System crashing when Time Machine backup starts

My MacBook Pro has crashed 4 times today. The first 2 times I wasn't around to see the crash, I just saw the message that the system had crashed and that I needed to hold down the power button and restart.
The 3rd time it happened I noticed that the Time Machine backup process had just started before the crash. I restarted the computer, manually started a Time Machine backup, and it crashed again.
It seems that the crashes are happening when Time Machine tries to backup to my Time Capsule.
Anyone have any ideas for me to try to get it working correctly, or any ideas on what exactly might be causing it? Maybe a problem with my Time Capsule? I noticed on my wife's MacBook that her Time Machine backup had failed today too. Her MacBook has not had any system crashes though.

Hi Garner,
Yes, you'll erase it with Disk Utility (make sure that you don't have any other information on the drive that you don't want to lose!).
So when you try backing up the other machine manually, does it work? If your other backup is actually working, you might want to try just erasing the old backups for the one machine that won't work and see if that helps (to avoid backing up both all over again). Just because my experience was that we had to format the drive doesn't mean that you'll necessarily have to.
And yes, if you don't ever mount the drive outside of Time Machine, that should be OK.
Hope that helps! Enjoy the long, boring backup process (sorry about that...).
—Hazy

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New Install Works Fine then System Crashes After Time Machine Backup

I have installed Snow Leopard and everything went fine. I setup my external drive as the backup drive for Time Machine and did a backup. Then when I next used it, various applications started crashing. Then the System began crashing and gave me the gray screen restart and would never load again.
I got out the Snow Leopard disk and used DIsk Utilities to repair the disk and permissions, which seemed to work well. The computer worked great for a while. Then after I used Time Machine to back it up, when I next used it the System began crashing again.
What is going on here? It seems to be too much of a coincidence that the problems started immediately after I performed my first Time Machine backup to an external drive.

Woodwyn wrote:
Actually I already did that more or less. I re-installed the Snow Leopard printer drivers from the DVD after I previously repaired my system using DIsk Utilities. After which, I was prompted to download and install the 10.6.2 Combo update again. Which I did. After which, I ran disk utility and repaired and permissions verified the disk. But if you think going back to the original 6.0 install is important, then I presume you also mean I need to run all the subsequent updates as well?
So you only re-insalled printer drivers and updated the existing OS to 10.6.2? Then that may be enough. Otherwise, if the issue returns, I would suggest a full re-install of the OS at 10.6.0 followed by updates to 10.6.2.
However, first I am going to repair the drive and NOT enable Time Machine or perform a back-up, to see how long it lasts without crashing. The last two times, the crashing began within an hour of finishing the install and repairing the disk (immediately following a "co-incidental" Time Machine backup both times, of course). It's entirely possible Time Machine is not the culprit, however, that will confirm whether it has been the trigger.
Good troubleshooting strategy. Only time will tell.
Another thought occurs to me...Is the RAM that is installed on your Mac the original cards supplied by Apple - or did you upgrade it with 3rd party RAM yourself. The crashing you described earlier could very well be from a bad RAM card - even one that came from Apple.
It is one 2GB card, or two 1GB cards? If the crashing continues, I would suggest taking one of them out and seeing how things perform, then switching them and seeing if things change.

Macbook Air Freezes when Time Machine backup starts

My Macbook Air (OS 10.5.5) has started freezing up whenever a Time Machine backup begins. I get the dark shade screen telling me that it has crashed and to hard power off. Everything was working well before, including the Time Machine backups, and the only changes I have made are the Apple updates. At first I thought it was random crashes, but I soon discovered that turning off Time Machine stops the problem (though obviously does not fix it). I've tried restarting and turning Time Machine back on, but it still makes the computer crash within a minute of the start of the backup process. The backup goes to a Time Capsule. I have not seen this problem on any of my other macs on the same network including a Macbook Pro that backs up to the same Time Capsule. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be and how to fix it?

To be honest,no I don't know why you are having this problem.
It looks like a specific problem with your MBA which could be a hardware problem (RAM most likely here) or a bad sector problem on the hard disk. If you own a copy of TechTool or something similar, run a full hardware systems check. If you don't own TechTool, run the Apple Hardware check from the MBA System install disk.
And, it could be a software problem. I don't know if this sequence will help, but do it anyway because it seems to solve problems on other Leopard systems.
1.) Disable Time Machine back ups
2.) Open Disk Utility and Run Repair Permissions
3.) Run Verify Disk. If it passes go to step 4.
4.) Download the 10.5.5. Combo Updater from http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_5_ComboUpdate
5.) Run the Combo Updater and restart
6.) Run Disk Utility Repair Permissions again
Then enable Time Machine and keep your fingers crossed.
Let me know if any of that helps.

System Crash on Time Machine Backup

I have been running timemachine without issue for several months now. A few weeks back I started to get a back up error but then things seemed to work out. Now.....everytime timemachine runs, it crashes my system. It seems to start up ok, then a curtain comes down and says I must shut down my mac. I restart and get the following error message:
Sun Jun 1 10:59:30 2008
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0031678A): "btreeswapnode: about to write corrupt node!\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1228.4.31/bsd/hfs/hfs_btreeio.c:197
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x34b0f918 : 0x12b0f7 (0x4581f4 0x34b0f94c 0x133230 0x0)
0x34b0f968 : 0x31678a (0x484588 0x92d6000 0x1 0x34b0fa40)
0x34b0f9a8 : 0x1fa244 (0x3054aa60 0x5c85004 0x0 0x0)
0x34b0fa68 : 0x1fb543 (0x0 0x0 0x200 0x0)
0x34b0fab8 : 0x3388b1 (0x4396e08 0x5c853b4 0x484261fc 0x2597b)
0x34b0fae8 : 0x325fa5 (0x5c85004 0x2 0x0 0x1)
0x34b0fc58 : 0x1f3097 (0x34b0fc78 0x5e26660 0x4 0xb52b9a4)
0x34b0fca8 : 0x1e2b5d (0x6354630 0x9361490 0x34b0fe2c 0xb52b9a4)
0x34b0ff78 : 0x3dcf13 (0xa8bec50 0xb52b8a0 0xb52b8e4 0x1)
0x34b0ffc8 : 0x19f1c3 (0x766b0e0 0x0 0x1a20b5 0x4b71480)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0102578
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: backupd
Mac OS version:
9C7010
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.2: Tue Mar 4 21:17:34 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.4.31~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro4,1 (Mac-F42C89C8)
I am using a Macbookpro with OSX version 10.5.2. My time machine is an apple integrated airport/harddrive. (It is working fine as an airport). If it helps, I also seem to be having the same problem when I try to connect to another apple computer via bluetooth. If anyone can help, I would be eternally grateful!!!!!!

Yes, you do have to do a full backup from scratch.
No you don't have to erase the drive or lose all your backups. But I'm not sure how useful they are because they are corrupt.
I started to have this problem before I upgraded to 10.5.3; upgraded to 10.5.3 in hopes of fixing the problem; no dice.
When the OS is restarted, it offers to send the crash info to Apple. I let it do that a few times. You guys should, too. I don't know how else to bring this to Apple's attention. Call technical support? My life is too short.
I'm pretty sure this is some sort of a bug: the backup data is corrupted and the OS can't recover from it. I don't know if this has anything to do with the "sparse bundle" remote mounted format but I suppose that is likely. But the data shouldn't get corrupted and the OS should tolerate it better.
In the mean time:
1. Stop TM
2. Open the backup disk itself with the finder (you may need to use
Go->Connect to server to do this.)
3. Create a new folder, say "BadBackupData".
4. Select the backup data (it will have a name ending with ".sparsebundle")
5. Drag into the new folder created in 3.
6. Turn TM back on
This will cause a new complete backup. It won't lose your old data. It doesn't require a disk erase.
Someone really should make sure this is reported to Apple.

Finder crashes when Time Machine starts backup

Hello,
My finder/computer crashes at least once or twice a day when the Time Machine backups start (there are other times where the backup will go fine). I am using a MacBook Pro, 2011 2.2 GHz i7 with 8GB of Ram. I have a 64 GB Samsung SSD drive I use for startup and applications, and a 700 GB SSD/7500 hybrid drive mounted in the Superdrive bay for docs/music/etc.
I have a 1TB WD HDD connected via USB I use for Time Machine.
Looks like there might be something amis when I am using Chrome and Time Machine in the superdrive bay SSD/HDD setup? Also some software update errors were being thrown just before the crash too.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
Peace,
Ed
Here is the console Log just before the crash through the reboot:
5/27/12 12:45:10.207 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize right 'system.install.app-store-software' by client '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/in stalld' [8335] for authorization created by '/usr/sbin/softwareupdate' [8334]
5/27/12 12:46:10.291 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: softwareupdate is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
5/27/12 12:46:10.314 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: softwareupdate is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
5/27/12 12:46:10.314 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize right 'system.install.app-store-software' by client '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/in stalld' [8345] for authorization created by '/usr/sbin/softwareupdate' [8344]
5/27/12 12:46:28.012 PM com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
5/27/12 12:46:28.681 PM com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/Big Mac Backup/Backups.backupdb
5/27/12 12:46:28.000 PM kernel: nspace-handler-set-snapshot-time: 1338147990
5/27/12 12:46:28.959 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:28.961 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:28.963 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:28.964 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:28.966 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:28.967 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:28.969 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:28.970 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:28.971 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:28.972 PM com.apple.mtmd: stat on /Users/edwardhilton/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal: No such file or directory
5/27/12 12:46:29.281 PM mds: (Error) Backup: doBackupIndexFile could not stat backup location /.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-27-124630/Volume/Users/edwardhilton/Library/Ap plication Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal /.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-05-27-124630/Volume/Users/edwardhilton/Library/Ap plication Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History Index 2012-05-journal. Error 2 with uid 0
5/27/12 12:46:30.133 PM com.apple.backupd: 3.07 GB required (including padding), 1.19 TB available
5/27/12 12:49:00.000 PM bootlog: BOOT_TIME 1338148140 0
5/27/12 12:49:02.000 PM kernel: PMAP: PCID enabled

Hi Pondini,
Thank you so much for the tips. Ive verified and repaired the HD per your guide and have turned local snapshots off. I also deleted the Chrome folder in the Library and the next time I opened the app it was rebuilt. So far so good and no crashes.
Do you have any idea what is throwing this error message? Should I be worried about multiple errors in the Console? This one is by far the most prevalent error.
Thanks!
5/28/12 3:47:27.121 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: softwareupdate is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
5/28/12 3:47:27.143 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: softwareupdate is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
5/28/12 3:47:27.143 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize right 'system.install.app-store-software' by client '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/in stalld' [6253] for authorization created by '/usr/sbin/softwareupdate' [7548]
5/28/12 3:48:27.202 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: softwareupdate is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
5/28/12 3:48:27.223 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: softwareupdate is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
5/28/12 3:48:27.223 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize right 'system.install.app-store-software' by client '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/in stalld' [6253] for authorization created by '/usr/sbin/softwareupdate' [7552]
5/28/12 3:49:27.276 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: softwareupdate is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
5/28/12 3:49:27.297 PM authorizationhost: SFBuiltinEntitled: softwareupdate is not entitled for system.install.app-store-software
5/28/12 3:49:27.298 PM com.apple.SecurityServer: Failed to authorize right 'system.install.app-store-software' by client '/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/in stalld' [6253] for authorization created by '/usr/sbin/softwareupdate' [7556]

Time Machine - Backup Starts, But Won't Complete

Hi all,
I've been using Time Machine with a 2TB Time Capsule (purchased a few months ago) that won't do a backup anymore. Here are the error messages:
+The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk.+
+The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk.+
+Time Machine Error+
+The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk.+
+Latest successful backup: 10-02-15 at 14:57+
Here are the log messages:
+Starting standard backup+
+Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Data+
+Mounted network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Data+
+Disk image /Volumes/Data/Sean’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups+
+Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb+
+No pre-backup thinning needed: 45.51 GB requested (including padding), 1.62 TB available+
+Indexing a file failed. Returned 200 for: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain, /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Sean’s MacBook Pro/2010-02-15-155508.inProgress/F373C449-00B9-4411-88C4-95B00E51D6E3/Macintosh HD/Library/Keychains/System.keychain+
+Aborting backup because indexing a file failed.+
+Stopping backup.+
+Copied 129 files (83 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.+
+Copy stage failed with error:11+
+Backup failed with error: 11+
+Ejected Time Machine disk image.+
+Ejected Time Machine network volume.+
I've tried verifying and repairing the sparsebundle using the Disk Utility program (no improvement) and I've also tried to reset Time Machine (again, no success). What else do I need to try? The access point and printer sharing work fine, so the problem seems to be software-based.
Any suggestions as to what I should try next? I'm a bit out of ideas.
Thanks!

Thanks for the help - failed again this time...here are the logs:
+Starting standard backup+
+Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Data+
+Mounted network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Data+
+Disk image /Volumes/Data/Sean’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups+
+Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb+
+No pre-backup thinning needed: 45.52 GB requested (including padding), 1.62 TB available+
+Indexing a file failed. Returned 200 for: /Library/Application Support/MindVision, /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Sean’s MacBook Pro/2010-02-15-155508.inProgress/903BABC7-5AB5-4241-97ED-37BE76D20A40/Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/MindVision+
+Aborting backup because indexing a file failed.+
+Stopping backup.+
+Copied 75 files (21 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.+
+Copy stage failed with error:11+
+Backup failed with error: 11+
+Ejected Time Machine disk image.+
+Ejected Time Machine network volume.+
Any ideas on what to try now? Should I exclude this directory or try something different?
Thanks!

I had to restore my system from a time machine backup. It Failed...

I had to restore my system from a time machine backup. It seemed to go alright up to it asking me to resart to complete the installation, but it would not boot. It forced a panic screen that told me to force quit my computer and resart which did not resolve anything.
Now I have installed the original Leopard 10.5 but I used to have 10.6.8 on it. How can I get it back to 10.6.8? or do I have to buy it again?
Any ideas why the restore failed?
thanks,
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It seems you had a kernel panic (see attached link):
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3742
Regarding upgrade to Snow Leopard (10.6.8), you will have to install the disk you used originally. If you have lost it, then you will have to get a new one. The Apple online store sells them for about $29. When you install Snow Leopard, you should then do a Software update.
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Transferring iTunes Library to another system, from a Time Machine backup

Transferring iTunes Library to another system, from a Time Machine backup
I have a large iTunes library that is backed up via Time Machine on an external drive. I would like to hook up that drive to another mac and just transfer the music that is saved in the backup. I don't want to restore anything else, simply transfer the whole iTunes library. Is this possible? If not, what is the best way to do something like this?
Thanks!

You should be able to restore iTunes and iPhoto files if the Lion system was running the same version of those applications that you'll have on the Snow Leopard system. However, you won't be able to restore files for applications like Mail, Address Book, or Safari, as the versions of those won't match.

Time Capsule crashes when Time Machine starts a backup

I've not searched through the postings here to see if other people have seen a similar problem. I've not attempted to repeat the problem I've seen here so I'm not very clear about the cause.
I'm using a MacBook Pro with OS 10.5.4 connected via a network cabled directly to a Time Capsule which is connected to a DSL/Cable modem. The Time Capsule is updated with v 7.3.2 of the firmware. I've got Time Machine enabled but I'm also using the Time Capsule disk (1TB) to store photos that I've previously archived to CD. I'm in the process of copying all the data from CD to the Time Capsule.
Having copied some photo data to the Time Capsule I was trying out some photo cataloguing SW to see if it was any good (iPhoto is no good to me as I don't want to store photos on the local drive of my machine) - Kodak EasyShare v6.1. Having loaded some images into EasyShare I tried to use finder to search for the file names of some of the images to check that EasyShare was not copying images to my local drive. While I was doing this I think Time Machine tried to kick in and start doing a backup. I believe that Time Capsule crashed at this point. Finder froze and after I restarted it (via Force Quit not a re-boot) I discovered that I had no network connection and Mac OS couldn't see the Time Capsule under FInder or via AirPort Utility (the Time Machine backup also timed out and failed). Time Capsule just sat there with the disk spinning and a green light on the front as if all was OK. Actually - the disk just kept spinning (Time Capsule normally shuts down the drive after it is idle for a while). Because of this I'm pretty sure that Time Capsule had crashed.
I experimented with re-booting my Mac but still no network etc so I tried power cycling the Time Capsule and everything came back to life.
I'm guessing that my doing a search (or some other drive activity on Time Capsule) at the same time as Time Machine kicking in with a backup caused Time Capsule to crash.
Perhaps this is not a very interesting point if this problem is not repeatable but - well, I'd be interested to know if others have seen similar behavior...

I'm having a very similar problem and it is detrimental.
Here is the scenario: I have a 1TB Time Capsule as my primary router. I am able to perform backups on all but one of my machines. My iMac backs up via 1GB ethernet to the TC, my MacBookAir (60GB,SS) backs up via wireless N (270mb) and my other MacBookAir (80GB,IDE) also backs up via wireless N without any problems.
I used to use a 500mb external drive to backup my iMac but outgrew it, so I started backing up to the TC instead. No problems at all.
I also used to back up my Intel MacMini running Mac OS X Server 10.5.5 to a similar external hard-drive but haven't in a while.
I decided it finally made sense to backup ALL my Mac's to the same 1TB TimeCapsule but it's just not working out!
On the MacMini; I turn on TimeMachine, the TimeCapsule has been chosen as a backup location, it prepares backup for a moment, mounts the backup drive and then appears to begin backup up... No...! First I get a message the the TimeCapsule closed the connection, next I lose Internet connection across my entire network both wired and wireless and then the TimeCapsule light turns amber, flashes and essentially does a completel crash / reset and then comes back to life a few moments later. I can backup any other computer except the MacMini to the TimeCapsule without "crashing" it and it makes no sense! Every computer is completely up to date with all the latest patches and the TimeCapsule is running 7.3.2
I sure hope this gets resolved, seems like other people are pretty disgusted with the performance of the TimeCapsule with problems that have no resolution.

Backupd crashed on Time Machine backup.

This happens every time I try to do a backup, I can't say for sure when it started but it was working fine for the first day after I set up the drive.
Other notes: I am backing up to a USB attached 300GB Drive, Formatted as HFS+> Have tried to re-format the drive but backupd still just crashed over and over. Reboots and another user account produce the same crashed as well.
Process: backupd [14059]
Path: /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd
Identifier: backupd
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [1]
Date/Time: 2008-10-24 22:03:10.987 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 1
Application Specific Information:
* Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '* -[NSCFString _getValue:forType:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xa018a7b0'
Thread 0:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x903d14a6 machmsgtrap + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x903d8c9c mach_msg + 72
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91f000ce CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1790
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91f00d54 CFRunLoopRun + 84
4 backupd 0x000088c4 0x1000 + 30916
5 backupd 0x00002f56 0x1000 + 8022
Thread 1 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91f79ff4 __TERMINATING_DUE_TO_UNCAUGHT_EXCEPTION__ + 4
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x92fb8e3b objcexceptionthrow + 40
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91f8134a -[NSObject doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 186
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91f7f94c __forwarding__ + 892
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91f7fa12 CF_forwarding_prep0 + 50
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x91ee4e18 CFNumberGetValue + 2728
6 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x93caba29 _CSBackupPrefsGetLong + 60
7 backupd 0x00024e8e 0x1000 + 147086
8 backupd 0x00025410 0x1000 + 148496
9 backupd 0x000048ec 0x1000 + 14572
10 backupd 0x00005a4f 0x1000 + 19023
11 backupd 0x00006aa8 0x1000 + 23208
12 com.apple.Foundation 0x96e1cbad -[NSThread main] + 45
13 com.apple.Foundation 0x96e1c754 _NSThread__main_ + 308
14 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904026f5 pthreadstart + 321
15 libSystem.B.dylib 0x904025b2 thread_start + 34
Thread 1 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0xa017f0f0 ebx: 0x92fb8e1c ecx: 0xa017e1a0 edx: 0x000b8000
edi: 0xa080ef20 esi: 0xa018a7b0 ebp: 0xb00806c8 esp: 0xb00806c8
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00000282 eip: 0x91f79ff4 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x0000001f gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x2ec24000
Binary Images:
0x1000 - 0x43ffb backupd ??? (???) <44430096c44182d718616897daf6b59d> /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd
0x56000 - 0x7afff libxslt.1.dylib ??? (???) <ea5c8d349a3934ecc2b936f9cdfaba04> /usr/lib/libxslt.1.dylib
0x84000 - 0xacfff libcups.2.dylib ??? (???) <1031ca5b692b80a9568e57a342b60157> /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib
0x15e000 - 0x256fe0 com.apple.DiskImagesFramework 10.5.3 (195) <070a3156f309e10fd182a69d0b63a31b> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskImages.framework/Versions/A/DiskImages
0x2bc000 - 0x387fff com.apple.ColorSync 4.5.1 (4.5.1) /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ ColorSync.framework/Versions/A/ColorSync
0x3c8000 - 0x3fefff com.apple.MediaKit 9.1 (396) <6672e53d54dcf63ab1981d8c4af99388> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MediaKit.framework/Versions/A/MediaKit
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Jeremy,
While you may have 'formatted' the drive correctly, you may NOT have 'partitioned' the drive correctly. See the following...
*_How Should a Time Machine Hard Disk be Prepared?_*
For Time Machine to work properly, the hard disk must be formatted “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” and its’ Partition Scheme should be either GUID or Apple Partition Map.
Time Machine is incompatible with disks partitioned as Master Boot Record (MBR). Unfortunately, this describes nearly every hard drive you can buy because MBR is a Windows partition scheme. (Naturally, this DOES NOT apply to Apples’ Time Capsule.)
For some, Time Machine begins to perform as expected with a new external hard disk. But then the initial full backup or subsequent incremental backups fail. The user only later discovers the hard disk was still partitioned as Master Boot Record (MBR).
One article on Time Machine made this observation: “Virtually everybody will have to open Disk Utility and repartition the disk as APM or GUID. It doesn't really matter which one because the Time Machine disk will not be bootable anyway. APM allows a disk to boot a PowerPC, GUID allows the disk to boot an Intel processor but both are easily digestible by Time Machine on either kind of processor.” [http://www.girr.org/mac_stuff/backups.html]
It’s been recommended by many here that your reserve +at least+ double the size of your primary hard disk, that way Time Machine backups have room to grow as the size of your data grows. Additionally, the more space you give Time Machine the more history it can preserve. The less space you reserve for Time Machine the sooner older backups & deleted items will disappear.
One poster recommended this regarding multiple partitions: “If you do create multiple partitions (half and half would be a good place to start), make sure you use the first partition for Time Machine, and the second for your own stuff (the first one will be on top in the graphical representation shown in Disk Utility; you'll understand when you see the partition tab). This way, you can expand the Time Machine volume at any later time by deleting the second partition. Disk Utility allows this dynamic re-sizing of volumes, but volumes can only be expanded toward the end of the drive, when a volume that comes after is deleted to create the room.” [http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1712437&tstart=0]
Procedure
Connect the hard disk you wish to use for Time Machine backups.
Launch Disk Utility.
It will appear twice in the pane on the left. (Make sure you recognize that it is different from the 2 icons that represent your Macs' internal drive.) The upper entry represent the device as a whole, including the controller inside. The lower entry represents the hard disk contained within the device.
Click on the upper icon of the external hard disk.
Select the "Partition" tab.
For "Volume Scheme" choose "1 partition". (Choose 2 partitions if you intend on storing other data on the disk besides your Time Machine backups. Ensure that the two partitions have different names.)
Name the disk.
Format should be "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)".
Click "Options".
Select either GUID or Apple Partition Map. (See above for significance)
Click "OK".
Click "Apply". Then click “Partition”.
Once the external hard disk is repartitioned, select it again in Time Machine preferences and use it for your backups. If you chose to create 2 partitions, then select the first partition for Time Machine backups, and the second for additional files/folders.
Let us know if this was helpful.
Cheers!

System "hiccup" during Time Machine Backups

Over the course of the past week or so, I've noiticed that my system will freeze/stall/hiccup (whatever you call it) during Time Machine backups. This will apply to YouTube/Vimeo videos, iTunes (where I noticed it... it's like the song pauses and resumes 2 or 3 times over 10 seconds), task switching, text entry, etc. Again, this is only a recent thing.
Here's a log of what I was doing during this last backup. Didn't check the time when iTunes froze, but it happened at least twice, maybe 3 times.
3/5/13 4:50:35.477 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Starting automatic backup
3/5/13 4:50:36.010 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Hydra 1/Backups.backupdb
3/5/13 4:50:55.980 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Using file event preflight for Mac HD
3/5/13 4:51:18.189 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Will copy (2.07 GB) from Mac HD
3/5/13 4:51:19.601 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Found 105304 files (2.55 GB) needing backup
3/5/13 4:51:19.638 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: 4.58 GB required (including padding), 153.96 GB available
3/5/13 4:51:53.825 PM locationd[48163]: NOTICE,Location icon should now be in state 0
3/5/13 4:52:01.241 PM lsboxd[245]: @AE relay 4755524c:4755524c
3/5/13 4:53:40.070 PM mdworker[48192]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
3/5/13 4:53:40.075 PM mdworker[48191]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
3/5/13 4:53:40.219 PM sandboxd[48194]: ([48192]) mdworker(48192) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
3/5/13 4:53:40.226 PM sandboxd[48194]: ([48191]) mdworker(48191) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
3/5/13 4:53:40.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(48194) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
3/5/13 4:53:58.561 PM Messages[26674]: [Warning] Updating typing guid on IMMessage from 3FEF0FB8-9FEC-4C4F-93B9-ABA280016F8A to AB036A47-4BE4-4DD7-879D-1ED11CF1F0E0
3/5/13 4:54:08.903 PM iTunes[1027]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:54:08.905 PM ath[1032]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:54:11.000 PM kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
3/5/13 4:54:27.000 PM kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
3/5/13 4:54:27.526 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/niclake/.dropbox/sigstore.dbx to (null)
3/5/13 4:54:52.106 PM iTunes[1027]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:54:52.108 PM ath[1032]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:55:24.726 PM coreservicesd[65]: Application App:"Sublime Text 2" [ 0x0/0x13ea3e9] @ 0x0x7ffb51e75860 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontASNs ( ( ASN:0x0-0x14d24d1:) ), so denying.
3/5/13 4:55:24.726 PM WindowServer[93]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to Sublime Text 2, psn 0x0-0x13ea3e9, securitySessionID=0x186a3, err=-13066
3/5/13 4:55:24.765 PM authexec[48213]: executing /bin/cp
3/5/13 4:55:35.752 PM KernelEventAgent[45]: tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_NOTRESP (1)
3/5/13 4:55:35.752 PM KernelEventAgent[45]: tid 00000000 type 'afpfs', mounted on '/Volumes/Chimera', from '//Nic%20Lake@Nic%60s%20AirPort%20Extreme._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Chimera', not responding
3/5/13 4:55:35.000 PM kernel[0]: ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 575 on so 0xffffff8026cb6260
3/5/13 4:55:35.000 PM kernel[0]: ASP_TCP asp_tcp_usr_control: invalid kernelUseCount 0
3/5/13 4:55:35.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/Chimera prevTrigger 575 currTrigger 576
3/5/13 4:55:35.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 4:55:35.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: posting to KEA EINPROGRESS for /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 4:55:35.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Max reconnect time: 30 secs, Connect timeout: 15 secs for /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 4:55:35.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 4:55:35.752 PM KernelEventAgent[45]: tid 00000000 found 1 filesystem(s) with problem(s)
3/5/13 4:55:35.869 PM KernelEventAgent[45]: tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_NOTRESP (1)
3/5/13 4:55:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 13 /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 4:55:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 4:55:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: get the reconnect token
3/5/13 4:55:45.111 PM mdworker[48217]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
3/5/13 4:55:45.119 PM mdworker[48218]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
3/5/13 4:55:45.339 PM sandboxd[48215]: ([48217]) mdworker(48217) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
3/5/13 4:55:45.348 PM sandboxd[48215]: ([48218]) mdworker(48218) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
3/5/13 4:55:45.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(48215) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
3/5/13 4:56:15.453 PM Messages[26674]: [Warning] Updating typing guid on IMMessage from 87A43B63-A4B2-4E41-B472-34083741613A to BA8D492D-6BDB-4B9B-9A44-50D21FCFAC7E
3/5/13 4:56:24.430 PM Messages[26674]: [Warning] Updating typing guid on IMMessage from 86F1F958-B235-4C5B-BCEE-537E0826534D to 2A54A84E-C80B-43F6-A31B-0148CB5367B0
3/5/13 4:56:31.437 PM lsboxd[245]: @AE relay 4755524c:4755524c
3/5/13 4:56:35.096 PM iTunes[1027]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:56:35.098 PM ath[1032]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:56:37.574 PM Messages[26674]: [Warning] Updating typing guid on IMMessage from A0CF4108-C32F-4E4C-B1FB-5745F2EFA376 to B890B725-4D5B-4338-9574-42E1BC800D26
3/5/13 4:56:53.912 PM iTunes[1027]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:56:53.914 PM ath[1032]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:57:09.327 PM iTunes[1027]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:57:09.331 PM ath[1032]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:57:48.285 PM mdworker[48246]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
3/5/13 4:57:48.291 PM mdworker[48247]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
3/5/13 4:57:48.388 PM sandboxd[48243]: ([48246]) mdworker(48246) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
3/5/13 4:57:48.423 PM sandboxd[48243]: ([48247]) mdworker(48247) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
3/5/13 4:57:48.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(48243) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
3/5/13 4:58:13.430 PM Tweetbot[22562]: CoreAnimation: warning, deleted thread with uncommitted CATransaction; set CA_DEBUG_TRANSACTIONS=1 in environment to log backtraces.
3/5/13 4:58:25.538 PM iTunes[1027]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:58:25.540 PM ath[1032]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x7fff75326180): Unexpected connection closure...
3/5/13 4:58:30.819 PM iTunes[1027]: ImageIO: JPEG Corrupt JPEG data: premature end of data segment
3/5/13 4:58:30.829 PM Bowtie Butler[1030]: ImageIO: JPEG Corrupt JPEG data: premature end of data segment
3/5/13 4:59:52.515 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Copied 118801 files (2.47 GB) from volume Mac HD.
3/5/13 4:59:52.707 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Using file event preflight for Mac HD
3/5/13 4:59:53.910 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Will copy (3.4 MB) from Mac HD
3/5/13 4:59:53.913 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Found 120 files (3.4 MB) needing backup
3/5/13 4:59:53.914 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: 1.84 GB required (including padding), 150.66 GB available
3/5/13 5:00:16.000 PM kernel[0]: disk0s2: I/O error.
3/5/13 5:00:16.222 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/niclake/.dropbox/sigstore.dbx to (null)
3/5/13 5:00:35.593 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Copied 1349 files (53 MB) from volume Mac HD.
3/5/13 5:00:36.426 PM KernelEventAgent[45]: tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_NOTRESP (1)
3/5/13 5:00:36.426 PM KernelEventAgent[45]: tid 00000000 type 'afpfs', mounted on '/Volumes/Chimera', from '//Nic%20Lake@Nic%60s%20AirPort%20Extreme._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Chimera', not responding
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 576 on so 0xffffff8026cb6260
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: ASP_TCP asp_tcp_usr_control: invalid kernelUseCount 0
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/Chimera prevTrigger 576 currTrigger 577
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: posting to KEA EINPROGRESS for /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Max reconnect time: 30 secs, Connect timeout: 15 secs for /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 5:00:36.427 PM KernelEventAgent[45]: tid 00000000 found 1 filesystem(s) with problem(s)
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 13 /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 5:00:36.543 PM KernelEventAgent[45]: tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_NOTRESP (1)
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Chimera
3/5/13 5:00:36.000 PM kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: get the reconnect token
3/5/13 5:00:37.029 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Created new backup: 2013-03-05-170036
3/5/13 5:00:41.100 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Starting post-backup thinning
3/5/13 5:00:41.100 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
3/5/13 5:00:41.218 PM com.apple.backupd[48152]: Backup completed successfully.

The boot drive is failing, or you have some other hardware fault.
Back up all data immediately, then make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to bare metal from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

All media files vanished. When time machine backup attempted it says disk full? Confused help.

I recently upgraded from osx leopard to snow leopard on my 2008 macbook to sync my new iphone data smoothly. After the installation it was v slow as anticipated and a time machine full restore was done successfully. Now however all my media files have vanished namely precious music videos and pictures. I tries reverting back in time machine but it says no disk space. Also i have 1000 new pictures last uploaded which gas also been backed up by time machine with the computer showing the rest of the files erased. How do i recover both sets of data the old and the new?

How much free space on your internal drive and how much free space on the Time Machine drive? You can use Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities to find free space. If Time Machine gets too full it could delete your backups. I suggest your turn off Time Machine in System Preferences until you get your files restored.
Rather than enter Time Machine using the Time Machine interface, go to the extrernal drive and drill down in the backups.backupdb folder. Go to a date when you know the files existed. Select Macintosh HD > Users > You > Pictures. Do you see the data. Check size? Do the same for Music.
You can drag from these folders to your Desktop as long as you have space on your internal drive.
I suspect you'll need to erase your Time Machine and start new or you'll need to purchase a larger drive. It's recommended that your Time Machine drive is 3X larger than internal drive.

How do i determine system version on time machine backups

I want to restore Leopard to 10.5.5 as I am having a lot of problems with Mail with 10.5.6. I did the Mail update but that didn't work and I had to reimport all my mailboxes and now I have a mess. I don't remember the date I upgraded to 10.5.6 so I would have to reinstall December 14th backup which is the first I have and I know that Apple released 10.5.6 on the 15th of December. but I may have installed it much later--is there any way to read the system version number off the time machine backups?

when you are using full system restore utility on the leopard install DVD it will display the OS version next to every restore point.

Combine fresh system install and Time Machine Backup

Hi all !
There´s a question that´s more generally Leopard and Snow Leopard related:
In trying to find causes of a system slowdown I decided to go for a complete fresh system install. BUT I also want to use my data saved in the time machine backup without spoiling the freshly created system folder.
I also want to update the system to the current OS version before restoring from BU.
Is there a way to keep the fresh system folder deriving from a fresh installation and just replace the rest of the data (that´s not present yet) with the time machine backup ?
I think the handy command "Restore System from Backup" from the OSX system installer wouldnt be a good idea. It would copy ALL the files from the backup, and would overwrite my fresh system folder, so that I´ll end up with the same old, probably faulty system.
Could the migration tool do the job ?
Thanks for your knowledge !

habschi2 wrote:
In trying to find causes of a system slowdown I decided to go for a complete fresh system install. BUT I also want to use my data saved in the time machine >backup without spoiling the freshly created system folder.
You should be able to migrate, for example, just your data using TM. But, TM is a bit unpredictable. Why not make a bootable clone of your internal on an external. It would serve fail-safe purposes, migrations purposes, and data-backup purposes. At the end of your install, you could, as groups only, migrate your data, users, settings, and apps--using your discretion. I would migrate only my data and my settings.
Is there a way to keep the fresh system folder deriving from a fresh installation and just replace the rest of the data (that´s not present yet) with >the time machine backup ?
See above.
I think the handy command "Restore System from Backup" from the OSX system installer wouldnt be a good idea. It would copy ALL the files from the backup, and would overwrite my fresh system folder, so that I´ll end up with the same >old, probably faulty system.
Absolutely correct.
Could the migration tool do the job ?
You can use Migration Assistant with TM, but I have never done so. So, I can't advise. The clone I mentioned takes care of all you issues in a very straight forward manner without dealing with the confusion of TM and MA that can arise.
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Hello,
My old mac mini is gone and I have a new macbook pro. Now I want to restore my iphoto library (260GB) from the most recent Time Machine backup but how can I do that without restoring the whole machine back? The problem is I don't have the needed space for the whole machine restore on my mb Pro. The new Pro is 500GB and the mini backup is 900gb. Even my user restore from the migration assistent can't complete because the space isn't there.

I Found it, i need to browse in finder to the time machine file in de folder where the backup is located. After I mount the file I can open timemachine with ctrl+click and open another timemachine backup. Select the mac mini backup and browse and restore. Wow I love, you only need to know how to do it thanks for the replys

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