{"id":15975,"date":"2012-12-05T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T18:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=15975"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:27:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:27:08","slug":"apples-time-machine-bug-may-ignore-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/15975-apples-time-machine-bug-may-ignore-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s Time Machine Bug May Ignore Drives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15980\" title=\"timemachine_icon\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/timemachine_icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/timemachine_icon.jpg 256w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/timemachine_icon-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/timemachine_icon-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/timemachine_icon-120x120@2x.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>We\u2019ve talked about backing up your data quite extensively here on the OWC Blog. We\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/installvideos\/owc_techknowlogy\/creating_a_backup\/\">talked about different backup strategies<\/a>. We\u2019ve discussed mirrored RAID devices like the <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/firewire\/usb\/raid_1\/Gmax\">NewerTech Guardian MAXimus<\/a> and how <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12665-back-up-your-data-save-a-squirrel\">they can fit into your backup scheme<\/a>. We\u2019ve touched on <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/3385-make-sure-your-backup-strategy-is-protecting-you\">how you need to keep an eye on your backup software<\/a> to make sure it\u2019s doing what it\u2019s supposed to.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s in the vein of that last one that we bring you this little tidbit from Lloyd Chambers of <a href=\"http:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/\">MacPerformanceGuide<\/a>. It seems that Lloyd has found a bug in Time Machine that may cause your Mac to ignore drives under some circumstances. We highly recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/macperformanceguide.com\/blog\/2012\/20121204_1-TimeMachine-bug.html\">checking out the full article<\/a> out for the complete analysis of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson to be learned from all this is that when it comes to backups, the more the merrier. While <em>some <\/em>backup is better than nothing, <strong>it\u2019s always safest to have multiple backup methods in place at once.<\/strong> While I <em>do <\/em>use Time Machine here on my work machine, it is mainly for retrieval of accidentally-deleted files (I use this a lot more often than I care to admit) and to supplement my daily cloning of my drives using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bombich.com\/\">Carbon Copy Cloner<\/a>. This current method has worked for me for several years now, and has saved me from at least one major drive crash, so I\u2019d say it\u2019s functional. I\u2019d also rotate those clones out at least weekly, but that\u2019s not a practical solution at this time.<\/p>\n<p>So what are <em>you <\/em>using for backup?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve talked about backing up your data quite extensively here on the OWC Blog. We\u2019ve talked about different backup strategies. We\u2019ve discussed mirrored RAID devices like the NewerTech Guardian MAXimus and how they can fit into your backup scheme. We\u2019ve touched on how you need to keep an eye on your backup software to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"class_list":["post-15975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple&#039;s Time Machine Bug May Ignore Drives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lloyd Chambers from MacPerformanceGuide has found a bug in Time Machine that may cause your Mac to ignore drives under some circumstances.\" 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