apfs start drive doesn't backup on Mojave Time Machine

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apfs start drive doesn't backup on Mojave Time Machine

Hi,

Mojave and Time Machine. I have several external drives all get backed up in TIME Machine except my boot drive APFS. I have had all functioning including the boot drive until I understood that with a complete backup and the automatic backup checked for TM, I couldn't make a restart, I always had to force a shut down. Total clean Disk Utility of backup drive, but to no avail. I have now excluded the APFS boot drive from being backed up, and all works.

Question ; Why doesn't the boot drive get backed up ?

Anyone had the same problem ?

Thanks in advance

Ragnar G

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Mac Pro, macOS 10.14

Posted on Aug 11, 2022 12:41 AM

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BDAqua

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Aug 15, 2022 11:39 AM in response to RGrippe

In the past CleanMyMac has been the source of many problems.

Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes or more.

Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.

Uninstall CleanMyMac per their directions , then run etrecheck again to see what chaff it left...

On CMM…

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What were you trying to install ob 8*13*2022?

2022-08-13 08:31:07 pkgutil Crash (6 times)
Executable: /usr/sbin/pkgutil

What could this primary Apple ID be referring to?

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentExcept
ion', reason: '-[ACAccountStore aa_primaryAppleAccount]: unrecognized

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RGrippe Author

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Aug 18, 2022 02:29 AM in response to BDAqua

Now guess what

after also having tested other external drive which faulted as well the backup of the boot drive APFS in Time Machine I now scream after almost six months

Eureka

Carbon Copy Cloner made it possible. Started backing up immediately. No wait.

Thank you profusely !

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BDAqua

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Aug 11, 2022 10:06 AM in response to RGrippe

Ah, OK.

We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…

https://pastebin.com/

Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

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