Time capsule not showing old backups

i bought the time capsule in the middle of october and set it up.  but when i got into the time machine to find the old backups it only shows the oldest back up as november 13th, and each day it moves to the next. ex tomorrow it will show the oldest as november 14th. and when i look at the time capsule i have only used 1.96 of the total 2 TB.  the "tick" marks on the side of the time machine dont always show the pink, which means it was backed up to the time capsule. it shows grey marks saying it was saved on the mac(as if i was not connected to the time capsule)

I'm using the Time Machine interface from the original icon in the dock.
I figured it out. Just a minute ago I went to Time Machine, it mounted the backup and showed it on my desktop but when the "space" view came I wasn't able to browse anything. It didn't show any dates. I exited Time Machine and immediately went back and now I was able to browse all the backups and all the backup dates were shown. I tried it later and again I couldn't browse my backups. This time I waited and finally they showed up and everything worked. It just seemed to take a long time for the backups to be browseable.

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    Alas, it spent the night fruitlessly.   I think I need to find a way to kill the existing backup or dismount the disk first.  Sorry I'm a bit thick about all this.
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    10/29/13 12:39:11.397 AM com.apple.backupd[1628]: Disk image already attached: /Volumes/edbern-1/EB’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle, DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 35
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        "/Volumes/edbern-1/EB\U2019s MacBook Air.sparsebundle"
    10/29/13 12:40:29.324 AM com.apple.backupd[1628]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
    10/29/13 12:40:29.325 AM com.apple.backupd[1628]: Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
    10/29/13 12:41:40.533 AM com.apple.backupd[1628]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://edbern;AUTH=SRP@TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/edbern
    10/29/13 12:41:41.252 AM com.apple.backupd[1628]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/edbern-1 using URL: afp://edbern;AUTH=SRP@TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/edbern
    10/29/13 12:41:44.549 AM com.apple.backupd[1628]: Disk image already attached: /Volumes/edbern-1/EB’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle, DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 35
    10/29/13 12:41:46.208 AM com.apple.backupd[1628]: Failed to mount disk image: Error Domain=com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain Code=31 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain error 31.)" UserInfo=0x7ffdc26090d0 {MessageParameters=(
        "/Volumes/edbern-1/EB\U2019s MacBook Air.sparsebundle"
    10/29/13 12:41:46.309 AM com.apple.backupd[1628]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
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    10/29/13 12:41:46.350 AM com.apple.backupd[1628]: Backup failed with error 31: 31
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    10/29/13 1:44:02.604 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/edbern-1 using URL: afp://edbern;AUTH=SRP@TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/edbern
    10/29/13 1:44:07.254 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Disk image already attached: /Volumes/edbern-1/EB’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle, DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 35
    10/29/13 1:44:08.881 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Failed to mount disk image: Error Domain=com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain Code=31 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain error 31.)" UserInfo=0x7f9af9531a70 {MessageParameters=(
        "/Volumes/edbern-1/EB\U2019s MacBook Air.sparsebundle"
    10/29/13 1:44:08.962 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
    10/29/13 1:44:08.962 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
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    10/29/13 1:45:20.536 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/edbern-1 using URL: afp://edbern;AUTH=SRP@TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/edbern
    10/29/13 1:45:23.526 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Disk image already attached: /Volumes/edbern-1/EB’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle, DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 35
    10/29/13 1:45:25.145 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Failed to mount disk image: Error Domain=com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain Code=31 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain error 31.)" UserInfo=0x7f9af97030e0 {MessageParameters=(
        "/Volumes/edbern-1/EB\U2019s MacBook Air.sparsebundle"
    10/29/13 1:45:25.280 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
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    10/29/13 1:46:36.511 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://edbern;AUTH=SRP@TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/edbern
    10/29/13 1:46:37.340 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/edbern-1 using URL: afp://edbern;AUTH=SRP@TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/edbern
    10/29/13 1:46:40.510 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Disk image already attached: /Volumes/edbern-1/EB’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle, DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 35
    10/29/13 1:46:42.150 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Failed to mount disk image: Error Domain=com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain Code=31 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.backupd.ErrorDomain error 31.)" UserInfo=0x7f9af9608030 {MessageParameters=(
        "/Volumes/edbern-1/EB\U2019s MacBook Air.sparsebundle"
    10/29/13 1:46:42.195 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
    10/29/13 1:46:42.195 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Giving up after 3 retries.
    10/29/13 1:46:42.198 AM com.apple.backupd[1768]: Backup failed with error 31: 31
    10/29/13 2:49:46.227 AM com.apple.backupd[1880]: Starting automatic backup
    10/29/13 2:49:46.301 AM com.apple.backupd[1880]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://edbern;AUTH=SRP@TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/edbern
    10/29/13 2:49:47.381 AM com.apple.backupd[1880]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/edbern-1 using URL: afp://edbern;AUTH=SRP@TC._afpovertcp._tcp.local/edbern
    10/29/13 2:49:50.418 AM com.apple.backupd[1880]: Disk image already attached: /Volumes/edbern-1/EB’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle, DIHLDiskImageAttach returned: 35

  • Time capsule erased my old backups?

    I have two macbook airs.
    On MBA1 I restored Lion from Mountain Lion, by going back before I installed the beta for Mountain Lion, and restoring.
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    I then backed up both machines to Time Capsule.
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    So all that meticulous, responsible backing up I've done is useless if I do a minor reconfig on my system and do another backup.
    This is so laughably, abymsmally dysfunctional, I can't even have an emotional reaction to it. I am in a numb state of shock.
    What happened? And why weren't there about a billion warnings, red flags, alarms and barking dogs telling be this was going to happen.
    How can you possibly build a system that casually allows this to happen?

    MichaelIsbell wrote:
    How can you possibly build a system that casually allows this to happen?
    Apparently you didn't notice -- this is a user-to-user forum;  you're not talking to Apple here. 
    If you want to rant at Apple, go to an Apple Store, or call AppleCare, or file feedback here:  http://www.apple.com/feedback/timemachine.html
    Obviously, this is completely unacceptable. I am immediately terminating my use of Time Capsule. It simply doesn't work.
    I'm sure Apple will be crushed.  However, Time Machine, like other apps, does work just fine for most folks, most of the time.
    if anyone can recommend a 100% reliable, deterministic backup system, be happy to hear about it.
    There is no such thing.   I've been programming computers for over 50 years, and have yet to find a perfect app (even the ones I wrote ) or hardware, any more than I've found a perfect automobile, calculator, etc.
    At least some of the backups are probably still there;  if you want help, and can drop the attitude, let us know.

  • Time Capsule lost my old backup

    My iMac(27") and time capsule (2TB) worked fine until I securely formatted iMac's hard drive. Time capsule asked to back up as usual, i didnt realise what i did, time capsule started to back up from the day of formatting iMac's hard drive. I cant go back to my old back ups. is there any way that i can still get my old files.
    I havent formatted the timecapsule or deleted any data from it.
    lately i have tried doing same with my Macbook Air (13" 2011) and securely formatted the hard drive, it asks me for new back up, im scared that i may loose my old back up for this one too. I can still get my old files, but if i started backup it will start from fresh and loose all my old files.
    Please help.

    You did things in the wrong order.. by allowing the TM to backup a new install it could well have completely overwritten the previous backup. The way TM works is very complex and you should read Pondini's description of that as well.
    To check if anything is still available, use the info pondini provided.
    http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
    Look at Q14 to 20.

  • Time Machine Not Recognizing Old Backups after getting hard drive replaced

    Hello! I have a 13' Black Macbook pro which had a faulty hard drive so I had it replaced. Ever since then, all my old backups in Time Machine have been grayed out. I have no idea how to fix this and have tried almost everything on the web.
    The only folder that allows me to "go back in time" is my Macintosh HD folder which I know I can access everything but it's a huge nuisance to not be able to click on a folder and go back in time in the same folder.
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    Hi, and welcome to the forums.
    The problem is, you have a different HD. Even if it has the same name and contents as the old one, it's still a different HD, and Time Machine treats it as a different one.
    There's no way to fool it into thinking it's not.
    Technically, it has a different UUID (Universally Unique IDentifier); that's what OSX uses to keep track of drives, not their names.
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  • Time Capsule Not showing in Disk Utility

    Right, There are a few things for my case:
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    There is a .purgeable in the disk in an attempt to delete the whole back up due to speed issues (using TM to delete it)
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    Disk Utility will not display a network drive. It will only display a drive that is connected directly to your Mac using USB, FireWire, or Thunderbolt.
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    Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
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  • Time Capsule not doing incremental backups

    My Time Capsule has suddenly started backing up the whole hard drive every time instead of doing incremental backups.
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