Time machine backup error: (2) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotVolumeUUID path:/Volumes/TM Backiup/Backups.backupdb/Paul Stenquist's iMac/2012-01-29-123208.inProgress/0055E719-759A-43A5-90AE-A47E9AB414C1/Jack 2/04-10/05 size:37. Help?

Time machine worked well for months. Now, an error every time. Replaced hard drive. No luck. Backup buddy said:
(2) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotVolumeUUID path:/Volumes/TM Backiup/Backups.backupdb/Paul Stenquist’s iMac/2012-01-29-123208.inProgress/0055E719-759A-43A5-90AE-A47E9AB414C1/Jack 2/04-10/05 size:37. Can someone help?

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Error: (-36) Applying backup protections and Error: (5) setxattr for key

Setup: Time Machine volume is hosted by Mac OS X Server 10.5.8, four computers on the network back up to it, one of these computers has been failing the last few days with the error message *The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk.*
The other three computers are having no problems backing up to the Time Machine volume.
Here is the log from Time Machine Buddy on the problem computer...
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/TimeMachine
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/TimeMachine
Disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/UniBodyWes.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Error: (-36) Applying backup protections to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/UniBodyWes/2010-03-08-163928.inProgress/F36517B7-7366- 467E-A388-46642DF167FF
Error: (5) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotStartDate path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/UniBodyWes/2010-03-08-163928.inProgress/F36517B7-7366- 467E-A388-46642DF167FF size:17
Error: (5) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotState path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/UniBodyWes/2010-03-08-163928.inProgress/F36517B7-7366- 467E-A388-46642DF167FF size:2
No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.48 GB requested (including padding), 1.06 TB available
Copied 0 files (0 bytes) from volume Hard Drive.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Ejected Time Machine network volume.
On the server I ran Repair Disk using Disk Utility and it found no problems with the volume. I also ran Disk Warrior and it found nothing wrong.

Thank you. I tried that but basically nothing happens. Here's a movie showing what I did...
http://www.automaticduck.com/screenshots/RepairSparsebundle_w.mov
The message that appears in the Console is:
*3/10/10 11:01:53 AM Disk Utility[2694] [DUDiskController viewablePartitions] expecting DUDisk, but got nil*

Time machine excludes other items in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist??

Hey. I heard that time machine excludes some items even if they are not selected by you in time machine preferences. The items time machine excludes "secretly" are located in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist Is there any way to remove these items. Things like calendars and iphoto show up on this exclusion list. I want to make sure I dont lose those.

The only items excluded by default are cache and index files that will be regenerated automatically if deleted.

Time machine: An error occurred while copying files. The problem could be temporary. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk.

Time machine backups are failing. I've followed the instructions I found on the Time Machine troubleshooting page (http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html) but have gotten to where I don't know what to do next.
Sequence of events:
The main error message is always:
An error occurred while copying files. The problem could be temporary. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk.
Yesterday, I opened Disk Utility and verified the disk. Got this error:
Error: This disk needs to be repaired using the Recovery HD. Restart your computer, holding down the Command key and the R key until you see the Apple logo. When the OS X Utilities window appears, choose Disk Utility.
I ran Disk Utility and repaired the hard drive. Then I manually started the backup before going to bed, figuring it was going to take a long time to run. When I got up this morning, the backup had failed with the same "could be temporary" error. I checked the log, which says:
Starting manual backup
Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Tery%20Griffin;[email protected]/Tery%20Griffin's%20Time%20Ca psule
Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/Tery Griffin's Time Capsule using URL: afp://Tery%20Griffin;[email protected]/Tery%20Griffin's%20Time%20Ca psule
Disk image /Volumes/Tery Griffin's Time Capsule/Tery Griffin’s Computer (44).sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
Error: (-36) Applying backup protections to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Tery Griffin‚Äôs Computer (44)/2014-03-05-201742.inProgress/ABB10CF2-F041-4DE5-B6AE-3C228B59ADCC
Error: (5) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotStartDate path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Tery Griffin‚Äôs Computer (44)/2014-03-05-201742.inProgress/ABB10CF2-F041-4DE5-B6AE-3C228B59ADCC size:17
Error: (5) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotState path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Tery Griffin‚Äôs Computer (44)/2014-03-05-201742.inProgress/ABB10CF2-F041-4DE5-B6AE-3C228B59ADCC size:2
Deep event scan at path:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
Finished scan
Found 145601 files (11.88 GB) needing backup
16.1 GB required (including padding), 620.77 GB available
Copied Zero KB of 11.88 GB, 0 of 145601 items
Copied 0 files (Zero KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/Tery Griffin's Time Capsule/Tery Griffin’s Computer (44).sparsebundle
Ejected Time Machine network volume.
Starting automatic backup
Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Tery%20Griffin;[email protected]/Tery%20Griffin's%20Time%20Ca psule
Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/Tery Griffin's Time Capsule using URL: afp://Tery%20Griffin;[email protected]/Tery%20Griffin's%20Time%20Ca psule
Disk image /Volumes/Tery Griffin's Time Capsule/Tery Griffin’s Computer (44).sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
Error: (-36) Applying backup protections to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Tery Griffin‚Äôs Computer (44)/2014-03-05-201742.inProgress/9F8E7957-9C50-49C3-8314-880E5203E3D9
Error: (5) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotStartDate path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/
Does anyone know what the problem is here and what I should do?
Thanks,
Tery

You have repaired your boot drive (which is good) but have you repaired your time machine drive? I don't own a Time Capsule so I don't know if disk utility can operate on it. If it can, you should repair it as well. You may need to erase it and start a new backup. That happens to time machine volumes from time to time and is why people who are serious about their data never rely on a single source of backup.

Time Machine gives errors, can't backup

Hi all,
for a couple of days now TimeMachine can't create backups anymore on my 10.6.4 iMac.
Here are the corresponding lines from the console log:
30.10.10 14:18:22 com.apple.backupd[31559] Starting standard backup
30.10.10 14:18:39 com.apple.backupd[31559] Backing up to: /Volumes/LaCie1000/Backups.backupdb
30.10.10 14:19:08 com.apple.backupd[31559] Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/LaCie1000/Backups.backupdb/MrDarcy size:8
30.10.10 14:19:13 com.apple.backupd[31559] Error: (-50) Creating directory 2010-10-30-141911.inProgress
30.10.10 14:19:13 com.apple.backupd[31559] Failed to make snapshot container.
30.10.10 14:19:14 com.apple.backupd[31559] Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/LaCie1000/Backups.backupdb/MrDarcy size:8
30.10.10 14:19:20 com.apple.backupd[31559] Backup failed with error: 2
What can I do?

Hi Stephan,
Have a look here...
http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa;jsessionid=CD1BAC9A8348A9296209CDA 39416B6DC.node0?messageID=11605537
-mj

Time Machine - ambiguous error message, cannot backup

I've been without use of Time Machine for sometime (months) now. I've been getting the following error:
My backup drive (Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex - 320GB) was a attached to my Airport Extreme, but in desperation I moved it to being directly attached to my MBP. I've also excluded large number of files from the back up (reduced the full backup size to half the size of the backup disk). Also, I've erased and reformatted the back up disk - twice. No errors on it either.
What would be really helpful, was if there was some indication as to WHAT the problem actually is. This is a rather ambiguous error message, which does little to help a person to troubleshooot. It seems like the backup is being hung up on a file or files...but I'm just guessing.
Has anybody out there run into this? If so, what was your solution?

[edit] is just that....
May 14 14:48:17 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Starting standard backup
May 14 14:48:17 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Backing up to: /Volumes/ExternalDrive/Backups.backupdb
May 14 14:48:17 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
May 14 14:51:04 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Backup content size: 245.6 GB excluded items size: 137.7 GB for volume Macintosh HD
May 14 14:51:04 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: 129.53 GB required (including padding), 297.57 GB available
May 14 14:51:04 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Waiting for index to be ready (101)
May 14 15:02:46 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Library/Printers/EPSON/EPSON PIC Folder/EPPICPattern126.dat to (null)
May 14 15:31:49 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/7b8a42966b914320a4db3ac5eddaa32064d29fcc to (null)
May 14 15:32:04 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/86871b8b230c5a0ca23ec5789cac825a1e7026ee to (null)
May 14 15:32:15 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/86d83f36949ec4330f43bc2af1adddfd19e52056 to (null)
May 14 15:32:27 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/86f96503cca926e69f0c2f8cf372171727749536 to (null)
May 14 15:32:38 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/873122ebefa3dd47cffcb054df63bd3a35791916 to (null)
May 14 15:32:50 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/87510b15fb7fc3d3e7032b143d3de4e5e87c05ff to (null)
May 14 15:33:01 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/876fb2d3a73264a6c081b320e7f47071da0637b2 to (null)
May 14 15:33:13 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/87843f0b63a7e5c3538844828dc4536b56b10e54 to (null)
May 14 15:33:25 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/878ad7fc28317553ffc49b4a08c8e514019700b0 to (null)
May 14 15:33:37 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/87d14e27e2f738ff1a6e39c08e064e5dbcc3e26f to (null)
May 14 15:33:48 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/88dd812d4e95170a8a5fcaac47af473556b51e1f to (null)
May 14 15:34:00 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/8999862e4421fe066253d175b6026b16f03b1657 to (null)
May 14 15:34:12 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/89bcb0705dc484e7bcd2e7bdebe3fd66357d27a5 to (null)
May 14 15:34:32 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/ae530ff4961a820911be360b64d8300327d01bae to (null)
May 14 15:34:43 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/ae767b8458cc53ed334e27a0100d1172ceff1272 to (null)
May 14 15:34:55 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/ae79df406dc5da5e53f72ce7816f7f654507b294 to (null)
May 14 15:35:06 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/aefea7b028355af5ade04018c304884413d7d12c to (null)
May 14 15:35:18 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/af0536e1b8ba4cfa4ec3353e41bbdf803fbde764 to (null)
May 14 15:35:29 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/af2dea9017f80796663317a0daa77aa72f243315 to (null)
May 14 15:35:41 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Stopping backup.
May 14 15:35:41 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/[edit]/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/68a48479fa6e73fdbacc33daf3c003dcbfab9c3e-20120509-095 758/af59c8a32e747af22d90fdf3b108745b1d99fef1 to (null)
May 14 15:35:42 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Copied 411032 files (19.7 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 14 15:35:42 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Copy stage failed with error:11
May 14 15:35:52 [edit]-MacBook-Pro com.apple.backupd[1764]: Backup failed with error: 11
...so, what's up with the "Error: (-36)" on all the "MobileSync" entries...???
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How to resolve Time Machine indexing error backup failure?

Time Machine has stopped backing up to my Time Capsule with the following error:
Indexing a file failed. Returned 200 for: /Users/neilashman/Downloads/Assessment info May 2011-1.doc, /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Neil Ashman’s iMac/2011-04-20-193411.inProgress/7B81F305-01CD-43EB-BFB0-AC16505C2106/Macintos h HD/Users/neilashman/Downloads/Assessment info May 2011-1.doc
Aborting backup because indexing a file failed.
Stopping backup.
I've tried resetting the Time Capsule, but still no luck.
The only thing I can think that changed before it stopped working was installing Dropbox. Could this be the problem?
Thanks!

WFRAshman wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. I've worked through everything in #C3, but still no luck. Both the Time Capsule and HD on the iMac have no errors when Verified or Repaired. Installing the "combo" update also hasn't helped.
Are you getting the exact same error on the exact same file that you excluded? If so, try the full reset.
If you're getting similar errors on different files, that may be an indication of a problem with the file(s) involved or OSX. You might try copying some of them to the MacBook, and see if Time Machine can back them up from there.
Is there anything else I can try without having to Reinstall OSX??
Sounds like you've done most everything else. And reinstalling isn't a big deal on Snow Leopard -- it just installs a fresh version of OSX without disturbing anything else.
I also have a Macbook set up to backup to the Time Capsule. This is working fine - does this suggest the Time Capsule is OK and it's a problem on the iMac?
Most likely. It's barely possible there's a bad spot on the TC's hard drive, in an area where the iMac's backups are, but that's a very long shot.
Is there a way I can recreate the Time Machine backup file on the TC without losing the existing version?
I'm not sure just what you mean, but if you mean forcing a new, full backup, then no, the only ways to do that iare to delete the iMac's backups, or back up to a different destination.

Time Machine - Repeated errors while making first backup

I have been trying to use Time Machine on my MacBook Pro for the first time with no success. I’ve tried probably about 10 times and each time it tells me “the backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk”
I’ve downloaded Time Machine Buddy, and this is the report for the two most recent backups that failed:
First failed backup:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 46.70 GB requested (including padding), 279.58 GB available
Stopping backup.
Error: (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/Gina/Documents/Teaching/English 110.01/Lesson Plans/AU06-WI07 Lesson Plans/Day 1 Lesson Plan.pages/Contents/PkgInfo to /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Gina Gemmel’s MacBook Pro/2010-11-29-222031.inProgress/751E22E6-9980-486F-83ED-1A6FE3585559/Macintosh HD/Users/Gina/Documents/Teaching/English 110.01/Lesson Plans/AU06-WI07 Lesson Plans/Day 1 Lesson Plan.pages/Contents
Copied 1114 files (5.2 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
Second failed backup
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 46.70 GB requested (including padding), 274.35 GB available
Stopping backup.
Error: (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/Gina/Documents/Teaching/English 110.01/Lesson Plans/AU06-WI07 Lesson Plans/Day 1 Lesson Plan.pages/Contents/PkgInfo to /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Gina Gemmel’s MacBook Pro/2010-11-29-222031.inProgress/5E5FBA96-AF24-4D99-ADE4-650DFA08CEA2/Macintosh HD/Users/Gina/Documents/Teaching/English 110.01/Lesson Plans/AU06-WI07 Lesson Plans/Day 1 Lesson Plan.pages/Contents
Copied 496 files (836.6 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
The messages look the same. In between these two backups, I followed the steps in C3 in the Troubleshooting guide.
Prior to following the steps in C3, I tried:
-restarting my computer
-doing a reset of Time Machine by deleted the preferences list from the library
-repairing the drive using disk utility (it said there were no problems)
-verifying my internal drive (again, no problems)
-erasing the disk and starting over (this is my first backup, so I don’t have any prior information that would have gotten deleted)
-verifying that I’m using the correct formats – I’m definitely using the GUID format and Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format for my drive
-excluding folders that contained files that seemed to be associated with the errors. At first, they all seemed to be files in my husband’s backup folders, some of which were empty system folders from Windows. I thought this might be the issue, so I just excluded his backup folders to see if I could get it to work. The most recent failure seems to have involved a Pages file, though, so that theory was out the window.
-using a different USB port
I’m using a Seagate 320GB internal SATA drive that I’ve put in an enclosure to make it external, so it connects via USB. I’ve read here that external SATA drives won’t work with Time Machine, but I don’t think this applies to my situation since it’s an internal drive that’s connecting via USB with the enclosure. I have a MacBook Pro with the latest version of OSX.
I’m thinking maybe I need to get a new hard drive, but wanted to check here before spending any more money.
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Yes, I meant to say folders had been transferred back and forth. I deleted that DS_Store file, and while doing so, I noticed that it was listed as a Unix Executable file, while most of the others were just listed as documents, and that it changed to document when it re-created itself after I deleted it. So I found all the ones that were listed as unix executable files and deleted them, letting them re-create themselves as documents. Then I tried to backup again, but no dice:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 58.99 GB requested (including padding), 283.32 GB available
Stopping backup.
Error: (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/Gina/Documents/Dropbox/Teaching/Literature/English 200/Student Writing/Haroun Drafts/Second Section/done/.DS_Store to /Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb/Gina Gemmel’s MacBook Pro/2010-12-12-185125.inProgress/C1BCA9C0-5727-46D1-980E-B4918B5977CC/Macintosh HD/Users/Gina/Documents/Dropbox/Teaching/Literature/English 200/Student Writing/Haroun Drafts/Second Section/done
Copied 1015 files (700.8 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
I excluded that folder and tried again, but got an error on another DS_Store file:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 59.00 GB requested (including padding), 282.61 GB available
Stopping backup.
Error: (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/Gina/Documents/Misc/Ben's Backup/iTunes/iTunes Music/Music/Aireline/.DS_Store to /Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb/Gina Gemmel’s MacBook Pro/2010-12-12-185125.inProgress/DE6590AB-A82A-4BE0-A38E-E6D7BDFE39FA/Macintosh HD/Users/Gina/Documents/Misc/Ben's Backup/iTunes/iTunes Music/Music/Aireline
Copied 3099 files (1.6 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
So excluded both of those folders, and then I got this:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb
2010-12-21 21:39:37.870 FindSystemFiles[37237:907] Looking for system packages
2010-12-21 21:39:42.927 FindSystemFiles[37237:907] Using system path cache.
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 58.99 GB requested (including padding), 280.04 GB available
Stopping backup.
Error: (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/Gina/Documents/Misc/Computer Stuff/Installation Stuff/2fingerscroll/ALPS Glidepad Driver.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom to /Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb/Gina Gemmel’s MacBook Pro/2010-12-12-185125.inProgress/C638FC3D-E2D8-4840-84E3-63D553E123D8/Macintosh HD/Users/Gina/Documents/Misc/Computer Stuff/Installation Stuff/2fingerscroll/ALPS Glidepad Driver.pkg/Contents
Copied 1383 files (4.6 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
Excluded the folder that was in and got this:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb
2010-12-21 22:14:43.210 FindSystemFiles[37464:907] Looking for system packages
2010-12-21 22:14:48.647 FindSystemFiles[37464:907] Using system path cache.
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 59.01 GB requested (including padding), 270.81 GB available
Stopping backup.
Error: (-41) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/Gina/Documents/Miscellaneous/Benjamine/ATS/ATS 2006-2007/Fall 2006/Christian History I/Aya_sofya.jpg to /Volumes/Time Machine Backup/Backups.backupdb/Gina Gemmel’s MacBook Pro/2010-12-12-185125.inProgress/BAB3CD73-3F0C-457E-816C-863AE4CC546E/Macintosh HD/Users/Gina/Documents/Miscellaneous/Benjamine/ATS/ATS 2006-2007/Fall 2006/Christian History I
Copied 1570 files (1.2 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
So, it just keeps having errors and doesn't seem to respond to much of anything. I did the same processes I outlined above with this drive - repaired it, verified internal disk, reset Time Machine, etc. Nothing seems to work, so I'm guessing at this point I need to make a visit to the Genius Bar.

Can I view photos and movies from my external hard drive? I used Time Machine and a WD Passport for backup. Since my drive on my MacBook Pro is filling up I was planning to delete some of the movies and photos.

Can I view photos and movies from my external hard drive? I used Time Machine and a WD Passport for backup. Since my drive on my MacBook Pro is filling up I was planning to delete some of the movies and photos. I wanted to see if I could view them from the hard drive. Thanks

Hello, eco1.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
This sounds like you are wanting to move your iTunes media folder to an external drive and have iTunes this folder from this location. If this is the case then I would recommend taking a look at the article below.
iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449
Cheers,
Jason H.

Time Machine taking over a WEEK for initial backup

While several applications (Mac the Ripper, VLC, MPEG Streamclip, and QT Player Pro) were working simultaneously on a big chunk of video from a homemade DVD, my screen went dark with a message "You must shut down your computer." Took a couple of restarts to get things looking normal again -- except for Time Machine (running fine for well over a year), which subsequently couldn't complete any more backups.
After several tries to get TM working again and finding it very very slow, I tried to start clean:
a) checked and repaired my HD (used Applejack)
b) erased my external TM partition with Disk Utility
c) ejected external (Seagate 1.5 TB) drive, disconnected it, powered it off for a few minutes, then reconnected and re-powered it
d) deleted /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist
e) opened TM Preferences, re-selected the drive, re-entered the usual exclusions
f) allowed backup to begin after 120-second countdown
I don't know how to start TM much cleaner than that.
The first message was, "No pre-backup thinning needed: 196.95 GB requested (including padding), 976.06 GB available." As expected, correct? Well, that was a week ago! Looking at the console messages, I have seen steady, but abysmally slow progress since 02:10 on 5 December:
Dec 5 23:19:22 Bobs-iMac com.apple.backupd[14385]: Copied 21.2 MB of 164.1 GB, 360 of 1097465 items
Dec 10 01:04:19 Bobs-iMac com.apple.backupd[14385]: Copied 156.6 MB of 164.1 GB, 1245 of 1097465 items
Dec 10 02:10:36 Bobs-iMac com.apple.backupd[14385]: Copied 158.3 MB of 164.1 GB, 1258 of 1097465 items
Dec 10 03:14:37 Bobs-iMac com.apple.backupd[14385]: Copied 161.3 MB of 164.1 GB, 1267 of 1097465 items
Dec 11 13:03:11 Bobs-iMac com.apple.backupd[14385]: Copied 213.7 MB of 164.1 GB, 1542 of 1097465 items
Dec 11 14:03:11 Bobs-iMac com.apple.backupd[14385]: Copied 214.3 MB of 164.1 GB, 1550 of 1097465 items
It's progress, and I keep hoping that suddenly Time Machine will finish with a burst of accomplishment. But at this rate, it will be months before the first backup is completed.
Suggestions welcomed. (Start over? What will be different?)

Robert Leedom wrote:
3b. Verify internal HD. Check. (Used Applejack.)
4. Repair Disk Permissions on HD. Check. (Used Applejack.)
I'm not familiar with Applejack; I assume it uses the same "works" as Disk Utiltiy (the diskutil UNIX command)?
You listed 1-5; I assume you also checked or tried 9-14?
The Time Machine Buddy widget initially was giving me information, but for the last several days (even after uninstalling and reinstalling TMB), it's been blankly saying, "No Time Machine information found." I thought it was reading from the same place that Console gets info. (Is it?)
Mostly; it reads the current system.log and the prior archived & compressed one, system.log.0.bz2. Sometimes if either is very large and/or corrupted, it will hang or won't show anything.
> You might try installing the "combo" update...
<Gulp!>
I'd feel a lot better about trying that if I had a backup somewhere. As of now, I have NO backups.
It's always a good idea to keep "secondary" backups. See #27 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions for some suggestions.
Since you don't have TM backups now, if it's large enough, you might be able to partition the TM drive and put a "bootable clone" on a separate partition, until you can get a second HD.
Question: Given that I'm already running 10.6.8, will the system let me try to "combo update" to 10.6.8?
Yes. The "combo" contains all the changes since 10.6.0, so is fairly likely to replace a damaged component of OSX.

Can I use my external HD for Time Machine and still use it for storage?

I have a 1TB external HD and my computer has yet to arrive. I was planning on backing it up via Time Machine and I'm wondering if my external HD will still be useable as a storage device once I pair it with Time Machine.
There's no way the backup will take up the full 1TB of space, so I'm hoping it doesn't just go to waste >.<

If you really only want backups of the current contents, don't use Time Machine.
It's designed to keep copies of things you've changed or deleted for as long as possible. This allows you an excellent chance to recover a previous version of something you changed or deleted in error.
It also allows you to revert your entire system to the exact state it was in at the time of any previous backup, even if that's a different version of OSX. It's rare, but if an OSX update, or installation of a kernel extension or 3rd-party app makes a huge mess, it's much easier and more reliable than rebuilding everything.
You might want to review the [Time Machine Tutorial|http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#timemachinebasics] and perhaps browse [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum). See #1 there for size considerations.
For alternatives, see Kappy's post on [Basic Backup|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12366915#12366915].

HT201250 Can I partition my external hard drive and use one partion for time machine and the other one for data that i may want to use in different computers?

I have this doubt. I've just bought an external drive, especifically a Seagate GoFlex Desk 3 tb.
I want to know if it is recomendable to make a partion exclusively for time machine and let another one so I can put there music, photos, videos, etc that I should need to use or copy to another computer.
May half and half, 1.5 tb for time machine and 1.5 tb for data.
I have an internal hard drive of 500 GB (499.25 GB) in my macbook pro.
Any recommendation?

As I said, yes. Be sure your Time Machine partition has at least 1 TB for backups.
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to two (2). Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.

Time Machine full error - mds problem?!

Hi,
my Time Machine Volume is near full.
In SL times, the TM did overwrite oldest content and worked further.
Now, LION, i get an error , TM failed in red:
This backup is too large for the backup volume. 20.12 GB for the backup is needed, but only 12.21 GB available.
Time Machine requires an additional space for the backup to the additionalspace on the backup volume. Open the System Preferences "Time Machine" to select a larger volume backup or exclude files by reducing the memory requirements.
I looked in console and can see these mds (spotlight?) error belong to the TM process.
27.07.11 12:31:56,388 com.apple.backupd: Finished scan
27.07.11 12:32:20,316 com.apple.backupd: 18.73 GB required (including padding), 11.38 GB available
27.07.11 12:32:20,316 com.apple.backupd: No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room // OK; should do that
27.07.11 12:32:20,318 mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume // belongs that to TM, mds is spotlight i think
27.07.11 12:32:31,202 com.apple.backupd: Backup failed with error: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
Why LION TM does not overwrite oldest TM content and went further (after the known message that older content will be deleted/overwritten).
Bug or can i do anything?
Does LION need spotlight enabled on all Volumes which get backuped ? I dont had spotlight on using Snow Leopard / TM.

Thanks , i will look into.
But thats an old TM version thread from 10.5+10.6 time.
Never had probs with TM and my TM Volume (internal HD) before, like that people in the thread.
Someone knows if the mds error (comes up at TM backup) has to do with TM backup?
I disabled spotlight on all Volumes, beside my boot volume.

HT4889 Migration assistant doesn't see my 3TB Time machine it just keeps looking for other computers

I just did a clean install of Mountain Lion on my iMac and Migration Assistant doesn't seem to see my 3TB Time Machine. It continuously looks for other computers, and nothing else. I know the files work because I loaded it on my other MBP and it sees them just fine? am I just inpatient or is something wrong?

This happened to me after hard drive replacement under the Seagate Drive Recall at the local Apple Store. Here's what I learned from the process:
I Wagged the Mac home, fired it up (with naked OS installed at the Apple Store), and it wouldn't see my Time Machine drive with Setup Assistant - not on firewire 800 nor USB. Just a grey spinner that lasts forever. When I try just continuing anyway, it offers me something that looks plausible, but then puts up a dialog about duplicate user name, and no matter what I enter, it always says "that user already exists". So I think - maybe Migration Assistant. Complete the setup, create an account, watch the nice welcome movie. BAM - there's my Time Machine drive on the desktop. OK - it has to work . . . but no. Same behavior in Migration Assistant, plus the new OS offers to start making backups on my Time Machine disk - it's not recognizing it at all.
So - back to the Apple Store - let the genius figure it out. It turns out there are multiple problems. First, the "genius" who imaged my new machine picked 10.7.2 but my machine had 10.7.5 - turns out, it's not enough just to have right cat. Even a point release older OS may not recognize a newer Time Machine drive. The guy at the desk said "We have images of everything but the 10.7.2 has free iLife in it, so they like to use that one". What the heck? They don't image what you had originally as a matter of sane process?
Having figured that out, we re-image 10.7.5 at the store thinking we've fixed it. But no - Setup Assistant still won't see the Time Machine drive. Not on USB, not on Firewire. Not in a box, not with a fox.
So here's the second trick - newer machines have a recovery partion. see: http://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/ Boot with the option key held down, pick that partition, then you'll get a "system restore" option, to restore your whole system from a Time Machine backup. My drive was recognized by the recovery partition restore process when neither Setup nor Migration Assistant would. Obviously, there's something broken in Setup/Migration Assistant.
Takeaway:
- if you're getting a drive replaced by Apple, make sure they image *exactly* the same OS
- if Setup Assistant fails, use the recovery partition for system restore
- Use Recovery Disk Assistant http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433 NOW to make yourself a recovery thumb drive just in case. With Apple's new "no media" approach to the OS, you're hosed without it.

I have somehow compromised by Time Machine. Error Msg is "Time Machine.app can't be modified or deleted because it's required by Mac OsX. Would you please advise what I can do?

Hi All,
I have somehow compromised by Time Machine. Error Msg is "Time Machine.app can't be modified or deleted because it's required by Mac OsX. I wish to restore previously files that are on my external hard drive. I was doing just find a couple of days ago. Would you please advise me on what I can do to restore it's finctionality?
Yours feeling more than a bit stupid,
David

Click the Apple menu at the left end of your menubar. Select "About this Mac." You will get a window like this:
Your Mac OS version is indicates in the image by the upper red arrow. While you are there, please tell us what information you find for "Processor," where the lower red arrow is pointing.

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