thanks Pete Don’t have ethernet so was using wireless. Might try connecting the new HD by usb and doing a backup that way cheers Blitto
Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good Ideas 0409 681 256 [email protected] <x-msg://329/[email protected]> > On 12 Aug 2017, at 5:22 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > G’day Blitto, many years ago I replaced the internal drive in my TC from 1TB > to 3TB. It was a cheap, quick and easy process. Cost me around $180 for the > drive from memory, rest was with tools I have. If the drive is the problem, > this would be a good fix for you. I also have a 4 port hub attached to the > one USB TC port with three HDD’s attached (a 1TB and two 2TB). The 1TB is to > use as a convenient file share around the house between the 5 of us (so not a > backup) and the other two are dedicated TC backups for James and I separately > for our MBP's. The 3TB internal drive is for the backup for the other 3 > Crisp’s in the house but that drive is within 500GB of full. The Time Machine > software is supposed to make space when it gets full but I’ve never reached > that point nor can comment on how effectively it works. There are also > instructions for migrating a TC backup to another location but again I think > it is complex and VERY time consuming - Google that to see how you go. > > Whenever I do a backup from scratch, I always make sure I am connected via > ethernet for the FIRST backup - security of connection and speed of course. > Did you connect with Ethernet with your backup that failed? > > The TC itself has been bullet proof reliable since 2009 when I got it so I am > curious to know what I’ll do when the main unit snuffs out. I’ve read that > Apple has disbanded the department that was working the TC so I really don’t > know where I’d go to if it failed. > > Another approach is to buy another external drive and make a Carbon Copy > Clone of your Mac as a precaution back up, then blow away the old TC backup > and start again. This will free up space but will obviously trash the > incremental backups of the past. > > I hope part of this helps you towards a decision. > > Regards > > Pete. > > >> On 12 Aug 2017, at 4:31 pm, Rod Blitvich <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi WAMUGers >> Haven’t been able to complete a wirelessTime Machine backup for a while. >> OS 10.12.6 >> >> Have a feeling the Time Capsule goes on the blink now and then. >> Complicated by the TC disk getting pretty full and the attached external >> Hard drive giving up the ghost. >> Bought a new external hard drive and plugged it into the TimeCapsule and >> started backing up last night. >> After a few hours Time Machine just failed/quit - no error message. >> Tried again today - failed again after a few hours (60GB done out of 500) >> >> So please: >> 1) Do I get rid of the Timecapsule? >> 2) Can my wireless internet and attached Time Machine external backup drive >> work from my iiNet modem/router >> 3) other suggestions? >> >> many thanks >> Blitto >> >> >> <image.gif> >> >> Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> Good Ideas >> 0409 681 256 >> [email protected] <x-msg://329/[email protected]> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > > > Peter Crisp > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > -- 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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