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Timemachine - Catalina - Only today and yesterday

Hello,

My Time Machine is only showing today and yesterday. It never shows more than the current day and yesterday. It was working fine before upgrading to Catalina.

Any idea please ?

I tried the shift - command - c and start Time Machine - not successful.

I also tried a full Reset : http://oldtoad.net/pondini.org/TM/A4.html - not successful.


Thank you for your support as I need some previous files.

Br

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Aug 31, 2020 3:16 PM

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Posted on Sep 1, 2020 12:43 PM

OK - I have managed to get access to my old backup with Catalina. Not using TimeMachine but through Finder using Connect to Server. I was then able to access all the data without issue.

I have also managed to use my QNAP NAS with Catalina :). For other people here is the link to the QNAP page :

https://www.qnap.com/en-us/how-to/tutorial/article/using-time-machine-to-back-up-your-mac-to-a-qnap-nas-via-smb

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Sep 1, 2020 12:43 PM in response to vitus1234

OK - I have managed to get access to my old backup with Catalina. Not using TimeMachine but through Finder using Connect to Server. I was then able to access all the data without issue.

I have also managed to use my QNAP NAS with Catalina :). For other people here is the link to the QNAP page :

https://www.qnap.com/en-us/how-to/tutorial/article/using-time-machine-to-back-up-your-mac-to-a-qnap-nas-via-smb

Sep 1, 2020 2:21 AM in response to John Galt

I cannot see any other Backup Disks.

On my old MacAir when I use "tmutil machinedirectory"or "tmutil listbackups" I get correct answers.

But on this computer I do not get any answer. Even though I can see the NAS in Finder and TimeMachine propose it, I get the message looking for backup disk :(

We can even see the used and free space.


Thanks for your support

Timemachine - Catalina - Only today and yesterday

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