Backup Failing using G Drive

Bought a new G Drive as an external back up. Downloaded BACKUP program from Apple website. I backed up successfully 4 times, but now I can't seem to get it to back up. When I open the utility and click on "back up", I just get a "Waiting For Volume G-Drive" message with a blue spiral "barber shop" bar. Any suggestions?

You should probably post your question in the .Mac Backup discussions:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=956

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