26 GB backup with no reason at all
Title says it all.
After one day of normal activity (few MB backup each hour) I suddenly had time machine performed a 26 GB backup.
I was doing nothing special, just was watching a long stream video on thoughware tv (youtube video), plugged an iphone
Does anyone know how to prevent thos again and claim the space back ?
If of any help: the logs shows an error for backupd 2 hours before (error -43), and a message:
"Bulk set MDS attrs failed"
However the hour before the backup was Ok
????
+By deleting the backup , you mean the entire folder that looks like+
/Volumes/MyDiskArchive/Backups.backupdb/MyMachineName/2008-01-10-230148
Don't use the finder to delete any backups as that will probably break the hard links that Time Machine uses to keep track of its previous backups. Delete them in the Time Machine browser instead. You can read about how Time Machine uses hard links in this Ars Technica review.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/14
+Do you know if there's a way to see what will actually be deleted so that i can identify the cause ?+
Type "backupd" in Console's search window to see just the Time Machine log. Look in particular for any -8088 errors which are known to cause Time Machine to belch a nearly full backup. Those files should be deleted or excluded from Time Machine backups by going to System Preferences > Time Machine > Options. Drag the problem file to the "Do not back up" pane or use the "+" button to add it.
The log will also give you the information about the date, time and total size of recent backups. You can ID the belched backup that way.
+I had the same problem 3 weeks ago+
Time Machine retains the first backup made at or after midnight as its daily backup. It deletes other hourly backups after 24 hours. Unless the belched backup was the first backup of the day Time Machine has already deleted it.
Whatever the source of the problem might be please report this as a bug via Apple Care or by filing a bug report through Feedback.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
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Maverick TimeMachine deletes old weekly backups with no reason
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I use 10.9.4 and I found that TimeMachine deletes old weekly backups so that there are now 14-days backups.
I see no reason.
To make it clearer: Old backups from 2014-04-18, 2014-05-02, 2014-05-23, 2014-06-13 and 2014-06-27 were deleted.
The log:
File: /var/log/system.log
Oct 25 08:44:57 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Starting automatic backup
Oct 25 08:45:06 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Backing up to /dev/disk0s2: /Volumes/Jupiter_3/Backups.backupdb
Oct 25 08:45:32 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Will copy (29.6 MB) from Erde_2
Oct 25 08:45:32 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Will copy (Zero KB) from Erde_1
Oct 25 08:45:32 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Found 99 files (29.6 MB) needing backup
Oct 25 08:45:32 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: 5.72 GB required (including padding), 1.31 TB available
Oct 25 08:46:21 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Copied 150 items (30.6 MB) from volume Erde_2. Linked 1369.
Oct 25 08:46:40 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Copied 21 items (641 KB) from volume Erde_1. Linked 416.
Oct 25 08:46:43 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Will copy (7.1 MB) from Erde_2
Oct 25 08:46:43 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Not using file event preflight for Erde_1
Oct 25 08:46:43 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Found 20 files (7.1 MB) needing backup
Oct 25 08:46:43 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: 5.7 GB required (including padding), 1.31 TB available
Oct 25 08:46:54 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Copied 72 items (7.1 MB) from volume Erde_2. Linked 326.
Oct 25 08:46:56 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Copied 1 items (Zero KB) from volume Erde_1. Linked 13.
Oct 25 08:46:58 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Created new backup: 2014-10-25-084657
Oct 25 08:47:00 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Starting post-backup thinning
Oct 25 08:47:37 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Deleted /Volumes/Jupiter_3/Backups.backupdb/XXXXXX YYYYYYs Mac Pro/2014-04-18-001416 (419.8 MB)
Oct 25 08:48:25 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Deleted /Volumes/Jupiter_3/Backups.backupdb/XXXXXX YYYYYYs Mac Pro/2014-05-02-000730 (1.37 GB)
Oct 25 08:49:03 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Deleted /Volumes/Jupiter_3/Backups.backupdb/XXXXXX YYYYYYs Mac Pro/2014-05-23-000949 (92.1 MB)
Oct 25 08:49:44 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Deleted /Volumes/Jupiter_3/Backups.backupdb/XXXXXX YYYYYYs Mac Pro/2014-06-13-000306 (1.01 GB)
Oct 25 08:50:34 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Deleted /Volumes/Jupiter_3/Backups.backupdb/XXXXXX YYYYYYs Mac Pro/2014-06-27-000842 (1.02 GB)
Oct 25 08:50:34 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Post-backup thinning complete: 5 expired backups removed
Oct 25 08:50:35 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Backup completed successfully.
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/dev/disk0s2 1.8Ti 639Gi 1.2Ti 35% 167459025 320835641 34% /Volumes/Jupiter_3
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drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jan 10 2014 2014-01-10-003938
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jan 17 2014 2014-01-17-002343
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jan 24 2014 2014-01-24-004504
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jan 31 2014 2014-01-31-074240
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Feb 7 2014 2014-02-07-094650
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Feb 14 2014 2014-02-14-000750
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Feb 21 2014 2014-02-21-004730
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Feb 28 2014 2014-02-28-074707
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Mar 7 2014 2014-03-07-134543
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Mar 14 2014 2014-03-14-092346
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Mar 21 2014 2014-03-21-001319
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Mar 28 2014 2014-03-28-000237
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Apr 4 2014 2014-04-04-091055
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Apr 11 2014 2014-04-11-085520
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Apr 25 2014 2014-04-25-100940
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 May 9 09:38 2014-05-09-093857
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 May 16 06:33 2014-05-16-063318
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 May 30 09:12 2014-05-30-091232
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jun 6 07:22 2014-06-06-072210
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jun 20 08:11 2014-06-20-081109
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jul 4 00:59 2014-07-04-005955
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jul 11 09:17 2014-07-11-091746
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jul 18 00:56 2014-07-18-005630
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Jul 25 10:31 2014-07-25-103105
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Aug 1 00:51 2014-08-01-005149
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Aug 8 00:03 2014-08-08-000331
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Aug 15 00:52 2014-08-15-005247
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Aug 22 00:41 2014-08-22-004118
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Aug 29 01:10 2014-08-29-011035
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Sep 5 07:57 2014-09-05-075711
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Sep 12 00:11 2014-09-12-001155
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Sep 19 00:46 2014-09-19-004627
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Sep 25 00:10 2014-09-25-001009
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Sep 26 07:58 2014-09-26-075822
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Sep 27 13:55 2014-09-27-135558
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Sep 28 00:29 2014-09-28-002922
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff 238 Sep 29 00:34 2014-09-29-003405
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Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Air/2011-10-08-102105 containing 10.75 GB; 29.63 GB now available, 21.25 GB required
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For some reason, even though I have advanced features checked, the menu with green screen and all those isn't popping up when I drag the video on top of another one. Help?
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I would trash - iMovie pref file - and re-try - sounds like this got faulty.
• Delete iMovie pref. file. iMovie pref. file resides.
Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD) / Users / "Your account" / Library / Preferences
and is named. (one or more of these)
com.apple.iMovie.plist
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I am giving the error lines....
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
DBV-00102: File I/O error on FILE (/oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1) during end read operation (-1)
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BR0054I BRBACKUP terminated with errors
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Ankit GuptaThere is no problem if you delete oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1 prior to backup. It will come again since you are using Verify option with BRBACKUP.
What happens when you use verify option is Once the backup phase is complete, all the saved files are restored from the volume (for example, tape) in sequence to the temperory directory (in this case /oracle/BWD/sapreorg), decompressed (when compress = yes was used), read by the check program, and compared with the originals. And the check program being used is dbverify (command dbv).
The problem may not be with oracle/BWD/sapreorg/bwd.data1, it may be with the original datafile bwd.data1. What you can do is,
Run dbv on all your datafiles and check for errors. (recommend to run dbv when database is offline)
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If there are no errors reported by dbv, then your database is perfect.
The reason why BRBACKUP gave the error in such a case, as i see it is, since you are doing an online backup, the datafile is first backed up to a backup media. Since verify is ON, the file is restored to the temperory folder. Some changes (even if minor) may occur in the datafile within this time frame and the comparison fails.
Another chance is if there is no enough space in sapreorg and the restored datafile is not complete.
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When is Apple going to fix the problem with slow Time Machine backups with Mavericks?
I have been with Apple tech support and they got my Time Machine working by doing a spotlight re-indexing and a safe boot. This worked for about three days and I am back to very slow backups. It is impossible for Time Machine to back up every hour when it takes six hours to do the back up. I don't want to take hours to re-index with spotlight all the time. I think taking six hours to do an incremental backup is a bit much. I see that there are many people that have this trouble and it all started with an upgrade to Mavericks. The question is when is Apple going to fix this problem of slow backups with Time Machine for Mavericks. I have wasted more time than I care to. I am think of going back to Windows. I need good solid backups of my machine and Apple has taken it away with the new Mavericks. Oh, I am using the UBS 3.0 connection so the drive should not be the problem. Also this has occurred in about the last five months, so I am not sure this problem was in the original Marvericks.
Allen Thanks for your reply. All I can say is several months ago Time Machine quit working in a reasonable manner. Right now I have a Time Machine backup that has been running all night and still has three hours to go to backup 6 GB of data. I am using a OWC 1.5 TB drive connected directly to my MacBook with a USB 3.0 connection. In the resent past I have added Dropbox, GoogleDrive and a MAMP server on which I am using a program called Learning With Text from Sourceforge. There have been a lot of questions on the forum about people having very slow Time Machine back ups, so it appears to be a general problem. I should also state I am getting this very slow backup after doing the Spotlight re-indexing and the Safe Restart procedure that was told to me by apple support. I have a 750 GB drive in my MacBook Pro which I am constantly trying to keep at a 5% level of free space. This might be a problem also. However, I am working on a lot of things and like to have a lot of things on my drive. Also the heavily loaded drive has not be a problem in the past. This slow backup business started about three months ago, so something has happen in a very short time period. Now it seems even the procedure that Apple support gave me is not working. Currently I am in China and it is difficult to interact with Apple support to solve this problem, but because I am in China having my computer backed up is critical. I have run the EtreCheck and am attaching the results below. I would appreciate any suggestions. If necessary I will clear out more of my hard drive if that appears to be a solution. The Time Machine drive was recently reformed so I only have a few backups on it. I also don't run the Time Machine all the time as I don't want multi-hour backups running all the time. I run it every few days.
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Hardware Information:
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8 GB RAM
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System Software:
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Disk Information:
APPLE HDD HTS727575A9E362 disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (54.06 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
VIA Labs, Inc. USB3.0 Hub
OWC Elite Pro mini C 1.5 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
NewMBP-TimeMachine-1.1 (disk1s2) /Volumes/NewMBP-TimeMachine-1.1: 1.5 TB (691.6 GB free)
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Logitech USB Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
[not loaded] com.LaCie.ScsiType00 (1.2.2) Support
[not loaded] com.lacie.driver.LaCie_RemoteComms (1.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 (1.28.0) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.0.1) Support
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.0.1) Support
[kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.SymAPComm (11.2.2f3) Support
[not loaded] com.symantec.kext.confidentialData (1.4f5) Support
[not loaded] com.symantec.kext.filesecurity (1.4.3f19) Support
[kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.fw (1.0.3f5) Support
[kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.internetSecurity (1.3.2f5) Support
[kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.ips (1.3.1f7) Support
[kext loaded] com.symantec.kext.pf (4.2.1f7) Support
[not loaded] com.wacom.driver.HIDTablet (5.0.1) Support
Startup Items:
cma: Path: /Library/StartupItems/cma
MySQLCOM: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
ParallelsDesktopTransporter: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsDesktopTransporter
ParallelsTransporter: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ParallelsTransporter
Tablet: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Tablet
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist Support
[loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist Support
[not loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist Support
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist Support
[loaded] com.mcafee.virusscan.eupdate.plist Support
[running] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.avscandaemon.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.deepsight-extractor.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.diskMountNotify.plist Support
[loaded] com.symantec.MissedTasks.plist Support
[loaded] com.symantec.navapd.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.navapdaemonsl.plist Support
[loaded] com.symantec.Sched501-1.plist Support
[loaded] com.symantec.Sched501-2.plist Support
[loaded] com.symantec.Sched503-3.plist Support
[loaded] com.symantec.Sched503-4.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.sharedsettings.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.symdaemon.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.symSchedDaemon.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist Support
[running] com.lacie.safemanager.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist Support
[failed] com.sogou.SogouServices.plist Support
[running] com.symantec.uiagent.application.plist Support
[running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.wondershare.mobilegodaemon.plist Support
User Login Items:
GeekTool
SIMBL Agent
QQ
Safari
Calendar
Google Drive
Dropbox
Day One
Dictionary
SymSecondaryLaunch
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.2.1.11 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.182 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
RealPlayer Plugin: Version: (null) Support
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.51204.0 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 55 Check version
Safari Extensions:
Video Converter: Version: 4.0.0
AllMyTube: Version: 4.1.0.0
Open in Internet Explorer: Version: 1.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
QQMail: Version: 1.0.2.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
txftn: Version: 1.0.0.6 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Adobe Version Cue CS4 Support
Flash Player Support
GeekTool Support
Growl Support
Java Support
MacFUSE Support
MenuMeters Support
MySQL Support
Norton\nQuickMenu Support
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support
Pen Tablet Support
Perian Support
TechTool Protection Support
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 697.84 GB Disk used: 647.49 GB
Destinations:
NewMBP-TimeMachine-1.1 [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 1
Total number of backups: 11
Oldest backup: 2014-03-18 15:09:46 +0000
Last backup: 2014-04-29 23:24:28 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 1 < (Disk used 647.49 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
47% SymAVScanDaemon
7% Finder
7% WindowServer
2% mds
1% NortonAutoProtect
Top Processes by Memory:
385 MB NortonAutoProtect
262 MB mds_stores
180 MB Safari
139 MB WindowServer
115 MB Finder
Virtual Memory Information:
1.15 GB Free RAM
2.87 GB Active RAM
1.83 GB Inactive RAM
1.05 GB Wired RAM
1.02 GB Page-ins
380 MB Page-outs
I hope you can see something that can be fixed. -
HT201250 Continuing backups with a time capsule or other network cloud storage device
For over a year I used an external drive for my time machine backups. I purchased an external cloud (WD MyCloud) and yesterday I started to do a backup with it.
I read a post which stated that if you keep your external drive plugged in and then chose to replace the drive with the network drive, it will copy all the history to the network drive.
This did not exactly happen with me. So now, I have all the backups from the beginning of my computer till yesterday on an external 1TB drive, and for some reason I go as far back as about a month ago on my WD MyCloud.
I cannot copy from the external disc to the MyCloud because of the format issues. The MyCloud is formatted in exFAT so that it will work both with Macs and PCs, while my external disc is formatted for Mac only (HFS, I presume).
Is there any way that I can either somehow put the history back onto the network drive time machine backup?
Thanks for your help with this.The apple refurbished store has the Gen4 2TB for $209..
http://store.apple.com/au/product/FD032X/A/refurbished-time-capsule-2-tb
and if you are prepared to live without the warranty I see Gen4 2TB go on ebay in Australia for $150.. plus or minus. Certainly the refurbished store price sets a pretty clear upper limit.
For your situation the TC plugged into the adsl modem would still work the best. AC wireless in the latest model will do you nothing unless your MBP is brand new.. all the older ones have 450mbit on 5ghz N wireless and it works extremely well as long as you can put the TC close enough.. otherwise the 2.4ghz works fine. There is no improvement in the latest model.. same disk size.. same usb2 port.. same N wireless speed. Even range for many people is no better. Regardless of all the antennas in the latest one. Without AC wireless clients up close the two perform line ball with each other.
As long as you do the initial backup by ethernet the incremental backup are fine.
As per Bob comment.. there is no modem with USB that is going to work for this. Even on a modem that does support a USB disk, they will NOT support TM extensions.. nor will it be reliable even if it did. People quickly discover that TM is really an all Apple invention.. and locating TM backups on other devices is just bound not to be successful. Heck it is not even that reliable now with Mavericks on a TC. -
Iphone 4 will not backup with Icloud.
I have Iphone4. When I backup with Icloud the bar starts across then quits. It says "the last backup could not be completed" but gives no reason. My Ipad, wife's Iphone 4s and Ipad 2 all backup successfully.
Hello Shelly700,
The following article provides details and troubleshooting steps that can help get your iPhone to reappear in iTunes.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
Cheers,
Allen
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