Thanks Ronnie, it has been just about all afternoon trying Preparing Backup. A short while back it reached the point of actually starting a Backup again (20GB again), but promisingly, the last time it completed a backup earlier this morning it said Last Backup April 9 2017, so that is quite near time wise. I am being patient in giving it some freedom before the axe falls.
If this time around doesn't get itself sorted, I might just resort to some clobbering. One question I have is, if I were to unmounted the backup drive I am using from the TC and plug into a local USB on the MacBook Pro, will the TM software recognise the same Sparesebundle file being local (once I browse to it in the Select Disc process) and not wireless as it is currently? That might accelerate the whole process for me by being local. I am prepared to give this a go before resorting to a brutal clearing of the disc and new backup again. Regards Pete > On 22 Apr 2017, at 2:31 PM, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > My reply in Situ below: > >> On 21 Apr 2017, at 10:45 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ronnie,I think I mentioned I work away. Since the below email, I've been >> away for a swing and returned this Thursday. First thing I do is get my >> MacBook to do a backup with nothing else running just to bring it up to date >> in TM. I'd moved some video files in the time away so expected a sizeable >> backup and after about 20 minutes Preparing Backup, it set off doing that >> backup of around 20GB. Stacks of space on the backup drive (+900GB unused). >> Next morning I checked and it had 'finished' but said latest backup was in >> March 2016. I thought here we go again. Had to have some surgery (eye) today >> but got around to look further this afternoon, subsequent backups couldn't >> find the disc. All other MacBooks in the house are backing up nicely with no >> hiccups tothe main TM 3TB disc - all since I moved to Sierra and had the >> FileVault problem. That problem is resolved and not recurring fortunately. > >> I unmounted the backup disc (it's a 2TB external drive connected via Hub to >> the 3TB TC and is unique to my MacBook in the house). Then remounted and >> restarted backup process by selecting the right disc again. A long >> Preparation period ~1 hour then it set off backing up again - ~20GB again. >> Upon that 'finishing' - Latest backup was November 2015! Then I get warnings >> saying last backup was 500days ago - no kidding Time Machine!! > > To save me having to explain how this can happen, and how it can be fixed, > I’ve added a Quote below and then the link which will explain further for you > Peter. > /Begin Quote: > "Overall, this happens because the system has a destination configured for > Time Machine, but is not able to access it, and can happen for a fairly > simple reason. > > Time Machine supports multiple disks, and when you attach a newly formatted > drive OS X may ask whether or not you wish to use the drive for your Mac. You > can also manually specify additional Time Machine destinations in the system > preferences, including both network storage and local storage. Either way, if > you end up with multiple destinations configured, OS X will revolve through > them when running its hourly backups to ensure even distribution of your > backups. > > This means that if you have a working Time Machine drive attached to your > system, OS X may successfully back up to it, but then attempt to back up to > the other destinations you have configured. At first OS X will simply skip > them, but after 10 days you will begin to see the Time Machine warnings > appear." > /End Quote: > > How to manage “No backups for XX Days” warnings in OS X > <https://www.macissues.com/2016/04/20/how-to-manage-no-backup-for-xx-days-warnings-in-os-x/> > > Cheers, > > Ronni > >> >> I have a CCC backup of the whole MacBook/external drive (800GB in all) - I >> am thinking I'll blow away the Sparesebundle file and start again. It >> shouldn't be this hard. Probably a simple fix but I have 1 backup to revert >> should I have a MacBook HD failure so little risk for me. That will be a >> lengthy process as the deletion will take most of a day and the Firsttime >> new backup same again for full pass. This would be a bit of a 'Neanderthal' >> approach but will work- I've done it before as you probably recall - in the >> past due to my own error - but I've learnt to have kid gloves with this TM >> thing. I wonder if any other tips before I resort to the Primitive approach. >> >> I have 10.12.4 Sierra and a MacbookPro Retina. >> >> Regards >> >> >> Pete >> >>> On 9 Apr 2017, at 5:58 AM, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 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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