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2021-06-09 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Rosemary, a friend had this problem and it was due to a failing power supply which had to be replaced. I also found this to be the solution to computer restarts when I did a Google search. Consider that you may not be able to solve the problem without taking it to a technician. Kind

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2021-06-09 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Rosemary How do you have your Time Machine disk connected to the laptop? Assuming it’s the machine you listed in your specs? Do you have a hard drive connected directly to the laptop via a USB-C port? Or is it a “normal USB” backup drive you’re using and you’re connecting it to the laptop

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2021-06-09 Thread Tim Law
Hi Rosemary, It’s really hard to understand what the problem is that you are trying to resolve. I think you are telling us that you now think your computer is okay, but you think you have a problem with Time Machine. You’ve told us that your time machine disk is supporting three computers.

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2021-06-09 Thread Rosemary Spark
Hi Disk utility can’t find the Time Machine. Cheers Rosemary On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 at 01:15, Stephen Chape wrote: > Hi Rosemary. > > If this was me, I would use Disk Utility to Erase my Time Machine backup. > Then start from scratch. > > But that depends on if you are happy to lose that data. > >