Re: OT Time machine

2023-05-14 Thread David J Brooks
does not seem to be having a problem i just thought id clear up some space on the External TM disk but trash does not want to delete those files for some reason, that was my main concern Dave On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 10:18 PM John Sessoms wrote: > Hard drives are relatively cheap. IF Time Machin

Re: OT Time machine

2023-05-13 Thread John Sessoms
Hard drives are relatively cheap. IF Time Machine is having a problem, get a new drive and start afresh. Save the old drive. On 5/13/2023 9:52 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 8:40 AM David J Brooks wrote: Have I screwed myself here? To free up some space in my time machine dr

Re: OT Time machine

2023-05-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Dave, I couldn't say whether you've mucked things up without the machine in front of me to do some analysis, but perhaps these links on Time Machine backup management might help: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-the-time-machine-backup-disk-is-full-mh15137/mac (Note that El Capitan

Re: OT Time machine

2023-05-13 Thread Bruce Walker
On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 8:40 AM David J Brooks wrote: > > Have I screwed myself here? To free up some space in my time machine drive > I moved 47 backup files from 2014 to trash. I kinda winced when I read that, Dave. ;-) You really need to leave Time Machine alone to manage its own files. Many

OT Time machine

2023-05-12 Thread David J Brooks
Have I screwed myself here? To free up some space in my time machine drive I moved 47 backup files from 2014 to trash. I know you have to delete the trash for the new storage info to show up in the toolbar but it seems to take forever to do anything when I ask to delete permanently, have i made a b

Re: ot time machine question

2020-07-06 Thread David J Brooks
I very cds and codes up to very 6 was a download. I'll need to see if I wrote the vet 6 code down . I'm pretty sure I would. Thanks for advice on Adobe reinstall Dave On Mon, Jul 6, 2020, 12:24 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > If you have the installer download file, just archive it along with your

Re: ot time machine question

2020-07-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
If you have the installer download file, just archive it along with your codes. That's actually what I have done with all my Adobe software: rendered the CD/DVD originals to Disk Image files and saved them in my software archive along with all the installation codes. Takes up a lot less space on

Re: ot time machine question

2020-07-06 Thread David J Brooks
Good to know Godfrey. I have all of my versions up to 4 on CD with codes but upgrade to 6 was via download. Guess ill deal with it when the time comes Dave On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 11:21 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Dave, > > Time Machine should have the most recent installed version in the lat

Re: ot time machine question

2020-07-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Dave, Time Machine should have the most recent installed version in the latest backup. That said, I have not had much success reinstalling Adobe applications via Time Machine. Their installation is complex and involves some authentication files and links that they create in various locations o

Re: ot time machine question

2020-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 2:46 PM Bruce Walker wrote: > On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 2:17 PM David J Brooks wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 1:33 PM Bruce Walker > wrote: > > > > > Have you checked that Time Machine is successfully backing up > > > regularly? Check its status in the System Preferen

Re: ot time machine question

2020-07-04 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 2:17 PM David J Brooks wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 1:33 PM Bruce Walker wrote: > > > Have you checked that Time Machine is successfully backing up > > regularly? Check its status in the System Preferences panel. You > > should see dates for oldest, latest and next bac

Re: ot time machine question

2020-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
Well i found the .DMG file on time machine anyway, its in Downloads>Lightroom> Lightroom 6.14.dmg, so its there anyway Dave On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 2:16 PM David J Brooks wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 1:33 PM Bruce Walker > wrote: > >> Have you checked that Time Machine is successfully b

Re: ot time machine question

2020-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 1:33 PM Bruce Walker wrote: > Have you checked that Time Machine is successfully backing up > regularly? Check its status in the System Preferences panel. You > should see dates for oldest, latest and next backups. > Bruce its showing that, it took several trys to get the

Re: ot time machine question

2020-07-04 Thread Bruce Walker
Have you checked that Time Machine is successfully backing up regularly? Check its status in the System Preferences panel. You should see dates for oldest, latest and next backups. On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 12:57 PM David J Brooks wrote: > > dont ask me why but the other day i just had a peak at my

ot time machine question

2020-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
dont ask me why but the other day i just had a peak at my applications on my time machine. I noticed it showed Lightroom as version 4 even though i upgraded to Version 6 several years ago. If i have to reinstall via time machine am i going to get ver 4 or ver 6 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural