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| From | Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.sys.mac |
| Subject | Re: Another TM problem - what now? |
| Date | 2020-08-06 11:54 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <hp29apFfqn6U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 6 Aug 2020 at 11:44:20 BST, "jbrennand" <brennand@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On 06/08/2020 11:03, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: >> On 6 Aug 2020 at 02:07:18 BST, "jbrennand" <brennand@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >>> Update 2 >>> >>> Tried another HD last thing last night and TM completed fine in ~2h. So >>> looks as if it was a dodgy HD after all ! >> >> Hard drives are awful. >> >> Cheers - Jaimie (posted too early!) >> > thanks Jamie - I am not sure it is borked. Working fine for everything > else. Looking at it now. Run a surface test over it. I'd use 'smartctl -t long /dev/whatever' but I don't do surface tests on Macs or USB devices so would welcome better advice! > Another issue you might be able to help with. > > I am trying a trial of CCC to do another backup, I don't use it often enough to know off the top of my head, and being on Big Sur it's not working for me right now, sorry. > however when I select > the HD to clone to - it doesn't select - it shows a big blue box with > the only option being the "recovery HD" button. Click that and it says > "the chosen volume is a core storage volume, space cannot be borrowed > from this volume for the purpose of creating a recovery HD volume". That's definitely not where you want to be, it's found the only volume it can twiddle is the internal Recovery volume for emergency booting to. Don't twiddle that! No idea why it's not recognising the external unless that's a limit of being on trial? Cheers - Jaimie -- If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold. -- blue_beetle
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Another TM problem - what now? jbrennand <brennand@ntlworld.com> - 2020-08-05 20:31 +0100
Re: Another TM problem - what now? Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-08-05 19:54 +0000
Re: Another TM problem - what now? jbrennand <brennand@ntlworld.com> - 2020-08-05 21:09 +0100
Re: Another TM problem - what now? jbrennand <brennand@ntlworld.com> - 2020-08-05 23:40 +0100
Re: Another TM problem - what now? jbrennand <brennand@ntlworld.com> - 2020-08-06 02:07 +0100
Re: Another TM problem - what now? David_B <DavidB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-08-06 07:33 +0100
Re: Another TM problem - what now? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-06 10:03 +0000
Re: Another TM problem - what now? jbrennand <brennand@ntlworld.com> - 2020-08-06 11:44 +0100
Re: Another TM problem - what now? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-06 11:54 +0000
Re: Another TM problem - what now? jbrennand <brennand@ntlworld.com> - 2020-08-06 13:28 +0100
Re: Another TM problem - what now? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-06 10:02 +0000
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