# Cannot Backup my Development Instance (Fails)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-backup-my-development-instance-fails/92223>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 13, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-backup-my-development-instance-fails/92223 "2018-07-13T00:55:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-backup-my-development-instance-fails/92223/3 "2018-07-13T01:50:34Z")

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What worked for me on a mac was installing `gnu-tar` with Homebrew and then adding it to my `PATH` in my `.bash_profile`.

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