What is Time Machine doing?
Ever wonder what Time Machine is doing whilst you wait? On a standard OS X system the best you can do is enable Show Time Machine in menu bar (System Preferences > Time Machine) which…
Time Machine
Time Machine Slow with SSD – TRIM Support the Culprit?
Here at MacRiot we’ve noticed that Time Machine has slowed significantly since our Solid State Drive (SSD) conversions on our Macs. To the extent that backups crawl along by the kb! This observation is based…
Time Machine Backup Stuck at “Cleaning Up”
It used to be that Time Machine backups transpired smoothly and quickly but these days its not unusual to encounter instances where Time Machine stalls, what seems like forever, at its “cleaning up” phase. Here…
Mac OS X, How To Use Time Machine
Time Machine was introduced with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and since its inception has proven to be ‘the’ backup utility for Mac. Once you’ve gotten over the initial setup the rest is pretty much automated….