{"id":42380,"date":"2018-12-17T03:01:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=42380"},"modified":"2024-10-22T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T22:38:01","slug":"time-machine-backup-via-energy-saver-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/time-machine-backup-via-energy-saver-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Machine Backup via Energy Saver Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Time Machine Backup via Energy Saver Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s MacBook Pro backup via Mac OS X’s Time Machine again, and the timing is into the afternoon. Although we are allowed to do other things while a Time Machine backup is occurring, today we’re going to call it quits, and let it run with the power connected for the 6 hours it says it is going to take. We’ll take a look the next morning. But what about the MacBook Pro going to sleep in the meantime? Perhaps the backup still works, or perhaps not. Better to try to keep the MacBook Pro awake, rather than its display and it falling asleep. Google?!<\/a> Thanks for the heads up to this Apple webpage<\/a> advice, thanks …<\/p>\n

\nChoose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Energy Saver\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… was pertinent to us, and enough of a lead to give the macOS Sierra 10.12.6 advice<\/a> …<\/p>\n

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  1. Choose Apple menu -> System Preferences<\/li>\n
  2. Choose View menu -> Energy Saver<\/li>\n
  3. Choose Power Adaptor tab\n
  4. Drag both Computer Sleep and Display Sleep to the far right “Never” setting (ie. never sleep)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once you’ve done that, the rest of how the Mac OS X System Preferences Time Machine desktop application can work using a Seagate Backup external hard drive (but removable) as the backup media can be read below in among the thread of blog postings, the most recent being Restore of Time Machine Backup Primer Tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    And yes, after some light entertainment<\/a>, the next day the backup had been done ready to Eject the Seagate Backup external hard drive and to …<\/p>\n

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    1. Choose Apple menu -> System Preferences<\/li>\n
    2. Choose View menu -> Energy Saver<\/li>\n
    3. Choose Power Adaptor tab\n
    4. Drag both Computer Sleep and Display Sleep to the the setting one before 15 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      … to square the settings back to the way they were, which for the usual usage of the MacBook Pro, is fine.<\/p>\n

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      Previous relevant Restore of Time Machine Backup Primer Tutorial<\/a> is shown below.<\/p>\n

      \"Restore<\/a>

      Restore of Time Machine Backup Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

      You are more than likely like me, and respect the concept of “backup” of your work, like we talked about at Time Machine Backup and Disk Utility Primer Tutorial<\/a>, but dread the day you’d ever have to “restore” that work.<\/p>\n

      Well, it happened to us, with a Mac Book Pro’s “hard disk” (but read more apt “solid state drive” name as per Solid State Drive Primer Tutorial<\/a>) and we turned to a recent backup via the Mac OS X Time Machine application, using a Seagate Backup external hard drive.<\/p>\n

      In short, you have to be a bit patient with the “restore” phase to all this. It’s achievable, and we get happier with it by the “decaminute”, but with Mac OS X, desktop applications come in many shapes and forms and sources, and you’ll probably find that those emanating from the “net” should be individually copied from the Seagate Backup drive’s \/Application folder to the MacBook Pro \/Application folder application by application, using two Finder windows, one for the Seagate Backup source and another for the MacBook Pro destination.<\/p>\n

      Had a look around for Seagate Products to assist on “restore” but didn’t see any, though you should look for them yourself, if you are interested in this topic.<\/p>\n

      How does the Xcode IDE go with a restore? It’s okay with a …<\/p>\n