Time Machine allows you to back up everything, but if you are using Mavericks (10.9) does it still allow you to restore everything?

More and more files are now hidden in OS 10.9 (Mavericks). Many users here have already expressed their frustrations with iCloud (see for example <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5460803?start=2835&tstart=0>). This relates to Time Machine because that is where we are used to backing up our data if it gets deleted, either because of a user mistake or because of a software problem. If files on Time Machine are no longer easily accessible, then arguably it's not worth using.
This may be a problem with a lot of ramifications, but I want to ask a specific question: how can you use Time Machine to restore Contacts and Calendar files? (Please don't suggest using iCloud instead, I want to know how to do it with Time Machine.) Thanks for any ideas.

The answer is (of course) yes.
Calendars and Contacts, whether in iCloud or not are on your computer, TM will back up and restore them.

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Upgrade. My three year old Mac Pro and year old MacBook Pro have no problem. Both seem faster.
And there's your problem reading entirely subjective views on forums, from people that might or might not have decently maintained systems, good operating practices, or whatever....
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Using time machine - can you go back restore then come back to now and restore again?

Hi
Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere.
I just did the latest upgrade to Snow Leopard that came out in the last week or so and my old Australian Tax Office software program called e-Record 6 no longer works.
I have Time Machine.
I have a really dumb question.
If I go back in time to before I did the upgrade - and do a restore - do I also lose all the work and emails etc etc that I have done between then and now?
I want to go back in time - to the old version of snow leopard so that my old software works again. While I am there I want to export all the data out of the program into a spreadsheet and print out all the records so I have them as a hard copy (so I an actually lodge a tax return) and then I want to just come straight back to now and keep going. I don't want to lose any of the work or emails I have worked on over the past week.
Once you restore a to a time past can you then restore to a later backup - say today?
I hope I am making sense.
I really just want to time travel briefly.
TIA

I'm not sure about the TM question; you can try reading Pondinin's TM FAQs to see if it gives a clue.
First, though, try the v1.1 update which is supposed to have fixed the issue with Rosetta created by the original version.
If that doesn't fix it, there are a number of threads with possible solutions - this one is typical;
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3704786?start=15&tstart=0 - Chriz555 @ 02:52 GMT 3 Feb.
An installer to make it easier -
http://www.educate-it.org/content.php?130-Rosetta-Issue-after-Security-Update-20 12-001

Time Machine/Capsule Continually Failing Back-up

Hi,
I have been having this issue for weeks now but whenever I attempt to back up my iMac (Mid 2011 Model, with Mountian Lion 10.8.3) it constantly fails and I have been running around these forums like crazy trying to find a solution. I bought my Time Capsule with my iMac, 2TB version. I also back-up my MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 Model) All of this started when for some reason Time Machine stopped working and I wipped everything and started again.
It is connected wirelessly to my router and to both Macs (Too far away for me to hard wire).
Here are the Logs:
This is the first back-up I attempted
Starting manual backup
Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://James%20Manning;[email protected]/James%20Manning's%20Ti me%20Capsul
Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/James Manning's Time Capsul using URL: afp://James%20Manning;[email protected]/James%20Manning's%20Ti me%20Capsul
Disk image /Volumes/James Manning's Time Capsul/James Manning’s iMac.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Forcing deep traversal on source: "Macintosh HD" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 3311EE67-6B40-3289-B7AD-B3B6E5D57FDA eventDBUUID: D93C99D1-2C53-45B1-ADCC-5BA677F55A72)
Warning: Bytes to copy estimate was negative (-41364310749)
Found 956922 files (104.9 MB) needing backup
104.9 MB required (including padding), 760.66 GB available
Indexer unavailable (1)
Copied 382.1 MB of 382.1 MB, 341734 of 956922 items
Stopping backup.
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Error: (-34) SrcErr:NO Copying /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10/Regexp/Common/_support.pm to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac/2013-03-24-211355.inProgress/98ABE1C5-5F7D-47A3-9E56-7460EB79983E/Macintos h HD/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10/Regexp/Common
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Copied 732284 files (388.8 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Copy stage failed with error:28
Error: (5) getxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotVolumeUUID path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning‚Äôs iMac/2013-03-24-211355.inProgress/98ABE1C5-5F7D-47A3-9E56-7460EB79983E/Macintos h HD
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Backup failed because the network destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
Backup failed because the destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
couldn't determine volume-uuid of mount point: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac, error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file “James Manning’s iMac” doesn’t exist." UserInfo=0x7f873c049840 {NSURL=/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac, NSFilePath=/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac}
Backup failed with error: 27
[SnapshotUtilities mountPointForVolumeRef] FSGetVolumeInfo returned: -35
Failed to eject volume (null) (FSVolumeRefNum: -106; status: -35; dissenting pid: -1)
Failed to eject Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/James Manning's Time Capsul/James Manning’s iMac.sparsebundle
Starting automatic backup
Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://James%20Manning;[email protected]/James%20Manning's%20Ti me%20Capsul
Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/James Manning's Time Capsul using URL: afp://James%20Manning;[email protected]/James%20Manning's%20Ti me%20Capsul
Disk image /Volumes/James Manning's Time Capsul/James Manning’s iMac.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Forcing deep traversal on source: "Macintosh HD" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 3311EE67-6B40-3289-B7AD-B3B6E5D57FDA eventDBUUID: D93C99D1-2C53-45B1-ADCC-5BA677F55A72)
Found 956922 files (Zero KB) needing backup
104.9 MB required (including padding), 759.62 GB available
Indexer unavailable (1)
Copied 95 KB of Zero KB, 431762 of 956922 items
Copied 1.8 GB of Zero KB, 796914 of 956922 items
Copied 7.66 GB of Zero KB, 796914 of 956922 items
Copied 12.17 GB of Zero KB, 796914 of 956922 items
Copied 17.61 GB of Zero KB, 796914 of 956922 items
Copied 23.05 GB of Zero KB, 796914 of 956922 items
Copied 27.14 GB of Zero KB, 796914 of 956922 items
Copied 29.02 GB of Zero KB, 796914 of 956922 items
Copied 31.41 GB of Zero KB, 796914 of 956922 items
Copied 33.26 GB of Zero KB, 796914 of 956922 items
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/Deleted Users/Rocvig.dmg to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac/2013-03-24-211355.inProgress/78ABD744-A744-4FCE-8767-3C0A5DC00400/Macintos h HD/Users/Deleted Users
Backup failed because the network destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
Backup failed because the destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
Backup failed because the destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
Backup failed because the destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
Stopping backup.
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/Deleted Users/Rocvig.dmg to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac/2013-03-24-211355.inProgress/78ABD744-A744-4FCE-8767-3C0A5DC00400/Macintos h HD/Users/Deleted Users
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Copied 796914 files (113.2 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Copy stage failed with error:11
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
couldn't determine volume-uuid of mount point: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac, error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file “James Manning’s iMac” doesn’t exist." UserInfo=0x7f873c02dc90 {NSURL=/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac, NSFilePath=/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac}
Backup failed with error: 27
[SnapshotUtilities mountPointForVolumeRef] FSGetVolumeInfo returned: -35
Failed to eject volume (null) (FSVolumeRefNum: -108; status: -35; dissenting pid: -1)
Failed to eject Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/James Manning's Time Capsul/James Manning’s iMac.sparsebundle
And the Lastest attempt:
Starting manual backup
Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://James%20Manning;[email protected]/James%20Manning's%20Ti me%20Capsul
Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/James Manning's Time Capsul using URL: afp://James%20Manning;[email protected]/James%20Manning's%20Ti me%20Capsul
Disk image /Volumes/James Manning's Time Capsul/James Manning’s iMac.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Forcing deep traversal on source: "Macintosh HD" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 3311EE67-6B40-3289-B7AD-B3B6E5D57FDA eventDBUUID: D93C99D1-2C53-45B1-ADCC-5BA677F55A72)
Found 956922 files (Zero KB) needing backup
104.9 MB required (including padding), 659.19 GB available
Copied 2.43 GB of Zero KB, 79237 of 956922 items
Copied 4.32 GB of Zero KB, 79237 of 956922 items
Copied 6.13 GB of Zero KB, 79237 of 956922 items
Copied 8.81 GB of Zero KB, 79237 of 956922 items
Copied 11.55 GB of Zero KB, 79237 of 956922 items
Copied 13.49 GB of Zero KB, 79237 of 956922 items
Copied 15.91 GB of Zero KB, 79241 of 956922 items
Copied 18.65 GB of Zero KB, 209186 of 956922 items
Copied 21.6 GB of Zero KB, 250539 of 956922 items
Backup failed because the network destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
Stopping backup.
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Error: (-34) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/StarCraft II/Campaigns/Liberty.SC2Campaign/Base.SC2Assets to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac/2013-03-24-211355.inProgress/E9E8BB3A-3DDF-4E77-B2B0-02BA29A6D68B/Macintos h HD/Applications/StarCraft II/Campaigns/Liberty.SC2Campaign
Backup failed because the destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
Backup failed because the destination disk was ejected or disconnected unexpectedly!
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Copied 250539 files (23.96 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
Copy stage failed with error:28
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
couldn't determine volume-uuid of mount point: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac, error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file “James Manning’s iMac” doesn’t exist." UserInfo=0x7feea2428c30 {NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/Time%20Machine%20Backups/Backups.backupdb/James %20Manning%E2%80%99s%20iMac, NSFilePath=/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/James Manning’s iMac}
Backup failed with error: 27
[SnapshotUtilities mountPointForVolumeRef] FSGetVolumeInfo returned: -35
Failed to eject volume (null) (FSVolumeRefNum: -106; status: -35; dissenting pid: -1)
Failed to eject Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/James Manning's Time Capsul/James Manning’s iMac.sparsebundle
Any help would be appreciated!

Hello CaribouMaine55,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
I was researching what might be going on here, and found a great article named Time Machine: Troubleshooting backup issues found here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3275.
It is pretty lengthy but I feel has the best advice for getting your Time Machine up and running.
All the very best,
Sterling

Time Machine won't recognize back up after I move external drive to Airport

I have a new 640GB exteranl drive that I bought to back up my Mac using TIme Machine. I plugged in the drive via USB (USB powered drive), then set up Time Machine and did the first back up successfully. I then plugged my exteranl drive into Airport Extreme so I could back up wireless in the future. Airport recognies the drive, and I can see the back up folders on the drive. However, Time Machine doesn't recognize those back up folders as my Mac.
I went into Time Machine SEttings, and repointed it to the same disk, and it tries to back up everything again, wirelessly. Any ideas how to get Time Machine to recognize the back up files made while I was "hard wired" to the Mac?

Adam1076 wrote:
I have a new 640GB exteranl drive that I bought to back up my Mac using TIme Machine. I plugged in the drive via USB (USB powered drive), then set up Time Machine and did the first back up successfully. I then plugged my exteranl drive into Airport Extreme so I could back up wireless in the future. Airport recognies the drive, and I can see the back up folders on the drive. However, Time Machine doesn't recognize those back up folders as my Mac.
I went into Time Machine SEttings, and repointed it to the same disk, and it tries to back up everything again, wirelessly. Any ideas how to get Time Machine to recognize the back up files made while I was "hard wired" to the Mac?
that's not possible. remote backups are stored differently. directly attached backups are stored directly in a folder on the drive. remote ones are stored inside a sparse bundle. you'll have to start a new backup sequence if you want to do remote backups.

Time Machine spends hours partially backing up and then fails with "Time Machine couldn't complete the backup due to a network problem." Tried suggestions I've seen on the forum.

Time Machine spends hours partially backing up and then fails with "Time Machine couldn't complete the backup due to a network problem." I've tried various suggestions I've seen on the forum but nothing has worked. TIme Machine worked fine for the last two years and just suddenly started having this problem every time. The only thing that was a little different is that the computer was off for a week while on vacation and then I added a large amount (20 GB) of photos. Now the requested backup size is 82GB, which is large, and process proceeds very slowly for 2-3 hours before failing with the message mentioned. I have more than enough available backup storage space for it. Before failing, Time Machine has backed up no more than 12GB or so of the backup. It fails during different files each time.
I've turned off the computer sleep feature, and I've checked that the NAS is set to never automatically power down. I normally backup over Wi-Fi, but I've also tried connecting to Ethernet and it still has the same problem. It's odd because I also have a MacBook Pro that is still backing up fine to the same NAS using the MacBook's Time Machine.
I am using an iMac with OS X 10.6.8 and an Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS.
I have system logs that I can share if helpful. The logged messages vary a bit from run to run, but here are some messages that I've been seeing:
I always get this message near the beginning of the backup:
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
I've gotten this messsage a number of times:
Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
One Day
Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
Another day
1/7/12 10:44:20 AM
mDNSResponder[18]
PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -112916, (server penaltyTime -1132397006, timenow -1132284090) resetting the penalty
1/7/12 10:46:37 AM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0x1106be94
1/7/12 10:46:37 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/TimeMachine prevTrigger 0 currTrigger 1
Another Day
1/6/12 8:03:22 AM
Google Chrome[164]
Cannot find function pointer CMPluginInFactory for factory 3487BB5A-3E66-11D5-A64E-003065B300BC in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x16f99e20 </Users/smarmer/Library/Contextual Menu Items/Google Notifier Quick Add CM Plugin.plugin> (not loaded)
1/6/12 8:04:02 AM
com.apple.backupd[193]
Copied 7.5 GB of 67.0 GB, 8866 of 8866 items
1/6/12 8:06:58 AM
/System/Library/CoreServices/CCacheServer.app/Contents/MacOS/CCacheServer[1013]
No valid tickets, timing out
1/6/12 8:29:44 AM
mDNSResponder[19]
PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -148702, (server penaltyTime 2056822773, timenow 2056971475) resetting the penalty
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0xa5ac380
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/TimeMachine prevTrigger 0 currTrigger 1
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: soft mounted and hidden volume so do not notify KEA for /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Max reconnect time: 30 secs, Connect timeout: 15 secs for /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
Another day
1/5/12 3:48:55 PM
mdworker[2128]
CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
1/5/12 4:24:54 PM
mDNSResponder[19]
PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -42698, (server penaltyTime 1148718961, timenow 1148761659) resetting the penalty
1/5/12 4:29:58 PM
com.apple.backupd[2074]
Copied 586.4 MB of 67.0 GB, 9891 of 9891 items
1/5/12 4:39:00 PM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0xa1c0380

bokon0n wrote:
1/11/12 8:53:30 AM
com.apple.backupd[1169]
Warning: Destination /Volumes/TimeMachine does not support TM Lock Stealing
1/11/12 8:53:30 AM
com.apple.backupd[1169]
Warning: Destination /Volumes/TimeMachine does not support Server Reply Cache
Those indicate that your NAS is not fully compatible with Snow Leopard.
1/11/12 8:53:35 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: replay_journal: from: 67182592 to: 78680064 (joffset 0xa7b8000)
1/11/12 8:53:39 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: examining extra transactions starting @ 78680064 / 0x4b09000
1/11/12 8:53:39 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: Extra txn replay stopped @ 79056896 / 0x4b65000
1/11/12 8:53:49 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: journal replay done.
1/11/12 8:53:49 AM
fseventsd[41]
event logs in /Volumes/Time Machine/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (253512 14 253512)
1/11/12 8:53:50 AM
kernel
hfs: Removed 1 orphaned / unlinked files and 0 directories
That looks like a problem was found with the file system (data) on the TM disk. I don't know the details, but OSX tried to recover it from the journal, and found extra data on the drive. Likely a result of the incompatibility mentioned above.
1/11/12 9:47:40 AM
com.apple.backupd[1169]
Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
That's a problem writing to the NAS drive.
But the backup continued after all this.
1/11/12 1:25:07 PM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0x9d00b44
Something caused a disconnect. Can't tell from the log what it was.
I doubt it's a problem with something in OSX being damaged or corrupted, but reinstalling OSX isn't a major hassle, so might be worth a try.
To be incompatible with Snow Leopard, this NAS must be at least a couple of years old. It may be beginning to fail.
Contact the maker. See if there's an update to make it compatible with Snow Leopard. If so, that might fix it.
If not, or if that doesn't fix it, see if they have any diagnostics that will shed any light.

My Time Machine will no longer back up to my external disk for unknown reasons. It would not accept my password and said the disk is read-only and damaged. How can I copy my files to my Mac so I can repair it?

My Time Machine will no longer back up to my external drive for unknown reasons. It began after a series of power outages (my equipment is protected by a surge protector with battery backup), and was shut down correctly. Then it began by not recognizing my disk and my Time Machine password, although I am positive it was correct. I tried NUMEROUS times to get into it. It says the disk is damaged and needs to be erased and started over. How can I back up my files on my Mac so I can do that? I have no other disk to back up to. I found the files in a folder called "Backups.backupdb", and tried to copy them into a folder, but get the message "The volume has the wrong case sensitivity for a backup." The "lost+found" folder did copy for me. Will I just have to lose 4 years of backups?

Hi there,
I have the same issue. Usually hangs after 10K od sometimes after 18MB of backup file.
Config: iTunes 10.4., Win 7 64bit, iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3.3
I tried all of these without success:
- deleted backups via iTunes / Preferences
- deleted backups from sync folder
- created a new admin user and tried to sync
- reinstalled iTunes
- ran all Windows updates, restarted, reinstalled iTunes
- ran iTunes / Diagnostics (says everything okay, only info which is strange: diag says I am not a admin user, which is not correct)
Nothing helped. Who can help. I hope someone from Apple can take care, as I seem not to be the only one. Actually iTunes is the worst part about iPhone. Hope with iOS 5 and Cloud sync to get rid of iTunes.
Any hints welcome,
Cheers,
Miguel-KA

I'm not sure if my iPhoto library is being backed up by Time Machine. I am backing up to a LaCie external hard drive. I can open photos that are in folders but not those that are in iPhoto.

I'm not sure if my iPhoto library is being backed up by Time Machine. I am backing up to a LaCie external hard drive. I can open photos ont the hard drive that are in folders but not those that are in iPhoto.

Do a restore from Time Machine. That will tell you.

HT201250 Does Time Machine delete files in back-ups that are deleted on my Mac?

Does Time Machine delete files in back-ups that are deleted on my Mac? IOW....if I need to restore a whole back-up, I don't want to restore previously deleted files.

Does Time Machine delete files in back-ups that are deleted on my Mac?
Not immediately. When space starts to get tight, Time Machine will start to delete the oldest file(s) to make more room, but this won't occur for some time.
if I need to restore a whole back-up, I don't want to restore previously deleted files.
You won't if you choose to restore from a backup that occurred after the date that you deleted the file.
If you absolutely do not want to keep the file in your Time Machine backups at all, you do have the option to go into Time Machine, find the file, and manually delete all versions of the file from past dates.

Time Machine has simply stopped backing up any new files. No items set to be excluded, No error messages.

I have a Macbook with OS X 10.6.8 and a 500GB external hard drive, which still has 208.5GB available. For some reason, Time Machine has simply stopped backing up any new files (documents, music, movies--anything). No items are set to be excluded from backups in Time Machine options except for the external hard drive itself. Also, no error messages appear, Time Machine seems to run just fine, but when I enter Time Machine, or look through the files on the hard drive, new files just aren't there. I am not very tech savvy, so I was not able to understand some of the answers people gave to similar questions on here. I did go to Pondini's website and followed as many troubleshooting instructions as I could understand (for example I did manage to do a full reset of Time Machine) but nothing changed. Do I just need to erase the entire backup drive and sart all over? If so, what will prevent this from happening again later on? Please help.

Your TM drive liekly stopped backing up because it hit a series of bad sectors on the drive, to eliminate this all new drives should be Disk Utility > Zero Erased (one step below 7x in Lion) before use.
Reducing bad sectors effect on hard drives
Diversify your backups with bootable clones and archives on DVD's etc so your prepared for anything, including using a PC.
only if you have too of course, but it happens, people just can't afford a Mac anymore.
Most commonly used backup methods explained
So make other backups, then Zero Erase teh TM drive and set it back up again and your problem should be resolved.
If not, then it's data corruption on your boot drive!
You'll know if it's data corruption on your boot drive, when you go to make the clone, it will hang too.

My backup hard drive does not have enough space for time machine to perform a back up even after erasing entire contents of bu hard drive

My backup hard drive does not have enough space for time machine to perform a back up even after erasing entire contents of bu hard drive. The hard drive has been in service for almost two years performing this function with no sign of failure. How do I adjust time machine perameters?

The only way to limit the size of the backup is to exclude data from the backup, which you can do in Time Machine preferences.
If you use multiple browsers, have you tried clearing your browser caches? However, that's just a stop gap if it works. You either need to limit what you backup or get another drive.

How do I insure that Time Machine will give me back all my stuff after I clear my Macbook

Unfotunately i bought a macbook pro from Best Buy and insured it with GeekSquad. Ive had it for a while so there are normal tear and wear problems with the keyboard and battery and such so it looks like im going to have to send it into them for about 4-6 weeks. i have all my stuff backed up with time machine but is there anyway that all my stuff on my macbook is erased ill be able to get back the all of my software with my settings? If i were to have to reinstall OSX is there anyway i can use time machine to have, for example, my iTunes with all of my music and information like the times a song was played and such? Also I am using Leopard and there are other programs i have on here that would be difficult to get back, is there anyway i could get them back if i had to install Snow Leopard?

That is one of the features of Time Machine. You can either restore file by file; or at the end of a reinstallation of OS X you are given the opportunity to install data from other sources, such as another Mac or from a Time Machine backup.

If you remove a backup from Time Machine, can you add it later?

if you remove a backup from Time Machine, can you add it back later? I have two backup sets active, but only one is connecting to a drive at the moment. It seems to be pausing TM for the inactive one, which is as I would expect, except that the menu icon for TM shows an exclamation point (= "waiting to backup"). I'd rather have that error / pause sign show if the ACTIVE connected drive is experiencing issues. It has zero diagnostic function as currently set up.
The solution would be to remove the backup drive from the TM list and then add it back later. I am just unsure if I can do this (will TM recognize the alternate backup set again if I re-add it?)
tx

Yes, you can re-add it.

After Full System Restore, Time Machine Won't Complete Back Up

I successfully did a full system restore using Time Machine. The Restore worked but Time Machine has not worked since I completed the Restore.
It says "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume.." Please help. I don't know what to do. The TM Widget Activity Log is posted below:
Starting standard backup
BStarting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
No pre-backup thinning needed: 529.6 MB requested (including padding), 30.58 GB available
Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /private/var/CheckUpAgent/data.float.net.sent.ca_history to (null)
Copied 5546 files (34.6 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 526.8 MB requested (including padding), 30.54 GB available
Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /private/var/CheckUpAgent/data.float.net.sent.ca_history to (null)
Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /private/var/CheckUpAgent/data.float.net.sent.ca_history to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Akili Nickson’s iMac/2011-03-17-080109.inProgress/25E02D47-EB07-4E59-B2D8-0A9CF26A0042/Macintos h HD/private/var/CheckUpAgent
Stopping backup.
Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /private/var/CheckUpAgent/data.float.net.sent.ca_history to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Akili Nickson’s iMac/2011-03-17-080109.inProgress/25E02D47-EB07-4E59-B2D8-0A9CF26A0042/Macintos h HD/private/var/CheckUpAgent
Copied 57 files (23.1 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11

Akili wrote:
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /private/var/CheckUpAgent/data.float.net.sent.ca_history
There seems to be a problem with that file. See the blue box in #C3 of [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Note that the /private folder is normally hidden, so you'll need to click the +Show inisible items+ box.

I cannot get time machine (with airport) to back up my mac. It worked previously but not now. It is working on my macbook. the message i get is "Time Machine couldn't back up to '(airport network name)'"

I cannot get time machine (with airport) to back up my mac. It worked previously but not now. It is working on my macbook. the message i get is "Time Machine couldn't back up to '(airport network name)'" Any help is appreciated.

OS is important.. What OS is on Mac and what is on the working macbook?
Was the Airport setup from the Macbook? That might be why it works from there..
Does the AE show up in Mac airport utility?
Can you mount the disk in finder and copy files to it/from it??
Did you try a TM reset after mounting in Finder.. so you know it is available?
What about a network reboot.. does it work post a restart for a few minutes/hours/days???

Time Machine allows you to back up everything, but if you are using Mavericks (10.9) does it still allow you to restore everything?

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