How to control the name of backups from Time Machine
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Time Machine on my MacBook Pro names backup directories with paths like this by default:
Volumes/My Backup Drive/Backups.backupdb/User’s MacBook Pro/2018-04-10-224116
I want to tell it a folder name to use so the results do not have the apostrophe in them. This character creates problems (or at least adds complexity) when working with normal Unix commands. How do I tell Time Machine to use the folder naming conventions I want on its backups?
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Time Machine on my MacBook Pro names backup directories with paths like this by default:
Volumes/My Backup Drive/Backups.backupdb/User’s MacBook Pro/2018-04-10-224116
I want to tell it a folder name to use so the results do not have the apostrophe in them. This character creates problems (or at least adds complexity) when working with normal Unix commands. How do I tell Time Machine to use the folder naming conventions I want on its backups?
backup external-hdd
asked Apr 11 at 16:57
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Take a look here: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/177648/… .It seems that is not possible.
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Apr 11 at 17:44
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@thrig I think you should post your comment as an answer except you need to include that you have to look under "sharing" to find the field to change the computer name (within system preferences). Your answer seems useful to me.
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Time Machine on my MacBook Pro names backup directories with paths like this by default:
Volumes/My Backup Drive/Backups.backupdb/User’s MacBook Pro/2018-04-10-224116
I want to tell it a folder name to use so the results do not have the apostrophe in them. This character creates problems (or at least adds complexity) when working with normal Unix commands. How do I tell Time Machine to use the folder naming conventions I want on its backups?
backup external-hdd
asked Apr 11 at 16:57
TMWP
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Time Machine on my MacBook Pro names backup directories with paths like this by default:
Volumes/My Backup Drive/Backups.backupdb/User’s MacBook Pro/2018-04-10-224116
I want to tell it a folder name to use so the results do not have the apostrophe in them. This character creates problems (or at least adds complexity) when working with normal Unix commands. How do I tell Time Machine to use the folder naming conventions I want on its backups?
backup external-hdd
asked Apr 11 at 16:57
TMWP
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edited Jun 6 at 22:46
asked Apr 11 at 16:57
TMWP
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asked Apr 11 at 16:57
TMWP
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asked Apr 11 at 16:57
TMWP
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Take a look here: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/177648/… .It seems that is not possible.
– nwildner
Apr 11 at 17:44
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@thrig I think you should post your comment as an answer except you need to include that you have to look under "sharing" to find the field to change the computer name (within system preferences). Your answer seems useful to me.
– TMWP
Jun 6 at 22:58
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Take a look here: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/177648/… .It seems that is not possible.
– nwildner
Apr 11 at 17:44
1
@thrig I think you should post your comment as an answer except you need to include that you have to look under "sharing" to find the field to change the computer name (within system preferences). Your answer seems useful to me.
– TMWP
Jun 6 at 22:58
Take a look here: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/177648/… .It seems that is not possible.
– nwildner
Apr 11 at 17:44
Take a look here: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/177648/… .It seems that is not possible.
– nwildner
Apr 11 at 17:44
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1
@thrig I think you should post your comment as an answer except you need to include that you have to look under "sharing" to find the field to change the computer name (within system preferences). Your answer seems useful to me.
– TMWP
Jun 6 at 22:58
@thrig I think you should post your comment as an answer except you need to include that you have to look under "sharing" to find the field to change the computer name (within system preferences). Your answer seems useful to me.
– TMWP
Jun 6 at 22:58
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This name is taken from the computer's name that can be set in the "Sharing" preference pane under the "System Preferences" application; changing it though will create a new backup tree name, so the name probably should not be changed without also renaming the backup tree first (while backups are not running!) or accepting that a new backup tree will be created for the new name (which may make older backups more difficult to find). A changed name may also throw off network shares if you are using the system as a file server for other hosts.
For other options, see the tmutil(8) command line utility.
answered Jun 7 at 13:50
thrig
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tmutil(8)- how do you use this? type it literally at terminal and you get a syntax error.
– TMWP
Jun 8 at 19:37
tmutil(8)means you should either runtmutilor possibly first insteadman 8 tmutil
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1 Answer
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active
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This name is taken from the computer's name that can be set in the "Sharing" preference pane under the "System Preferences" application; changing it though will create a new backup tree name, so the name probably should not be changed without also renaming the backup tree first (while backups are not running!) or accepting that a new backup tree will be created for the new name (which may make older backups more difficult to find). A changed name may also throw off network shares if you are using the system as a file server for other hosts.
For other options, see the tmutil(8) command line utility.
answered Jun 7 at 13:50
thrig
22.1k12852
tmutil(8)- how do you use this? type it literally at terminal and you get a syntax error.
– TMWP
Jun 8 at 19:37
tmutil(8)means you should either runtmutilor possibly first insteadman 8 tmutil
– thrig
Jun 8 at 19:58
add a comment |Â
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This name is taken from the computer's name that can be set in the "Sharing" preference pane under the "System Preferences" application; changing it though will create a new backup tree name, so the name probably should not be changed without also renaming the backup tree first (while backups are not running!) or accepting that a new backup tree will be created for the new name (which may make older backups more difficult to find). A changed name may also throw off network shares if you are using the system as a file server for other hosts.
For other options, see the tmutil(8) command line utility.
answered Jun 7 at 13:50
thrig
22.1k12852
tmutil(8)- how do you use this? type it literally at terminal and you get a syntax error.
– TMWP
Jun 8 at 19:37
tmutil(8)means you should either runtmutilor possibly first insteadman 8 tmutil
– thrig
Jun 8 at 19:58
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
This name is taken from the computer's name that can be set in the "Sharing" preference pane under the "System Preferences" application; changing it though will create a new backup tree name, so the name probably should not be changed without also renaming the backup tree first (while backups are not running!) or accepting that a new backup tree will be created for the new name (which may make older backups more difficult to find). A changed name may also throw off network shares if you are using the system as a file server for other hosts.
For other options, see the tmutil(8) command line utility.
answered Jun 7 at 13:50
thrig
22.1k12852
This name is taken from the computer's name that can be set in the "Sharing" preference pane under the "System Preferences" application; changing it though will create a new backup tree name, so the name probably should not be changed without also renaming the backup tree first (while backups are not running!) or accepting that a new backup tree will be created for the new name (which may make older backups more difficult to find). A changed name may also throw off network shares if you are using the system as a file server for other hosts.
For other options, see the tmutil(8) command line utility.
answered Jun 7 at 13:50
thrig
22.1k12852
edited Jun 8 at 19:10
answered Jun 7 at 13:50
thrig
22.1k12852
answered Jun 7 at 13:50
thrig
22.1k12852
answered Jun 7 at 13:50
thrig
22.1k12852
22.1k12852
tmutil(8)- how do you use this? type it literally at terminal and you get a syntax error.
– TMWP
Jun 8 at 19:37
tmutil(8)means you should either runtmutilor possibly first insteadman 8 tmutil
– thrig
Jun 8 at 19:58
add a comment |Â
tmutil(8)- how do you use this? type it literally at terminal and you get a syntax error.
– TMWP
Jun 8 at 19:37
tmutil(8)means you should either runtmutilor possibly first insteadman 8 tmutil
– thrig
Jun 8 at 19:58
tmutil(8) - how do you use this? type it literally at terminal and you get a syntax error.– TMWP
Jun 8 at 19:37
tmutil(8) - how do you use this? type it literally at terminal and you get a syntax error.– TMWP
Jun 8 at 19:37
tmutil(8) means you should either run tmutil or possibly first instead man 8 tmutil– thrig
Jun 8 at 19:58
tmutil(8) means you should either run tmutil or possibly first instead man 8 tmutil– thrig
Jun 8 at 19:58
add a comment |Â
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Take a look here: apple.stackexchange.com/questions/177648/… .It seems that is not possible.
– nwildner
Apr 11 at 17:44
1
@thrig I think you should post your comment as an answer except you need to include that you have to look under "sharing" to find the field to change the computer name (within system preferences). Your answer seems useful to me.
– TMWP
Jun 6 at 22:58