Two Time Machine drive backup restore to a single hard disk?

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• How can I remove multiple backups of my Time Machine drive

  My time machine drive has reached the point where you have to delete an old backup before it completes a new backup.  Is it possible to delete several backups (e.g. all 2014 and 2015 ups 25%) since the Time Machine disk at the same time?  I know how to delete a backup but want to delete several at once.

  By removing the old back ups, remove the first one made or that it has the basic material on which TM all backups are built?

  MacBook Pro 2011

  El Capitan

  16 G RAM

  1 TB SSD drive.

  Time Machine drive is 2 TB.

  Thank you

  I came across exactly the same problem earlier this year. The best answer I found was here: thegreyblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/shrink-your-time-machine-backups-and.html in short, Time Machine, always create a full backup, not an incremental backup. So, no, you don't cause damage by removing one. I did it without adverse consequences. Second, use the tmutil command to delete old backups. sudo tumtil gives you the full list. I wrote a bash command line script, as the author points out. I deleted everything I had since last year, from the first backup performed in October, with:

  $ sudo tmutil listbackups

  Password:

  / Volumes/Seagate backup more Drive/Backups.backupdb/mkauffmanmbp/2016-01-01-003303

  / Volumes/Seagate backup more Drive/Backups.backupdb/mkauffmanmbp/2016-01-02-005714

  There was a lot more lines, what we are after here is the location to be used in the next line. In my case it has/Volumes/Seagate Backup more Drive/Backups.backupdb/mkauffmanmbp/ you need do the same thing, use it-before all the spaces in the path as shown below. Below, I've used 2015-1 * because the mine began in October 2015. I have therefore of 2015-10, 11 and 12. If you want to get rid of all 2015 you can use 2015-*. If you want to get rid of everything before October, you can use 2015-0 * which would remove 01,02,03,... 09 to 2015.

  $ sudo tmutil disable local

  (Here a line.)

  $ for i in/Volumes/Seagate\ Plus\ Backup\ Drive/Backups.backupdb/mkauffmanmbp/2015-1*; tmutil delete "$i"; fact

  $ sudo tmutil activate local

  I hope this helps!

  Happy new year!

• You can use a zip for time machine drive?

  I know he said 'external hard drive', but do not know if this means that you can use a zip for time machine drive? (including so you can back up your entire OS, but also files)

  Probably yes, but just wonder how to connect ZIP drive to your iMac.

• I have Windows 7 with 500 GB hard drive, I have 280 GB free hard disk, but when you try Shrink partition I could get space Shrink as 36 GB only.

  I have Windows 7 with 500 GB hard drive, I have 280 GB free hard disk, but when you try Shrink partition I could get space Shrink as 36 GB only. I've defragged and tried as well... Any suggestion to get more space for the partition.

  I've hit in this partition for a long time.

  I have Windows 7 with 500 GB hard drive, I have 280 GB free hard disk, but when you try Shrink partition I could get space Shrink as 36 GB only. I've defragged and tried as well... Any suggestion to get more space for the partition.

  I've hit in this partition for a long time.

  This is due to files not movable, scattered in open spaces.  Windows Disk Manager has a few limitations... You can use a thrid party as EaseUS Partition Master Free Edition 9.2.2 freeware utility

  Its very easy to use and you can be dragged and resized your drive...

• Reinstall vista again HARD drive now PC don't can not boot from the DVD drive I can copy vista external hard disk drive, and then install on the laptop

  Duplicate info wire - running kill disk, vista disappeared and my laptop does not see my dvd/cd drive and I can't reinstall vista OS because of this problem

  Have to reinstall vista on a new HARD drive now PC can not boot from the DVD drive I can copy vista external hard disk drive, and then install on the laptop?

  The DVD player worked before HARD drive went bad now, it won't work.

  And I just replaced the HARD drive, but now cannot load an operating system that he...

  Help, please...

  Hi dynamitenews

   

  1. are you able to boot to the desktop?
  2. what happens when you try to start the computer?

   

  You must have the DVD drive to start the computer using the disk, you cannot use the external hard drive to do the same thing.

  Also I suggest you to make sure you have defined the start as CD/DVD-Rom as the first choice option in the BIOS. See below the help link-
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/BIOS-frequently-asked-questions

  If nothing is done, then you can contact the manufacturer support for assistance on setting up the correct boot sequence and check.
  
  BIOS WARNING-
  Change (CMOS) BIOS/complementary metal oxide semiconductor settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

   

  I hope this helps.

• has got some software malicious hijacking web addresses etc had to format, now my mac says that there is no backup on my time machine drive! full to half, ideas, please

  I've recently been infected with some form of malware, hijacking of web addresses, for take me ads tried etc sites, time machine everything I could to get rid of him, but in the end

  has had to wipe the hard drive and do a fresh install of El Capitan 10.11.4 I thought at least I could restore from time machine all my photos etc.

  but apparently the time machine says there is no backup on the external drive time machine, even if I always have backups and the drive is at least half full, time machine made new backups on the same drive that are available, but they obviously have no lost files!

  Suggestions please

  Time Machine, please press the shift-command-C key combination. The windshield will show the mounted volumes. All snapshots should now be accessible. Select the one you want and search for files to restore.

• FCPX backup copy / pasted Time Machine drive does contain any of my changes.

  So I had to reformat my computer, but before I did I made that Time Machine backup of my computer. When you reinstall the operating system, I chose NOT to re - install Time Machine backup. Instead I started clean and then just hung out and let down my FCPX library file of the external drive for Time Machine on the newly formatted Mac desktop. When I open the library of 500 GB, none of my edits exist, even if I had about 40 hours of changes in the project. I'm sure that the backup is somewhere, but I can't find it. Any tips?

  Backups must be in a file in ~ / movies. This is the default location.

  Have you ever used the clip open depending on the timeline? Check each of your clips and see if they are approximately the same length as your project.

• I want to use Time Machine to backup all emails in gmail to a drive.drive Seagate and Lacie.

  I have a Mac Mini with OS X Lion 10.7.5.  I want to use some software (Time Machine?) to back up my gmail

  emails dating back to 2006 on a backup drive Seagate.  I installed the time Machine, and he backs up everything but

  gmail emails.  Can someone give me help.

  Time Machine is to back up files on a local disk. If your gmail emails are in local hard disk, they are ongoing. But if they are on a Gmail server, this isn't a function of time Machine.

  https://support.Google.com/accounts/answer/3024190?hl=en

• How to restore my Mac from a Time Machine archived backup

  I've tried Sierra for a few days, but since I discovered that some of my software work well with it but I restored my system to El Capitan via wipe HD. I want to restore my old data now, but I recently had to archive my TimeCapsule and all remaining backups come from the Sierra. I therefore need to restore my system completely from an archived backup TM. How can I do this?

  Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support

• The backup failed. Time machine could not back up on external hard drive

  I can't save my disk of time machine. Went to disk utility. 2 TB of capacity. 11.27 GB available. Use the hard drive of my iMac with 1.11 TB

  675.22 F. What should I do?

  Is your "drive external time machine" directly attached to your iMac or an AirPort Extreme / Time Capsule? If the last two, what is the exact model of either?

• Peripheral USB take two tests at work and does not start with Time Machine drive connected

  I have a 2015 mid Macbook Pro 15 "work (so I can't afford to take this service for a period of days). My specs are:

  

  I am running the latest version of El Capitan, 10.11.4.

  My problem is that USB devices - such as Logitech USB headsets, USB sticks, external hard drives, etc. - always and I always say, require two plugins to be detected by the system. It doesn't work the first time. I always have to connect once, remove it and plug it in again.

  In addition, if I try to boot the system with my Time Machine/external USB HD drive, it won't start at all. Only if I reboot without all the devices connected it boot successfully.

  My questions are: is it a software or a hardware problem? And someone saw this before? I think it's a hardware problem, although the last notes of patch involve the last update of OS may have addressed a similar issue with audio devices. (This would affect my Logitech USB headset no doubt, but it did not help). If it is a hardware problem that requires a fix of the motherboard, I can't do it, since the new it's a working machine that I can't part with for a long period of time, unless SHE is willing to trade me a machine on-site. It does not affect other most operation every day except that I need to plug devices twice, all the time.

  Thank you, everyone.

  Try this-

  How to reset the NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

  Reset the management system (SCM) controller on your Mac - Apple Support

• Time Machine or backup from Sierra installed

  I backup my MacBook Pro and MacBook Air to Time Machine but show just 'preparation' constantly.  Tried rebooting the Machine and the time of the Macbook, and they are all connected via Airport utility.  Don't know what other troubleshooting I could undertake?  Any help gratefully received.

  Sierra is having issues and never use Time machine on top of an existing backup anyway.

  The steps are to.

  1. archiving of current backups.

  Plug a USB key that is equal to the size of the disk of the CT (you mix the terms Time Machine... software backup on the computer... and Time Capsule... material target for backups within a router).

  Archive is on the airport utility disk tab.

  

  2. once the backup is complete. It may take a day or two for 2 TB which is full drive.

  Erase the disc from TC... a quick erase is fine.

  It takes only a few minutes.

  3 factory reset the TC and reconfigure airport under Sierra on one of your Mac utility.

  Reset Time Machine preferences and it should start and run very well.

  But also, you should read some of the other threads here on the problem.

  For example... preparation is supposed to spend a lot of time when you try to use the existing backup... more wireless with two computers together... It will take days to complete.

  Open the activity monitor and ensure that other processes do not always use CPU. A person discovered photos was chew 90% CPU making a function which is part of the update and not allowing any time for TM backup in progress.

• New hard drive backup restore

  I installed a new hard drive after backing up my old one (Snow Leopard) on Time Machine. I can't understand how to restore the backup to the new hard drive.

  First install the OS on the new drive.

  During the installation process (or just after, I forget exactly), it will offer you the possibility to configure the machine based on a Time Machine backup. Point it at your TM drive and come back in the morning (it will take a long time).

• Time Machine - how to restore the files it deleted?

  I used Time Machine to restore your desktop earlier. In doing so he erased the current Office - which I had not saved. I know, I know. But is it possible to get the most recent desktop and its folders and files again?

  You cannot recover the files that you do not backup.

  NEVER start a major change to a computer without backup in progress...

  In any case... you are where you are now...

  How did you restore?

  If you have used assistant migration did you use the same usernames... If so, the old office went and wiped on... but if get it has used an audit of different username for users on the computer and the connection with the old name. Also, make sure that the name is not incremented. Recover can operate with two users with the same name... the existing and recovered... so it can rename one... for example, aickind (1) can exist with aickind (regardless of your user name on the computer).

  In the Finder, see the list of users. Open them directly from the main boot disk... not your usual list of Finder.

  If you use the wizard to configure the recovery partition... As far as I know you have wiped the computer from the recovery date... After all, it's what you asked to do.

• Time machine missing backups

  iMac 2009, 21.5 inch, OSX Yosemite 10.10.5

  I replace my computer soon, after many years of good, and one thing that always gives me peace of mind is my Time Machine backups to an external drive (Seagate Free Agent 1 TB). My computer had about 800 GB on it, and I was getting messages that the disc was full and could not make a full backup. So I removed 200 GB + computer, deleted several backups that I didn't need and changed my settings to not save another external drive like Dropbox, and more. Close to 650 GB, I had the size of backups down.

  But now, he is still not back up the full thing AND most disturbing, my latest backup is 28 January. So, after years of backup with diligence to my computer, I don't see any earlier versions. As I know, nothing of the past that I have now, but what I can do to see what existing backups? 'Get info' said 760GB is used, and yet when I open the app, it shows that two backups. Any ideas?

  Thank you.

  While in Time Machine, to see all the volumes mounted shift - command - c.    Information derived from Linc Davis.