HT3275 My error message is: The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data/Michael's MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" is already in use. Thoughts?

Hi folks - I didn't see my issue answered here, so I thought I would just toss it out there in case anyone had advice.
My error message is: The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/Michael's MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use.
Thoughts?

Look on the right hand side .. more like this.. I am surprised you can have missed it.. we get about 10 requests a day now to fix it.. especially since Mountain Lion has made it 10x worse.
C12 and C17
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

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