HT201514 Time Machine - Error code -6584, what to do?

I have received the the following message from my Time Machine - The operation can't be completed An unexpected error occured (error code -6584)
What do I do to resolve it?
I have restarted the time machine.

There are several references to the error in discussion if you look at the more like this on the right ..
This one has some answers.. basically option click on the Time Machine icon and use the verfiy backups.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17748380#17748380
I don't think Pondini lists that particular error but it is caused by a combo of issues.
He has a few answers listed in the post above.
You have listed the OS is 10.7.4 Is this correct??
There was a supplement to 10.7.5 to fix some serious TM issues.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1599
Then just follow some of the instructions in the pondini trouble shooting.
If the backups are corrupted you might need to erase and start again.. this is not unusual with wireless connection.

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What is Time Machine error code -6584, What is Time Machine error code -6584, What is Time Machine error code -6584

My mac book pro crashed badly after latest Apple update. I have had to reinstall the the operating system to get my mac book pro working again. Thanks to Apple support team who where helpful and actually got my mac able to load up. I am now trying to restore all my documents from Time Machine but keep getting this error message error code -6584 -Help needed

Thanks guys but I am scr***d. All my business documents are back up on Time Machine. Tried the Verify option says back up drive is not available. Am I missing something? I have a WD NAS which has my TM backups on it. I know they are on there because I saw them before the clean reinstallation of the OS X.

Time machine error code -6584

went to Time Capsule using AirPort Utility erased backup from there to see if time machine trash would empty and then tried to open time machine it gave me this error code -6584
please some one please give an answer for this issue i see others have same issue but no one no knows an answer

Reset time machine.
http://pondini.org/TM/A4.html
Do it properly and rename the TC.. use short no spaces full alphanumeric only name.. and same for wireless names.. btw.
Rename the hard disk..
Then point the TM to the disk of the TC.

Time Capsule Error Code 6584

What is Time Capsule Error Code 6584? What is the corrective action to clear it?

On the More Like This.. see the various very common complaints.. just to the right >>>
First one is good.. anything Pondini responds to listen. https://discussions.apple.com/message/17748380#17748380
A simple reboot of the whole network.. from off.. modem .. router/TC.. clients.. 2min gap will probably fix it.
If it keeps happening, tell us your OS. (Most likely Mountain Lion.. which has networking ability of wet string and a pair of tin cans).

HT201250 An unexpected error occurred (error code -6584). what does this error code mean ?

mac airport time machine i tried to open up error code 6584 would not open please help !

First, I strongly suggest that you make another full backup to a locally-attached external hard drive. You should do that anyway. One backup isn't enough to be safe, and backing up over a network is less reliable than backing up locally. Then try each of the following steps that you haven't already taken.
1. Restart the backup device. You can do that by disconnecting and reconnecting the power cord.
2. Hold down the option key and select Verify Backups from the TM menu in the menu bar (not the Dock icon.) This operation may take a long time. If the menu-bar icon (a clock that runs backwards) isn't showing, check Show Time Machine in menu bar in the preferences.
3. Erase the backup device. With a Time Capsule, you do that from within the AirPort Utility application; see its built-in help for details. All backups will be lost, so don't do this until you've backed up to another device. After erasing, select the TC again as a backup destination in the TM preference pane. The first backup should be made over a wired connection, if possible.

Time Machine Error Message. What to do?

Hello,
My G5 has 2 built-in drives, each 160Gb. I have reserved one of these drives exclusively for Time Machine. There is no issue regarding the connection of these drives since they are internal.
I started Time Machine 3 weeks ago, and it has been running successfully. With each backup, the available space has been declining. Tonight the available space reached the megabyte range - insufficient space for the next backup. It is my understanding that when new space is required by TM, old backup(s) are AUTOMATICALLY deleted.
Tonight when a backup starts, the window (System Preferences) shows that the backup is preparing. However, as soon as it starts copying to the TM drive, I receive the following error message:
"TIME MACHINE ERROR
Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume."
No further information is provided for diagnosing the problem. I have no idea about the cause or what to do.
Can anyone identify the problem and a workout? I would appreciate some help. Thank you. Dale

Hello,
I'm back on this thread after having been absent for several weeks. I hope that the original helpers are still subscribed to this issue. I continue to get the message: "Time Machine Error . . . Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume."
Below is the system.log file pertaining to backupd. I am not a technician, so I cannot understand the entries. Can someone help, please? Thank you, Dale
Feb 20 19:23:29 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Backup requested by automatic scheduler
Feb 20 19:23:29 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Starting standard backup
Feb 20 19:23:36 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Mach 160Gb HD/Backups.backupdb
Feb 20 19:23:37 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume Leopard HD
Feb 20 19:23:37 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonEventDBUntrustable|
Feb 20 19:27:47 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 10.18 GB requested (including padding), 14.37 GB available
Feb 20 19:27:52 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: MDBackupIndexFile returned -12 for: /Library/Application Support/5221530, /Volumes/Time Mach 160Gb HD/Backups.backupdb/Sherborn G5/2008-01-25-202510.inProgress/0FA23087-5ECE-44FB-8C5D-C089622A374E/Leopard HD/Library/Application Support/5221530
Feb 20 19:27:52 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Aborting backup because MDBackupIndexFile failed
Feb 20 19:27:52 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Canceling backup.
Feb 20 19:27:54 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Copied 2 files (18 KB) from volume Leopard HD.
Feb 20 19:27:54 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Copy stage failed with error:11
Feb 20 19:27:55 sherborn-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[335]: Backup failed with error: 11

Why does my time capsule error code -6584

time capsule error code -6584

There are a few causes..
Using the More Like This..
the top reference is helpful.. but you can see this is a regular problem.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17748380#17748380
Basically reboot the whole network.. restart in correct order.. modem.. router/TC...Clients.. 2min gap
Half the time will fix it.
It can also be the backup is corrupt and needs repair.
Are you aware of the supplement to 10.7.5 to fix TM??
This is not related to your problem,, rather it is slow backups.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1599

Time Machine - Error Code 43

I have a OS X 10.5.8 on IMac and my Time Machine says 'An unexpected error occured-error code 43. The only key I can press is OK. What does this error mean?

Hello,
error -43 fnfErr: File not found
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Repair Disk on the external drive.
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.
If TM display doesn't even show up, see this...
http://pondini.org/TM/E4.html

Time Machine error code -50?

Hello, I've been trying to get Time MAchine to do an initial backup to my new Time Capsule drive, and it seems to have stopped overnight with this error:
Oct 5 23:48:15 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[434]: Error: (-50) SrcErr:NO Copying /Backups/Home Folder - 2008.08.02-19.02.03.652.IncrementalBackup/Contents/Contents/Backup.sparseimage to /Volumes/Backup of x's Computer/Backups.backupdb/x’s Computer/2008-10-05-164404.inProgress/478AE609-F235-4C4C-A405-3D2BF6BAE87F/Maci ntosh HD/Backups/Home Folder - 2008.08.02-19.02.03.652.IncrementalBackup/Contents/Contents
Does anyone know what this is about? The error says something about an incremental backup, but I was doing the first backup of my system.

I think I figured out what is going wrong; it looks like the hard drive in my MBP is going bad, and Time Machine appears to be failing when it gets to a file with bad sectors in it.

Where can I find Time Machine error codes?

Hi, My time machine backup keeps failing with error code 11. I can't find documentation explaining error codes, can anybody point me in the right direction?
thx!

At this point TM error codes are best known by the Apple Tech support people or at least they will have access to the software engineers who will have this knowledge. As fas as I know there's no definitive list of TM error code available to users/customers.
You can always send Apple feedback on this issue.

Time machine error code 22

I have a the items listed below. Recently I had to unplug and remove all of my network devices, Aiport Extreme, Motorola Cable Router/Modem (TWC) and a western didgital my book, and western digital portable passport. Everything was working great before I moved everything, but I did not change any settings. The two hard drives are plugged into a powered USB hub. I use the mybook to store media and the passport to store my two computers time machine back-ups. Well now when I try and back up the error code 22 pops up and everything ejects and I can no longer reach them. I have ran the disc utility on the drive and it checks out.
The only difference in my setup now is that A-B USB plug I was using from the powered hub to the extreme is longer, from 1.5 feet to 6 feet...could that be the problem and why?? The powered USB hub should help shouldn't it.
Hopefully I covered all my bases...

Graham Parker wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
One other question if you don't mind.
Do I need a really need a separate partition for my Time Machine Backup on my drobo.
Sooner or later, most likely.
I have already put data on drobo so to create another partition would erase all the other data and its quite a lot . Is the reason for a partition to stop time machine running away with the space.??
Yes. See #3 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

How do I fix Time Machine error code 43?

When I try to open Time Machine in my applications folder, it won't open and i get a message with Error Code 43.
I've never set up Time Machine before on my G5. I did add a new internal hard drive about 6 months ago but other than that, there are no other drives connected to it.
I recently bought a MBP and a time capsule. i would like to back up my G5 to the Time Capsule before I start moving data/info from my G5 to my MBP. I've already set up the Time Capsule to work with my MBP. Now I just need to set up my G5.
I've read in another forum that I may need to re-set my preferences in Time Machine (on the G5) to get it to work again. They recommended "right clicking" or "control" click to open time machine. When I do that, I don't get a menu item for preferences. So I don't know how to find the preferences.
Maybe there is something else I need to do or know, that is why I'm looking for help.
Thanks,
Ehren

Hello Ehren,
1. Start System Preferences
2. Select your Time Machine Preferences
3. Select a new target for your Backups, or uncheck recheck it.
4. Begin backing up

Time Machine - Error Code 10657

When I try to view anything backed up (ex. - iTunes), the following comes up:
"Operation could not be completed. An unexpected error occurred (error code 10657)."
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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My solution, after noticing that I could go to Terminal and launch the application from /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/Mac OS/iPhoto, was that ownership of the files in the application was not correct.
My fix:
Bring up the Get Info on the iPhoto application in the Applications folder and manually add myself as a user. (I guess you could also add "Everyone".) This solved the issue to me.
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Time Machine: Error Code 19

Started getting this since the security update was applied on 10/15 or 16:
"Starting standard backup
Network mountpoint /Volumes/RobertYBobsTC not owned by backupd... remounting
[SnapshotUtilities remountVolumeRef] url could not be resolved via BonJour
Failed to remount network volume.
Backup failed with error: 19"
Can anybody help explain this?
Thanks, in advance.

Reloaded iMac which was upgraded in place from Tiger to Leopard. Now it has a fresh clean load of Leopard and TC is working great!

HT201514 error code -6584

How do I fix this error for my time machine. (error code -6584)

This shows a corruption in the backup.. it is a fairly serious error and for some reason the TM could not recover as it normally would by starting over.
Firstly do a full reboot of the whole network.
If the problem still exists, verify the backup by holding down the option key and click the time machine icon in the top right menu area. A number of new options will appear .. verify being one of them..
Also read through the "more like this" posts.
This is the most helpful.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3123920?tstart=0

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