On 2023-12-14 18:13, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac and Time Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one that I would connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my computer every 10 days. After it backed up I

switched them so both drives got both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't get reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way to turn them on. Are they gone now?

Does TM have reminders?

I put reminders in the ... (wait for it) Reminders app.

IAC when I got this new computer all my Reminders came along for the
ride and were still there after I updated to Sonoma. (Via iCloud - part
of that seamless thing the trolls hate).

So next question is: are your reminders in iCloud? (Yes, upgrading to
Sonoma should not have lost your reminders).

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On 2023-12-15 11:50, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2023-12-14 18:13, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac and
Time Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one that I
would connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my computer
every 10 days. After it backed up I switched them so both drives got
both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't
get reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way to
turn them on. Are they gone now?

Does TM have reminders?

TimeMachine has notifications if you have a backup drive you haven't
used in a while.

I put reminders in the ... (wait for it) Reminders app.

IAC when I got this new computer all my Reminders came along for the
ride and were still there after I updated to Sonoma.  (Via iCloud - part
of that seamless thing the trolls hate).

So next question is: are your reminders in iCloud?  (Yes, upgrading to Sonoma should not have lost your reminders).

This is a nomenclature thing.

He's talking about small "r" reminders, not big "R" Reminders from the app.

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On Dec 14, 2023 at 3:13:18 PM PST, "Connor Shannon" <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac and Time Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one that I would connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my computer every 10 days. After it backed up I switched them so both drives got both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't get reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way to turn them on. Are they gone now?

Just a SWAG, but whatever is doing the reminders (e.g. some TO-DO app like
2Do, a calendar app like BusyCal, or the Apple Reminders app), are notifications enabled for the app under the Notifications System Preference?

I just checked on my Ventura system and there are Notifications settings for each of those apps. When I deleted and re-added Texty recently, I had to re-enable Notifications for it.
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On 2023-12-15, Percival John Hackworth <[email protected]> wrote:

On Dec 14, 2023 at 3:13:18 PM PST, "Connor Shannon" <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac and Time >> Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one that I would
connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my computer every 10 days. >> After it backed up I switched them so both drives got both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't get
reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way to turn them >> on. Are they gone now?

Just a SWAG, but whatever is doing the reminders (e.g. some TO-DO app like 2Do, a calendar app like BusyCal, or the Apple Reminders app), are notifications enabled for the app under the Notifications System Preference?

I'm not sure Time Machine notifications are visible in that interface.

However, if you're simply wanting to be reminded every 10 days to swap
backup drives, a simple reminder in the Reminders app would be perfectly sufficient.

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On 2023-12-15 15:13, Alan wrote:

On 2023-12-15 11:50, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2023-12-14 18:13, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac
and Time Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one
that I would connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my
computer every 10 days. After it backed up I switched them so both
drives got both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't
get reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way
to turn them on. Are they gone now?

Does TM have reminders?

TimeMachine has notifications if you have a backup drive you haven't
used in a while.

I see. On my old iMac I've discontinued TM.

Haven't set it up on the new iMac - but have been doing manual snapshots
of some work folder every 3 or 4 days.

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On 2023-12-16, Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2023-12-15 15:13, Alan wrote:

On 2023-12-15 11:50, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2023-12-14 18:13, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac
and Time Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one
that I would connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my
computer every 10 days. After it backed up I switched them so both
drives got both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't
get reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way
to turn them on. Are they gone now?

Does TM have reminders?

TimeMachine has notifications if you have a backup drive you haven't
used in a while.

I see. On my old iMac I've discontinued TM.

Haven't set it up on the new iMac - but have been doing manual snapshots
of some work folder every 3 or 4 days.

Manual backups are a great way to lose important changes.

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On 2023-12-15 18:20, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2023-12-16, Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2023-12-15 15:13, Alan wrote:

On 2023-12-15 11:50, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2023-12-14 18:13, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac
and Time Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one
that I would connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my
computer every 10 days. After it backed up I switched them so both
drives got both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't
get reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way
to turn them on. Are they gone now?

Does TM have reminders?

TimeMachine has notifications if you have a backup drive you haven't
used in a while.

I see. On my old iMac I've discontinued TM.

Haven't set it up on the new iMac - but have been doing manual snapshots
of some work folder every 3 or 4 days.

Manual backups are a great way to lose important changes.

There's a few situations where manual backups make sense but this
doesn't sound like one of them.

André

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On 2023-12-15 22:30, André G. Isaak wrote:

On 2023-12-15 18:20, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2023-12-16, Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2023-12-15 15:13, Alan wrote:

On 2023-12-15 11:50, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2023-12-14 18:13, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac >>>>>> and Time Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one >>>>>> that I would connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my
computer every 10 days. After it backed up I switched them so both >>>>>> drives got both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't >>>>>> get reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way >>>>>> to turn them on. Are they gone now?

Does TM have reminders?

TimeMachine has notifications if you have a backup drive you haven't
used in a while.

I see.  On my old iMac I've discontinued TM.

Haven't set it up on the new iMac - but have been doing manual snapshots >>> of some work folder every 3 or 4 days.

Manual backups are a great way to lose important changes.

There's a few situations where manual backups make sense but this
doesn't sound like one of them.

For what I'm doing these days, it's fine. Note that work (location as
opposed to work from home) is still being backed up automatically and regularly.

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On 2023-12-15 20:20, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2023-12-16, Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2023-12-15 15:13, Alan wrote:

On 2023-12-15 11:50, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2023-12-14 18:13, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac
and Time Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one
that I would connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my
computer every 10 days. After it backed up I switched them so both
drives got both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't
get reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way
to turn them on. Are they gone now?

Does TM have reminders?

TimeMachine has notifications if you have a backup drive you haven't
used in a while.

I see. On my old iMac I've discontinued TM.

Haven't set it up on the new iMac - but have been doing manual snapshots
of some work folder every 3 or 4 days.

Manual backups are a great way to lose important changes.

Sufficient for the short term.

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“Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
- John Maynard Keynes.

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On 2023-12-16 15:52, Connor Shannon wrote:

On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 4:49:01 PM UTC-8, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2023-12-15 15:13, Alan wrote:

On 2023-12-15 11:50, Alan Browne wrote:

On 2023-12-14 18:13, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi I have a little external drive that I keep connected to my iMac
and Time Machine backs up to it every hour. Then I have another one
that I would connect to my MacBook when I got a reminder from my
computer every 10 days. After it backed up I switched them so both
drives got both computers.

A few weeks ago I upgraded both computers to Sonoma and now I don't
get reminders any more. I looked in TM options but didn't see a way
to turn them on. Are they gone now?

Does TM have reminders?

TimeMachine has notifications if you have a backup drive you haven't
used in a while.

I see. On my old iMac I've discontinued TM.

Haven't set it up on the new iMac - but have been doing manual snapshots
of some work folder every 3 or 4 days.
--
“Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
- John Maynard Keynes.

Why not turn it on it's really easy!

Nah, it's hard. /s

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