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OS X software that backups up your drive to an Apple Time Capsule or other hard drive.

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I can't uninstall brew on MacOS Apple Silicon

Like it is mentioned here https://docs.brew.sh/FAQ#how-do-i-uninstall-homebrew I typed /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/uninstall.sh)" but it doesn't seem to work... When I type afterwards which brew…
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Best way to restore .git folder

Due to some error in code, we lost a complete GIT-controlled directory. Restoring the files was not a problem; TimeMachine took care of that. However, TimeMachine apparently did not back up the .git folder. Is there a better way to restore/recreate…
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Is it possible to rename a sparsebundle volume label without mounting/renaming/unmounting/mounting?

I know that the following will work: hdiutil attach old.sparsebundle -mountroot . diskutil rename old_label new_label hdiutil detach old_label hdiutil attach old.sparsebundle -mountroot . This results in old_label being mounted as new_label, but…
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Time Machine API / Command-line scripts?

I need the reference, if it exists, to Time Machine's API or simply some commands that can change the disk in use with Time Machine and back! I'd like the script I'm going to write to do the following: Change from disk A to disk B Force Time Machine…
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How can you tell how many hardlinks a directory has in OSX from terminal?

How can you tell how many hardlinks a directory has in OSX from terminal? In OSX you can make hardlinks to directories. This is how Time Machine works. I would like to know which directories have hardlinks to them so I can see which directories are…
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Offsite backup from a timemachine capsule

How can I create a (secondary) backup to a offsite location of a timemachine backup residing on a apple timecapsule? Possible destinations are Amazon S3, Mosso Cloud Files, Generic SSH/SCP servers, ...
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Apartment Fire- Time Machine did not back up XCode projects?

My apartment burned down a few days ago and my beloved MacBook Pro was one of the many electronic casualties. While I of course back up (using Time Machine) and my backup drive managed to survive, much to my dismay many of the most important files…
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Integrating Eclipse's local history with Time Machine (Mac)

Eclipse has the very nifty "Compare with Local History" feature which lets you compare all files in the workspace against previous revisions. This is very useful to recover older versions even when they are not in a source control system, and it…
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How to restore Homebrew config from Time Machine or backup

TL;DR I killed my Homebrew and now need to restore from Time Machine. I had a working Homebrew with various packages installed and working. I've installed some new packages (upgraded php 5.6 to php 7) which I no longer wanted so I removed them and…
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Run `tmutil isexcluded` recursively

I'd like to use tmutil recursively to list all of the files currently excluded from Time Machine backups. I know that I can determine this for a single file with tmutil isexcluded /path/to/file but I can't seem to get this to run recursively. I…
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How to exclude temporary Xcode files from Time Machine?

I write a lot of code using Xcode. I know Xcode creates temporary files when it builds. These seem to be quite large (GB's), and I would like to exclude them from Time Machine backups. How can I exclude them ? Where are they located? Is the location…
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Restore MySQL database from Time Machine after updating MySQL Workbench and an update of MAC OS X

I have a localhost web environment on my Mac Book Pro running Catalina OS X. It runs a cms and uses MySQL. Because of import errors on a csv-file I updated MySQL Workbenc from, I assume, version 8.0.11 to version 8.0.18. Ever since I can't access my…
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How can I make `avahi` work outside when `netatalk` running inside docker on `ubuntu`?

Environment: Host PC: Windows 7 ultimate 64bit VMware: VMware Workstation 12 Pro VMware Network: Bridge Inside VMware OS: Ubuntu 16.04.1 amd64 Desktop avahi-daemon: 0.6.32 -------> installation via apt docker: 1.12.4 -------> installation via…
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Time Machine over Samba

Currently running osx 10.8.2 Have an external network drive attached to my rt-n66u router running tomato I'm trying to use tmutil to connect my external network drive, and am having a lot of trouble. I mount the drives in Finder Run sudo tmutil…
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Time Machine / Coverflow: IMG to DIV

A great resource for an apple-like time machine animation is "space gallery": http://www.eyecon.ro/spacegallery I would like to place text on top of every image to use the gallery as a banner. I think the best way would be using DIVs and place the…
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