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Apple Users

spooky3

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6. Apple has finally issued an update to 10.7.5 to fix the Time Machine/Spotlight issue.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 06:10 PM

Oct 2012

Haven't tried it yet, because their screwup ruined three backup drives (one for one Mac and two for another), so it will take a long time to back up from scratch.

Users can download it from Software Update.

I will definitely investigate CC. Thanks to you both.

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Time Machine backup problems [View all] spooky3 Sep 2012 OP

I was having Time Machine issues, and it turned out that my backup drive Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2012 #1

Thanks. Unfortunately, that's not the case for me. spooky3 Sep 2012 #2

Not sure if this will help anyone, but apparently the problem lies with OS 10.7.5 (recently updated) spooky3 Sep 2012 #3

Stop using Time Machine. sir pball Oct 2012 #4

I'll second your endorsement of CC. I paid the $40 to put it on our new iMac Stinky The Clown Oct 2012 #5

Apple has finally issued an update to 10.7.5 to fix the Time Machine/Spotlight issue. spooky3 Oct 2012 #6

Are you comfortable with the commandline? sir pball Oct 2012 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Oct 2012 #8

You aren't necessarily making multiple copies sir pball Oct 2012 #9