Questions tagged [backup]
The process or product of preserving data for the purpose of recovery from a data loss event.
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Chance upgrading iPhone to iOS 26 will prevent me from backing up to Catalina Mac Mini?
I have a iPhone 15 (2023) on iOS 18 which I'm backing up to a Mac Mini (2012) running Catalina (10.15). Is an iPhone backup like plugging in a USB drive? Or is there more involved such that Apple may ...
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iOS: access Nextcloud's cache folder
My sister just lost three months of travel pictures since Nextcloud (on iOS) was pretending that the sync with the server was complete (while it was not working), so she removed the images locally. On ...
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Can I transfer data from my non working 2011 iMac hard drive to my M2 Mac Mini?
I have a 2011 iMac. It turns on, but none of the ports on the back work.
I can’t use the keyboard or trackpad. I would like to transfer the data on the hard drive to my M2 Mac Mini. I removed the hard ...
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Time Machine shows external drive as empty folder (‘0 items’) despite regular backups — how can I access the data?
I’m very confused by a Time Machine situation and would greatly appreciate any guidance.
I back up my internal Mac drive as well as all of my external hard drives to a 14TB Time Machine backup drive, ...
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Backup Permissions: Full Disk Access to backup script ran by LaunchAgent (com.user.backup.plist)?
The Problem
cp -R {target} {dest} gives 'Operation not permitted' error during background backup script execution
See the code from com.user.backup.plist and backup-script.sh below.
What I've Tried
I ...
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Can I downgrade from macOS 26 back to macOS 15 by wiping my MacBook Pro?
I have an M4Pro MacBook Pro I bought in November 2024.
It was at macOS 15.6.1 when the screen cracked. It took almost two months to get Apple to fix the screen (verrrrry long story), but they finally ...
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Time Machine backup for same laptop fails with error "Structure has wrong type" after Tahoe upgrade
I've been having trouble with Time Machine getting stuck at random backup amounts (254kb, 65Mb, 290Mb, etc.) during backups ever since I updated to a recent public beta of MacOS Tahoe (currently on ...
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How to restore a deleted alarm which had some important text on iOS?
I accidentally deleted an alarm on my iPhone which had some important text in the label. I want to try to retrieve this without restoring my whole phone from iCloud backup. I believe the latest iCloud ...
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Why is migration assistant not working with a Time Machine backup?
I am trying to transfer my data from a Time Machine backup on a 2TB SanDisk external drive to my new MacBook Air M4. Both Macs are fully up to date with macOS.
Migration Assistant says the transfer ...
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Can I downgrade iOS through a previous backup? [duplicate]
I wanted to sync my iPhone SE 2nd gen., running iOS 16.0.3, through a USB cable with iTunes on my Mac Mini (late 2014), which runs macOS 10.14.6 Mojave (I know it's old), but as you probably know, ...
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How to bulk export from the iOS Notes app to a Linux machine? [duplicate]
I have an iPhone 10 where I write my stupid fan-fiction and stuff in the built-in "Notes" app. Kinda paranoid about data loss, so I want to mass export all of them (both those in iCloud and ...
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UPS Battery Backup for Mac Mini suggestions [closed]
would like some suggestions on a good UPS Battery Backup.
all i need it for is to run my Mac Mini & LG Display when the power goes out or blinks at my home.
my current Mac Mini model:
2018 Intel ...
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iPhone backup speed to iCloud
In preparation for a new iPhone I finally decided to pay for enough iCloud storage to backup my iPhone X. The phone is reporting that I have 18.6 GB used. I'm also connected to my home WiFi and just ...
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Why does Spotlight keep indexing an old Time Machine backup?
I back up my Mac to a NAS using Time Machine. For a few hours after each backup, I can hear the hard disks in the NAS continuing to spin. To be clear, this is after the "Cleaning up..." step....
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How can I copy a file and preserve the birth timestamp?
I am trying to copy a file on Mac. The sources are ExFAT and APFS drives. The destination is an ExFAT drive.
rsync -a, cp -p, ditto, and copying the file in Finder do not preserve birth timestamps. ...