Macbook Pro trying to connect to Airport Extreme I no longer own

I used to own an Airport Extreme which I used to run backups on my Macbook Pro, but got rid of it over a year ago. Then a few days ago, after a software update, I've started getting the following error message when I wake my macbook up from sleep "there was a problem connecting to the server airport extreme". I've checked the Airport Utility and it doesn't think there is an Airport Extreme connected. I can't find anything running in the background either, but then I'm not super techie, so its quite possible I'm not looking for the right things in the right places. Its starting to drive me a bit potty as I can't find anything similar in a google search either, so I'd be grateful if someone could help me work out what to do about it (preferably by giving me simple step by step instructions!). Thanks

Clean install the OS..
Sorry but if you have deleted all the plist files it would be gone.. but upgrade installs of Yosemite are so buggy.. just start over..
Use the existing TM backup to restore your files.. of course take great care doing this and if you need to make a new clean backup to a usb drive plugged directly to the computer.. a disk image can also add to the security of your files.
This is OS problem .. not the TC which is no longer even there.

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