Nice work! I have never had to use this command, but it is great to know.
I was trying to backup some of my files in OS X onto an external hard disk and ran into the following error dialog box: “The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items” So I thought it was a permission issue of a file/folder that I did not have permission to read. So I went to file information (File > Get Info) of the folder and under “Sharing & Permissions”, I made sure that I had rea … Read More
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Releaselog RLSLOG.net » PS 3 Finally probably Hacked to run “backup” games!. So when companies try to stamp out illegal use like this I wonder how effective they think they will be? Wouldn’t it be better to offer some sort of reward program with free things for people who agree to not download illegal games? Or would that make them “lose” possible sales?
Apple – Support – Discussions – Very Slow iPad Backup/Sync …. Several suggestions.
- Making sure you have the cable that came with the device
- Only syncing part of content instead of entire content.
- Removing the Zino software App.
- Disable Norton Internet Security during the sync process.
- Bookworms suggestions:
- 1. Use only the new iPad USB cable, not older iPhone cable.
2. Plug directly into my PC (USB 2.0)
3. Disable Anti-Virus (Norton in my case)
4. Make sure your bandwidth is free (so that iTunes) can connect to Apple.
5. Install latest iTunes
6. Perform clean install of OS 3.2 (restore to Factory settings).
7. Delete GoodReader and Zinio reader.Indeed, delete any other apps holding any data of any significance.
So has anyone else experienced the Windows RAID breaking and requiring a lengthy rebuild? Seems like it is more trouble than it is worth on a workstation.
I run Windows 7 on my workstation with SSD + RAID1 setup. The SSD contains Windows, Visual Studio, and some other tools that I use. The mirrored HDDs contain all data files and a backup copy of the SSD. This setup has been working fairly well for me because it gives an outstanding performance of the SSD drive (Windows 7 boots up in under 8 sec) and a stability of RAID1 which prevents any significant data loss. The only disappointing issue so far … Read More
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VaultPress — Safeguard your site. This is a beta service now, but could cost $25 a month to protect your site from spam, hackers and backup purposes. Seems like a no brainer to use.
So the way to fix this problem is to get rid of all your old backups. Sounds like a great back up software doesn’t it?
On my first attempt to use Windows 7 backup, it failed, and I received an error message for which the Microsoft support page offered the following helpful tidbit: If the reparse point points to a location that contains any compressed file format (multimedia files, .zip files, and so on), you receive an error message that resembles the following: 0×81000037: Windows Backup failed while trying to read from the shadow copy on one of the volumes bein … Read More
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The solution for rawsaxy:
Well, after making the mistake of adding permissions to internal files on the main hard drive and system folder, I ended up with the Gray Screen and Restart Loop problem. I was able to backup the important files before doing an Erase & Install. Everything is working better than before now. I left the Mac OS at 10.5.2, and guess what? I was able to burn a DVD in iDVD ’08 now! Thank you Lord!
via Apple – Support – Discussions – Error code 0×80020042 when trying to ….
Another two solutions are from this thread.
1. Try another kind of media
2. Use a Computer CD/DVD cleaning pad.
Both of this solutions fixed the problem for two posters.
Apple – Support – Discussions – Time Machine says. Interesting. Pondini has the solution below called “Full Reset” of Time Machine.”
1. In Time Machine Preferences, click the Options button. Note anything in the exclusions box, and the settings of other option(s) on that panel. Click Cancel, then turn Time Machine OFF, and quitSystem Preferences.
2. Eject, disconnect, and power-off the drive for a few moments, then reconnect it.
3. Delete the file /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist (in your top-level Library folder, not your home folder). This will not delete anything in your backups. If you have a problem finding the file, see item #A7.
4. Go back to Time Machine Preferences, re-select the drive, re-enter any exclusions and other options.
5. A 120-second countdown to a backup should appear. If you close the window, it should begin immediately.”
Apple – Support – Discussions – MMS missing after installing 4.0 …. The solution for many of the posters on this thread was to restore the phone. If you are feeling adventerous you might try this method from CHAARUZU.
“Solution, had exact same issue! You will have to restore sir lol.
1. Restore ( it should ask to back up, so yes back up)
2. Phone will go through process of restoring!
3. Phone returns and says activated ( but you have the option the restore from
backup and set up as new phone)
4. Select “set up as a new phone”
5. Go through that process.(5 seconds)
6. i believe it will begin syncing every app to phone.
7. Cancel sync, go to messege app, MMS icon should be back. Safari should be
working (test on 3G network Not WiFi)
8. Finally check to see if your contacts are back( mine were so i assume yours
will be) No need to back up phone if your contacts are on.
9. Sync all that you desire to be syncd!
10. Jump for Joy! if you made it to 10!!!! lol hope it works!!!”
Time Machine: About. Turns out that the backup may not be as reliable as you had assumed. You can find the details in the Apple article linked above or do this.
- From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
- From the View menu, choose Time Machine.
- Move the slider bar to “Off” to disable Time Machine backups.
- Open Disk Utility located in /Applications/Utilities.
- Open a Finder window and locate your Time Capsule in the “Shared” section of the sidebar.
- Click on the Time Capsule. Enter your password if necessary.
- Locate your Time Machine backup disk image (the disk image will contain the name of your computer in the filename).
- Drag the disk image to the Disk Utility sidebar.
- Select the disk image, then click Verify.
- If Disk Utility reports “Error: File system verify or repair failed,” you need to start a new backup. Note: Do not repair the disk image with Disk Utility.
Then it could be a damanged or confused volume that you are trying to backup. Pondini suggestion solved the issue for the poster. “Something is probably corrupted on one of the volumes being backed-up, showing an enormous size. Tryverifying your boot volume, and repairing any others, per #A5 in Time Machine – Troubleshooting (or use the link in User Tips at the top of this forum).
If that doesn’t help, the preferences file may be corrupted. Try a “full reset” per #A4 in the same article.”
This post has the instructions of how to use Amazon s3 to automate backups from the Mac. It has a very useful if slightly dated discussion of the options. Most of the comments are 2 years old but still have some good points. If you are considering online storage, you will probably find this interesting.
Another more modern post with these users sharing their experience/recommendations. A List of Amazon S3 Backup Tools Wow even open source software like Zmanda/Amanda has it!
This tutorial shows you how. Good explanation with step by step and pictures. Its pretty amazing actually when you consider all the free software that comes with the Mac and the open source stuff that you can download for free.
This is the first Snapshot or non file-level backup utility that I have seen for Mac. If you have a Mac server and you need maximum up time, you need to buy this app. Retrospect has been disappointing lately, so for $40 this seems like a no-brainer to use.
In this Apple discussions post is a great list of software alternatives for backup. If you don’t like these suggestions you are even provided links to find others. I personally use some of these to do backups and they tend to work well for small deployments.
This sounds good. I store my data in the cloud so I don’t have a need for these kind of utilities.
Kind of cool. Some of them are a little complicated, but great if you don’t have a Time Machine capable OS.
I just got this message on my MacBook. Guess its time to do a backup. 
I use an external HD that I wrote about earlier. You can search for Maxtor One touch to read that review.
Ok. This makes sense. Don’t use anything less than client 6.3 with Mac! Click here to read EMC official statement.
You can read the knowledge-base here if you don’t have a Mac computer. If you do, you can follow these steps. “To resolve this issue, delete the backup in iTunes Preferences and then create a new backup. If you would like to retain a copy of the backup, you can move the backup file to a different location. The backup is located:
On a Mac:
/Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/" Thanks Apple!
A unfortunate situation that happened because of some products that failed. Click here to read.
Very nice writeup! Good research and explanations. Click here to read how.
Of course this is complex and if you understand this you probably don’t need this tutorial. Click here.
The post is good, but the comments are even better. Click here.
Nice backup and cloning applications for Windows. Click here.
This is an interesting appliance. Read the review here. Its what Time Machine would be on the PC if you couldn’t configure anything like turn it on or off.
You can follow the very safe procedure that Kate MacKenzie has accomplished. Click here to read.
Its kind of neat to see such a well received app for this purpose. Click here to find out the details.
This article explores why it hasn’t been updated in over 2 years and refers to a re-branded service of MobileMe. Click here to read.
Nice list of things to consider if you are in charge of a backup strategy. Click here to read more.
Very nice write up. Shows you a possible work flow for your business. Read more here.
I agree. Its kind of funny when you read the name of Microsoft subsidiary that lost data for Sidekick users. Read more here.
Ars is always great about reviewing things. Learn more here.
“Thomas Myer puts Amazon S3 to work as a simple, inexpensive, efficient backup solution for small businesses.” Click here to read.
Nice read. Lots of info on this thread. Click here.
This problem seems to be resolved with the 10.6.1 update according to one poster. Click here to read more.
Seems to happen with any heavy wireless network traffic. DrApa suggests “The “solution” allegedly from someone that had been in contact with AppleCare was to switch to channel 1 in the wifi settings for your Airport network. As I said before, this doesn’t solve the problem completely, but for me it was a huge improvement and now I’m only irritated when Time Machine makes its backups as to before when it was almost unusable during backups.”
