HT3275 Why can't I enter time machine?

Why can't I enter time machine?

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

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    Barbara
    Start time: 11:29:32 12/05/14
    Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
    System Version: OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
    Kernel Version: Darwin 14.0.0
    Time since boot: 29 minutes
    SATA
       HGST HTS541515A9E630
    Diagnostic reports
       2014-12-05 mdworker32 crash x8
       2014-12-05 mdworker crash x14
       2014-12-05 plugin-container crash x2
       2014-12-05 xfig crash
    Log
       Dec  5 11:14:35 com.adobe.illustrator.43768: Service exited due to signal: Terminated: 15
       Dec  5 11:14:38 WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.1 instead of 10.10.1. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number.
    Call location:
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       Dec  5 11:16:39 en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
       Dec  5 11:16:39 en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 149 153 157 161 165
       Dec  5 11:18:25 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
       Dec  5 11:18:39 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
       Dec  5 11:18:41 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
       Dec  5 11:18:47 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
       Dec  5 11:18:51 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
       Dec  5 11:18:58 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
       Dec  5 11:19:04 Recieved EWS error: Error Domain=MFEWSErrorDomain Code=117 "Id is malformed." UserInfo=0x608000e6b4c0 {NSLocalizedDescription=Id is malformed.}
       Dec  5 11:19:04 Recieved EWS error: Error Domain=MFEWSErrorDomain Code=117 "Id is malformed." UserInfo=0x608000c6ba00 {NSLocalizedDescription=Id is malformed.}
       Dec  5 11:19:11 BUG in libdispatch client: dispatch_mig_server: mach_msg() failed (ipc/send) invalid memory - 0x1000000c
       Dec  5 11:19:11 CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFFFFFFFFFECC) from font server
       Dec  5 11:19:11 CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFFFFFFFFFECC) from font server
       Dec  5 11:22:58 Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
       Dec  5 11:23:09 Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
       Dec  5 11:26:00 [com.apple.calendar.store.log.persistent.operation] [CalOperationQueue (x-coredata://UUID/ExchangePrincipal/p3): <CalExchangeSyncAccountOperation: 0x7f92fbe96830> failed with error Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1003 "A server with the specified hostname could not be found." UserInfo=0x7f92fe1cbfa0 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7f92fe3021f0 "A server with the specified hostname could not be found.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://EMAIL/ews/exchange.asmx, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://EMAIL/ews/exchange.asmx, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=12, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=8, NSLocalizedDescription=A server with the specified hostname could not be found.}.]
       Dec  5 11:26:05 process WindowServer[150] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 3474; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 120600
       Dec  5 11:26:05 com.apple.ReportCrash.Root: Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash.DirectoryService
       Dec  5 11:26:06 Error loading dyld shared cache uuid UUID: 0x8
       Dec  5 11:29:38 process smcDiagnose[687] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 49533; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 48870
       Dec  5 11:29:38 com.apple.ReportCrash.Root: Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash.DirectoryService
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    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.1.18)
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       com.adobe.versioncueCS4
    com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing
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       com.cloudpath.maccmd
       com.mozy.backup
       net.cloudpath.HelperTool
       com.adobe.fpsaud
       com.bombich.ccchelper
    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
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    uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam
    com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud
    uk.co.markallan.clamxav.clamscan
       com.mozy.status
    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
       com.hp.printerAgent
    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
    com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate
    com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate
       com.adobe.ARM.UUID
    com.google.keystone.user.agent
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    /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA/StartupParameters.plist
       /Library/StartupItems/HP IO/HP IO
       /Library/StartupItems/HP IO/Resources/version.plist
       /Library/StartupItems/HP IO/StartupParameters.plist
    /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr/HWNetCfg
    /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr/HWNetMgr
       /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr/StartupParameters.plist
    /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect/HWPortCfg
    /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect/HWPortDetect
    /Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect/StartupParameters.plist
    /Library/StartupItems/OpenAFS/OpenAFS
       /Library/StartupItems/OpenAFS/StartupParameters.plist
    /Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser/rEFItBlesser
    /Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser/StartupParameters.plist
    /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/StartupParameters.plist
    /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox
    App extensions
    com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon
    Apps
       /Applications/Dropbox.app
    Contents of /etc/hosts (checksum 2520548989)
    127.0.0.1    localhost
    127.0.0.1    [name removed]-macbook-pro.local.
    255.255.255.255    broadcasthost
    ::1 localhost
    fe80::1%lo0    localhost
    Contents of /etc/ssh_config (checksum 1281775184)
        Host *
          SendEnv LANG LC_*
       Host *
    XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
    Contents of /etc/sshd_config (checksum 2518667249)
       SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV
    AuthorizedKeysFile    .ssh/authorized_keys
       UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox        # Default for new installations.
       AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
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       XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
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       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
       <plist version="1.0">
       <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.mozy.status</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
    <string>/Library/PreferencePanes/MozyHome.prefPane/Contents/Resources/MozyHome Status.app/Contents/MacOS/MozyHome Status</string>
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    <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
    <string>Aqua</string>
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       </plist>
    Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist (checksum 572360244)
       <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
       <plist version="1.0">
       <dict>
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    <dict>
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    <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
    <array>
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    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/usr/bin/open</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
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    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
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    Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (checksum 2403555562)
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       <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
       <plist version="1.0">
       <dict>
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    <string>com.oracle.java.Java-Updater</string>
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    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/dev/null</string>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
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    <key>Weekday</key>
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    Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (checksum 2451978492)
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    <key>EnableTransactions</key>
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       <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
       <plist version="1.0">
       <dict>
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    <string>Adobe Version Cue CS4</string>
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       <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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       <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
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