Hi folks, I have a synology DSxx which I can access from my MacBook - no problem.
On 24 Apr 2024 at 12:51:30 BST, "Graham J" <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
jeremy wrote:
Hi folks, I have a synology DSxx which I can access from my MacBook - no >>> problem.
[snip]
I suspect you have to use some feature of the Synology management
interface to create an Apple backup volume on the Synology. When you've
done that it will become visible to the Mac as a backup disk.
Whilst that may be the case, I seem to be missing the "add backup disk" button
from my Time Machine settings with System Preferences.
On 24 Apr 2024 at 12:51:30 BST, "Graham J" <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
jeremy wrote:
Hi folks, I have a synology DSxx which I can access from my MacBook - no >>> problem.
[snip]
I suspect you have to use some feature of the Synology management
interface to create an Apple backup volume on the Synology. When you've
done that it will become visible to the Mac as a backup disk.
Whilst that may be the case, I seem to be missing the "add backup disk" button
from my Time Machine settings with System Preferences.
On 24 Apr 2024 at 13:20:32 BST, "TimS" <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
On 24 Apr 2024 at 13:03:19 BST, "jeremy" <jeremy0505@gmail.com> wrote:
On 24 Apr 2024 at 12:51:30 BST, "Graham J" <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: >>>
jeremy wrote:
Hi folks, I have a synology DSxx which I can access from my MacBook - no >>>>> problem.
[snip]
I suspect you have to use some feature of the Synology management
interface to create an Apple backup volume on the Synology. When you've >>>> done that it will become visible to the Mac as a backup disk.
Whilst that may be the case, I seem to be missing the "add backup disk" button
from my Time Machine settings with System Preferences.
It may well be that this will not become visible until you have a volume
mounted tha TM can use. I have a couple of Crucial X8 1TB on my Mini and TM >> uses them both for backup.
OK being thick here - how would I mount the volume? I was thinking I'd be able
to "browse" for it within TM (obviously not!).
Well - that was odd - went into Finder, cmd+k and browsed for the folder - once I had entered the required credentials (I created a new "timemachine" user on the DS) it suddenly appeared in the main TM window. Not a logical nor good UX :)
But progress has been made!
Mind you, I have no idea how to specify what is going to be backed up - it appears to have kicked off some kind of backup process - "preparing backup" - so we'll just have to see what it ends up doing.
On 24 Apr 2024 at 18:04:23 BST, "TimS" <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
On 24 Apr 2024 at 17:35:46 BST, "jeremy" <jeremy0505@gmail.com> wrote:
On 24 Apr 2024 at 13:20:32 BST, "TimS" <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
On 24 Apr 2024 at 13:03:19 BST, "jeremy" <jeremy0505@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>
On 24 Apr 2024 at 12:51:30 BST, "Graham J" <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>
jeremy wrote:
Hi folks, I have a synology DSxx which I can access from my MacBook - no
problem.
[snip]
I suspect you have to use some feature of the Synology management
interface to create an Apple backup volume on the Synology. When you've >>>>>> done that it will become visible to the Mac as a backup disk.
Whilst that may be the case, I seem to be missing the "add backup disk" button
from my Time Machine settings with System Preferences.
It may well be that this will not become visible until you have a volume >>>> mounted tha TM can use. I have a couple of Crucial X8 1TB on my Mini and TM
uses them both for backup.
OK being thick here - how would I mount the volume? I was thinking I'd be able
to "browse" for it within TM (obviously not!).
Well - that was odd - went into Finder, cmd+k and browsed for the folder - >>> once I had entered the required credentials (I created a new "timemachine" >>> user on the DS) it suddenly appeared in the main TM window. Not a logical nor
good UX :)
But progress has been made!
Mind you, I have no idea how to specify what is going to be backed up - it >>> appears to have kicked off some kind of backup process - "preparing backup" -
so we'll just have to see what it ends up doing.
Click on Options to tell it what *not* to back up.
Got it. Hmmm... it's going to try to backup 390gb
On 24 Apr 2024 at 18:17:01 BST, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
Am 24.04.24 um 19:12 schrieb jeremy:
Got it. Hmmm... it's going to try to backup 390gb
Only the first time and afterwards it saves only the changes.
Done - something over 24 hours to complete. Are there some logs I can view of what it did - and if it was successful?
I found this command (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250226175?answerId=250420314022&sortBy= best#250420314022)
printf '\e[3J' && log show --predicate 'subsystem == "com.apple.TimeMachine"' --info --last 6h | grep -F 'eMac' | grep -Fv 'etat' | awk -F']' '{print substr($0,1,19), $NF}'
Looks a bit complex for Joe Average who'd just like to see a record of success
& failure :)
Done - something over 24 hours to complete. Are there some logs I can view of what it did - and if it was successful?
On 26 Apr 2024 at 13:57:23 BST, "Jaimie Vandenbergh" <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
On 26 Apr 2024 at 11:20:22 BST, "jeremy" <jeremy0505@gmail.com> wrote:
Done - something over 24 hours to complete. Are there some logs I can view of
what it did - and if it was successful?
Look on the Settings/General/Time Machine for the "last backup" date. If
there is one, you're good.
Apple don't provide more detail. You can buy
https://www.soma-zone.com/BackupLoupe/ if you want, but it's very
boring.
OK it says it's backed up lastes at 17:25 today actually with the next one schedule for shortly for 18:02 - interesting timings selected (I don't recall specifying or having visibility of any frequency).
On 26 Apr 2024 at 13:57:23 BST, "Jaimie Vandenbergh" <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
On 26 Apr 2024 at 11:20:22 BST, "jeremy" <jeremy0505@gmail.com> wrote:OK it says it's backed up lastes at 17:25 today actually with the next one schedule for shortly for 18:02 - interesting timings selected (I don't recall specifying or having visibility of any frequency).
Done - something over 24 hours to complete. Are there some logs I can view of
what it did - and if it was successful?
Look on the Settings/General/Time Machine for the "last backup" date. If
there is one, you're good.
Apple don't provide more detail. You can buy
https://www.soma-zone.com/BackupLoupe/ if you want, but it's very
boring.
On 26 Apr 2024 at 20:37:47 BST, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
You have: Open Time Machine Settings. Then klick Options. There you can
chose the frequency. Hourly, Daily et. etc.
Hmm... seems not for me though (Monterey - 12.7)
It seems to want to backup a lot of stuff incrementally (like hourly) when I have barely used it.
I killed the last incremental (about 20 minutes ago) - I just selected "backup
now" and it seems to have found 29,211 changes - seems excessive. I am watching its progress - it says 32.5% done (8.6mb copied) - so a trivial amount - "calculating time remaining.." (been stuck like that for a few minutes. Now it says 32.8% (15.5mb copied) - so I don't know if the %done is based on size or number of items (suspect the latter as the maths doesn't really compute).
It seems that there is a 50% chance that at any time it is doing a backup! Don't think that can be right :)
On 26 Apr 2024 at 20:37:47 BST, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
You have: Open Time Machine Settings. Then klick Options. There you can
chose the frequency. Hourly, Daily et. etc.
Hmm... seems not for me though (Monterey - 12.7)
It seems to want to backup a lot of stuff incrementally (like hourly) when I have barely used it.
I killed the last incremental (about 20 minutes ago) - I just selected "backup
now" and it seems to have found 29,211 changes - seems excessive. I am watching its progress - it says 32.5% done (8.6mb copied) - so a trivial amount - "calculating time remaining.." (been stuck like that for a few minutes. Now it says 32.8% (15.5mb copied) - so I don't know if the %done is based on size or number of items (suspect the latter as the maths doesn't really compute).
It seems that there is a 50% chance that at any time it is doing a backup! Don't think that can be right :)
On 29 Apr 2024 at 01:49:19 BST, "Bruce Horrocks" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:
On 28/04/2024 16:08, jeremy wrote:
On 26 Apr 2024 at 20:37:47 BST, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote: >>>
You have: Open Time Machine Settings. Then klick Options. There you can >>>> chose the frequency. Hourly, Daily et. etc.
Hmm... seems not for me though (Monterey - 12.7)
It seems to want to backup a lot of stuff incrementally (like hourly) when I
have barely used it.
I killed the last incremental (about 20 minutes ago) - I just selected "backup
now" and it seems to have found 29,211 changes - seems excessive. I am
watching its progress - it says 32.5% done (8.6mb copied) - so a trivial >>> amount - "calculating time remaining.." (been stuck like that for a few
minutes. Now it says 32.8% (15.5mb copied) - so I don't know if the %done is
based on size or number of items (suspect the latter as the maths doesn't >>> really compute).
It seems that there is a 50% chance that at any time it is doing a backup! >>> Don't think that can be right :)
The symptoms you describe are exactly those when it has been interrupted
or otherwise failed to complete a previous backup.
Letting it run to completion is the solution.
Eventually it will settle down.
Patience is a virtue.
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