Hardware :: Using External Hdd For Backup?
Mar 3, 2009Just wondering what everyone is using for an external disk drive.. I want to make some back-up of videos I made of my daughter and was wondering what everyone is using...
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Apr 30, 2012I have a external HD which has always worked fine under snow leopard. Since upgrading to lion I keep getting the following message The identity of the backup disk has changed since the previous backup.The disk may have been replaced or erased, or someone may be trying to trick your computer into backing up to the wrong disk. And after this the drive disappears from the desktop appearing agian only after restart. What can I do do rectify this? Delete and re-intialise the drive?
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MacProQuad2.6 4gbRam, Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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Intel Mac :: External HDD For Backup?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
MacBook :: Using External HD To Backup And Run OS X
Jun 5, 2012I'm going to install Snow Leopard "currently running Leopard 10.5.8" and I was hoping to put it on my 1.5 TB external HD, that way I don't need to burn it to a CD since that seems like a bit more work since I already have a external HD lying around. So that part seems straight forward enough to me, but then I have the problem of where/how do I backup my mac, I was going to back it up to my external "using Carbon Copy Cloner" but I only have one. So would it be safe to backup my mac to this external and also put the new snow leopard OSX. I mean is there any reason this wouldn't be possible or am I putting all my computers information at risk by doing this? Also I already formatted this External Hardrive to Mac OS X extended journaled.
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Mac OS X (10.5.8)
MacBook Pro :: External HD For Backup (RAID)
Sep 10, 2010I am thinking about buying a HD for a full system backup and all files. I am worried about getting such a big HD and having it fail, thus loosing years of data. Is there any redundancy in a 1TB drive does partitioning help? What if the entire drive fails or are there multiple drives in those external hd? I need a reliable backup system for music, photos of child, that will last years. I want to be able to use the HD with both formats, pc and mac...what should I format with or is that a good idea?
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However i can't back up to my external drive anymore. It says it only has 61.28GB of memory left. I'm wondering why is that if i deleted the backup already! I then tried to take the backup out of the trash and put it back in the external drive and it won't go in because there is only 62.28GB of memory. I don't see any partition of any sort on my external drive, no folders, files or anything yet it has magically lost 190GB of free storage.
OS X :: Setting Up 1.5 TB External Backup Drive
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My MacPro is partitioned for both Mac OS and Windows XP using Boot Camp. When I first tried to back up my hard drive using Retrospect I backed up the Mac partition first and then tried to back up the Windows XP partition next. When I tried this the Windows XP volume erased the Mac OS volume on the external hard drive. I found the only way I could backup both volumes was to make 2 folders in Retrospect and backup the Mac into one and the Windows into the other one. With this setup I couldn't boot from my hard drive. I contacted Retrospect but they weren't much help .. LaCie couldn't give me any help either except to say that I couldn't boot from there hard drive. I feel that I should be able to boot from the hard drive with the right software but I've hit a brick wall. I'm thinking about trying some other backup software like Super Duper but didn't want to start a long tedious process if erasing etc. until I got a second opinion on whether it's the right way to go.
OS X V10.7 Lion :: External HDD Ejecting During TM Backup?
Mar 12, 2012This is proving a bit a bit of a puzzle to me. I have a 1TB External LaCie hard drive connected directly to my iMac via USB. It has two partitions, both empty. I set the back-up going and it works for a while and then I get:"Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk may have been ejected or disconnected from your computer." Â
I've amended the Energy Saver settings in the system preferences to keep the machine on given the length of time the first update is going to take, but this doesn't seem to make any difference - and I'm not even touching it! I promise! Then the drive disappears from the disk utility. I then have to turn it off and then on again to get it back. I have the TM widget and this is what it has to say:Â
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine backup 70/Backups.backupdb
Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
Backup content size: 196.7 GB excluded items size: 1.7 GB for volume Macintosh HD
233.92 GB required (including padding), 465.34 GB available
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iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Intel Mac :: Set Up A Backup Between Two External Drives?
Mar 24, 2012Is it possible to set up a backup between two external drives?
i use time machine to back up my imac onto an external 2T.
i also have two external 3T drives. i am looking for redundancy of data, tried software RAID and it failed. i also see some limitations with RAID that a backup would avoid.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), using time machine to back up iMac
MacBook Pro :: Transition From 10.6.8 To 10.9 From External Backup
Aug 28, 2014My Macbook running 10.6.8 recently died.My backup is on Time Machine and is on an external drive. I do plan on getting a new Mabook Pro with core i5 running 10.9. How do I transition my information from my back up to the new laptop smoothly. I realize I will lose some of my programs that were not 64 bit.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Mar 10, 2009So right now I have 2 external hard drives, a 2TB MyBook Mirror edition, set at RAID 0 so its a full 2TB, and a 1TB MyBook Home Edition. I also have three LaCie 1TB drives to back up the MyBook drives.
How I back up is basically copy the contents over to the backups once a month. The problem is, using USB (my only option) takes about 24 hours per TB. Backing up 3 days a month? Not fun.
Can Time Machine do this better? I still have Tiger, so can't test it yet but it seems tedious to do things my way. I would rather be able to plug them in and sync every few weeks and not have to replace every file, just the ones that changed or were added. Can this be done?
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Mar 15, 2009So I've run into a Mac issue I'm not sure how to handle. I've got a Mac Pro running Leopard. I've got 3 internal Harddrives: 1.) 250 GB (runs my OS and applications), 2.) 500 GB (where I store all my source files for my business), 3.) 750 GB (serves as the backup for Time Machine for all the files on Harddrives 1 and 2.). So I began thinking the other day. What would happen if somehow all 3 harddrives were destroyed (theft, fire, power surge, flood damage, etc.)? I would lose years worth of source files from my business (graphic and web design files mostly).
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