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HELP!! Time machine backup restore nightmare
Hopefully someone can help me out here.
Have been using a bootable carbon copy clone with Yosemite for Protools 11 for a while without incident, until.... Last night when I made the dire mistake of trusting (what was I thinking!) Time Machine backup restore to a version from the previous day. Have all the time machine backups on a dedicated external drive which now is no longer able to copy anything over. Getting error messages that it needs repair, but can't repair it. Tried first aide, disc repair, etc. Files still appear on the drive however. The hard drive has High Sierra, which is working fine, thankfully. That's what I'm on right now. However, the Carbon copy clone drive is no longer visible on the finder window device window or may have had it's name changed to "untitled". I need to access the bootable. Luckily I did a backup onto iDrive a few weeks ago, so that's there if I need it. But I have no idea how to get from point A to point B. What should I do first to remedy the issue of the bootable not working correctly OR should I just focus first on getting the backup files resurrected from the backup drive? I am running a program called "EaseUS" which is finding a ton of files on what I believe is the bootable (taking a wild guess since it's no longer named by what I gave it previously). It will take an eternity to finish finding the files, but so far I haven't stopped the process. Should I abandon that process and just do something basic like: Shut down Unplug everything Swap cables Try a different port Say a Prayer in hopes that the Carbon Copy Cloner will miraculously show back up on the device list? Looking forward to any and all suggestions. Will be checking back for replies. Thank you! Lisa Last edited by soundartsonline; 09-08-2021 at 05:59 AM. |
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Re: HELP!! Time machine backup restore nightmare
In my experience, anything EaseUS should be considered riskware/malware.
Diskwarrior has always been my goto when it comes to Mac drive issues. Anytime I've had a problem with a Mac disk, rebuilding the directory with Diskwarrior solved it.
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Re: HELP!! Time machine backup restore nightmare
If the storage has been running High Sierra, it is possible that it is formatted as APFS which pre-HS systems cannot mount. Try it on a current computer so first and foremost you need to know whether your storage is okay or not.
And yes, Disk Warrior has been the way to go. However with that said, even Disk Warrior still does not understand APFS and we need to wait for a new version. Have been waiting for three years already, but hey... whenever it is ready.
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