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ckmase69
Aug 29, 2019Copper Contributor
Defender ATP for Mac - Time Machine
Is anyone on here trying to use Defender ATP for Mac? We are currently in testing, and have found that when the Real-time Protection is enabled, Time Machine backups will fail. Time Machine on our ...
pmonfette-ns
Feb 26, 2021Brass Contributor
Somewhat same here. When trying to use TimeMachine, the Mac becomes almost unusable. Mouse hangs, windows hangs. Apps get blocked. Sometimes the backup fails or stops. Sometimes it ends up finished but it would take hours instead of a few minutes.
This is especially true for ppl using TimeMachine over network. Using a locally connected disk is less problematic.
Defender may be trying to check to scan/check everything going in/out of the network mounted disk I think...
I tried excluding the process, the mounted disk, local files, etc... Nothing works. We cannot use TimeMachine with Defender ATP.
Turning off Defender fixes all of this, backups works well, very fast and no hiccups.
I'm on a Macbook Pro (16 inches 2019), running Big Sur.
This is especially true for ppl using TimeMachine over network. Using a locally connected disk is less problematic.
Defender may be trying to check to scan/check everything going in/out of the network mounted disk I think...
I tried excluding the process, the mounted disk, local files, etc... Nothing works. We cannot use TimeMachine with Defender ATP.
Turning off Defender fixes all of this, backups works well, very fast and no hiccups.
I'm on a Macbook Pro (16 inches 2019), running Big Sur.