TIme Machine Issue

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Phil Ward

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May 26, 2020, 10:22:27 AM5/26/20
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Afternoon Smuggers.

Hope you’re all keeping well.

I’m suddenly having a snag with Time Machine. It failed to mount on startup (it’s an external USB drive) yesterday so I did a quick Disk Utility check on it. Disk Utility says it’s fine, but Time Machine suddenly seems to think it’s a read only drive. What’s going on? I’ve attached a couple of screenshots for entertainment. Thoughts anybody?

Cheers
Phil

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Sam - MacAmbulance

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May 26, 2020, 10:51:44 AM5/26/20
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I’ve seen that a few times, only resolution is to erase the drive and run a backup
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On 26 May 2020, at 15:22, 'Phil Ward' via Sussex Mac User Group <sm...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Afternoon Smuggers.

Hope you’re all keeping well.

I’m suddenly having a snag with Time Machine. It failed to mount on startup (it’s an external USB drive) yesterday so I did a quick Disk Utility check on it. Disk Utility says it’s fine, but Time Machine suddenly seems to think it’s a read only drive. What’s going on? I’ve attached a couple of screenshots for entertainment. Thoughts anybody?

Cheers
Phil

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Jason Davies

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May 26, 2020, 12:51:28 PM5/26/20
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On 26 May 2020, at 15:51, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote:

> I’ve seen that a few times, only resolution is to erase the drive
> and run a backup

My experience (and colleagues who've asked me for help) is that TM
drives get gradually and reliably corrupted. Annoying but I'm saying
this to echo what Sam said - they're pretty irretrievable when they
start acting weird.

Cheers,

Jason

Phil Ward

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May 27, 2020, 6:40:32 AM5/27/20
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Thanks Sam and Jason.

Phil

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