Time capsule will not back up/sparse bundle is already in use?

Thank you. After reading more, I turned off time capsule in system preferences, shut down computer, unpluged and pluged back in time capsule. Turned computer back on and the problem went away and time capsule successfully backed up.
There is an old rule in boht PC and MAC world, try reboot first, ask later. I often forget it.
Thanks again.
Quarto

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