Conflict with Time Capsule/Machine & Applications

I've had recent problems with Apps not loading properly or shutting down. Been on with Applecare and reinstalled the OS and various other things.
After the recent telephone conversation with them and things all working fine I then hit the back up now button on TM tried to open iphoto and it wouldnt. All the old problems were back, disconnected the TC and all is working fine for the moment, any ideas?

Are the apps loading from the TC.. or is the TC in any way involved.. were libraries ever stored on the TC??
Sounds like a weird problem..
Load the widget on TM.
A1 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
I am not sure where you will find other logs for programs or apps that don't work but certainly they should list errors that have occured.

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    Thank you for the response. I have a couple more questions.
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    Message was edited by: DoubleMumboJumbo
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  • My start up disc is full i have a macbook air, i back everuthing up with time capsule and  have movies all my music libraries and photos onto that too so as i have free space, but my max still says my startup disc is full with "other"

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    Rheopaipo wrote:
    I am sure that this question has been asked one way or another but I can't seem to find the exact answer.
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    I understand there is an archive function on the Time Capsule, which would also serve the purpose. However, I am wondering if there is another way.
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  • How can I restore photos from Time Capsule/Machine w/o getting lots of duplicates?

    Hi All,
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    Kindest regards,
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    You might post this query on the iPhoto forum and perhaps someone there can provide an answer.
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  • How do you back up an external hard drive with time capsule?

    how do you back up an external hard drive with time capsule?

    Will time capsule back up the machine and the hard drive that is plugged into the machine?
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    Try Here  >  http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html
    Perhaps P 2  >  Time Machine could not complete . . . sparsebundle could not be accessed. (Error 109).

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    While trying to back up my imac with time capsule it stops at the same point and says there is an error.  Techtool deluxe scan revealed I have errors in volume structure, surface scan, and directory scan. All 3 say i should reformat the media, replace the data and test again. How do i do this?

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  • Window 7 with Time Capsule

    I keep getting an error (86) when I try to connect my Time Capsule with my PC that's using Window 7!
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