My time machine is no longer backing up. Says that it is in use by "[our] MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" What the **** does that mean? I am sick of all the jargon that makes your product useless to me when something goes wrong. Might as well buy a PC.
THIS IS USELESS "SERVICE."
Do you want help.......or do you want to complain?
If you want help......and don't mind a somewhat technical exercise......
Pull the power cord from the back of the Time Capsule
Count to ten
Plug the power cord back into the back of the Time Capsule
Wait a few minutes, then try another backup.
If you want to complain......complain to Apple, as we are all users here.....just like you.
Apple - Time Capsule - Feedback
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My Time Machine will no longer back up to my external drive for unknown reasons. It began after a series of power outages (my equipment is protected by a surge protector with battery backup), and was shut down correctly. Then it began by not recognizing my disk and my Time Machine password, although I am positive it was correct. I tried NUMEROUS times to get into it. It says the disk is damaged and needs to be erased and started over. How can I back up my files on my Mac so I can do that? I have no other disk to back up to. I found the files in a folder called "Backups.backupdb", and tried to copy them into a folder, but get the message "The volume has the wrong case sensitivity for a backup." The "lost+found" folder did copy for me. Will I just have to lose 4 years of backups?
Hi there,
I have the same issue. Usually hangs after 10K od sometimes after 18MB of backup file.
Config: iTunes 10.4., Win 7 64bit, iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3.3
I tried all of these without success:
- deleted backups via iTunes / Preferences
- deleted backups from sync folder
- created a new admin user and tried to sync
- reinstalled iTunes
- ran all Windows updates, restarted, reinstalled iTunes
- ran iTunes / Diagnostics (says everything okay, only info which is strange: diag says I am not a admin user, which is not correct)
Nothing helped. Who can help. I hope someone from Apple can take care, as I seem not to be the only one. Actually iTunes is the worst part about iPhone. Hope with iOS 5 and Cloud sync to get rid of iTunes.
Any hints welcome,
Cheers,
Miguel-KA -
Forgive my clumsiness ---
My Time Machine backup keeps failing...how do I find out why?? MacBook Pro 5,1 OS 10.5.8, 6GB ram backing up to new OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 2TBHave you formatted the disk to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)?
Caio. -
My Mac mini time capsule is showing an error Time machine error, backup disk image "/volumes/data-1/.sparesbundle " already in use. I don;t know what this means, can someone help?
I had a similar problem and I solved it as follows -
In Time Machine - > I deselected time capsule Data Disk as a destination.
Then I pulled the power plug on the Time Capsule, twiddled my thumbs for 15 secs, plugged the power back in.
Went back t Time Machine -> Re-Added the Time Capsule Data Disk as destination. And then tested by selecting Backup Now.
All went well and the backup picked up from before the problem.
BTW - I also have a USB drive connected to Time Capsule that is an alternate disk for Time Machine to backup.
In Mountain Lion the GUI lets you add more than one Time Machine backup destinations very easily so I think it a good idea to have redundancy.
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I am using icloud and info desapear from ical and several times from my agenda too.
But I desperately need the info from my ical.
I tried using the time machine but i received a messagem saying that they can not modify ical.
Can somebody help me?First of all, we are not Adobe. This is a user to user forum. We are consumers just like you. And I have arthritis, too, although not severe.
Now let's see if we can help you resolve your problem.
Where was it purchased from?
Was it downloaded or was a disc purchased?
What is your operating system?
Is it version Photoshop Elements 13?
Did you use a redemption code to get a serial number?
Did you sign in/activate?
Did you create an Adobe account? -
Able to install the .ipa signed with distribution certificate using iTunes on MacBook Pro. where as the when tried to install using iTune on PC is causing a problem
The sound input going to the mic is not going to pipe through the speakers like that. It doesn't do it because it would cause a feedback loop on itself. The mic input will take sound and output it to a program or to another pathway (like a VoIP or Facetime call, etc.) but it won't behave like a Karaoke machine if that's what you're thinking.
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More and more files are now hidden in OS 10.9 (Mavericks). Many users here have already expressed their frustrations with iCloud (see for example <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5460803?start=2835&tstart=0>). This relates to Time Machine because that is where we are used to backing up our data if it gets deleted, either because of a user mistake or because of a software problem. If files on Time Machine are no longer easily accessible, then arguably it's not worth using.
This may be a problem with a lot of ramifications, but I want to ask a specific question: how can you use Time Machine to restore Contacts and Calendar files? (Please don't suggest using iCloud instead, I want to know how to do it with Time Machine.) Thanks for any ideas.The answer is (of course) yes.
Calendars and Contacts, whether in iCloud or not are on your computer, TM will back up and restore them. -
My time machine cannot complete my back up. The message I receive says the "sparse bundle cannot be accessed. (error -1) Help please.
GG,
Please read over Pondini's Time Machine Troubleshooting guide, specifically C17. -
i can no longer shoot directly into phaseone software - neihter version 6 or 7 - since i use my new macbook pro with retina display. pictures are not transfered from the camera into captureone. anyone else with this problem? any solutions?
My eyes just glazed over...Please in the future break down each of your issues with paragraphs separated by two carriage returns. It would be much easier when trying to address your issues.
Go to Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Keyboard and Mouse -> Mouse
And edit your mouse settings to do what you want it to do.
Secondly, this is not the place to vent. If you have a complaint, there is:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
or http://www.apple.com/contact/
We are just end users here helping other end users.
Third, from my understanding, it would appear you are concerned about the noise the hard drive makes when it falls asleep? Why not put your machine in screen saver mode instead? Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Energy Saver turn off all Energy Saver settings, or set them to run Never.
Fourth, if your machine was purchased just a few days ago, you may still be able to get an exchange from the store, quicker than you can get a repair done. You may want to look into that possibility.
Fifth, it does appear you found the Logic forum. I would persist in asking there how to solve your technical issue with Logic regarding the audio. It may be you don't have to do anything special to the hard drive. Remember audio can be transmitted by wire, avoiding ambient sounds.
Good luck! -
Time machine is no longer backing up to time capsule
Time Machine has stopped backing up to my time capsule. I think that it started sometime around when I upgraded to Mavericks. Whenever I try to backup my computer is says backup failed. I am still able to access all of my data including backups, pictures, videos etc through finder so the only issue seems to be time machine. I am also having the same problems with my macbook air which is running Mountain Lion.
I have tried reselecting the time capsule and even restored it to factory settings and set it up from scratch but I am still having the same issues.
Could someone please help. I am not sure what else to try.Are you using wireless?
Can you take a screenshot of the actual error message and post it..
Have you tried some of the pondini solutions.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
A1 load the widget so you get actual data on errors from the TM log.
A4 do a reset of TM
I would not be surprised that Mavericks has made it go bad.
Have you used SMB compatible names, ie short, no spaces and pure alphanumeric? Use that for everything, ie TC name and wireless name/s
What Mac is this.. and what model TC?? -
HT201250 Time Machine can no longer back up files
I was using Time Machine to back up files to a WD Elements hard drive. Lately I started to get error messages the back-up failed. Previously Finder would list back-up files for that drive, but now it only shows empty folders. Get Info still shows 60 GB of used space on the external drive. Can I retrieve those files, or is all lost and I must reformat the hard drive?
I would connect the Time Machine HDD to your Mac and open Disk Utility and select First Aid, Verify the disk and run a Repair if necessary. If that does not solve the problem, I suspect that the HDD is failing. Then I suggest transferring the backup data to another HDD, or perhaps just start from square one with a new HDD and back up the entire internal HDD.
Ciao. -
I have suddenly become unable to access photo library (iPhoto vers 9.5) on my external hard drive. Also time machine isnt backing up to same external hard drive (LaCie). The drive does show up on the desk top, but when i open iPhoto the library isnt listed, so I cant option click.
First, one should not try to run an iPhoto library from the same volume/drive that is being used by Time Machine for backups. TM will continue to fill up the drive thus squeezing out iPhoto from being able to be opened and used. Also that doesn't allow you to let TM backup your library as it does with other files on your boot drive.
If you partition the EHD into two separate partitions you can run the library from it but that won't let TM backup the library which is important.
Are you able to see the library on the EHD via the Finder? If so copy it back to your boot drive and open it there. You may have to do some fixing on it.
Solution is to either run the library from the boot drive or get a second EHD to run the library from and let TM back it up along with your boot drive.
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Time Machine suddenly no longer backs up
After backing up with the the time machine for over a week successful (on two computers using a common time machine), the time machine keeps failing when attempting a back up - I get the error message "unable to complete backup; an error occurred while creating the backup directory." Any ideas?
Thanks for the comment, I also have an external drive but it is connected through a firewire port. I'll try disconnecting the external drive, but I suspect your situation going through the TC was different.
I erased the TC and started all over with an ethernet cable to do the initial backup, then switched back to wireless backups. It backed up for a day or so and then quit. When I hit "back up now" it starts up and begins "preparing" and then just hangs - never starts the actual backup. It will hang all night with no error messages.
I also take the laptop to work so I manually stop and start the TC - this may be contributing to my problem but I don't think it should. -
My time Machine is no longer backing up my HD.
2 Days ago I installed a new wireless Canon MX 892 multifunction printer, with help from a Canon tech. Wireless printing works fine, I have access to the internet, and emails are coming and going. But my Time Capsule will not auto back up now, and I can't connect to the backup volume. What do I need to do?
Just restart the TC..ie pull out the power cord.. count to 10.. plug in the power cord.
If that isn't enough restart modem.. TC.. computer in that order with 2min gap.
It is just stupid bugs in OS and TC firmware. -
Sorry to elaborate a bit more.
I have used time machine since owning my mac book pro with no issues. i keep the timemachine backups on an external hard drive made by Verbatim. This has not external power source.
Recently i decided to use up some of the available space on the external verbatim disk drive to store some movie files which were sitting on my macbook pro.
Therefore i created a new folder outside of the time machine backup folder and stored the movie files in there.
From then on Time machine failed... and a few days later i noticed it was not mounting in 'finder'
Therefore i used disk utility to see if it was recognising it. Which i was. However when i try to repair it the repair process fails.
In disk utility i am presented with 1 TB Samsung HN M10 which has a child called Verbatim HD.
The 1TB Samsung hardware appears fine, but the verbatim disk i am unable to fully verify and fix.
Does this mean i have lost all my back ups?
Have I lost all the media that i put on there?
Is there any way to fix this?
Any help would be appreciated.
didier07...To summarize: You used an external Verbatim HD for your TM backups. Then, you stored some movie files on the "spare" space on the Verbatim drive. Now, Disk Utility isn't being recognized, and repair is disabled. Your home Samsung drive is working fine, but the Verbatim cannot be verified.
The problem, I believe, is that the external Verbatim drive wasn't partitioned. There should be two partitions: one for TM backups, the other for video. That way, you can perform backups, and still retain some space for video or somesuch.
Frankly, I don't know how to fix this except through the following. (1) Erase the Verbatim drive, (2) Create a new blank space and format it, (3) Make two partitions - one for backup, the other for video. (4) Run TM through one partition, but switch to the other for your videos. The better solution might be to have one dedicated drive (perhaps the Verbatim) for backups, and another dedicated drive for video backups; that way, you'll have plenty of space for expansion.
I hope someone will correct me if I'm incorrect, but I believe you've essentially lost your backups and media. I don't know how you can retrieve that clump of the now-undifferentiated data on the Verbatim drive. To retrieve any lost data, you're going to require another external drive that's larger in capacity, as well as data recovery software; don't expect encouraging results. If you're desperate, there are firms like Drive Savers that can offer a more comprehensive solution - at a cost.
Post if you have questions, or additional concerns!
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