Cannot "Enter Time Machine"

I never had this problem before. When I go "Enter Time Machine" nothing happens. I'm running Leopard 10.5.8 & using an external HD. I've searched the forums & haven't found anything like this.
Any help would be appreciated...

Actually I lied: I didn't do a search until just now & I found the answer in this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9886399&#9886399
"I just figured it out.
I use PathFinder from Cocoatech as a replacement for Finder.
once I quit PF and used finder all was good again."
Thanks anyway - maybe this'll help somebody else...

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I cannot enter Time machine

I do my routine backup automatically, I can browse the mounted disk but cannot enter time machine, stuck on "connecting to disk". Any idea? Thanks Alex

I'm wondering if your icon still shows for the backup disk? Also wondering if you have powered off the backup disk and then tried to enter Time Machine again? Mine acted like you are saying once and it was due to my backup drive being put to sleep by OS X. When I unchecked the "Put backup disk to sleep...", I have never experienced the problem again.

Cannot enter Time Machine after upgrading from Snow Leopard

Hi all,
I've had Lion installed for a few days now and am enjoying the changes to OSX.
Last night I wanted to delete a few redundant files out of my TimeMachine backup and found I could not open the application at all.
I can still backup to Time Machine successfully (so it indicates with preparing, backing up progress (xGB of yGB), finishing, etc). So for the last few days everything appeared to be functioning as expected until last night, when I tried to enter Time Machine.
My specs:
iMac (Oct 2010), 4GB, 1TB, 3.6GHz, backing up to a WD My Passport Essential (1TB) via USB 2.0 (25% full)
I can see the destination drive (and its contents) on my desktop, via Finder and can select it via TimeMachine System Preferences (Select drive). There are no issues 'seeing' or accessing the drive in normal use.
Trying to open the Time Machine application, I have tried via the TimeMachine icon in the TitleBar (ie 'Enter Time Machine'), via Mission Control (double-clicking on Time Machine), typing 'Time Machine' into Spotlight and selecting it from the resulting list, but in all scenarios, nothing happens. Nothing at all. And yet I can backup to Time Machine without a hitch.
I have seen a number of online conversations about the AFP spec having been changed by Apple and third party periphial manufacturers being slow to comply, but using USB, I'm not sure this applies to my case? I have used Macs at home for 8 years and have never heard of AFP until now... So I don't really know if I am impacted by this or not (don't think so).
There have been some troubleshooting solutions involving identifying and deleting the com.apple.timemachine.plist from the Library/Preferences folder (going from memory here) which I did (had to use PathFinder to find the file).
Unfortunately that did not help and Time Machine still refuses to open. There are no errors appearing as a result of trying to open TimeMachine. I have checked the Console, but nothing obvious appears there. I have read others are prompted with an error about AFP, but I get no such error. I can copy files to the drive okay so I can't see how it is the drive. Just Time Machine not wanting to play...
Can anyone suggest anything?
I do have Snow Leopard SuperDupered to another 320GB WD drive if I need to go back, but I don't really want to if I can help it...
Thanks,
Alex Makin

Well finally, after 2 days of trying to work out what was the issue, I have resolved the problem.
Its very strange given that I can successfully back up but not restore, as described in my original post.
One thing I neglected to mention was the fact I had set up my Time Machine backup to use 'sparsebundles'. This allows me to have the external drive plugged into my Airport Extreme and use much like Time Capsule.
It didn't seem relevant at the time since I could backup successfully (and still now, I can't understand why Time Machine knows where to back up to, but doesn't know where to restore from).
I didn't have the Time Machine icon sitting in my dock (never needed to since if I need to restore, I access TM from the TitleBar icon). So in putting the TM app in the dock I played a little around with it by clicking it (as you would normally for any other app in the dock) and eventually held down the mouse key to bring up the menu. Tried 'Enter Time Machine' a couple of times without luck, before trying a menu item along the lines of "Try another backup destination' and voila!! Time Machine opens, animated stars, vertical time line, etc.
Well hang on now... Why the heck can't TM have worked this out already?? Why do I need to look somewhere else for my Time Machine backup, when I've already told TM (in System Preferences) where the backup is?
Pretty darn odd, but there you have it. It was there the whole time, but according to TM, it wasn't...
I still have to select the menu item 'Try another backup destination' each time I want to enter TM, but at least I know where to find it...
I'm assumming its the sparsebundles setting (which I'm sticking with), but at least I know its not my iMac, its not the hard drive, its not Lion (well, it sort of is as Snow Leopard knew where to find it...)
Alex Makin

HT201250 I cannot enter time machine when I press the icon to enter time machine

I cannot enter the time machine when I press the time machine icon. I press and nothing happens, so I'm not sure even if it is backing up at this point. When i go to my Tme Capsule it has the folder there for back-ups and the most recent, but no access from the icon. Help me Ben Kanobi you're my only hope!

Try the things in #E4 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

HT201250 Time Machine Problem - Unable to "Enter" Time Machine

I can see the back ups occuring as usual, but when I go to "Enter Time Machine" absolutely nothing happens.
I can see the back up drive mounted on my desktop. I can double click, look inside and see the backups in a File Menu Structure. I doubt I can restore from them though.
Any help very much appreciated?

OK - this is solved.
I followed the instructions from the right hand column under "Re: I cannot enter time machine when I press the icon to enter time machine".
Basically it was some sort of disply glitch. Unplugging the Cinema Display and restarting the computer allowed the system to enter the "outer space" view again.
Plugging in the Cinema Display again hasn't recreated the problem.
Thanks for helping out.

Unable to enter Time Machine

I am assuming that this issue is related to Mavericks, but since entering Time Machine isn't something I do every day I cannot be certain. The problem could have crept in before I upgraded to Mavericks but without me noticing.
Anyway, I am running Mavericks and I cannot enter Time Machine. My set up is Time Machine on a Time Capsule with a USB connection to a 2009 Mac Pro.
When I try to enter Time Machine the screen goes black/full screen and then nothing. If I hit ESC I exit full screen and find that Finder has opened and that the Time Machine Backups disc will be shown mounted on the desktop. This is of concern if I am unable to rely upon my Time Machine back-ups. (I do have clones via Super-Duper on a couple of portable hard-drives, including a clone immediately prior to installing Mavericks.)
There is a second, much more minor niggle, which is that under Mavericks my TM back-ups will not run in my Mac Pro is asleep. Not a big issue, but niggles are never good.
I like Mavericks and I like Time Machine, so I hope I can make them get along! Any advice much appreciated.
Many thanks
Ian

By a strange co-incidence another post with a self-answer was posted at the same time:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23499369#23499369
The solution works for me too (the probelm lies with running dual displays)

Upgraded to Mavericks, Enter Time Machine and cannot see any previous backup at all

MBP, upgrade from 10.6.8 to Mavericks.
After "Enter Time Machine", the time line on the right side of the screen does not show any previous backup at all.
In Finder, I can see the backup folder and the inside contents.
In Time Machine Preference, I did select the disk for backup again.
Any idea ? Thank you.

Thank you for your reply and the links.
I did this:
1) I have two ext. USB drives for the MBP time machine backup, did not occur to me to try the other one which is the very first disk, let's call it disk 1, I used for backup, the other one I started using after a year or so.
2) reboot with the disk 1 connected
3) do a "Backup Now", and I forgot the exact dialogs and what they say.
4) something like, "choose a disk for the backup", I chose disk 1
5) it knows I had two disk for backup and ask me if I want to use two disk for backup, click yes
6) the time machine pref. says something like initial backup (after new system installed?)
7) after it done, I can see the previous time machine back up and the time line goes back to where it was before.
8) connect the disk 2 and "Backup Now", it just went to backup right away, after it's done, I can see the prev. backups and the time line too.
Thanks again for your help.

Multiple Yosemite woes: programs won't start, can't enter Time Machine, etc.

Hello Linc et al.,
I have been having Yosemite problems similar to those discussed elsewhere (e.g. iMac 27" late 2013 and Yosemite) (albeit with 10.10.1, Mid-2010 MacBook Pro): can't enter Time Machine, although it seems to be backing up; programs including Illustrator, EndNote, and Boinc don't start, or only after an hour or two (others, including Microsoft Office, seem okay). They will start normally in safe mode, but not for a newly created user. Many permission repairs carried out (seems okay except for a couple recurring printer-related messages), disk is okay, PRAM and SMC reset. Spent some time with various tech support, so most of these have been tried several times.
The solution here com.apple.xpc.launchd & com.apple.mdworker.bundles pollute logs with errors worked through one restart - there were two mystery uids, owning many files - but not through a second.
I have followed the permission repair procedure from another post (discussions.apple.com/message/27015992#27015992); the initial return was 639, and now it is 0. Restarted since then, nothing appeared to change.
Below is what I get from the test suggested in the first thread mentioned, I hope there is something informative here! I'll study it myself, but don't know what might or might not matter.
Thanks,
Barbara
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<key>ProgramArguments</key>
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<string>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility</string>
<string>-mode=scheduled</string>
     </array>

Hello Linc et al.,
I have been having Yosemite problems similar to those discussed elsewhere (e.g. iMac 27" late 2013 and Yosemite) (albeit with 10.10.1, Mid-2010 MacBook Pro): can't enter Time Machine, although it seems to be backing up; programs including Illustrator, EndNote, and Boinc don't start, or only after an hour or two (others, including Microsoft Office, seem okay). They will start normally in safe mode, but not for a newly created user. Many permission repairs carried out (seems okay except for a couple recurring printer-related messages), disk is okay, PRAM and SMC reset. Spent some time with various tech support, so most of these have been tried several times.
The solution here com.apple.xpc.launchd & com.apple.mdworker.bundles pollute logs with errors worked through one restart - there were two mystery uids, owning many files - but not through a second.
I have followed the permission repair procedure from another post (discussions.apple.com/message/27015992#27015992); the initial return was 639, and now it is 0. Restarted since then, nothing appeared to change.
Below is what I get from the test suggested in the first thread mentioned, I hope there is something informative here! I'll study it myself, but don't know what might or might not matter.
Thanks,
Barbara
Start time: 11:29:32 12/05/14
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
System Version: OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.0.0
Time since boot: 29 minutes
SATA
   HGST HTS541515A9E630
Diagnostic reports
   2014-12-05 mdworker32 crash x8
   2014-12-05 mdworker crash x14
   2014-12-05 plugin-container crash x2
   2014-12-05 xfig crash
Log
   Dec 5 11:14:35 com.adobe.illustrator.43768: Service exited due to signal: Terminated: 15
   Dec 5 11:14:38 WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.1 instead of 10.10.1. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number.
Call location:
   Dec 5 11:15:21 com.apple.quicklook: Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
   Dec 5 11:16:39 en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
   Dec 5 11:16:39 en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 149 153 157 161 165
   Dec 5 11:18:25 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:39 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:41 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:47 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:51 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:58 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:19:04 Recieved EWS error: Error Domain=MFEWSErrorDomain Code=117 "Id is malformed." UserInfo=0x608000e6b4c0 {NSLocalizedDescription=Id is malformed.}
   Dec 5 11:19:04 Recieved EWS error: Error Domain=MFEWSErrorDomain Code=117 "Id is malformed." UserInfo=0x608000c6ba00 {NSLocalizedDescription=Id is malformed.}
   Dec 5 11:19:11 BUG in libdispatch client: dispatch_mig_server: mach_msg() failed (ipc/send) invalid memory - 0x1000000c
   Dec 5 11:19:11 CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFFFFFFFFFECC) from font server
   Dec 5 11:19:11 CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFFFFFFFFFECC) from font server
   Dec 5 11:22:58 Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
   Dec 5 11:23:09 Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
   Dec 5 11:26:00 [com.apple.calendar.store.log.persistent.operation] [CalOperationQueue (x-coredata://UUID/ExchangePrincipal/p3): <CalExchangeSyncAccountOperation: 0x7f92fbe96830> failed with error Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1003 "A server with the specified hostname could not be found." UserInfo=0x7f92fe1cbfa0 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7f92fe3021f0 "A server with the specified hostname could not be found.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://EMAIL/ews/exchange.asmx, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://EMAIL/ews/exchange.asmx, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=12, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=8, NSLocalizedDescription=A server with the specified hostname could not be found.}.]
   Dec 5 11:26:05 process WindowServer[150] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 3474; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 120600
   Dec 5 11:26:05 com.apple.ReportCrash.Root: Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash.DirectoryService
   Dec 5 11:26:06 Error loading dyld shared cache uuid UUID: 0x8
   Dec 5 11:29:38 process smcDiagnose[687] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 49533; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 48870
   Dec 5 11:29:38 com.apple.ReportCrash.Root: Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash.DirectoryService
kexts
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.1.18)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.1.18)
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com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool
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   net.cloudpath.HelperTool
   com.adobe.fpsaud
   com.bombich.ccchelper
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
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uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam
com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud
uk.co.markallan.clamxav.clamscan
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   com.hp.printerAgent
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate
com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate
   com.adobe.ARM.UUID
com.google.keystone.user.agent
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/System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA/StartupParameters.plist
   /Library/StartupItems/HP IO/HP IO
   /Library/StartupItems/HP IO/Resources/version.plist
   /Library/StartupItems/HP IO/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr/HWNetCfg
/Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr/HWNetMgr
   /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect/HWPortCfg
/Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect/HWPortDetect
/Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/OpenAFS/OpenAFS
   /Library/StartupItems/OpenAFS/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser/rEFItBlesser
/Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox
App extensions
com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon
Apps
   /Applications/Dropbox.app
Contents of /etc/hosts (checksum 2520548989)
127.0.0.1    localhost
127.0.0.1    [name removed]-macbook-pro.local.
255.255.255.255    broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0    localhost
Contents of /etc/ssh_config (checksum 1281775184)
    Host *
      SendEnv LANG LC_*
   Host *
XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
Contents of /etc/sshd_config (checksum 2518667249)
   SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV
AuthorizedKeysFile    .ssh/authorized_keys
   UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox        # Default for new installations.
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Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mozy.status.plist (checksum 976541881)
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<true/>
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<array>
<string>/Library/PreferencePanes/MozyHome.prefPane/Contents/Resources/MozyHome Status.app/Contents/MacOS/MozyHome Status</string>
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<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
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Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist (checksum 572360244)
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<dict>
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<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
<array>
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<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/bin/open</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
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<key>RunAtLoad</key>
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Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (checksum 2403555562)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.oracle.java.Java-Updater</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
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<string>-bgcheck</string>
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<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
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<integer>23</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>50</integer>
<key>Weekday</key>
<integer>3</integer>
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   ...and 1 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (checksum 2451978492)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.macosforge.xquartz.startx</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/launchd_startx</string>
<string>/opt/X11/bin/startx</string>
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<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
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<dict>
<key>SecureSocketWithKey</key>
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<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<true/>
<key>EnableTransactions</key>
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Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist (checksum 1565429098)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
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<string>wheel</string>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.adobe.versioncueCS4</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS4/Server/bin/VersionCueCS4d</string>
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<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<false/>
<key>ServiceDescription</key>
<string>Adobe Version Cue CS4</string>
<key>UserName</key>
<string>root</string>
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Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.bombich.ccchelper.plist (checksum 801575064)
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   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.bombich.ccchelper</string>
<key>MachServices</key>
<dict>
<key>com.bombich.ccchelper</key>
<true/>
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<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.bombich.ccchelper</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
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   </plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist (checksum 810825832)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<string>com.cloudpath.maccmd</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.cloudpath.maccmd</string>
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<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<true/>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
<key>MasterSocket</key>
<dict>
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<string>Unix</string>
<key>SockPathMode</key>
<integer>438</integer>
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Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mozy.backup.plist (checksum 35683335)
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   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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<key>OnDemand</key>
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<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
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<key>ProgramArguments</key>
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<string>net.cloudpath.HelperTool</string>
<key>MachServices</key>
<dict>
<key>net.cloudpath.HelperTool</key>
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<key>ProgramArguments</key>
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</array>
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<key>ProgramArguments</key>
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<string>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility</string>
<string>-mode=scheduled</string>
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Still cannot access time machine backups after Yosemite install

Can anyone tell me what to do to be able to access my time machine backups. When I enter time machine nothing except apps and desktop are accessable. Thus I cannot restore anything that was "backed up" even this morning, much less any other day this year. Yosemite was installed on Oct. 19, took 2 days to download to an 2013 iMac. The first time machine backup took over 24 hours. I have made 1 backup per day since, only problem is that I cannot access any of this data. Please help me.

A bit more information would help figure out the problem. Maybe a screen shot of what you're seeing or not seeing (use Command+shift+4 to save an area of the screen or a window -type space first to capture an entire window- to a file and then attach that file to your posting reply). You might look at the Console app to get more information about what actually happened during your backups - suggest putting "backupd" (without the quotes) in the search field at the top right of window in Console - with the "All Messages" query selected on the left part of the window). Console is located in the /Applications/Utilities folder. After you enter the backupd in the search field only those messages that contain that string will appear which helps a lot since so many messages are normally shown without any search field string.
Depending on how long ago the backups happened, you might need to select previous versions of the system log files - they get archived and compressed to files like system.log.0.bz2 or system.log.1.bz2 (these are in the /var/log query choice if you don't see them in the existing query choices - just click on the triangle to the left of the "/Var/log" entry if needed). Console knows how to show the messages that are in these compressed files, so you don't need to do anything other than click on the query name.
Also if you look in TimeMachine in System Preferences are there any exclusions (click on the Options button in TM System Preferences to show what the existing exclusions are)? A screen shot of those would be helpful also.
Is there only one drive with the single Mac OS partition on it?
Hope this helps a bit...

HT3275 Why can't I enter time machine?

Why can't I enter time machine?

There are lots of possible reasons.. without more info we cannot help.
What OS is on the Mac?
Is this a new setup and has never worked? Or an old setup that has stopped working?
Is mavericks involved at all? Did you clean install or upgrade install it?
What is the target device for Time Machine?
You might like to read some yourself..
See http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

How to delete a file from time machine without entering time machine mode ?

Is there a terminial hack or a third-party app to delete a backed up file from the finder and at the same time from time machine without having to enter time machine mode, and is there a shortcut to do so ?

Please post your code using code tags (click on CODE above the text area, when posting)
response.setContentType("application/octet-stream");Why octet-stream? Set the correct mime-type.
String disHeader = "Attachment; Filename=\"filename\"";The filename should just be the file's name. Not the complete path to the file! This will tell anyone where the file is located on the server. It's also inconvenient because by default,the browser will suggest it as the name for the download.
Your way of writing to the output stream is just plain wrong. See this snippet (picked from [http://balusc.blogspot.com/2007/07/fileservlet.html])
        BufferedInputStream input = null;
        BufferedOutputStream output = null;
        try {
            // Open streams.
            input = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file), DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
            output = new BufferedOutputStream(response.getOutputStream(), DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
            // Write file contents to response.
            byte[] buffer = new byte[DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE];
            int length;
            while ((length = input.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                output.write(buffer, 0, length);
            // Finalize task.
            output.flush();
        } finally {
            // Gently close streams.
            close(output);
            close(input);
        }

OS 10.8.2 - Click on Enter Time Machine - nothing happens

Not sure if recent history matters, but including it. Last week I had a problem with my display. Took it in to Apple and had it repaired - new logic board installed. Before taking it in, I decided to back up onto iCloud, which I had never used before. I also have Time Machine back-ups on a WD Passport external drive, but I am always worried something could happen to it.
After my 6 year old MacBook Pro came back, I found that the calendar was stuck trying to access the server. I wasn't able to quit Calendar or even Force Quit it - I would have to shut my computer down to make it stop. If I opened it, it resumed trying to access the server for ever. A couple of days later I disengaged from iCloud to solve this problem. It warned me that I would lose my data. I wasn't worried because I also had recent Time Machine backups on the external drive.
Now I would like to reinstall the data I lost using the back ups on the external drive. But when I click on the Time Machine icon in the top menu bar and click on Enter Time Machine, nothing happens. I tried opening it from Finder. No go.
Any suggestions? Or should I head back over to the Apple Store this weekend for help?
Thanks!

I have muddled through this and now have my calendar info back. After posting the question I started closing windows and found that my external drive was no longer connected, though I hadn't intentionally disconnected it. I restarted my system, reconnected my external drive, and then was able to enter Time Machine.
I didn't find my calendar data file.
I decided to try to recover the data from my iPod, but the sync didn't restore the information onto my MacBook.
I figured since I was facing a trip to the Apple store anyway, why not reconnect to iCloud and see what happened. This time it entered "connecting to server" and within two minutes it had connected and I had my appointments and birthdays restored.
Don't know why I had the issue in the first place, but will keep my fingers crossed for the future.

External hard drive not appearing when entering time machine.

Why does my external hard drive back up on time machine ok, but when I enter time machine (and the external device isn't plugged in) i can't see it?
It appears in time machine fine when the external drive is plugged in, but just not if it's been ejected or
I want to have the ext drive backed up in case I lose it or it corrupts....and if that happens I won't be able to plug it in to see the drive in TM - does that make sense?
I am running OSX 10.9.3 on a Mid 2010 Mac Book Pro. The external drive is a samsung and is formatted to Mac OS Extended (journaled). Time Machine is a standard Apple one and has been working fine for a couple of years

Try holding down the Option Key when selecting the Time Machine menu, then select Brows Other Time Machine Disks. See if you can then browse the backup of that drive. The normal Time Machine display is kind of a “live” restore point thing, if that makes sense.
I’m not sure if there is anything in Pondini’s FAQ, but you might peruse it and see if he discusses that issue: http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

Solved: Mac appears to hang when "Enter Time Machine..."

I run TM and keep my sparse bundle on a Synology Diskstation NAS. Since the begining in March 2011, my Mac has always appeared to hang after trying to "Enter Time Machine...." I am now running Lion 10.7.2 and DSM 3.2-1944 and seeing the same issue. It turns out that this appears to be a bug in the fancy TM graphics interface.
TM uses a cascaded Finder window to allow you to brouse your backup history. If you run multiple "Spaces" and the existing(new) target Finder window does not reside(popup) on your current Space, you never get to see the cascaded display. Yet, if I ensure that there is only one Finder window open and it is displayed on my current desk top, then the fancy cascaded TM interface displays just fine.
Note, if you do happen to "Enter Time Machine..." on a secondary Space, just hit ESC. TM will exit and the current Space will pop over to the target Finder window. If you "Enter Time Machine..." a second time, it will work fine as the target Finder is now on the current Space. Looks like someone failed to issue "set current Space" before disabling the Spaces manager...
UPDATE:
Looks like I am rediscovering known bugs, #3: http://pondini.org/TM/E4.html but above is an alternate workaround to turning off "Spaces".

If you're really at 10.5.8, do you have the 10.5 Install disk to boot from & Install that... so we can get further?

Does anyone know why my finder window resizes when I enter time machine?

Can anyone explain why my finder changes size when I enter time machine? I'm pretty sure this didn't happen on Snow Leopard but it does since I installed Lion. It's only a small glitch but it's rather annoying since I have positioned and resized the finder window on my desktop to the place I want it - in the centre of the screen and showing all the folders in my sidebar list. When I enter time machine the finder window becomes shorter, therefore not showing all the sidebar folders. I wouldn't mind if when I exit time machine it reverts back to the way it was but it doesn't so I have to resize over again!
Anyone know why this happenes?

Take a snapshot of this issue and send it to Apple. I think it may be a small glitch.

Cannot "Enter Time Machine"

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