HT201250 My time machine is not backing up automatically to my time capsule since my upgrade to Moutain Lion.

Since I upgraded my iMac,my time machine is not backing up automatically to my time capsule since my upgrade to Moutain Lion.

I have a similar problem. On my iMac, I swapped out (at Genius Bar) my HD via Seagate replacement program. Ever since my time machine won't backup. I get a error msg that says:
Time Machine couldn't complete the backup to "[my time machine name]"
The backup disk is not available.
Any suggestions.
Thanks

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Hi G:
By system clock, I meant the one that displays the time in the menu bar. I think I made up some new terminology!
Needless to say, I have not seen a situation like yours before.
Hopefully one of my more technical virtual colleagues will have more suggestions. I am sorry I have not been more helpful. I do not want to suggest things that will take your time that "might" work.
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Hi again Linc Davis,
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icestone2010 wrote:
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No matter what, Steve Jobs need to fix this bug!!!
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http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
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The late James Pond left us these wonderful illustrated guides, including this one:
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C12. "The Backup disk image ... sparsebundle ... is already in use."

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I had the same general problem: every few minutes I would get the message "There was a problem connecting to the server 'myserver'. Contact your system administrator for more information."
The problem went away for me when I reset the sync server.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1627
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HT201250 My time machine is not backing up automatically to my time capsule since my upgrade to Moutain Lion.

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