Time Machine backup during Sleep - Apple Community
Dec 10, 2024 · Time Machine backup during Sleep If I'm running a Time Machine backup to an external drive, will the backup continue if a) the Mac goes to sleep? b) I close the lid of a laptop (MacBook …
I am unable to make a Time Machine backup… - Apple Community
Sep 27, 2023 · This occurs absolutely every time my Mac attempts to make a Time Machine backup, now that I have upgraded to Sonoma 14.0 (23A344). I am in the middle of help from a senior advisor …
Time Machine > how to back up to a spa… - Apple Community
May 30, 2023 · The mounted disk assumes the Time Machine disk icon Go to Time Machine System Settings, right click and choose back up now. Image of mounted disk image, now a Time Machine …
Time Machine Not deleting old backups - Apple Community
Jun 29, 2023 · Time machine is "supposed" to delete older backups to make room for new backups. "Also, as your backup disk fills up, Time Machine deletes older backups to make room for new ones. …
How large a disk for time machine? - Apple Community
Dec 13, 2019 · Although I see manual deletion of local snapshots commonly recommended, I have repeatedly tried and failed to make Time Machine malfunction by deliberately filling a source volume …
How do I FULLY disable Time Machine? - Apple Community
Nov 7, 2007 · I want to FULLY disable Time Machine. I work with a LOT of hard drives and I'm tired of being asked every time I mount a new volume if I want to use it for Time Machine. I tried throwing …
How to correctly delete Time Machine back… - Apple Community
Aug 11, 2025 · To delete old or unwanted Time Machine backups on a Mac, open Time Machine from Launchpad or the menu bar, select the backup, and click the gear icon to choose "Delete Backup". …
How do I make Time Machine Bootable? - Apple Community
Mar 15, 2015 · How do I make Time Machine Bootable? I am using Mavericks and I have an external HD connected on which I have a copy of the OS with all my files. I used Time Machine to make the …
Time Machine - disk appears "read-only" - Apple Community
Nov 24, 2014 · This helped me: Fixing Time Machine Errors - The Backup Volume is Read Only Updated July 18, 2016. Time Machine is an easy-to-use backup system with a nice collection of …
Time Machine doesn't make room on backup … - Apple Community
Aug 31, 2024 · Your first Time Machine backup includes everything on your Mac. After that, Time Machine finds and saves only new and changed items, so the backups become smaller. Also, as …