No "OPTIONS" box in Time Machine setup window

just finished setting uo a Time Capsule as a WDS remote, for the time with a PB on its wired ethernet. added an external USB disk to the TC for trial.
TC and external disk show up correctly on PB and networked machines. external disk ca be used to stream video over the wired ethernet. too slow over 11g
slide the switch, confirm the TC drive as a backup disk, enter yr password, then after a few minutes "error - no backup volume has been selected, open system preferences" (thats where i came from)
interesting is that the "options" button has now disappeared from the Time Machine setup menu, and the slider doesn't go back anymore.
can somebody gimme some guidance pls? thks.

Apple has never fully committed support of the Time Machine/Airport Extreme combination. I have a Airport Extreme 6th gen that supposedly supports the Time Machine, (page 13 of the installation manual). After a year of experience I have concluded that it does not work - period. If you have any critical data on your system(s) I would recommend that you use a dedicated backup/recovery product like Carbon Copy Cloner.

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Time Machine Setup "Choose Backup Disk" Won't Recognize ANY Disks

I'm trying to configure Time Machine for the first time. I open Time Machine preferences and slide the slider to ON. Because no backup disk is selected, a window pops up where possible drives are to be listed. The Time Machine instructions say this...
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, and then click Time Machine.
Open Time Machine preferences
Slide the switch to On if Time Machine is off.
Click Choose Backup Disk (or click Change Disk if you have already set up Time Machine).
Step 4 - Choose a disk where backups will be stored, and click “Use for Backup.”
You see a list of every available disk that can be used to store backups, including internal hard disks (except for your startup disk), most external disks, and any Time Capsule devices set up for use with Time Machine. If you have partitioned a disk, the partitions are listed.
I do not see a list of any available disks, not even the internal hard disk on my computer. I only have two button options--Setup Time Capsule or Cancel.
When I click Setup Time Capsule it opens my Airport Utility and takes me to the setup page for my Airport Extreme. Why? My Airport Extreme Base Station is already setup and running. How do I get drives to appear in the Time Machine setup window?

My two external drives are connected to my Airport Extreme Base Station via USB. My tower is connected to the Base Station via Ethernet. My internal drive is, of course, internal and is supposed to show and it's not. Here's their formats...
Internal Drive - Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
My two external drives don't seem to show up in Disk Utility. In Finder the format shows as...
External Drive 1 - SMB (FAT)
External Drive 2 - Has two partitions (rather, 1 partition and two volumes) both of which are listed as Apple Share.
I just re-read your note. I connected External Drive 1 directly to the tower and Time Machine spoke right up and asked if I wanted to use the drive for backing up. The format then appeared in Disk Utility as MS-DOS (FAT32).
- It would appear the drive must be directly connected to the tower to be used by Time Machine. Is this true?
- Why does my internal drive not appear as the Apple Help file says it should?
- I may have to purchase another external hard drive. If so, is there a particular format it should be in for use with Time Machine?
Thanks...

I have bought a Seagate Backup Plus 1TB drive, first time I have selected Mac Windows option which excludes Time Machine to work on it, but now I want to go back and select Only Mac option to activate my Time Machine application. I request you to help me

I have bought a Seagate Backup Plus 1TB drive, first time during plug-in, I have selected Mac Windows option which excludes Time Machine to work on it, but now I want to go back and select Only Mac option to activate my Time Machine application.
I request you to help me with the procedure of the same?

IMPORTANT - This will reformat your Seagate drive and hence wipe it. If there is anything on your Seagate drive you want to keep, save it somewhere else FIRST.
Plug the drive in.
In Finder select Applications > Utilities > Disc Utilities.
Select the external drive, select Partition option, give it a name (I call mine Mac Backup), select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the Format and under the drop down menu "Partition Layout" select the number of partitions you want (so if you want the drive to just be for Time Machine, select 1 Partition, if you want part of the drive to be for Time Machine and the rest for something else, select 2 partitions and so on). Click apply and the Disc Utility will partition and reformat your drive ready to use.
When this is complete, open Time Machine in System Preferences. Use Select Disc to select the drive (or if you have multiple partitions, the partition of the drive) you want and you are good to go.
This may be a long way round, but it gives you the option to partition your disc which you may want.

Time machine would back up only the first time after I shut off my imac and started it up again. Then it would fail or claim it could not locate my external Hard Drive even though it's icon was showing in the time machine dialog window.

Time machine only ever backed up the first time it runs immediately after I start up my computer after it has been shut off. All other back up attemps fail. Recently it stopped recognizing the icon for my external hard drive in the time machine dialog window where you select the hard drive to back up to, and turn on and off the time machine function. Now the external HD icon only shows up on the desk top but no longer in the dialog box. I just tried shutting the computer off and turning it on again and now the light is on, on the external hard drive but the icon does not even appear on the desk top.
The external hard drive is a 1TB Seagate. The drive still has plenty of unused capacity. I ran a diagnostic test on it. It said the disk needed repair but the repair function would not work. The message stated that it could not be unmounted and repair is not available because the disk can't be written to. The Mac OX utility said the disk can still be opened but can't be changed nor repaired. The external HD is not S.M.A.R.T. supported.
I haven't tried replacing the cable yet. Is that the next thing I should try?

What Mac OSX version are your running ("iOS" as shown in your profile cannot run on a Mac computer)?

Do I need to add my 'Home Folder' to options in the Time Machine?

I dont want to have my 'Home Folder' to be a unencrypted back up.
I know that Time Machine back up my encrypted sparseimage 'Home Folder' when I log out. FileVault is on.
But when I am log in, do I need to add my 'Home Folder' into the options button of Time Machine preferences. So that Time Machine does not back up my Home folder unencrypted?
This is what I have done, is this right or wrong? Time Machine is backing up my 'Home Folder' when I log out.

I bought my a new white macbook about couple of weeks ago & a Seagate ITb external HD using 400 Firewire cable.
I partition the macbook into 5 volumes. I turn on FileVault, then a day later turn on Time Machine. It seems to be working fine until I decided that I wanted 6 partition instead of 5. So, I partition my macbook into 6 volumes & use Time Machine to restore all my data.
Time Machine did restore everything, but when it finish & restarted, it stalled & I had to turn the macbook off, then on. I though everything was fine, then just after I posted my question above, time machine fail to back up, some error message stating it fail to link?
So I deceided to start from the beginning. I erased the external HD. Deleted the “com.apple.TimeMachine.plist” file from Preference folder. Restarted the macbook, open Time Machine, look inside the exclusion list & I notice that Time Machine put all external volumes into the exclusion list automaticlly including my FileVault 'Home Folder'. So I took out my 'Home Folder' from the list. Then back everything up. This seem to work, until I log out. I notice that Time Machine was not backing up my 'Home Folder' then I got that error message stating it fail to link?
Then I decided to turn off FileVault, then turn it on again. Deleted the “com.apple.TimeMachine.plist” file. Restarted the macbook, open Time Machine, delete my 'Home Folder' from the exclusion list. Then got Time Machine to do a back up. Log out & Time Machine was backing up my 'Home Folder'. Everything is working, so far!

I'm trying to set up time machine to back up on an external HD connected t my airport extreme, but the disk doesn't show as an option in the time machine selecting a disk, any suggestion anyone? My mac "sees" the airport extreme ??

I'm trying to set up time machine to back up on an external HD connected t my airport extreme, but the disk doesn't show as an option in the time machine selecting a disk, any suggestion anyone? My mac "sees" the airport extreme ??

The first important thing to consider here is that Apple does not support Time Machine backups to a drive at the USB port on the AirPort Extreme, so that may likely have something to do with your difficulties.
If you want to continue to try this, the drive must be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and you almost always have to use a powered USB hub with a drive at the port of the Extreme...even if the hard drive has its own power supply....because the port on the Extreme is under powered.
Most users who try this unsupported method have corruption difficulties sooner or later, but we do hear from some users who seem to be able to make it work.
The bottom line is that there is no support from Apple on this if you have difficulties, so you may want to consider a secondary backup plan for your important data.

Time Machine Setup Questions

Hey all, I am looking to upgrade my Time Machine setup and was looking for some tips. Here's my current setup:
I had two (now three - see below) external drives: a 320GB WD drive that currently houses all of my family's iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie data as well as a few extraneous videos. We also have a second 1TB WD drive that currently has time machine backups from the iMac on it. Time Machine is also set up to back up the 320GB WD to the 1TB drive in addition to the iMac. Both drives are connected to our family iMac (Mid 2007).
The problem is that our 320GB WD that has all of our data is full. So, we bought a new 3TB (!!) Seagate USB3 drive. I am planning to have this drive be a backup drive for the iMac, our media (more on that in a moment), and two other computers (our 13-inch rMBP and my home-built mac (if you know what I mean)). This site suggested that I create partitions for each Mac that I back up. So I formatted the drive with three partitions: 2TB for the iMac and the media drive connected to it, 300GB for my MacBoook, and 700GB for the third Mac. BTW, I am planning to switch to using the 1TB WD drive that I currently use for backups as the new media drive, and retiring the 320GB WD.
I tried carrying the plan through, but I came across a few issues. First, I would like to keep the 930GB of backups that I currently have on the 1TB and move them to a new 2TB partition on my new 3TB drive. First, Finder refused to copy the backups.backupdb folder entirely, but I fixed this by reformatting the Seagate as a case-sensitive volume. Then, when I tried to do the copy it first just had the stripey progress bar for an hour at least saying "preparing to copy x number of items" and that number gradually went up. I left the computer running with Caffeine overnight, but it got stuck somewhere in the copy and I couldn't kickstart it again. Should I just abandon my old backups? 930GB is a lot of data to copy, but I don't see why it would get hung up somewhere. Maybe that was a sign that I should just start fresh with this new drive. Speaking of which, if I do start afresh, how can I get Time Machine to not format my drive as case sensitive? I've never used case sensitivity before (except when TM automatically formatted my last drive as such) and don't want it on my backups. Lastly, I still have the daunting task of copying all my data from the 320GB drive to the 1TB one. Should I just select all and copy, or should I use a tool like Carbon Copy Cloner? Additionally, would hooking both drives up to my rMBP speed up the copy? I'm just copying from USB2 to USB2. Does this sound like a good plan?
Thanks so much in advance for any answers,
Seamus

You propose to partition the 3GB this way ...
1 - iMac TM + media --> 2TB partition
2 - MB TM --> 300GB partition
3 - other Mac TM --> 700GB partition
That seems to abandon the use of any of the existing HDs. Why not do a partitioning this way?
3TB HD
1 - iMac TM --> 2TB partition (by itself rather than shared with media)
2 - other Mac TM --> 1TB partition (rather than a 700GB partition)
A - MB TM --> 320GB HD (rather than in a 300GB partition)
B - media backup --> 1TB HD (rather than in co-storage on a 2TB partition)
As to abandoning old TM backups ... To what extent do you believe that any of the prior backup files will be required in the future? To what extent can you pull those files separately from the TM backup and then archive them separately? IOW, to what extent can you look at your existing TM backup and say ... uh ... this is just old stuff that I will never need to (or have time to) see again or ... OH! ... this old file needs to be kept for the rest of eternity?
Unfortunately, I cannot speak for the process of copying an existing TM backup to a new drive, let alone partitioning with/without case sensitivity.
JJW

Drives not mounting from old time machine setup

Hello all.
I had a time machine setup on a Lacie big disk 2 tb drive through firewire, but when i unplugged it (ejecting first) the plugged it back up in would not mount again.
I have done all the possible tests to diagnose the issue, new cable different port, different port type even a different disk drive. however it still wont mount. the drives will mount in a normal macbook but not in the xserve. my xserve is a 9g55 running 10.5.6 OSX server
The disk however will show up in the system information under the appropriate connection type..
Any ideas?? i have restarted the server multiple times now

Hi adamramage-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple Discussion boards
Did you try a different FW port on the XServe? Have you tried connecting via USB to see if the drive show up?
Have you tried resetting the PMU?
Link here: Resetting the Xserve G5 PMU
You may want to try resetting the PRAM as well.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

Time Machine, FileVault & Windows Backup Best Practice

I read a lot on the forums about people wanting the best way to backup, when they had FileVault and also Windows files.
This is what I did, I have a 250 GB Lacie external drive:
1) 2 Partitions: 177 GB Mac OS Extended, 55 GB FAT32 (This disk was entirely FAT32 and MacOS Disk Utility wouldn't resize it to make space or even recognize the unpartitioned space I created in Windows, using a third party tool. So I resized in Windows, created a new ext2 partition, connected to Mac and erased it as Mac OS Extended. Mac sees 2 partitions now and automatically wants to use one for TimeMachine)
2) I use FileVault on my home folder, only for personal pictures and documents. I keep the iTunes music folder out of my home folder
3) Use Time Machine to back up everything but my home folder
4) Create an encrypted image of my FileVaulted home folder on the same backup disk that I created. For ease, I use the same password as that of my login account. I used the Disk Utility's Image from Folder option for this.
So My pictures and documents are encrypted on my machine, they are copied as one encrypted file into the backup drive, and the rest of my machine is backed up by File Vault. I do not have to log out, though it is a manual step for me to create the Image from folder. I don't mind doing that for now as I will need to do it only when I add new pictures to this folder. I would then make a new image on the backup drive.
I think this setup will work for me, if I do find things I can tweak I will post a follow up.

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system.log:
Description: System events log
Size: 25 KB
Last Modified: 4/22/08 6:11 AM
Location: /var/log/system.log
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Apr 22 00:04:47 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 com.apple.launchd[64] ([0x0-0xaa0aa].jp.co.canon.bj.printer.app.MPNavigator[673]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 675 PPID 1 MP Navigator
Apr 22 00:07:03 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 /usr/sbin/spindump[691]: process 675 is being monitored
Apr 22 00:07:05 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 /usr/sbin/spindump[691]: process 675 is being force quit
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Apr 22 00:07:13 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 com.apple.launchd[64] ([0x0-0xb00b0].jp.co.canon.bj.printer.app.MPNavigator[693]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 695 PPID 1 MP Navigator
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Apr 22 01:04:28 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SuperDuper![772]: .scriptSuite warning for type 'NSTextStorage' attribute 'name' of class 'NSApplication' in suite 'NSCoreSuite': AppleScript name references may not work for this property because its type is not NSString-derived.
Apr 22 01:04:28 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SuperDuper![772]: .scriptSuite warning for type 'NSTextStorage' attribute 'lastComponentOfFileName' of class 'NSDocument' in suite 'NSCoreSuite': AppleScript name references may not work for this property because its type is not NSString-derived.
Apr 22 01:04:28 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SuperDuper![772]: .scriptSuite warning for attribute 'boundsAsQDRect' of class 'NSWindow' in suite 'NSCoreSuite': 'NSData<QDRect>' is not a valid type name.
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Apr 22 04:39:33 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 202, Mail)
Apr 22 04:41:33 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 202, Mail)
Apr 22 04:43:34 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 202, Mail)
Apr 22 04:45:34 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 202, Mail)
Apr 22 04:47:34 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 202, Mail)
Apr 22 04:50:35 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 202, Mail)
Apr 22 04:52:35 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: PM notification timeout (pid 202, Mail)
Apr 22 06:07:05 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
Apr 22 06:07:05 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
Apr 22 06:07:07 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
Apr 22 06:07:07 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Apr 22 06:07:07 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Apr 22 06:07:15 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.2: Tue Mar 4 21:23:43 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.4.31~1/RELEASE_PPC
Apr 22 06:07:08 localhost kextd[10]: 414 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
Apr 22 06:07:15 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Apr 22 06:07:14 localhost rpc.statd[17]: statd.notify - no notifications needed
Apr 22 06:07:15 localhost kernel[0]: vmpagebootstrap: 1020257 free pages and 28319 wired pages
Apr 22 06:07:14 localhost fseventsd[26]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (99878 12 104327)
Apr 22 06:07:14 localhost bootlog[35]: BOOT_TIME: 1208815622 0
Apr 22 06:07:16 localhost kernel[0]: migtable_maxdispl = 79
Apr 22 06:07:14 localhost DirectoryService[31]: Launched version 5.2 (v514.4)
Apr 22 06:07:15 localhost DumpPanic[29]: Panic data written to /Library/Logs/PanicReporter/2008-04-22-060715.panic
Apr 22 06:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: 106 prelinked modules
Apr 22 06:07:14 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[22]: Login Window Application Started
Apr 22 06:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
Apr 22 06:07:14 localhost DirectoryService[31]: WARNING - dsTouch: file was asked to be opened </Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/.DSIsRunning>: (File exists)
Apr 22 06:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpopolicyinit for TMSafetyNet
Apr 22 06:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
Apr 22 06:07:17 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
Apr 22 06:07:18 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.seatbelt
Apr 22 06:07:18 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpopolicyinit for mb
Apr 22 06:07:18 localhost kernel[0]: Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
Apr 22 06:07:18 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
Apr 22 06:07:18 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Apr 22 06:07:18 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Apr 22 06:07:18 localhost kernel[0]: MAC Framework successfully initialized
Apr 22 06:07:19 localhost kernel[0]: using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Apr 22 06:07:19 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx::probe: 05094e80, 0
Apr 22 06:07:19 localhost kernel[0]: DART enabled
Apr 22 06:07:19 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Apple ID 42 PCI now active, GUID 001124fffe7f2582; max speed s800.
Apr 22 06:07:19 localhost kernel[0]: mbinit: done
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 7EEABB9C-080B-3F8E-9C95-7E90FFCF646F
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: wl0: Broadcom BCM4320 802.11 Wireless Controller
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost fseventsd[26]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 77035FE8-86D2-4B05-AE4E-F897A4A724B3
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: 4.170.25.8.2Got boot device = IOService:/MacRISC4PE/ht@0,f2000000/AppleMacRiscHT/pci@5/IOPCI2PCIBridge/k2-sat a-root@C/AppleK2SATARoot/k2-sata@1/AppleK2SATA/ATADeviceNub@0/AppleATADiskDriver /IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 Hitachi HDT725032VLA360/IOApplePartitionScheme/AppleHFS_Untitled1@3
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk1s3, major 14, minor 5
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: replay_journal: from: 15033344 to: 16646656 (joffset 0x952000)
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.
Apr 22 06:07:20 localhost mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-170 (Jan 4 2008 18:04:16)[21]: starting
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 2 orphaned unlinked files or directories
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 5
Apr 22 06:07:21: --- last message repeated 4 times ---
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: PowerMac72U3TwinsPIDCtrlLoop::adjustControls state == not ready
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: IOPlatformControl::registerDriver Control Driver AppleSlewClock did not supply target-value, using default
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: UniNEnet: Ethernet address 00:11:24:7f:25:82
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:11:24:aa:86:4b
Apr 22 06:07:21 localhost /usr/sbin/ocspd[57]: starting
Apr 22 06:07:22 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s3: replay_journal: from: 623616 to: 1369088 (joffset 0xa701000)
Apr 22 06:07:22 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: disk0s3: journal replay done.
Apr 22 06:07:22 localhost fseventsd[26]: event logs in /Volumes/Macintosh HD/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (20187 0 27000)
Apr 22 06:07:22 localhost fseventsd[26]: log dir: /Volumes/Macintosh HD/.fseventsd getting new uuid: EAEEEBE3-D7A7-4F79-BBAE-0B9727642A98
Apr 22 06:07:27 localhost mDNSResponder[21]: Couldn't read user-specified Computer Name; using default “Macintosh-0011247F2582” instead
Apr 22 06:07:27 localhost mDNSResponder[21]: Couldn't read user-specified local hostname; using default “Macintosh-0011247F2582.local” instead
Apr 22 06:07:32 localhost kextd[10]: writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
Apr 22 06:07:38 localhost mDNSResponder[21]: User updated Computer Name from Macintosh-0011247F2582 to Ian Phua’s Power Mac G5
Apr 22 06:07:38 localhost mDNSResponder[21]: User updated Local Hostname from Macintosh-0011247F2582 to ian-phuas-power-mac-g5
Apr 22 06:07:40 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 configd[33]: setting hostname to "ian-phuas-power-mac-g5.local"
Apr 22 06:07:45 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 org.ntp.ntpd[14]: Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Apr 22 06:07:45 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 ntpdate[81]: can't find host time.asia.apple.com
Apr 22 06:07:45 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 ntpdate[81]: no servers can be used, exiting
Apr 22 06:07:50 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 loginwindow[22]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Apr 22 06:07:51 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 authorizationhost[90]: MechanismInvoke 0x11f220 retainCount 2
Apr 22 06:07:51 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SecurityAgent[91]: MechanismInvoke 0x101650 retainCount 1
Apr 22 06:07:51 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SecurityAgent[91]: MechanismDestroy 0x101650 retainCount 1
Apr 22 06:07:51 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 loginwindow[22]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
Apr 22 06:07:51 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 authorizationhost[90]: MechanismDestroy 0x11f220 retainCount 2
Apr 22 06:07:51 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 loginwindow[22]: USER_PROCESS: 22 console
Apr 22 06:07:52 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[86]): Exited: Terminated
Apr 22 06:07:59 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s3: replay_journal: from: 71680 to: 792576 (joffset 0xa9a000)
Apr 22 06:07:59 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s3: journal replay done.
Apr 22 06:07:59 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s5: replay_journal: from: 4422144 to: 5159424 (joffset 0x3f8000)
Apr 22 06:07:59 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 fseventsd[26]: event logs in /Volumes/Lacie Backup/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (97634 1 104373)
Apr 22 06:08:01 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s5: journal replay done.
Apr 22 06:08:01 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[43]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Ian Phua C S's Public Folder) returned -14135
Apr 22 06:08:01 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[43]: SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Ian Phua's Public Folder) returned -14135
Apr 22 06:08:06 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 loginwindow[22]: Unable to resolve startup item: status = -36, theURL == NULL = 1
Apr 22 06:08:06 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 loginwindow[22]: Unable to resolve startup item: status = -43, theURL == NULL = 1
Apr 22 06:08:08: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Apr 22 06:08:08 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 fseventsd[26]: log dir: /Volumes/Lacie Backup/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 0C27B6C4-044E-45BA-BD19-E56DBBC68DC4
Apr 22 06:08:08 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 fseventsd[26]: event logs in /Volumes/Lacie SP/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (97169 10 104382)
Apr 22 06:08:08 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 fseventsd[26]: log dir: /Volumes/Lacie SP/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 5BA6D6AF-6DC0-4FE9-94D3-099FAE59249D
Apr 22 06:08:14 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SMARTReporter[130]: ATA Drive: 'Maxtor 6B160M0' - SMART condition not exceeded, drive OK!
Apr 22 06:08:15 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SMARTReporter[130]: ATA Drive: 'Hitachi HDT725032VLA360' - SMART condition not exceeded, drive OK!
Apr 22 06:08:21 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[1 08]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Apr 22 06:08:21 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer[1 08]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Apr 22 06:08:29 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SubmitReport[140]: CFReadStreamGetError() returned: 12
Apr 22 06:08:29 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SubmitReport[140]: Failed to submit uncompressed panic report for xnu
Apr 22 06:08:31 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 Disk Utility[146]: ********
Apr 22 06:08:31 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 Disk Utility[146]: Disk Utility started.
Apr 22 06:08:32 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 mdworker[69]: (Error) SyncInfo: Boot-cache avoidance timed out!
Apr 22 06:08:37: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Apr 22 06:08:37 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/Problem Reporter.app/Contents/MacOS/Problem Reporter[138]: CPSGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Apr 22 06:08:37 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 /System/Library/CoreServices/Problem Reporter.app/Contents/MacOS/Problem Reporter[138]: CPSPBGetProcessInfo(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
Apr 22 06:08:47 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 Disk Utility[146]: Repairing permissions for “Macintosh Leopard HD”
Apr 22 06:08:52 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kextcache[46]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Apr 22 06:09:10 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kernel[0]: UniNEnet::monitorLinkStatus - Link is up at 1000 Mbps - Full Duplex (PHY regs 5,6:0xcde1,0x000d)
Apr 22 06:09:15 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 mdworker[69]: (Error) SyncInfo: Catalog changed during searchfs too many time. Falling back to fsw search /
Apr 22 06:09:21 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SubmitReport[169]: Submitted uncompressed panic report for xnu
Apr 22 06:10:00 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 kextcache[46]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Apr 22 06:11:18 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 simpleScanner[251]: launching daemon...
Apr 22 06:11:18 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 simpleScanner[251]: daemon runs all right...
Apr 22 06:11:25 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SuperDuper![253]: .scriptSuite warning for attribute 'boundsAsQDRect' of class 'NSWindow' in suite 'NSCoreSuite': 'NSData<QDRect>' is not a valid type name.
Apr 22 06:11:25 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SuperDuper![253]: .scriptSuite warning for type 'NSTextStorage' attribute 'name' of class 'NSApplication' in suite 'NSCoreSuite': AppleScript name references may not work for this property because its type is not NSString-derived.
Apr 22 06:11:25 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SuperDuper![253]: .scriptSuite warning for type 'NSTextStorage' attribute 'lastComponentOfFileName' of class 'NSDocument' in suite 'NSCoreSuite': AppleScript name references may not work for this property because its type is not NSString-derived.
Apr 22 06:11:25 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SuperDuper![253]: .scriptSuite warning for attribute 'boundsAsQDRect' of class 'NSWindow' in suite 'NSCoreSuite': 'NSData<QDRect>' is not a valid type name.
Apr 22 06:11:25 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SuperDuper![253]: .scriptSuite warning for type 'NSTextStorage' attribute 'title' of class 'NSWindow' in suite 'NSCoreSuite': AppleScript name references may not work for this property because its type is not NSString-derived.
Apr 22 06:11:25 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 SuperDuper![253]: .scriptSuite warning for superclass of class 'NSAttachmentTextStorage' in suite 'NSTextSuite': 'NSString' is not a valid class name.
Apr 22 06:11:25 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.blacey.SuperDuper![253]: crontab: no crontab for ianphuac
Apr 22 06:11:27 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 GrowlHelperApp[255]: Unknown plugin filename extension '(null)' (from filename '(null)' of plugin named 'Bubbles')
Apr 22 06:11:39 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 Mail[248]: NSInvalidArgumentException: Unable to obtain sql exclusive lock to commit transaction: 10 (disk I/O error)
Apr 22 06:11:39 ian-phuas-power-mac-g5 Mail[248]: SyncServices[ISyncSessionDriver]: Caught top level exception: Unable to obtain sql exclusive lock to commit transaction: 10 (disk I/O error) Stack trace: (0x91f3bef4 0x950e676c 0x91f3be04 0x91f3be3c 0x93163d60 0x930ff2c4 0x93101c7c 0x93101b4c 0x93113fc0 0x931134b4 0x93105e64 0x930f3da0 0x9317adfc 0x968704f8 0x95fdab9c)

Larger scale Time Machine setup, really bad performance

Hi,
we have 2 Intel XServes running OS X Server 10.5.2 with 2 XServe RAID setups, each with 5,2TB capacity. The first server now contains about 2TB data and we would like to try and use the second one as a Time Machine backup destination using AFP. The initial backup is still running after 10 days, and that backup is only 429GB. I've got a couple of questions:
- Somehow I seriously doubt even Apple ever tried a Time Machine backup like this, but has anyone ever tried something like this?
- The backup is running really slowly, only 300KB/s or something. The link between these servers is 1GBit. Is there anyway we can speed this up?
- What would be the best alternative for using Time Machine? It would be nice if we could offer the same functionality (e.g. retaining multiple versions of the same file for a period of time).
TIA

From what I can gather, TM is not intended for the type of use you expect out of it. That being said, what I suggest you do is test the throughput between your two Xservs. Create a 5GB file (which is a reasonable size for this test) on one of the Macs, then use a terminal window with the timer command to cp that file from its home volume to a volume on the other Xserve. You will see exactly how long the file takes to copy. If the copy is very slow, then it is unrealistic to expect TM to be faster, but you may be able to do things to improve your network throughput.
For an alternative, probably your best bet is EMC's Retrospect.

Yosemite Time Machine unresponsive windows

I am trying to help a colleague with Time Machine on his iMac. He is running OS 10.10.2.
When he selects a folder then clicks "Enter Time Machine" it appears fairly normal. No error messages appear, no buttons are grayed out. However, instead of the front window in the stack being interactive, it appears to be a static graphic. Files can't be selected. Clicking on a file, or anywhere else in the window, results in Time Machine just moving to the previous hour's backup window.
I have tried a few different search words and phrases but have been unable to locate anyone else with this problem. Do any of you recognize these symptoms, and can you give us any suggestions on how to resolve this?
Thank you.
Paul

In the Finder, right-click or control-click the folder icon and select
Show View Options
from the contextual menu. In the dialog that opens, select None from the Arrange by menu. Close the dialog, enter Time Machine, and try again.
Another reason why items in a snapshot might not be selectable is that the time-travel view is open on a secondary display. Move it to the primary display, or if necessary, exit and disconnect the external display.

Time Machine setup with my Belkin N1 Vision

Hi, I purchased my first iMac (love it!) after being a Windows person forever. I have a home office setup with an Dell XPS One & my new iMac. Both are working perfectly with my Belkin N1 Vision router +(via direct ethernet connection, although both can access the wireless connection as well)+. I purchased the Time Capsule so that I can use it within my network (in partcular with the Time Machine for my iMac). I do NOT want to use the Time Capsule as a wireless network (+I like my Belkin too much and it is super strong within my home)+.
I plugged it directly to the ethernet port open on my Belkin to the Internet Wan port back of the Time Capsule. But no matter what I do, I can't see the Capsule on either computer. I have reset the Capsule several times and even reset my router a couple times. The Capsule appears to be working fine with a nice bright green glow. Can anyone help me or suggest something to get it working and or reconnized within my network? Have I connected it properly? I appricate any advice & keep in my I am a newbie with Apple OS +(expert with Windows)+. I am going to take the Capsule back otherwise, but I really wanted this to work! Thanks!!

On the screen of the Vision, can you scroll to the Devices pane? Are you seeing an IP address being issued for the TC you have connected?
From another angle, have you tried using only the Time Capsule and checking if the computers can see it then? Simply pull the plug on your Vision for a minute and try to connect to a wireless network (preferably not a neighbor, but that of your TC). The TC may be trying to host a DHCP server and is getting blocked by the Vision.
On a side note, having a Vision router and knowing someone with a TC, I believe the TC has better range than Belkin's product.

Time Machine Setup Issue

I recently had an issue where Time Machine gave me the following warning: "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you." Figuring it was a drive issue, I retired that drive and setup a new one for Time Machine. It seemed to back up fine the first time, but then I got the following popup:
I should add that my Time Machine drive is not connected directly to my computer. It is connected to a USB hub on my Time Capsule. However, this same setup is used for another computer in my home and works just fine (as did this computer for years.)
Any help for solving this issue would be GREATLY appreciated!

ai. i am feeling very stupid today or i am dealing with too many computer issues.
i have a new motherboard which means it thinks i have a new machine. from the url it appears that /adding/ backups to the existing backups is not possible?
i mean, the last two paragraphs here are very confusing. is my case the first case or the second case or do i have an option here?
"If you are replacing an old Mac with a new one, and want the new one to use the backups from the old computer, click Inherit Backup.
If you plan to continue to use your old computer, click Create New Backup to preserve the old computer’s backup history and start separate backups for the new computer.
i am supposed to click "inherit backup history" even though "create new backup" preserves the old computer's backup history?
for some reason i am not understanding the options here but i THINK i want to try and retain any files that may have been changed or accidentally deleted on the computer so i can go back and retrieve them (if this is possible of course). AND if it isn't possible shouldn't i be wiping the drive clean and starting again??
THANKS

Time machine setup - how to change 'wireless network name' and settings?

I have moved laptop to Mountain Lion.
This is the first time to backup to Timecapsule.
I went to Settings then Select Disk and selected existing Time Machine.
It took more than 30 minutes and seemed stuck on 'Preparing ....".
I cancelled and tried to 'Setup Time Capsule not listed"...
The system recognised the Time Capsule but I see that the network settings is my old 'wireless network' name.
How do I change this to the correct network name and ensure that the settings are correct?
I think if this is corrected, the backup will work.
Thanks in advance.

On the Home screen of the product control panel, touch the right arrow ( ) to view more options.
Touch Setup ( ).
Touch Network .
Touch Wi-Fi Protected Setup .
Touch PIN .
Touch Start . The product displays a PIN.
NOTE:The product begins a timer for approximately two minutes to allow you time to enter the PIN on the networking device.
Enter the PIN on the WPS-enabled router or other networking device.
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Time Machine and Windows Home Server 2011 - Why no worky? (Original WHS worked fine)

So I've had an original WHS (HP Mediasmart) for years, thought it was time to upgrade...built a new server using WHS 2011 and everything on the windows side works great.
I'm not a mac guy, so only mac in the house is my GF's which had no trouble backing up to my previous WHS mediasmart using time machine, it was perfectly happy with it.
With WHS 2011, it seems to absolutely hate it; but it REFUSES to give an error. Just goes to "preparing" for about 2-3 seconds then immediately back to "next backup at X time".
I've done the tweaks in terminal to allow it to use network drives for time machine (which I didn't have to do when it was backing up to the old mediasmart, so I'm assuming maybe the mediasmart installer for OSX did that itself?)...The mac sees the server, sees the share, I can copy data to it and from it, just time machine refuses to use it (it allows me to select the share as the backup drive, just doesn't actually backup to it).
I've also tried creating custom sparsebundle files in terminal per some online guides/how-to's to get it to work...no go...used the wired ethernet ports mac address and tried it with the wireless ones too...neither worked.
What am I missing here?
It's Mac OSX 10.5.8

Mcdonsco,
Have you reviewed the logs on the computer you are trying to backup? What does it say in the console?

No "OPTIONS" box in Time Machine setup window

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