bradp015 Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Mac 10.12.6 Ret Version 15.6.1 (105) I use scripts with favorite folders to backup client folders. A HD source becomes ''offline'' and a new HD source is listed in source list in the program Retrospect. Yesterday the source HD was fine and my scripts backed up to the source HD fine. Today when i opened the program Retrospect, the source HD had the tilde, and a new source with the same name was listed below it. My script using the offline HD did not succeed when run of course. I had to make folders on the new HD listing favorite and then reprogram my scripts to use that source instead. I did restart and it was still listed as offline although it was mounted on the desktop. I used this script yesterday with success. Ive had this happen before but only when reformatting i believe. Q: What are the criteria for Ret to list a source drive as ''offline''. Meaning what things done to a drive make Ret see it as offline? Q: is there any way to fix this? Any thoughts helpful!!! Thank you bradp Edited January 25, 2022 by bradp015 clarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roobieroo Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 I don't know if this is the same issue but I've had a number of machines have the hard drive go offline when a Mac OS update is waiting to be installed. In the most recent example it was because there was a Big Sur update. Installing the updates and rebooting fixed it. I also noticed that favorites may not work when this happens but stopping Retrospect server using the system preference and starting it back up resolves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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