial, especially if you do things apple say not to do... That is to say move your photos or the iphoto library to the TC and try to use direct from there... expect any day to need a resumption of the library.

• My Mac stop working. I bought a new iMac. I loaded it to the top of my external hard drive, my Photoshop asked me to download an update and then told me it wouldn't work until I contacted Adobe. My InDesign has also refused to work until I contacted you.

  My Mac stop working. I bought a new iMac. I loaded it to the top of my external hard drive. My Photoshop says she needed an update and then told me to contact Adobe support. My InDesign just told me to contact Adobe support immediately. Nor will not work now. I try to contact Adobe support, but I'm stuck in a forum. What should I do?

  Migration of Mac with Time Machine WILL NOT WORK with the Adobe program activations due to hidden registration files

  Sign out of your account... Uninstall... to run vacuuming...

  -http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/install-apps.html (and uninstall)

  -using the vacuuming after uninstalling and prior to the relocation is necessary

  -https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html

  -Restart your computer... Sign in to your account... Reinstall

• Can I use time capsule as external hard drive?

  Can I use time capsule as external hard drive so that I can access a file or a specific folder by searching for its name?

  A TC is now and for always player network... no external. So there are limits to its use.

  If you are multitasking your TC with Time Machine and then using a DMG file as a virtual drive is better than directly copy files... However sharing becomes impossible. One person at a time can open the DMG.

  See pondini. T3 http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

  Old but still interesting to read.

  You can certainly create a folder on the TC and copy your files on it, and then perform a search. Research is slow on wireless is so the speed of transfer of large files. With the help of ethernet is certainly encouraged to desktop computers.

  Sharing folders on the TC is also now more difficult with increasing security at El Capo and OS later. You do not create on the computer records are not available. And even the ones you create can occasionally and autonomous change permissions (since the TC controls drive not the computer), you lock your own files on... I answer these questions once a week.

  Not all software on Mac supports using network drives. The most difficult is photos that can corrupt the library due to disconnections... which are the most common wireless. Be warned backups are important and not easy to do because of the slowness of the USB port on the TC and you end up really need to another location on the network for backup on.

  Generally, I advise the people not not to use the TC for direct files... That is to say, if you edit a document, make sure that it is on a local drive... When you have finished the document, you can copy it to the network drive and delete the local version. Easy for... not so easy documents for photos with major libraries.

  A TC cannot save itself and Time Machine backup impossible network drives... This means that no backup will be your files in the TC, unless you take the initiative and do it.

• I have CS5 on my laptop. I lost the installation cd. Can I save CS5 on an external hard drive to reinstall?

  I have CS5 on my laptop. I lost the installation cd. Can I save CS5 on an external hard drive to reinstall?

  Moving to download, installation, setting up

  Hello

  Please see the installer direct download: Download Adobe Creative Suite 5 products

  You can download it whenever you want and run the installer.

  Kind regards

  Sheena

• How to set up Time Machine via a HARD drive connected to the USB port on the router?

  Hi all

  I have an Arris Touchstone Data Gateway DG1670A/TW for my internet / wireless which was provided by my ISP.  There is a USB port at the back of the router and I was wondering if I could connect an external HARD drive to save the two Macbook Pro that I have in my house through Time Machine wireless?  If Yes, could someone provide me the details regarding how to set this up properly?

  I too, was thinking about making a 4 TB HARD drive - 2 and wanted to partition so that half of it would work for Time Machine and the other half I would be able to store photos that I take on my digital SLR and are in Lightroom.  Could this be a problem at all? I partition? or Time Machine just to use the available space and delete older backups to make room for additional photos?

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  A device third-party network attached storage (NAS) or a router is unsuitable for use with Time Machine.

  Apple has published a specification for network devices that works with Time Machine. No third party provider, AFAIK, does meet this specification.

  Apple does not endorse any device third-party network for use with Time Machine. See this support article.

  Network backup, use as destination an Apple Time Capsule or an external storage device connected to another Mac or a 802.11ac AirPort base station. Only 802.11ac base stations support time Machine, not older model.

• Do not release after removing the external hard drive of drive letters

  Hello, I'm having a problem where 1 of my external hard drives, lost its drive letter so I he reassigned another letter after doing so, the drive letters released (reset to available) once I deleted the drive I have now 5 drive letters in my computer that is unusable and not visible in disk management. So now I need a way to reset the drive letters F G H I J back to available for use please. Here some screenshots to better understand what I got.

  OS: Windows 7

  

  

  

  of the information system

  Drive F:
  Local fixed disk description
  Not available Tablet
  File system is not available
  Size not available
  Free space is not available
  Volume name is not available
  Volume serial number is not available
      
  G: drive
  Local fixed disk description
  Not available Tablet
  File system is not available
  Size not available
  Free space is not available
  Volume name is not available
  Volume serial number is not available
      
  Drive H:
  Local fixed disk description
  Not available Tablet
  File system is not available
  Size not available
  Free space is not available
  Volume name is not available
  Volume serial number is not available
      
  Drive I:
  Local fixed disk description
  Not available Tablet
  File system is not available
  Size not available
  Free space is not available
  Volume name is not available
  Volume serial number is not available
      
  J: drive
  Local fixed disk description
  Not available Tablet
  File system is not available
  Size not available
  Free space is not available
  Volume name is not available
  Volume serial number is not available
      
  Q: by car
  Local fixed disk description
  Not available Tablet
  File system is not available
  Size not available
  Free space is not available
  Volume name is not available
  Volume serial number is not available

  the disk management

  

  found the fix but tried before and nothing so if you have this problem too, you may have to try a few times at most 2 before finding another fix

  found a right quick way to avoid typing it

  • Run the command prompt as administrator , and run the following commands

    Chkdsk /r /x

    (Check a drive for errors and recover readable information.)

  • Press Y to perform verification on the next launch upward and reboot your PC.
  • Let CHKDSK finish

  then check if the problem has been resolved

• How can I transfer PSD CS5 to my Macbook Air to my external backup Time Machine on my hard drive?

  I have a complete suite Adobe CS5 installed on my macbook pro, and I recently bought a macbook air, if I want to transfer photoshop on my new laptop computer. I used time machine and recorded the suite adobe on an external hard drive, but when I click and drag it from the drive to my new requests, I get error message saying: "error in Configuration please uninstall and reinstall the product. If this problem persists, please contact Adobe technical support help and mention the error code displayed at the bottom of this screen. Error: 6 "I tried to uninstall and reinstall PSD and I get the same error message. Any suggestions?

  Transfer from a backup will not work.  Adobe applications must be installed using installation files.

  CS5 - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-product-downloads.html

  Download and Installation Help-

  https://helpx.Adobe.com/download-install.html