#tmutil — Public Fediverse posts

Last Week on My Mac: snapshots, the elephant in APFS

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/10/last-week-on-my-mac-snapshots-the-elephant-in-apfs/

Last Week on My Mac: snapshots, the elephant in APFS

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/10/last-week-on-my-mac-snapshots-the-elephant-in-apfs/

Last Week on My Mac: snapshots, the elephant in APFS

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/10/last-week-on-my-mac-snapshots-the-elephant-in-apfs/

Last Week on My Mac: snapshots, the elephant in APFS

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/10/last-week-on-my-mac-snapshots-the-elephant-in-apfs/

Last Week on My Mac: snapshots, the elephant in APFS

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/10/last-week-on-my-mac-snapshots-the-elephant-in-apfs/

How to make and roll back to a snapshot

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/07/how-to-make-and-roll-back-to-a-snapshot/

How to make and roll back to a snapshot

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/07/how-to-make-and-roll-back-to-a-snapshot/

How to make and roll back to a snapshot

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/07/how-to-make-and-roll-back-to-a-snapshot/

How to make and roll back to a snapshot

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/07/how-to-make-and-roll-back-to-a-snapshot/

How to make and roll back to a snapshot

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/05/07/how-to-make-and-roll-back-to-a-snapshot/

TIL: tmutil delete allows to add the -t parameter multiple times to delete multiple (old) backups at once:

sudo tmutil delete -d /Volumes/Backups\ of\ Matzes\ M1\ Pro -t 2025-04-13-215640 -t 2025-04-21-095453 -t 2025-04-28-151733

Before, I used multiple commands (since I delete the oldest 4 backups every 6 months manually) and always waited for the next command until the previous one was done […]

https://kittsteiner.blog/blog/2025/tmutil-parameters/

#macOS #TimeMachine #tmutil

TIL: tmutil delete allows to add the -t parameter multiple times to delete multiple (old) backups at once:

sudo tmutil delete -d /Volumes/Backups\ of\ Matzes\ M1\ Pro -t 2025-04-13-215640 -t 2025-04-21-095453 -t 2025-04-28-151733

Before, I used multiple commands (since I delete the oldest 4 backups every 6 months manually) and always waited for the next command until the previous one was done […]

https://kittsteiner.blog/blog/2025/tmutil-parameters/

#macOS #TimeMachine #tmutil

TIL: tmutil delete allows to add the -t parameter multiple times to delete multiple (old) backups at once:

sudo tmutil delete -d /Volumes/Backups\ of\ Matzes\ M1\ Pro -t 2025-04-13-215640 -t 2025-04-21-095453 -t 2025-04-28-151733

Before, I used multiple commands (since I delete the oldest 4 backups every 6 months manually) and always waited for the next command until the previous one was done […]

https://kittsteiner.blog/blog/2025/tmutil-parameters/

#macOS #TimeMachine #tmutil

TIL: tmutil delete allows to add the -t parameter multiple times to delete multiple (old) backups at once:

sudo tmutil delete -d /Volumes/Backups\ of\ Matzes\ M1\ Pro -t 2025-04-13-215640 -t 2025-04-21-095453 -t 2025-04-28-151733

Before, I used multiple commands (since I delete the oldest 4 backups every 6 months manually) and always waited for the next command until the previous one was done […]

https://kittsteiner.blog/blog/2025/tmutil-parameters/

#macOS #TimeMachine #tmutil

Is there a way to #snapshot external #APFS drives? (And keep the snapshot on that drive?) tmutil localsnapshot seems to work on the internal drive only.
#macos #apple #tmutil