File Vault back-up time machine no longer working

For some time it worked. As soon as I logged out my encrypted Home Folder was backed-up. Then the last 2 months it will not back-up my home folder. Is there anyway to make it happen?

I had to reinstall Leopard and restore using TM. It also worked flawless for me. When I checked to see if it was backing up again, there was nothing. I also tried to manually back and that didn't work either. I went into System Preferences, Time Machine and had to choose my TM backup drive again. Once I did that it worked perfect.

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Time Machine no longer working after reinstalling OSX 10.5 w/TM backup

About a week ago Disc Utility told me I had serious problems with my HD structure and a reinstall was necessary. Fortunately, restoring everything using Time Machine was flawless, however Time Machine has not done a single backup since. The Backup.backupdb file is still there on the external drive, along with 6 other folders created at the time I did the reinstall (same names as the 6 inside the subfolder, system, library, users...). If I try to manually do a TM backup it tells me I don't have enough HD space as though it wants to start from scratch, when the folders are all still there from before the reinstall.
Any ideas why Time Machine no longer recognizes the files it created 2 weeks ago?

I had to reinstall Leopard and restore using TM. It also worked flawless for me. When I checked to see if it was backing up again, there was nothing. I also tried to manually back and that didn't work either. I went into System Preferences, Time Machine and had to choose my TM backup drive again. Once I did that it worked perfect.

Time Machine no longer working after 10.5.6 update

i have a late 2008 mac book pro. the 10.5.6 update was the 1st big OS X update i did.
all went well apart from Time Machine,
1st problem Time Machine always try's to back up even when i'm not at home where my Time Capsule is.
2nd problem Time Machine cant complete a back up even thought it says its backup 10gb of 10gb is complete it never finishes the back up
any one else having the same problem. and have a fix to sort this out

I have the exact same problem since upgrading to 10.5.6. The time machine arrows start spinning, and then stop with the exclamation point. I look at the dropdown and it says "Latest Backup: Delayed"
When I open Time Machine Preferences, it tells me I have 32.2 GB of 232.7 GB available. And in latest backup, it says "Failed" with the little "i" in the circle. When I click the "i" it tells me "The backup volume could not be mounted."
When I actually look at the contents of the drive (which definitely is mounted) I see a 200GB file (the correct size) named [name of my computer]_[some serial number].sparsebundle. The stuff in brackets is replaced since I don't know if that's the sort of thing that I should post.
What seems odd (although I haven't looked at the volume enough in the past to know if it is odd), is that both the modified date and the creation date are March 27, 2008 which, I believe, is when I first started using time machine.
The only other thing on that drive is a folder, "untitled folder"
That's it. I'm not sure about whether it's trying to backup when not connected, but I think I remember that.
Do these specifics fit with what you can see about the current state of your backup?
Tom

Time machine no longer works

Is anyone else having difficulties using a HD to back up their MacBook Pro? I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion and now the Time Machine fails to back up after previously working fine under Snow Leopard?

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console 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 Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes) in the String Matching text field. You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard." Note the timestamp of the last such message. Clear the text field and scroll back in the log to that time. Select the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear. Copy them (command-C) to the Clipboard. Paste (command-V) into a reply to this message.
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don't post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Some personal information, such as the names of your files, may be included — anonymize before posting.

Time Machine no longer working with External Hard drive

Hello
I have an iMac 24 and an Iomega 500Gb drive. TimeMachine was working fine when I first set it up over Firewire. I then bought a MacBook and tried to use a the same drive to run separate Time Machine backups. I aborted it when I ran out of time as I was going away.
The iMac and the MacBook no longer recognise the Iomega drive as valid. I get an error about the drive being read only.
How can I resolve or reset this to get the iMac backups working? I'll probably buy a portable drive for the MacBook backups.
Thanks

mosey,
Unfortunately, your going to have to reformat the drive. There is no fix for the "Read Only" issue at this time.
*_How Should a Time Machine Hard Disk be Prepared?_*
For Time Machine to work properly, the hard disk must be formatted “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” and its’ Partition Scheme should be either GUID or Apple Partition Map.
Time Machine is incompatible with disks partitioned as Master Boot Record (MBR). Unfortunately, this describes nearly every hard drive you can buy because MBR is a Windows partition scheme. (Naturally, this DOES NOT apply to Apples’ Time Capsule.)
For some, Time Machine begins to perform as expected with a new external hard disk. But then the initial full backup or subsequent incremental backups fail. The user only later discovers the hard disk was still partitioned as Master Boot Record (MBR).
One article on Time Machine made this observation: “Virtually everybody will have to open Disk Utility and repartition the disk as APM or GUID. It doesn't really matter which one because the Time Machine disk will not be bootable anyway. APM allows a disk to boot a PowerPC, GUID allows the disk to boot an Intel processor but both are easily digestible by Time Machine on either kind of processor.” [http://www.girr.org/mac_stuff/backups.html]
It’s been recommended by many here that your reserve at least double the size of your primary hard disk, that way Time Machine backups have room to grow as the size of your data grows. Additionally, the more space you give Time Machine the more history it can preserve. The less space you reserve for Time Machine the sooner older backups & deleted items will disappear.
Procedure
Connect the hard disk you wish to use for Time Machine backups.
Launch Disk Utility.
It will appear twice in the pane on the left. (Make sure you recognize that it is different from the 2 icons that represent your Macs' internal drive.) The upper entry represent the device as a whole, including the controller inside. The lower entry represents the hard disk contained within the device.
Click on the upper icon of the external hard disk.
Select the "Partition" tab.
For "Volume Scheme" choose "1 partition". (Chose 2 partitions if you intend on storing other data on the disk besides your Time Machine backups.)
Name the disk.
Format should be "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)".
Click "Options".
Select either GUID or Apple Partition Map. (See above for significance)
Click "OK".
Click "Apply".
Now chose the level of secure erase you desire. (More passes means more time)
Once the external hard disk is repartitioned, select it again in Time Machine preferences and use it for your backups.
Let us know if this was helpful.
Cheers!

Time machine no longer works with iLife

I try to open Time Machine with iPhoto, and it no longer works. Please fix this soon.

Sorry, but that option has been removed, for some reason: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4754?viewlocale=en_US

Time Machine no longer working with 10.5.5

Hello all,
I have a 500GB Time Capsule and my MacBook had previously backed up quite happily to it. Since installing 10.5.5, however, it just won't work. The disk image mounts, but Time Machine just hangs on "preparing for backup". I checked with Console, and this is what I found:
9/16/08 7:34:16 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147] Backup requested by user
9/16/08 7:34:16 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147] Starting standard backup
9/16/08 7:34:32 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Backups
9/16/08 7:34:39 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147] Disk image /Volumes/Backups/Lappy 3000_0017f2328487.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Lappy 3000
9/16/08 7:34:39 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147] Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Lappy 3000/Backups.backupdb
9/16/08 7:34:49 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147] Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Lappy 3000
9/16/08 7:34:55 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[147] Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonEventDBUntrustable|
What are "Event store UUIDs", and why would they not match up? I let it run for a few hours last night, but it didn't complete its task. I am going to let it run all day today to see if it manages to reconcile the problems and back things up, but does anyone have an idea what this is about?

Steve Holton wrote:
Adding a data point to what Glenn pointed out.
Last night it took 20 minutes to do the deep traversal then 12 minute to backup the updates. That's on relatively modest 55GB worth of data being backed up.
This is perfectly normal and the backup should NOT be interrupted.
If people are curious what is happening when TM backs up, then I suggest adding a wonderful little widget called "Time Machine Buddy" which will give you all the information you need as to what is going on during a TM backup (or failure).
You can find TM Buddy under Status in the Other Widgets directory on you Mac.

My computer stopped backing up, time machine does not work,

Computer still shows the Device WD Smartware external hard drive that i have been using, I Tried to reinstal the WD Smartware but the install just shows a bar and just keeps spinning and nothing happens then I just quit the program, When I hit time machine preferences I see my book with space left on it, says the disk is not available, when I hit select disk, my book is one option or time capsule is another, I select my book and the only option comes up is remove disk or cancel? I don't want to do anything wrong and lose my backups on external drive, what is up with this? How do I fix this.

Ok this ended up being pretty easy to fix, went to spotlight, typed in disk, then clicked disk utility, then clicked on the extenal hard drive that I am using, and it brought up info, plenty of space left, then went to systems preferances from the apple in the corner, clicked on time machine and the backup started again. It just wasn't finding the external hard drive for some reason until I clicked on it in disk utility, even thou it showed it in devices.

Time Machine no longer working on Macbook Pro

I am at my wits end, have 2 Macbook Pro'sand one no longer backups up in TM (simply spins forever in 'Preparing Files'). I upgraded to Snow Leopard, which exposed the bad disk, and had both the disk replaced and OS re-installed. Still no luck, it simply spins for days. My other Macbook Pro backs up flawlessly every day on the same wireless network. Apple does not seem to know what the problem is, I tried renaming the machine to no avail. Any ideas on what to try next???

Sometimes there is no answer to the "preparing" issue other than deleting the backups for that computer and starting over with a new backup. But, before that there are several steps that can and should be taken.
It would be a good idea to first use Disk Utility to check the hard drive on the MacBook Pro that is giving you problems.
Open Hard Drive > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
On the left, click the exact name of your hard drive as it appears on your desktop.
Click Repair Permissions
The process will take approximately 30-90 minutes depending on how much data you have on your computer.
Once completed, try a backup again. Be ready to let "preparing" run for a few hours. If no progress after 4 hours, then stop the process and we'll try some more steps.

After installing Yosemite Time machine does not work

Time machine no longer works after Yosemite installed. Can this be fixed?

Mine isn't working either. First time I've tried to backup an iMac and it is after 10.10.3 update. It won't complete the backup. File in finder ends in "in progress" - i have tried with two different drives, ran tests on both and on my startup disk. It is a brand new WD 2T My Passport for MAC and basically a brand new iMac (late 2014) - it will NOT complete a backup. I cannot find any answers on the support discussions - how can I get this working? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated - I'm concerned I don't have this machine backed up at all.
Here is what Time Machine is telling me (I tried disk utility on both of the external hard drives I have - and neither had an issue to fix):

Started using my Time Capsule as a base station; now Time Machine won't work

Dear community,
I had been using my Time Capsule just for Time Machine backups, but I recently switched to using it as an internet base station as well. Now I can connect to internet via Wi-Fi, but Time Machine no longer works (it throws a "backup disk cannot be found" error). I assume this is related to the fact that the name of my Wi-Fi network differs from the name that my Time Machine used to have back when it was only my backup disk. Does anyone have any ideas for how to get Time Machine working again, hopefully without losing all my backup history? Thanks for your help.
I am using a Time Capsule (circa 2012) and a late-2011 MacBook Pro with OS X 10.9.3.

This is just typical Mavericks behaviour.
You must find the hard disk for it. Poor Mavericks cannot find its own tail let alone a network device as complex as a hard disk.
Does anyone have any ideas for how to get Time Machine working again, hopefully without losing all my backup history?
Let me say, that killing your backups is harder than simple resets or changing functions. In fact the only way to wreck the backups is erase them deliberately from airport utility, or have TM working over a faulty link and corrupt them.
The issue is simply that the hard disk is lost. And Bo Peep doesn't know where to find it.
Step in and mount the hard disk manually.
In Finder.. use Go, Connect to server.
Type in AFP://TCname.local
Where TCname is the actual network name of the TC. (Hopefully you are now using short names with no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. in which case network name = name. If not then you need to translate the name to the network name.
So Fred Blog's Airport Time Capsule which you name it in the utility comes out.
fred_blogs_airport_time_capsule as network name. Spaces and apostrophe are illegal.
Let me encourage you to go back to the airport utility and rename the TC something sensible like TCgen4 (it is a gen4) and use TCwifi for the wireless name. Then the network name is at least something like the actual name.
So in my case I would type in AFP://TCgen4.local
Local is the default domain and using it can also help.
The caps are irrelevant.
The other and better way of doing it in Mavericks is use IP address of the TC if it is static. ie if the TC is main router it will have IP 10.0.1.1 by default.
Then you type AFP://10.0.1.1
You will be asked for the password.. type that in and keep it in your keychain.
(BTW you can discover the actual names of everything via the netstat scan from network utilities. In Mavericks Network Utilities has gone walkabout, so you will need to search for it in finder). You should see the actual network names of everything listed here. Along with MAC address and other info.
Now you can reset TM and point it at the TC disk which is already open in finder.
See info on TM reset here.
A4 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Please note when TM starts up it will show it is going to do a full backup.. this will not happen. It will discover the existing backup and then simply do incremental. (I hope!!) Nowadays with Mavericks nothing can be certain.
Good Luck.. !
Sorry I have made it over complicated.. Early morning here and not suitably caffeinated yet.
If you run into trouble post back.

HT1998 Time machine no longer backs up. It prepares for back up OK but then fails to complete. The archive is still available. Any ideas? Thanks

Time machine no longer backs up. It prepares for back up OK but then fails to complete. The archive is still available. Any ideas? Thanks

Unfortunately, not much to go on here. There are any of twenty different reasons why backups are not occurring, and no shortcuts that I know of to find out why.
Work your way through Backup Failures in Pondini's excellent support document Time Machine --- Troubleshooting.
See C1 through C19.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

HT201250 I accidentally didn't save a document on my desktop--a report. Can I go back with time machine and recover my desktop and save the file?

I accidentally didn't save a document on my desktop--a report. Can I go back with time machine and recover my desktop and save the file?

If you saved it at least once, then time machine should have a copy of the document at the state you last saved it. I'm guessing tha's not the case however or the copy of the file would still be on your Desktop.
If you never saved it a single time, yet closed the window and dismissed the warnings about an unsaved document, then you are out of luck as far as I know.

Time Machine No Longer Finds Mounted Sparseimages after upgrade to 10.6

Wondering if anyone has a solution or workaround for the following. In Leopard I had no problem having Time Machine backup my mounted sparseimage drives and would exclude the physical hard drives these were mounted on. However, since upgrading to Snow Leopard the other day, Time Machine no longer includes the content of the sparseimage drives in the backup (it is not seeing them even when they are mounted). Presents a problem as I only want Time Machine to backup the files within the sparseimage drives that have changed, rather than backing up the whole sparseimage each time. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Marco1975 wrote:
Hi,
Since I have updated to 10.6.1 (over 10.5.8), my time machine only returns error messages. I am backing up 3 computers on 2 disks via airport extreme and it worked perfectly under 10.5.8. Since I upgraded to 10.6.1, I cant mount the disk or if it does, stops after 5 gig.
With no clue as to what error messages, all we can do is tell you to Start with the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
It will show you how to locate the message(s) that describe the problem, then help you fix it.
If that doesn't help, please start a NEW THREAD in the SNOW LEOPARD - TIME MACHINE forum, with details, including all the messages, what you've done, and the results.

All media files vanished. When time machine backup attempted it says disk full? Confused help.

I recently upgraded from osx leopard to snow leopard on my 2008 macbook to sync my new iphone data smoothly. After the installation it was v slow as anticipated and a time machine full restore was done successfully. Now however all my media files have vanished namely precious music videos and pictures. I tries reverting back in time machine but it says no disk space. Also i have 1000 new pictures last uploaded which gas also been backed up by time machine with the computer showing the rest of the files erased. How do i recover both sets of data the old and the new?

How much free space on your internal drive and how much free space on the Time Machine drive? You can use Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities to find free space. If Time Machine gets too full it could delete your backups. I suggest your turn off Time Machine in System Preferences until you get your files restored.
Rather than enter Time Machine using the Time Machine interface, go to the extrernal drive and drill down in the backups.backupdb folder. Go to a date when you know the files existed. Select Macintosh HD > Users > You > Pictures. Do you see the data. Check size? Do the same for Music.
You can drag from these folders to your Desktop as long as you have space on your internal drive.
I suspect you'll need to erase your Time Machine and start new or you'll need to purchase a larger drive. It's recommended that your Time Machine drive is 3X larger than internal drive.

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