External Drive Usage

How do I view and process photos kept on an external drive? Thanks, Richard

Thanks dj. I finally put the pea brain in gear and asked myself if using an external drive was any different than adding a folder from the hard drive. Answer was no. Thanks you for taking the time to reply. Richard

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External drive usage, storage and backup?

I'm using LR4, Mac OS, and a 1TB drive for my photos and videos, I have about 800GB used.
1.) Since it is a data only drive with no applications or OS, are there issues with getting the drive close to being full? Are there any issues with LR not functioning properly as the drive gets closer and closer to being full?
2.) I currently have a 2nd 4TB drive that I just drag everything from the main LR 1TB drive to back up. How do you backup your files? I'm looking for any suggestions on a better way to back my drive up.
Thanks for any suggestions/info.

1) Any drive will start to have problems when it is close to full, but "close to full" depends on what you are doing on the drive. The issue isn't really Lightroom functioning properly, the issue is the drive functioning properly, and you will have to pay close attention to whether or not you are having problems or not.
2) In my opinion, the only way to do backups is automatically. You need a program that will perform the backups on a regular basis, so that ther is never a problem with humans forgetting to do backups or are too busy to do backups. For Lightroom, you not only need to make backups of your photos, but also backups of your catalog file.

External Hard Drive Usage between Mac and PC

I have a WD Passport SE 1 terabyte hard drive that I have backed up my PC (Windows XP) files on. I want to transfer files onto my Macbook Pro (OS X) but it comes up as read only. I've been reading a lot of different forums and stories about not being able to write and how to overcome that but am thoroughly confused.
I use Mac and PC equally as much and it's important for me to be able to use the External HD between both platforms because both computers are not in the same location at all times for a home network type situation.
I like the security of the NTFS but I don't want to do anything (or add any programs) that will make either the Mac or the PC unstable and unreliable.
What do you recommend I use to be able to read/write from both platforms that will be stable?
Why doesn't Apple/Microsoft get together and make a format compatible for both OS's?
Is it better to use NTFS or HFS+? What are the advantages/disadvantages of both?
I'm not very computer savvy on either machine so I need things dumb-ed down for me to understand. My mom is also in the same situation as I am so you would greatly be helping both of us out at the same time. Thanks in advance.

You have 3 basic options to work with. Both Mac and Windows support FAT32 drives in full read/write capabilities. This solution is all many need. There are limitations to this, and the big one comes in the max size for a single file. Using FAT32, a single file has a max size of 4GB (it might be only 2GB, but I believe it is 4GB). As I said, for many this is fine, and they have a simple solution supported out of the box on both OSes.
The second option is to format your external drive in HFS+ (Mac format). Your Mac will have full read/write access, and your PC will not have any access unless you ave the read-only driver from Boot Camp loaded, or if you buy a commercial driver like the ones from Paragon, or MacDrive. Many people will not consider this option unless they work primarily with Macs and only occasionally with a PC.
The third option is to format the external drive as NTFS. Out of the box, Mac OS-X providers read-only support for NTFS drives, and there are several choices for free or commercial drivers to give you full read/write access to the NTFS drive. This option seems to be used the most by people who often work with multiple PC's and sometimes with a Mac or two. I have not seen any of these NTFS drivers that make a Mac unstable, but some of them are quite slow. In my house, we have about 10 PC's and one Mac. It is more cost effective to to put drivers on the Mac vs on the 10 PC's (at $40-80 per PC).
At this point the recommendation depends upon your environment. If you are mostly around Macs and only a small number of PC's consider using a Mac format for the external drives and buying drivers for the few PC's that need to access the drive(s). If you are more like me where you interact with more PC's than Macs, consider using NTFS and getting a free or commercial NTFS driver for your Mac(s). Also keep in mind any computer that may need to access the external drive(s), so if you need a family member to access it, will they need drivers or not? One again, with my world being about 90% PC's and 10% (or less) Macs, having the majority of the computers that have full access to the drive out of the box is the "better" choice, especially considering the other computers (the Macs) can still read the information, just not write to the drives without a driver.

External drives maximum usage

My video projects are on one of my external drives, it's a 300gig now down to 22gigs, I heard you shouldn't let your drive go down to less than 10%, is that true? If so, what are the dangers when it is below 10%? Will I lose my project?
thanks for your help!

10% is just a working rule of thumb.
As drives fill, they slow down (certain drives designed for A/V work slow down LESS than others - but they all slow). This can lead to dropped frames on capture and reduced playback capabilities - loss of realtime effects, stuttering, dropped frames, inability to Print to Tape, etc.
Once a drive reaches the point where there is not enough headroom for normal disk operations, (caching read/write operations, segment mapping, etc) it will freeze and your data is toast. Erasing (reformatting) the disk is your only option at that point. So yes, running a disk to the full point will cause you to lose the data.
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External Hard Drive Usage for Saving Projects

Hi Folks
I'm really getting into iMovie now, but the consequence is that my Internal Hardrive is getting a little cramped. I have a 250GB Seagate External Drive which is partitoned half Windows and half MAC OSX Extended.
My question is a simple one.
Can I use the MAC Partitioned part of my External Harddrive to store projects in their entirety or will it mess with the paths to the various clips within the iMovie project.
The External Drive is connected via Firewire.
Thanks in advance for any answers
A.L.I

Karl,
I'm embarrassed to say that until I encountered my first network with both Macs and non-Apple equipment on it, I thought that only Macs had MAC Addresses.
Imagine my surprise when I was asked to retrieve the MAC Address of an HP Printer. Fortunately, the printer was brand new and the manual was setting right next to it so I quickly looked in the index.
That saved me from having to admit my confusion to my co-worker.
So I do think that MAC Addresses may lead folks to refer to Macs as MACS! That, or perhaps because PC is all caps that it seems logical that Mac should be all caps too.
Matt

HT201250 Mac's Time Machine and external hard drive usage.

If you back up your Mac to an external hard drive with Time Machine, can all those files on the external drive be transferred to a new Mac later?

Yes.

UPS Energy Saver on MacBook Pro for External Drives

A search here has shown this topic come up before -- such as at https://discussions.apple.com/message/1886738#1886738 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/8162836#8162836 -- but I can't find a resolution, so I'm bringing it up again.
I have multiple FW drives connected to my MacBook Pro. The MBP is connected to an APC Back-UPS RS 1200. OSX does not make the UPS Energy Saver autoshutdown preferences available on the MBP, the reasoning being that a laptop shouldn't need UPS autoshutdown because it has its own battery which is likely to run for far longer than the UPS would.
That's all well and good for the MBP itself, but it doesn't account for the multiple FW drives which are attached to it for backups and other purposes. In the event of a power outage, without UPS autoshutdown, the UPS will run down, and the drives will abruptly power off, exposing them to potential data loss and damage.
It's also not a solution to suggest that I manually power things down once there's a power outage, because the power can go out while I'm away for more than the few minutes of UPS battery back up time. The only real solution is to have UPS autoshutdown available on all portable machines. Unless and until Apple offers a (surely very simple) OS update to make that happen, I'm still interested in a solution.
APC's own software for autoshutdown stopped being updated long ago, so there is no version compatible with Snow Leopard.
The only potential solution I've found so far is http://www.apcupsd.org/ -- but its documentation is overwhelming and it appears that it may need other supporting software, a fair amount of Terminal usage, etc., all making it not very user-friendly for the very simple usage I'd want to make of it.
Does anyone know of any other solutions, software that can run on a MBP to add UPS autoshutdown functionality?
Re: Apcups, is anyone using it successfully on a MBP? If so, does anyone know if the version listed here -- http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Apcupsd.shtml -- is a simple application that I can easily install and configure like regular Mac apps? If yes, then I'll likely be very happy with no need for the following question. If no, can anyone provide simple instructions to set up Apcupsd to do what I want?

"You are not doing anything on the computer so no files should be writing to the drives."
Big assumption there. With today's notebooks so capable of acting as desktop substitutes, they are often left running unattended to complete demanding tasks overnight or while the user does other things.
To be able to suspend such activities and gracefully power down an external drive or drives in the event of a power outage, the Mac would have to have instructions from each third-party application or process that is running about how to interrupt its activity safely and without jeopardizing the integrity of whatever hard disk directories are in use. Then it would need to unmount the drive(s) and, if they were bus-powered drives, turn off the power to each of them at the port to which it was connected. I bet it would be possible for all app developers to write such instructions into their apps' code, but where's the incentive for them to do so? This isn't a feature that most users would gladly pay extra for, I suspect, and the cost of adding it to apps that don't have it now and testing it for reliability and proper function under all conceivable circumstances would not be trivial.
If the drive(s) were AC-powered, the computer wouldn't be able to power them down itself -- the UPS would have to do that, or simply leave them on and power them until its battery was depleted or the AC was restored. It wouldn't matter which happened as far as the drives and their contents were concerned, because once the computer stopped using them, powering them off would be safe at any time.

Recovery Software for Disk Image Backup on External Drive

Hello. I am currently running OSX Yosemite on a mid-2010 Macbook Pro. However, before I upgraded from OSX Maverick I installed a SSD as a boot drive and moved my original Toshiba HDD to the optical bay for media storage. Before the installation, I purchased a LaCie 1TB external hard drive, formatted it, then dragged the entire Toshiba HDD image from the desktop to the external HD. That image is visible on the external HD but is inaccessible by Disk Utility, whether I use it from the HD, the SSD, or the Installation DVD. All scans and attempts to mount and open the image fail. I realize now I made a mistake by not cloning the Toshiba HDD onto the external HD before starting but the image size (on the external HD) is 187GB, which corresponds with a somewhat compressed ~220GB (the original size of the Toshiba HDD). Therefore, it seems as though the files are present and intact, albeit currently inaccessible.
Is there any way to recover the files from the disk image, i.e. via Data Recovery Software such as Data Rescue 4, Stellar Phoenix or R-Studio? Alternately, could I use the same software to recover the now deleted files from the wiped and reformatted Toshiba HDD? I'm having trouble accepting that the 187GB of data on the external drive are really gone, as it represents over a decade of media collection and contains many irreplaceable files. I'm hoping there is something that can be done before spending a lot of money on clean room data recovery services. Please help!!!
Thank you in advance as any and all advice is very much appreciated.

General File Recovery
If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive. Two free alternatives are Disk Drill and TestDisk. Look for them and demos at MacUpdate or CNET Downloads.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.

How do I stop Finder from crashing when I try to view my external drive?

Hello,
I've read through a few similar posts, but the solutions don't seem to fit my problem. I was moving some files around on an external drive that I've been using for a year with no problems. While moving one file to another folder (within the drive, not between my computer and the drive), it froze up. After waiting for 20 minutes or so, I pulled the drive out and restarted the computer.
Now when I plug the drive back in, it shows up as usual, but when I click on it, Finder crashes immediately. I ran disk utility repair, and it says "The volume appears to be ok" in green, but it still crashes finder when I try to open it. Based on the advice of another post, I ran Console, and copied what I thought to be the relevant portion of the transcript, though I don't know what any of it means ("Uzak" is the name of the drive):
12/27/13 7:02:27.778 PM fseventsd: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Uzak/.fseventsd/000000000003357c (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/Uzak/.fseventsd
12/27/13 7:02:27.779 PM fseventsd: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Uzak/.fseventsd/000000000003357c (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/Uzak/.fseventsd
12/27/13 7:02:27.826 PM mds: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Uzak' (fd=11) left open on device 234881033
12/27/13 7:02:31.598 PM WDSecurityHelper: DriveDisappeared Called with a string of disk1
12/27/13 7:04:05.000 PM kernel: USBF:          881.622          [0xffffff800a66fc00] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a USB device that has been plugged in. It will keep retrying. (Port 1 of Hub at 0xfd100000)
12/27/13 7:04:05.000 PM kernel: USBF:          881.622          [0xffffff800a66fc00] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a device.
12/27/13 7:04:07.000 PM kernel: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 575844314537324E4E453037 0x1058 0x7a8 0x1033
12/27/13 7:04:08.683 PM WDSecurityHelper: UnrecognizedDiskPeek Called with a string of disk1
12/27/13 7:04:08.737 PM WDSecurityHelper: UnrecognizedDiskPeek Called with a string of disk1s0
12/27/13 7:04:08.000 PM kernel: SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY = 0x05, ASC = 0x24, ASCQ = 0x00
12/27/13 7:04:08.000 PM kernel: SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY = 0x05, ASC = 0x24, ASCQ = 0x00
12/27/13 7:04:08.000 PM kernel: SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY = 0x05, ASC = 0x24, ASCQ = 0x00
12/27/13 7:04:08.000 PM kernel: SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY = 0x05, ASC = 0x24, ASCQ = 0x00
12/27/13 7:04:08.000 PM kernel: SAM Multimedia: READ or WRITE failed, SENSE_KEY = 0x05, ASC = 0x24, ASCQ = 0x00
12/27/13 7:04:08.958 PM WDSecurityHelper: UnrecognizedDiskPeek Called with a string of disk1s0s1
12/27/13 7:04:08.960 PM WDSecurityHelper: mountApproval Called for device disk1s0s2
12/27/13 7:04:08.961 PM WDSecurityHelper: Approved mount devices = (
12/27/13 7:04:08.962 PM WDSecurityHelper: The mounting of WD Unlocker on disk1s0s2 was not approved.
12/27/13 7:04:08.969 PM WDSecurityHelper: processDiskApperance for device disk1s0s2
12/27/13 7:04:08.999 PM WDSecurityHelper: encryptionStatus = 1
12/27/13 7:04:09.118 PM [0x0-0x16016].com.westerndigital.WDSecurityHelper: WDDevice::PerformDriveConfiguration
12/27/13 7:04:09.629 PM WDSecurityHelper: UnrecognizedDiskPeek Called with a string of disk2
12/27/13 7:04:09.712 PM WDSecurityHelper: mountApproval Called for device disk2s1
12/27/13 7:04:09.713 PM WDSecurityHelper: Approving mount of Uzak on disk2s1
12/27/13 7:04:09.836 PM WDSecurityHelper: processDiskApperance for device disk2s1
12/27/13 7:04:09.837 PM WDSecurityHelper: disk2s1 is not supported...
12/27/13 7:04:09.881 PM fseventsd: could not open <</Volumes/Uzak/.fseventsd/fseventsd-uuid>> (No such file or directory)
12/27/13 7:04:09.882 PM fseventsd: log dir: /Volumes/Uzak/.fseventsd getting new uuid: E6CE571A-E193-4549-94FC-0A76ACCEA37F
Sorry to dump all these lines of code, but if anyone can decipher them for me I'd be extremely grateful...

If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything suggested in this comment. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed, as well as some other aspects of the configuration that may be related to the problem.
Don’t be alarmed by the seeming complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out. Here's a brief summary: In each of two steps, you copy a line of text from this web page into a window in another application. You wait about a minute. Then you paste some other text, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is copy; paste; paste again. That's all there is to it. Details follow.
You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken while booted in “normal” mode. If the system is now running in safe mode and is bootable in normal mode, reboot as usual. If it only boots in safe mode, use that.
Below are instructions to enter UNIX shell commands. They do nothing but produce human-readable output. However, you need to think carefully before running any program at the behest of a stranger on a public message board. If you question the safety of the procedure suggested here — which you should — search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them.
The commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it.
If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. Step 1 should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
PB=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy; PR () { [[ "$o" ]] && printf '\n%s:\n\n%s\n' "$1" "$o"; }; PC () { o=$(grep [^[:blank:]] "$2"); PR "$1"; }; PF () { o=$($PB -c Print "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'); PR "$1"; }; PN () { [[ $o -eq 0 ]] || printf "\n%s: %s\n" "$1" $o; }; { system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType | sed '8!d;s/^ *//'; o=$(system_profiler SPDiagnosticsDataType | sed '5,6!d'); fgrep -q P <<< "$o" && o=; PR "POST"; o=$(( $(vm_stat | awk '/Pageo/{sub("\\.",""); print $2}')/256 )); [[ $o -gt 1024 ]] && printf "\nPageouts: %s MiB\n" $o; s=( $(sar -u 1 10 | sed '$!d') ); [[ ${s[4]} -lt 90 ]] && o=$( printf 'User %s%%\t\tSystem %s%%' ${s[1]} ${s[3]} ) || o=; PR "Total CPU usage"; [[ "$o" ]] && o=$(ps acrx -o comm=Process,ruid=User,%cpu | sed 's/ */:/g' | head -6 | awk -F: '{ printf "%-10s\t%s\t%s\n", $1, $2, $3 }'); PR "CPU usage by process"; o=$(kextstat -kl | grep -v com\\.apple | cut -c53- | cut -d\< -f1); PR "Loaded extrinsic kernel extensions"; o=$(launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'); PR "Loaded extrinsic user agents"; o=$(launchctl getenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES); PR "Inserted libraries"; PC "cron configuration" /e*/cron*; o=$(crontab -l | grep [^[:blank:]]); PR "User cron tasks"; PC "Global launchd configuration" /e*/lau*; PC "Per-user launchd configuration" ~/.lau*; PF "Global login items" /L*/P*/loginw* Path; PF "Per-user login items" L*/P*/*loginit* Name; PF "Safari extensions" L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist Bundle | sed 's/\..*$//;s/-[1-9]$//'; o=$(find ~ $TMPDIR.. $ -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 $ | wc -l); PN "Restricted user files"; cd; o=$(find -L /S*/L*/E* {,/}L*/{A*d,Compon,Ex,In,Keyb,Mail/Bu,P*P,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | while read d; do ID=$($PB -c 'Print :CFBundleIdentifier' "$d/Info.plist") || ID=; ID=${ID:-No bundle ID}; egrep -qv "^com\.apple\.[^x]|Accusys|ArcMSR|ATTO|HDPro|HighPoint|driver\.stex|hp-fax|JMicron|microsoft\.MDI|print|SoftRAID" <<< $ID && printf '%s\n\t(%s)\n' "${d%/Contents}" "$ID"; done); PR "Extrinsic loadable bundles"; o=$(find /u*/{,*/}lib -type f -exec sh -c 'file -b "$1" | grep -qw shared && ! codesign -v "$1"' {} {} \; -print); PR "Unsigned shared libraries"; o=$(system_profiler SPFontsDataType | egrep "Valid: N|Duplicate: Y" | wc -l); PN "Font problems"; for d in {,/}L*/{La,Priv,Sta}*; do o=$(ls -A "$d"); PR "$d"; done; } 2> /dev/null | pbcopy; echo $'\nStep 1 done'
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
The command may take up to a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. Wait for the line "Step 1 done" to appear below what you entered. The output of the command will beautomatically copied to the Clipboard. All you have to do is paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-Vagain. Please don't copy anything from the Terminal window. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Remember that you must be logged in as an administrator for this step. Do as in Step 1 with this line:
PR () { [[ "$o" ]] && printf '\n%s:\n\n%s\n' "$1" "$o"; }; { o=$(sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|calendarse|cups|dove|isc|ntp|post[fg]|x)/{print $3}'); PR "Loaded extrinsic daemons"; o=$(sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook); PR "Login hook"; o=$(sudo crontab -l | grep [^[:blank:]]); PR "Root cron tasks"; o=$(syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail -n25 | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}'); PR "Log check"; } 2>&- | pbcopy; echo $'\nStep 2 done'
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which you do have to type. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Heed that warning, but don't post it. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
You can then quit Terminal. Please note:
☞ Steps 1 and 2 are all copy-and-paste — type only your login password when prompted.
☞ When you type your password, you won't see what you're typing.
☞ If you don’t have a password, set one before taking Step 2. If that’s not possible, skip the step.
☞ Step 2 might not produce any output, in which case the Clipboard will be empty. Step 1 will always produce something.
☞ The commands don't change anything, and merely running them will do neither good nor harm.
☞ Remember to post the output. It's already in the Clipboard. You don't have to copy it. Just paste into a reply
☞ If any personal information, such as your name or email address, appears in the output of either command, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
☞ Don't post the contents of the Terminal window.
☞ Don't paste the output of Step 1 into the Terminal window. Paste it into a reply.

Can I use an external drive for Time Machine and storing other data?

At the moment I have one external drive, a 500gb LaCie. My internal drive is 160gb. I don't think I'll be using all 500 of those gigabytes for a while, so I want to put them to good use. Can I make a partition on this drive and use that for Time Machine, leaving the rest of the drive for my documents and other files? If so, how would I partition the drive? I'm not fluent in Disk Utility and even though I'm pretty sure I know how to do it, I don't want to screw up. Also, how big a partition would you recommend?
While we're here, I have a second question, somewhat relevant to the first. Could I move my Time Machine backups to a second drive if I wanted to? Also, if I used a big drive (say 1tb) could I use Time Machine to backup my current LaCie to a partition on that drive? Thanks in advance.

videoCWK wrote:
Does that also mean that I could back them both up on a very big drive?
Yes. Time Machine will, by default, back up all of your external drives unless you specifically exclude them.
Also, will Time Machine backups eat all my space after a lot of usage?
It depends on what you do on your Mac. If you work often with very large files (video editing, heavy photo editing, big disk images, Microsoft Entourage data file, Parallels disk image file, etc) then your backup drive could fill up very quickly.
I use my Mac mostly for e-mail, web browsing, iTunes, iPhoto, and the occasional iMovie project. I have 92 GB on my main hard drive (60 GB of which are my iTunes and iPhoto libraries, and one iMovie project.) My Time Machine backups consume 155GB on my backup drive, and that's after using Time Machine for a full year.

Time Machine Backup on External Drive Stops working after one week

Hello,
I'm having a problem with the Time machine backup on an external LaCie drive. After e few days, it suddenly locks up, not performing any backup unless I force-restart my computer and switch off the drive.
*My setup*:
- iMac Alu 24 with MacOS X 10.5.1 and 3Gb RAM
- LaCie external drive 320 Gb - design by Porsche, connected to the FW 400 port of the iMac --> this is the one used for the bakcups, it is left powered on at any time (never switched off)
- 2 other LaCie external drives 160 Gb - design by Porsche, connected to the FW 400 port of the iMac --> they are generally switched off
TimeMachine is setup to its default scenario, backing up automatically on the external 320 Gb.
*Daily usage* :
- the iMac is set to boot automatically at 6:45
- I usually switch it off manualy at the end of the day
- Screen Saver is set to launch after 5 minutes
- sleep time for computer is set to 1:30 hour
- display sleep 15 min
- hard disk are set to sleep whenever possible
First symptom : the computer never goes to sleep
Second symptom : I had the following problem already twice since I installed Leopard, once with the original install and today with the updated 10.5.1 version:
- automatic backups went fine during the whole day : 7:45 8:45 9:45...
- then an automatic backup starts but never finishes
*Console log extract* :
Nov 18 12:45:17 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[602]: Backup requested by automatic scheduler
Nov 18 12:45:17 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[602]: Starting standard backup
Nov 18 12:45:23 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[602]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb
Nov 18 12:45:23 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[602]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 504.7 MB requested (including padding), 165.05 GB available
Nov 18 12:45:26 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[602]: Copied 919 files (11.4 MB) from volume Machiavel.
Nov 18 12:45:26 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[602]: Starting post-backup thinning
Nov 18 12:45:26 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[602]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Nov 18 12:45:26 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[602]: Backup completed successfully.
Nov 18 12:58:18 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 2 -> 4) timed out after 100122 ms
Nov 18 13:05:05 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 4 -> 3) timed out after 100119 ms
Nov 18 13:10:05 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100123 ms
Nov 18 13:15:05 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 2 -> 1) timed out after 100123 ms
Nov 18 13:45:17 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[655]: Backup requested by automatic scheduler
Nov 18 13:45:17 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[655]: Starting standard backup
Nov 18 13:46:58 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 1 -> 4) timed out after 100122 ms
Nov 18 13:53:38 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 4 -> 3) timed out after 100127 ms
Nov 18 13:58:38 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100122 ms
Nov 18 14:03:38 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 2 -> 1) timed out after 100123 ms
Nov 18 14:09:52 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 1 -> 4) timed out after 100123 ms
Nov 18 14:16:33 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 4 -> 3) timed out after 100123 ms
Nov 18 14:21:33 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100121 ms
Nov 18 14:25:10 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0x566e400, 2 -> 1) timed out after 100123 ms
Nov 18 14:40:23 rjosse-iMac-Intel diskarbitrationd[47]: Snapz Pro X [117]:30211 not responding.
Nov 18 14:40:23 rjosse-iMac-Intel diskarbitrationd[47]: loginwindow [38]:16159 not responding.
Nov 18 14:40:23 rjosse-iMac-Intel diskarbitrationd[47]: mds [37]:14595 not responding.
Nov 18 14:40:23 rjosse-iMac-Intel diskarbitrationd[47]: fseventsd [43]:13059 not responding.
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle' (fd=8) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexGroups' (fd=14) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexIds' (fd=16) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexHead' (fd=17) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexPostings' (fd=18) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexPositions' (fd=19) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexDirectory' (fd=20) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/live.0.indexGroups' (fd=21) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/live.0.indexIds' (fd=25) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/journalAttr.183' (fd=26) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb' (fd=27) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/329E6119-D3C1-41DF-B404-4A2 C2B8DA6C6/indexState' (fd=28) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:40:27 rjosse-iMac-Intel mds[37]: (Error) LSOF: File '/Volumes/Aristotle/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/EE68148A-EF55-4E6D-B3C2-2EC 10582235E/0.indexCompactDirectory' (fd=29) left open on device 234881029
Nov 18 14:41:06 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[61]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Christelle Geiger's Public Folder) returned -14135
Nov 18 14:41:06 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[61]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Raphael Josse's Public Folder) returned -14135
Nov 18 14:42:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x44044].com.apple.Safari[460]: [460] http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/web/sequence/0,2-3208,1-0,0.html line 460: TypeError: Null value
Nov 18 14:42:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x44044].com.apple.Safari[460]: Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL http://interfacelift.com/icons-mac/ from frame with URL http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3902458398606385&d t=1195379025621&alternatead_url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.interfacelift.com%2Flocal%2Fvc_728x90.html&prev_fmts=728 x90_as%2C728x15_0ads_al_s&format=728x90_as&output=html&correlator=1195379025621& channel=5424080503&url=http%3A%2F%2Finterfacelift.com%2Ficons-mac%2F&color_bg=e4 e4e4&color_text=000000&color_link=0000FF&color_url=0000CC&color_border=e4e4e4&ad _type=text_image&cc=99&ga_vid=1910858155.1190116221&ga_sid=1195379024&ga_hid=572 641411&ga_fc=true&flash=9&u_h=1200&u_w=1920&u_ah=1127&u_aw=1920&u_cd=24&u_tz=60& u_his=1&u_java=true&u_nplug=14&unmime=168. Domains, protocols and ports must match.
Nov 18 14:42:09: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:42:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x44044].com.apple.Safari[460]: Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/index.php?sort=date from frame with URL http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3902458398606385&d t=1195379027911&alternatead_url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.interfacelift.com%2Flocal%2Fvc_728x90.html&prev_fmts=728 x90_as%2C728x90_as%2C728x15_0ads_al_s&format=728x90_as&output=html&correlator=11 95379027911&channel=5424080503&url=http%3A%2F%2Finterfacelift.com%2Fwallpaper%2F index.php%3Fsort%3Ddate&color_bg=e4e4e4&color_text=000000&color_link=0000FF&colo r_url=0000CC&color_border=e4e4e4&ad_type=text_image&ref=http%3A%2F%2Finterfaceli ft.com%2Ficons-mac%2F&cc=99&ga_vid=1910858155.1190116221&ga_sid=1195379024&ga_hi d=881176033&ga_fc=true&flash=9&u_h=1200&u_w=1920&u_ah=1127&u_aw=1920&u_cd=24&u_t z=60&u_his=2&u_java=true&u_nplug=14&unmime=168. Domains, protocols and ports must match.
Nov 18 14:42:09: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:42:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x44044].com.apple.Safari[460]: Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/index.php?sort=date from frame with URL http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3902458398606385&d t=1195379030801&alternatead_url=http%3A%2F%2Finterfacelift.com%2Finc%2Fads%2Frmxdirect_120x600.html&forma t=120x600_as&output=html&correlator=1195379030801&channel=7199947456&url=http%3A %2F%2Finterfacelift.com%2Fwallpaper%2Findex.php%3Fsort%3Ddate&color_bg=E4E4E4&co lor_text=000000&color_link=0000DD&color_url=EE0000&color_border=E4E4E4&ad_type=t ext_image&ga_vid=1910858155.1190116221&ga_sid=1195379024&ga_hid=424116187&ga_fc= true&flash=9&u_h=1200&u_w=1920&u_ah=1127&u_aw=1920&u_cd=24&u_tz=60&u_his=2&u_jav a=true&u_nplug=14&unmime=168. Domains, protocols and ports must match.
Nov 18 14:42:23: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:42:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x1e01e].com.microsoft.DatabaseDaemon[144]: monitor: taskforpid failed (os/kern) failure
Nov 18 14:42:23 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchd[79] (0x10cd80.Locum[722]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 18 14:42:28 rjosse-iMac-Intel Disk Utility[723]: ********
Nov 18 14:42:28 rjosse-iMac-Intel Disk Utility[723]: Disk Utility started.
Disk Utility is then locked up, and I force the computer to shut down.
*Console log extract after forced restart* :
Nov 18 14:45:38 localhost kernel[0]: npvhash=4095
Nov 18 14:45:34 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
Nov 18 14:45:34 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/chum.plist
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/pilotfish.plist
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.distccdConfigd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cups-lpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 18 14:45:37 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Nov 18 14:45:38 localhost DirectoryService[11]: Launched version 5.0 (v514)
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Nov 18 14:45:38 localhost DirectoryService[11]: WARNING - dsTouch: file was asked to be opened </Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/.DSIsRunning>: (File exists)
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kextd[10]: 406 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: 64 bit mode enabled
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: vmpagebootstrap: 770909 free pages and 15523 wired pages
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: migtable_maxdispl = 79
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost kernel[0]: 101 prelinked modules
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpopolicyinit for TMSafetyNet
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.seatbelt
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpopolicyinit for mb
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Nov 18 14:45:39 localhost mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-164 (Nov 4 2007 13:23:04)[17]: starting
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: MAC Framework successfully initialized
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: using 15728 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: devfsmakenode: not ready for devices!
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: mbinit: done
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Nov 18 14:45:40 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 3BE69CB3-F529-3692-9254-BF5682D3F1EB
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT0@0 /IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDrive r/WDC WD3200AAJS-40RYA0 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/AppleHFS_Untitled1@2
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel configd[14]: setting hostname to "rjosse-iMac-Intel.local"
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: replay_journal: from: 18105344 to: 25136640 (joffset 0x8650000)
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID 001cb3fffe7fdb1e; max speed s800.
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start []
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver::switchToHCIMode legacy
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: USBF: 2.378 CSRHIDTransitionDriver[0x5672e00](IOUSBCompositeDevice) GetFullConfigDescriptor(0) returned NULL
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: CSRHIDTransitionDriver... done
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: E:[AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController][FindInterfaces] mInt0InterruptMaxPacketSize = 16
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 2 orphaned unlinked files or directories
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel mDNSResponder[17]: SetDomainSecrets: mDNSKeychainGetSecrets failed error 0 CFArrayRef 00000000
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Nov 18 14:45:40: --- last message repeated 4 times ---
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: wl0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: 4.170.25.8.2yukon: Ethernet address 00:1b:63:96:3a:de
Nov 18 14:45:40 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:1c:b3:77:77:d8
Nov 18 14:45:41 rjosse-iMac-Intel fseventsd[41]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (52617 17 52672)
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: AppleYukon2 - en0 link active, 100-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled port 0
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.distccdConfigd[44]): Exited with exit code: 255
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[36]: Login Window Application Started
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel org.ntp.ntpd[27]: Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel configd[14]: AppleTalk startup
Nov 18 14:45:42 rjosse-iMac-Intel bootlog[48]: BOOT_TIME: 1195393524 0
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel ntpdate[58]: can't find host time.apple.com
Nov 18 14:45:45 rjosse-iMac-Intel blued[49]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started.
Nov 18 14:45:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel rpc.statd[33]: statd.notify - no notifications needed
Nov 18 14:45:47 rjosse-iMac-Intel ntpdate[58]: no servers can be used, exiting
Nov 18 14:45:47 rjosse-iMac-Intel fseventsd[41]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: D113BE4C-EACE-44B4-A5C1-32140ED4714A
Nov 18 14:45:47 rjosse-iMac-Intel /usr/sbin/ocspd[66]: starting
Nov 18 14:45:51 rjosse-iMac-Intel kextd[10]: writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
Nov 18 14:45:52 rjosse-iMac-Intel configd[14]: AppleTalk startup complete
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: disk0s2: memory allocation error.
Nov 18 14:46:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]:
Nov 18 14:46:06: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 18 14:46:06 rjosse-iMac-Intel loginwindow[36]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel authorizationhost[81]: MechanismInvoke 0x127320 retainCount 2
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel SecurityAgent[82]: MechanismInvoke 0x12a370 retainCount 1
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel SecurityAgent[82]: MechanismDestroy 0x12a370 retainCount 1
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel loginwindow[36]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel authorizationhost[81]: MechanismDestroy 0x127320 retainCount 2
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel loginwindow[36]: USER_PROCESS: 36 console
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[77]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 18 14:46:07 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchctl.Aqua[86]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/machinit_peruser.d/RemoteUI.plist
Nov 18 14:46:08 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[60]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Christelle Geiger's Public Folder) returned -14135
Nov 18 14:46:08 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[60]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Raphael Josse's Public Folder) returned -14135
Nov 18 14:46:09 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[9 6]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:09 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[9 6]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[98]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[98]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel MagicMenuHotKeyDaemon[115]: Started
Nov 18 14:46:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x11011].com.stuffit.MagicMenu[111]: 2007-11-18 14:46:11.155 MagicMenuHotKeyDaemon[115:10b] Started
Nov 18 14:46:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel /Applications/Snapz Pro X/Snapz Pro X.app/Contents/MacOS/Snapz Pro X[113]: CPSPostKillRequest(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel com.apple.launchd[83] ([0x0-0x8008].com.apple.systemuiserver[96]): Exited: Terminated
Nov 18 14:46:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[1 17]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[1 17]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel /Applications/Snapz Pro X/Snapz Pro X.app/Contents/MacOS/Snapz Pro X[113]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:46:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel /Applications/Snapz Pro X/Snapz Pro X.app/Contents/MacOS/Snapz Pro X[113]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Nov 18 14:47:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s3: replay_journal: from: 3197440 to: 5989888 (joffset 0x952000)
Nov 18 14:47:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel kernel[0]: jnl: disk1s3: journal replay done.
Nov 18 14:47:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel fseventsd[41]: event logs in /Volumes/Aristotle/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (45648 2 52766)
Nov 18 14:47:15 rjosse-iMac-Intel fseventsd[41]: log dir: /Volumes/Aristotle/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 3DC60C6C-8E59-425A-A831-5C9FE4025DDC
Nov 18 14:48:55 rjosse-iMac-Intel Adium[140]: PGBContactTimeZonePlugin Loaded!
Next backup runs fine after fixing the drive :
Nov 18 14:49:02 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Backup requested by user
Nov 18 14:49:02 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Starting standard backup
Nov 18 14:49:03 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb
Nov 18 14:49:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume Machiavel
Nov 18 14:49:04 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonEventDBUntrustable|
Nov 18 14:49:14 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x22022].com.microsoft.Entourage[141]: monitor: taskforpid failed (os/kern) failure
Nov 18 14:49:30 rjosse-iMac-Intel [0x0-0x25025].com.microsoft.entourage.syncservices[150]: monitor: taskforpid failed (os/kern) failure
Nov 18 14:51:12 rjosse-iMac-Intel ntpd[27]: time reset +0.538285 s
Nov 18 14:54:46 rjosse-iMac-Intel /usr/sbin/ocspd[158]: starting
Nov 18 14:58:48 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 768.4 MB requested (including padding), 165.04 GB available
Nov 18 14:59:25 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Copied 1915 files (231.1 MB) from volume Machiavel.
Nov 18 14:59:26 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 491.4 MB requested (including padding), 164.80 GB available
Nov 18 14:59:28 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Copied 1282 files (93 bytes) from volume Machiavel.
Nov 18 14:59:30 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Starting post-backup thinning
Nov 18 14:59:33 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb/rjosse-iMac-Intel/2007-11-17-141141: 164.82 GB now available
Nov 18 14:59:34 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb/rjosse-iMac-Intel/2007-11-17-131052: 164.83 GB now available
Nov 18 14:59:37 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Aristotle/Backups.backupdb/rjosse-iMac-Intel/2007-11-17-124718: 164.85 GB now available
Nov 18 14:59:37 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Post-back up thinning complete: 3 expired backups removed
Nov 18 14:59:37 rjosse-iMac-Intel /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147]: Backup completed successfully.
Nov 18 15:04:11 rjosse-iMac-Intel /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Microsoft Entourage[141]: Warning: accessing obsolete X509Anchors.
Raf

When reading my report, I forgot to mention how the external hard drive is formatted :
Hard Drive FW/USB:
Manufacturer: LaCie
Model: 0x0
GUID: 0xD04B78070AD64B
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
Hard Drive FW/USB Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x110
Product Revision Level:
Sub-units:
Hard Drive FW/USB SBP-LUN:
Capacity: 298.09 GB
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk1
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: APM (Apple Partition Map)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
Aristotle:
Capacity: 297.97 GB
Available: 164.85 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/Aristotle
Raf

How can I repair my external drive?

Hi!
I was stupid enough to connect my external drive to a windows computer and totally forgot that that this drive was ONLY for mac.
So I connected it to my mac now and it says it wasnt mounted properly and lets me choose either I force it or abort it. So I force it. And it seems that my stuff is there and I havent lost anything.
BUT when I Verify Disc with Disc Utility then it says:
Verifying volume “Elements”
** No NTFS file system checks have been implemented yet.
** Reporting that the volume is fine without checking anything.
And when I want to repair it, then it says:
Verify and Repair volume “Elements”
** /usr/local/bin/ntfsfix has been disabled because of volume corruption issues.
** If you still want to try fixing your volume, use /usr/local/bin/ntfsfix from the command line...
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Please help me how can I fix the damage that I've done to my external drive?

Thanks for the advice.
I did it. But it says:
ERROR: You must specify a device.
ntfsfix v1.13.1 (libntfs 9:0:0)
Usage: ntfsfix [options] device
Attempt to fix an NTFS partition.
-h, --help Display this help
-V, --version Display version information
For example: ntfsfix /dev/hda6
Developers' email address: [email protected]
Linux NTFS homepage: http://www.linux-ntfs.org
Unknown-00-1c-b3-bc-ae-f4:~ Aili$
Im no expert in computer codes, it scares the **** out of me, dont want to mess things up.
Any ideas what to do next?
Message was edited by: CrazyHappy
Message was edited by: CrazyHappy

Since you can no longer backup to disk, how to restore from external drive without losing all ratings and playlists

since you can no longer backup to disk, how to restore from external drive without losing all ratings and playlists?

My own opinion is that you should install the later appropriate version of Silverkeeper. That said, I would in fact recommend if you can wait a few days for an answer, that you email the La Cie Silverkeeper backup team via the email link on the site at http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/
They are careful to say they are not officially providing a backup service, but when I emailed them with a query regarding usage about a year ago after downloading Silverkeeper for myself, I got a reply within a couple of days that cleared up my question.

Any recommendations for a recovery software for my lost photos on my external drive?

Would like recommendations for a reputable recovery software for my lost photos from my external drive that I used with my MacBook Pro.

General File Recovery
If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive. Two free alternatives are Disk Drill and TestDisk. Look for them and demos at MacUpdate or CNET Downloads.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.

How do I restore from external drive, with outdated back-up software?

I mistakenly kept using my LaCie external drive's Silver keeper softerware after upgrading my Mac OS. My SilverKeeper version is 1.1.2, which I now know is incompatible with my Mac 10.4.6. (Maybe that is why I got an error report when I
ran the Mac diagnostic disk on the LaCie.) In any event, after suffering a major crash (Kernal attack, and resulting reformat of the hard drive), I am wondering how to attempt a restore from the LaCie. Should I try it with the software that actually created the LaCie back up that I have; or should I reinstall the appropriate version of SilverKeeper first?
I have been plugging along with some CD back-ups of the LaCie, but this is quite frustrating since it has to be done manually. Is it possible to download an upgrade to the back-up disk directly? And if so, would this really help matters?
As you can see, I'm really a bit of an idiot about these matters; so any ANY help will be most appreciated.

My own opinion is that you should install the later appropriate version of Silverkeeper. That said, I would in fact recommend if you can wait a few days for an answer, that you email the La Cie Silverkeeper backup team via the email link on the site at http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/
They are careful to say they are not officially providing a backup service, but when I emailed them with a query regarding usage about a year ago after downloading Silverkeeper for myself, I got a reply within a couple of days that cleared up my question.

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