![]() ![]() It could happen, that the backup volume cannot be unmounted (using the automount feature).As TimeMachineScheduler works independent from the Time Machine Preferences, some information might be displayed wrong in the Preference Pane of Time Machine.The status of the scheduler will be displayed. You can press a button to run a backup immediately. The interval can be set between 1 and 12 hours, and the agent can be set to run additionally at load, which means also at startup and login. You can install and uninstall the agent as well as only load and unload it to disable making backups temporarily. TimeMachineScheduler takes care of all files and sets owner, group and the privileges to the proper default value. There are (still) some access privileges problems in OS X 10.5, if the operation system has been updated, migrated or installed with the archive & install option. Except disabling Time Machine no further system files and preferences will be touched by TimeMachineScheduler. As the agent is located in the main library, the administrator password is required for all (writing) operations. Tags APFS Apple AppleScript Apple silicon backup Big Sur Blake bug Catalina Consolation Console diagnosis Disk Utility Doré El Capitan extended attributes Finder firmware Gatekeeper Gérôme HFS+ High Sierra history of painting iCloud Impressionism iOS landscape LockRattler log logs M1 Mac Mac history macOS macOS 10.12 macOS 10.13 macOS 10.14 macOS 10.TimeMachineScheduler disables the automatic backup function of Time Machine and installs its own launchd agent. One utility to check the unified log in Sierra and later for errors which have occurred during backing up is T2M2, which is free.Īlternative free log browsers include Ulbow and Consolation 3, both of which specialise in showing existing log entries, unlike the bundled Console app.īundled in macOS is tmutil, which I will examine in the next article. Arq, which is cross-platform and supports cloud, NAS and local backups.īy far the most sophisticated and popular tool for repairing Time Machine backups is Alsoft’s DiskWarrior, which some recommend for routine preventive maintenance.Backblaze, for its own cloud backup service.There are many alternative backup systems, among which the best-known are: TimeTracker is available in beta from here. Nathan Fiedler provides his free timedog, a Perl script to display the files saved in any given Time Machine backup.ĬharlesSoft is developing a utility which displays the contents in all your backups, and shows what has changed since the last backup. Tri-edre’s Back-In-Time 5 is a more costly alternative, at around $/€/£ 30, but disappointingly hasn’t yet been properly notarized for Catalina, so can’t be recommended. ![]() It can also give an educated estimate of when your current backup storage is likely to run out of space. It’s particularly suitable for those with large folders and files, to help you identify and exclude them from backups, has a fast search feature, and is quick to restore from. ![]() This looks inside each backup and displays its contents in a Finder-like view. Several products on the Mac App Store claim to be able to do this, but because of the limitations of App Store apps, I have my doubts, as do their reviewers.īy far the most sophisticated app which replaces the Time Machine app (or can be used to supplement it) is the impressive BackupLoupe from Soma-Zone, which costs upwards of about $/€/£ 11. TimeMachineScheduler hasn’t been updated in a while now, and may be unsupported. Here are those which I have been able to discover: if you have a favourite which isn’t listed here, please let me know so that I can add it.Ĭurrently the best and only complete app which lets you schedule Time Machine backups when you want them is TimeMachineEditor, which is free, and includes a sophisticated scheduling feature. There’s a small selection of tools available which work with Time Machine, supplement it, or replace it altogether. ![]()
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