Hi Ronnie, thanks for that. I went through the process of turning off FileVault which took a while to decrypt the disc, then left to its own devices, this morning it has succesfully completed a backup with a time of 12:01 this morning. So it seems like it's sorted itself out. Thanks for the tips.
Regards Pete > On 8 Apr 2017, at 3:03 PM, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On 8 Apr 2017, at 9:36 am, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I did my updtae to Sierra 10.12.1 a couple of weeks ago and the MacBook (Pro >> Retina) and behavious of the MacBook was fine, nothing odd. I had TM turned >> OFF during the update and once the dust had settled, I turned it back on and >> after some time a ~5GB backup started and finished succesfully. >> >> Yesterday, I saw an Update showing in the App Store and so after a short >> review - I commenced the update which was to 10.12.4. >> >> Since then, my backups have been quite odd. I've notifications saying "can't >> locate the server", "you're trying to backup an encrypted disc to a non >> encrypted disc" and just now it was in the process of doing a backup - >> progress bar was showing for ~6GB backup - next time I came back to it it >> showed as though backup was all finished succesfully, however the panel >> indicated my last backup was June 2016! >> >> I browsed a bit and noted also that autologin is disabled when FileVault is >> ON and I've normally had my MacBook set to autologin - and it has since >> moving to Sierra (12.4.1) reverted to reuquiring my login upon Start up - >> where prior configuration was Autologin was set ON. >> >> Is this normal and any clues to maybe a simple setting I've not done which >> the update has changed for me? Is there a Sierra default configuration >> demanding FileVault ON and hence disabling Autologin and what is the >> connection with my backups behaviour if any? > > Hi Peter, > > That error message "you're trying to backup an encrypted disc to a non > encrypted disc" means that your 'Mac's hard drive is using FileVault > encryption to secure your data, but the hard drive you're using for Time > Machine is not encrypted.' > > Automatic login is disabled if your have FileVault enabled: > In System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options after enabling > FileVault, you’ll > see that Automatic Login is set to Off and dimmed—you can’t enable it. > And, in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General, the checkbox > labeled “Disable automatic login” disappears completely when you turn on > FileVault. This means you’ll always have to supply your password when you > turn on your Mac, restart, or log in. > > You can read more about FileVault at the following links: > > macOS Sierra: Encrypt the contents of your Mac with FileVault > > macOS Sierra: Keep your Time Machine backup disk secure > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > macOS Sierra 10.12.4 >> >> Regards >> >> >> Pete > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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