Time Machine backup grew extremely after changing permissions
Hello Forum:
I love my iMac and I really like Time Machine. I have an external Western Digital HD for backup ("My Book"), which works quite well.
Today I had to change the permissions of a very large folder (100 GByte) and all its contents and files (The reason was, that I needed to grant another user of my iMac access to the files).
The problem now is, that TM wants to backup all these folders and files and there is not enough space on the external HD. The contents of the files have not changed, just the permissions. I agree, that in principle the behavior of TM is fine, because something has changed, so the changes need to be backed up, and I would not mind (or even have recognized what was going on), if there was enough space on the external HD.
Is there anyway, how I can prevent TM from backing up these files and folders unless the contents changes? E.g. could I change the permissions also on the external HD and "fool" TM, so that it does not recognize any changes? Or any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Hinrich
deh2k wrote:
I agree with you totally that simpler is better with backups, and I don't fault Apple for designing TM in the way it is. But to set the record clear, TM already does use hard links so it really should only be necessary to store another copy of the file if the content changes.
I did not know that. Thanks for the info.
Could it be a security thing? Suppose someone goes the other way, reducing the permissions so to speak. Would it be possible for someone else to access the backup with the earlier permissions?
As I noted, simpler is better. Many of us still have the occasional hiccup that results in a failed backup which is easily fixed by making one manually or simple waiting for the next one, but that was my point.
When all the bugs are out of TM, then and only then would it be proper to start diddling with it
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Getting frustrated as Time Machine backups only work after a restart. Work for a few hours and then get stuck with Backing up: XXMB of XXGB. I have left it on this for many hours ie overnight without completion
I have a Mid 2014 MBP 13 in running 10.10.2
I backup onto an external USB via a hub.
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Direct USB connection
Backup via Airport Extreme
Re-index spotlight
Reformat USB disk
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Below is log (backupd filtered) of latest backup attempts including final completed occuring after restart.
Any help gratefully received
19/03/2015 12:59:07.730 pm
com.apple.prefs.backup.remoteservice[2916]
Attempt to use XPC with a MachService that has HideUntilCheckIn set. This will result in unpredictable behavior: com.apple.backupd.status.xpc
19/03/2015 12:59:10.238 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-auto) Unknown key for Boolean: ForceEnableHack
19/03/2015 12:59:10.240 pm
UserEventAgent[16]
com.apple.backupd-auto launchd job enabled
19/03/2015 12:59:10.238 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-helper.status) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
19/03/2015 12:59:10.239 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-auto) This service is defined to be constantly running and is inherently inefficient.
19/03/2015 12:59:23.162 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
Starting manual backup
19/03/2015 12:59:23.358 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
Backing up to /dev/disk2s1: /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb
19/03/2015 1:01:55.000 pm
kernel[0]
process backupd[2929] thread 893245 caught burning CPU!; EXC_RESOURCE supressed due to audio playback
19/03/2015 1:12:00.297 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
Will copy (Zero KB) from Macintosh HD
19/03/2015 1:12:00.350 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
Found 221479 files (439.9 MB) needing backup
19/03/2015 1:12:01.050 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
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com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-status) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
19/03/2015 1:21:04.659 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd.status.xpc) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
19/03/2015 1:21:04.659 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-helper.status) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
19/03/2015 1:21:04.659 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-auto) This service is defined to be constantly running and is inherently inefficient.
19/03/2015 1:21:51.062 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Starting manual backup
19/03/2015 1:21:51.380 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Backing up to /dev/disk2s1: /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb
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kernel[0]
process backupd[167] thread 7580 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 53%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 90.616005 seconds, (29.940993 user, 60.675012 system) ledger info: balance: 90000913400 credit: 90000913400 debit: 0 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 169146762635
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spindump[507]
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com.apple.backupd[167]
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com.apple.backupd[167]
Error: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-50 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -50.)" (paramErr: error in user parameter list) deleting backup: /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb/David Henshaw Work Macbook/2015-03-19-132152.inProgress/2AC908D9-122D-4267-9652-74A9DC6C8795
19/03/2015 1:36:39.944 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Error: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-50 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -50.)" (paramErr: error in user parameter list) deleting backup: /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb/David Henshaw Work Macbook/2015-03-19-132152.inProgress/A01A1A4C-F424-4F99-9466-6A5F571CE4F5
19/03/2015 1:36:53.268 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
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Deleted /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb/David Henshaw Work Macbook/2015-03-18-115428 (20.6 MB)
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, a series of lines will appear in the Terminal window like this:
[Process started]
Part 1 of 8 done at … sec
Part 8 of 8 done at … sec
The test results are on the Clipboard.
Please close this window.
[Process completed]
The intervals between parts won't be exactly equal, but they give a rough indication of progress. The total number of parts may be different from what's shown here.
Wait for the final message "Process completed" to appear. If you don't see it within about ten minutes, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, press the key combination control-C or command-period to stop it and go to the next step. You'll have incomplete results, but still something.
12. When the test is complete, or if you stopped it because it was taking too long, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak for themselves, not for me. The test itself is harmless, but whatever else you're told to do may not be. For others who choose to run it, I don't recommend that you post the test results on this website unless I asked you to.
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Why is Time machine backup not working after Mavericks upgrade?
Why is Time machine backup not working after Mavericks upgrade?
I had the same problem due to the Fire Wire port. Apple tested it told me it is OK!, I tried a new cable, and have tested both ports on my back up device. I find it strange that as soon as I installed Mavericks. The drive does work using USB. It could be a coincidence, I don't absolutely know at this point, my back up drive ports could stop working, but I doubt it!
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Time Machine backups slowing down after 25 days
I am experiencing a peculiar kind of behaviour from Time Machine under
Mountain Lion (10.8.2). In the multiple threads on Time Machine issues,
I could not find this exact problem described so I am wondering if
anyone else has seen the same thing or even has a solution.
Like for many others, the basic symptom is that Time Machine becomes
extremely slow. In my case this always happens about 25 days after the
last reboot. I am using a Mid 2010 27-inch IMAC and a Mid 2010 Mac Pro,
both connected to a Time Capsule via ethernet. Both are showing the
same behaviour.
Originally I was letting Time Machine do its regular hourly backups,
this has now been changed to twice a day using TimeMachineEditor. The
change has made no difference, backups are still getting slow after
25 days. This is accompanied by kernel_task gradually ramping up
its CPU usage, from below a percent to several percent.
Here are the backupd entries from a "normal" backup:
This takes 3-4 min, which I find tolerable - although I
am always surprised by the rather large number of files that
are backed up even if the machine has remained idle:
May 18 18:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Starting manual backup
May 18 18:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 18 18:00:01 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/Backup using URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 18 18:00:23 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Disk image /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
May 18 18:00:23 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
May 18 18:00:56 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 18 18:01:07 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Will copy (9.2 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 18 18:01:07 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Found 1150 files (9.2 MB) needing backup
May 18 18:01:07 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: 14.53 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 18 18:02:50 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Copied 3082 files (48.4 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 18 18:02:50 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 18 18:02:50 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Will copy (5.7 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 18 18:02:50 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Found 18 files (5.7 MB) needing backup
May 18 18:02:50 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: 14.53 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 18 18:03:07 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Copied 1415 files (5.7 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 18 18:03:08 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Created new backup: 2013-05-18-180307
May 18 18:03:12 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Starting post-backup thinning
May 18 18:03:12 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
May 18 18:03:13 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Backup completed successfully.
May 18 18:03:18 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle
May 18 18:03:18 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[75338]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
And here are the corresponding entries one day later, after the
25-day "limit" had been reached. Note that it takes about an
hour to backup a few MB! Larger backups, when I have actually
been using the computer, can take hours.
May 19 18:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Starting manual backup
May 19 18:00:01 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 19 18:00:01 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/Backup using URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 19 18:17:13 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Disk image /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
May 19 18:17:15 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
May 19 18:19:10 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 19 18:20:45 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Will copy (5 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 19 18:20:45 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Found 1092 files (5 MB) needing backup
May 19 18:20:46 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: 14.54 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 19 18:48:03 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Copied 3178 files (47.2 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 19 18:48:05 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 19 18:48:05 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Will copy (6 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 19 18:48:05 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Found 170 files (6 MB) needing backup
May 19 18:48:05 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: 14.54 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 19 18:56:50 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Copied 1831 files (6 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 19 18:56:56 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Created new backup: 2013-05-19-185651
May 19 18:57:39 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Starting post-backup thinning
May 19 19:00:52 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Deleted /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Soeren's IMAC/2013-05-18-180307 (48.4 MB)
May 19 19:00:52 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
May 19 19:00:57 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Backup completed successfully.
May 19 19:01:38 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle
May 19 19:01:38 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
I have now rebooted the machine, and things are back to normal.
In about 25 days, I fully expect that things will start to grind to
a halt again. On the MacPro, which has now been running for 16
days, things should be fine for another 9-10 days.These are the messages from the first slow backup. This one was only marginally slower than a normal backup, but a sure sign that things were going awry nonetheless:
May 19 06:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Starting manual backup
May 19 06:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
May 19 06:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 19 06:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/Backup using URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 19 06:00:00 myhost kernel[0]: ASP_TCP asp_tcp_usr_control: invalid kernelUseCount 0
May 19 06:00:00 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Backup, pid 79248
May 19 06:00:00 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount : succeeded on volume 0xffffff80ee82d008 /Volumes/Backup (error = 0, retval = 0)
May 19 06:00:23 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Disk image /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
May 19 06:00:23 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
May 19 06:01:14 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 19 06:01:28 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Will copy (36.7 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 19 06:01:28 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Found 411 files (36.7 MB) needing backup
May 19 06:01:28 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: 14.57 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 19 06:02:34 myhost.nl mdworker[79274]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 06:02:34 myhost.nl mdworker[79275]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 06:02:34 myhost.nl sandboxd[79276] ([79274]): mdworker(79274) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 06:02:34 myhost.nl sandboxd[79276] ([79275]): mdworker(79275) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 06:02:34 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(79276) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 19 06:04:02 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 19 06:04:31 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Copied 2912 files (77.9 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 19 06:04:31 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 19 06:04:31 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Will copy (5.6 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 19 06:04:31 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Found 22 files (5.6 MB) needing backup
May 19 06:04:31 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: 14.54 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 19 06:04:36 myhost.nl mdworker[79290]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 06:04:36 myhost.nl mdworker[79291]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 06:04:36 myhost.nl sandboxd[79292] ([79290]): mdworker(79290) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 06:04:36 myhost.nl sandboxd[79292] ([79291]): mdworker(79291) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 06:04:36 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(79292) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 19 06:04:49 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Copied 1424 files (5.6 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 19 06:04:50 myhost.nl com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
May 19 06:04:50 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Created new backup: 2013-05-19-060449
May 19 06:04:53 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Starting post-backup thinning
May 19 06:05:40 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Deleted /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Soeren's IMAC/2013-04-19-001551 (83 MB)
May 19 06:05:48 myhost kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=79313[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
May 19 06:06:04 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Deleted /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Soeren's IMAC/2013-05-17-180350 (48.9 MB)
May 19 06:06:04 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Post-back up thinning complete: 2 expired backups removed
May 19 06:06:04 myhost.nl com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
May 19 06:06:04 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Backup completed successfully.
May 19 06:06:11 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle
May 19 06:06:11 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[79247]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
May 19 06:06:11 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Backup, flags 0, pid 79318
May 19 06:06:11 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount : We are the last mnt/sbmnt using volume /Volumes/Backup 0xffffff80ee82d008
May 19 06:06:11 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount : We are the last volume using socket /Volumes/Backup 0xffffff80ee82d008
May 19 06:06:11 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount : afpfs_DoReconnect sent signal for unmount to proceed
Here is then the full log for the next backup, 12 hrs later (this is the one I posted earlier):
The message at 19:01:11 about mds not responding seems to be related to this. I have seen that a few times during these slow backups, but not otherwise.
May 19 18:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Starting manual backup
May 19 18:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
May 19 18:00:01 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 19 18:00:01 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/Backup using URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 19 18:00:02 myhost kernel[0]: ASP_TCP asp_tcp_usr_control: invalid kernelUseCount 0
May 19 18:00:02 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Backup, pid 82627
May 19 18:00:02 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount : succeeded on volume 0xffffff80ee853008 /Volumes/Backup (error = 0, retval = 0)
May 19 18:00:43 myhost.nl apsd[59]: <APSConnectionNotificationQueue: 0x7f7f51021020>: outstanding count -1 for com.apple.apsd-queue-port=com.apple.syncdefaultsd.push-user=501-env=production
May 19 18:01:13 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
May 19 18:02:35 myhost.nl mdworker[82632]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 18:02:35 myhost.nl sandboxd[82633] ([82632]): mdworker(82632) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 18:02:35 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(82633) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 19 18:02:56 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 19 18:05:27 myhost.nl apsd[59]: <APSConnectionNotificationQueue: 0x7f7f51021020>: outstanding count -1 for com.apple.apsd-queue-port=com.apple.syncdefaultsd.push-user=501-env=production
May 19 18:05:57 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
May 19 18:11:33 myhost.nl mdworker[82687]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 18:11:33 myhost.nl sandboxd[82688] ([82687]): mdworker(82687) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 18:11:33 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(82688) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 19 18:15:33 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 19 18:17:13 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Disk image /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
May 19 18:17:15 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
May 19 18:19:10 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 19 18:20:33 myhost.nl mdworker[82745]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 18:20:34 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(82747) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 19 18:20:34 myhost.nl sandboxd[82747] ([82745]): mdworker(82745) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 18:20:45 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Will copy (5 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 19 18:20:45 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Found 1092 files (5 MB) needing backup
May 19 18:20:46 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: 14.54 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 19 18:29:35 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 19 18:31:11 myhost.nl mdworker[82800]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 18:31:11 myhost.nl sandboxd[82801] ([82800]): mdworker(82800) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 18:31:11 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(82801) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 19 18:41:03 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 19 18:41:15 myhost.nl mdworker[82847]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 18:41:15 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(82848) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 19 18:41:15 myhost.nl sandboxd[82848] ([82847]): mdworker(82847) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 18:48:03 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Copied 3178 files (47.2 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 19 18:48:05 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 19 18:48:05 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Will copy (6 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 19 18:48:05 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Found 170 files (6 MB) needing backup
May 19 18:48:05 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: 14.54 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 19 18:49:02 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 19 18:49:08 myhost kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=82886[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
May 19 18:51:55 myhost.nl mdworker[82911]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 19 18:51:56 myhost.nl sandboxd[82912] ([82911]): mdworker(82911) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 19 18:51:56 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(82912) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 19 18:56:50 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Copied 1831 files (6 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 19 18:56:55 myhost.nl com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
May 19 18:56:56 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Created new backup: 2013-05-19-185651
May 19 18:57:39 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Starting post-backup thinning
May 19 19:00:52 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Deleted /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Soeren's IMAC/2013-05-18-180307 (48.4 MB)
May 19 19:00:52 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
May 19 19:00:54 myhost.nl com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
May 19 19:00:57 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Backup completed successfully.
May 19 19:01:11 myhost.nl diskarbitrationd[16]: mds [38]:16919 not responding.
May 19 19:01:38 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle
May 19 19:01:38 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[82625]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
May 19 19:01:38 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Backup, flags 0, pid 82962
May 19 19:01:38 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount : We are the last mnt/sbmnt using volume /Volumes/Backup 0xffffff80ee853008
May 19 19:01:38 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount : We are the last volume using socket /Volumes/Backup 0xffffff80ee853008
May 19 19:01:38 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount : afpfs_DoReconnect sent signal for unmount to proceed
In case you want to see yet another one, here is the next backup. This took even longer..
May 20 06:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Starting manual backup
May 20 06:00:00 myhost.nl com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
May 20 06:00:01 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 20 06:00:02 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/Backup using URL: afp://Soeren;[email protected]/Backup
May 20 06:00:02 myhost kernel[0]: ASP_TCP asp_tcp_usr_control: invalid kernelUseCount 0
May 20 06:00:02 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Backup, pid 85965
May 20 06:00:02 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount : succeeded on volume 0xffffff80ee828008 /Volumes/Backup (error = 0, retval = 0)
May 20 06:00:49 myhost.nl mdworker[85968]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 06:00:49 myhost.nl sandboxd[85969] ([85968]): mdworker(85968) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 06:00:50 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(85969) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 06:08:47 myhost.nl mdworker[85995]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 06:08:48 myhost.nl sandboxd[85996] ([85995]): mdworker(85995) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 06:08:48 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(85996) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 06:08:59 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 06:13:40 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 06:16:58 myhost.nl mdworker[86043]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 06:16:59 myhost.nl sandboxd[86044] ([86043]): mdworker(86043) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 06:16:59 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86044) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 06:17:12 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Disk image /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
May 20 06:17:14 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
May 20 06:20:49 myhost.nl fseventsd[48]: event logs in /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (13 220 40785)
May 20 06:25:39 myhost.nl mdworker[86090]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 06:25:40 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86091) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 06:25:40 myhost.nl sandboxd[86091] ([86090]): mdworker(86090) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 06:31:31 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 06:33:44 myhost kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=86114[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
May 20 06:34:54 myhost.nl mdworker[86117]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 06:34:55 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86132) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 06:34:55 myhost.nl sandboxd[86132] ([86117]): mdworker(86117) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 06:43:57 myhost.nl mdworker[86154]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 06:43:57 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86155) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 06:43:57 myhost.nl sandboxd[86155] ([86154]): mdworker(86154) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 06:45:12 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 06:53:01 myhost.nl mdworker[86192]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 06:53:01 myhost.nl sandboxd[86193] ([86192]): mdworker(86192) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 06:53:01 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86193) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 06:57:15 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 07:01:40 myhost.nl mdworker[86231]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 07:01:40 myhost.nl sandboxd[86232] ([86231]): mdworker(86231) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 07:01:41 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86232) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 07:09:06 myhost.nl fseventsd[48]: log dir: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 581D7EBC-9D7D-40A2-861C-486D09F787AA
May 20 07:09:15 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 07:09:48 myhost.nl mdworker[86257]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 07:09:49 myhost.nl sandboxd[86272] ([86257]): mdworker(86257) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 07:09:49 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86272) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 07:10:18 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 20 07:11:14 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Will copy (4.4 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 20 07:11:14 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Found 306 files (4.4 MB) needing backup
May 20 07:11:14 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: 14.54 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 20 07:13:47 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 07:19:31 myhost.nl mdworker[86304]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 07:19:31 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86305) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 07:19:31 myhost.nl sandboxd[86305] ([86304]): mdworker(86304) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 07:29:54 myhost.nl mdworker[86351]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 07:29:54 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86366) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 07:29:54 myhost.nl sandboxd[86366] ([86351]): mdworker(86351) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 07:32:27 myhost kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=86372[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
May 20 07:33:26 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Copied 1917 files (11.7 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 20 07:33:27 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
May 20 07:33:27 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Will copy (5.9 MB) from Macintosh HD
May 20 07:33:27 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Found 156 files (5.9 MB) needing backup
May 20 07:33:27 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: 14.54 GB required (including padding), 1.74 TB available
May 20 07:33:58 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 07:44:14 myhost.nl mdworker[86412]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 07:44:15 myhost.nl sandboxd[86413] ([86412]): mdworker(86412) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 07:44:15 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86413) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 07:45:27 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 07:55:37 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 07:58:57 myhost.nl mdworker[86459]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 07:58:57 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86460) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 07:58:57 myhost.nl sandboxd[86460] ([86459]): mdworker(86459) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 08:09:31 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 08:13:14 myhost.nl mdworker[86516]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 08:13:14 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86517) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 08:13:20 myhost.nl sandboxd[86517] ([86516]): mdworker(86516) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 08:14:16 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 08:27:46 myhost.nl mdworker[86567]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 08:27:47 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86568) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 08:27:47 myhost.nl sandboxd[86568] ([86567]): mdworker(86567) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 08:29:21 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Copied 1608 files (907.6 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
May 20 08:29:25 myhost.nl com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
May 20 08:29:27 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Created new backup: 2013-05-20-082922
May 20 08:30:00 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Starting post-backup thinning
May 20 08:31:10 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KeystoneDaemon logServiceState] GoogleSoftwareUpdate daemon (1.1.0.3659) vending:
com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine: 2 connection(s)
com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 0 connection(s)
May 20 08:31:10 myhost kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=86593[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
May 20 08:31:10 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateEngine updateProductID:] KSUpdateEngine updating product ID: "com.google.Keystone"
May 20 08:31:10 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSCheckAction performAction] KSCheckAction checking 1 ticket(s).
May 20 08:31:10 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction performAction] KSUpdateCheckAction starting update check for ticket(s): {(
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serverType=Omaha
url=https://tools.google.com/service/update2
creationDate=2010-06-26 09:28:46
>
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engine=<KSDaemonUpdateEngine:0x1856510>
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LastActivePingDate = 2013-05-19 06:59:56 +0000;
LastActiveDate = 2013-05-20 05:38:35 +0000;
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LastRollCallPingDate = 2013-05-19 06:59:57 +0000;
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LastActiveDate = 2013-05-20 06:31:10 +0000;
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".www.google.com",
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May 20 08:31:10 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction performAction] KSUpdateCheckAction running KSServerUpdateRequest: <KSOmahaServerUpdateRequest:0x25ad60
server=<KSOmahaServer:0x256da0>
url="https://tools.google.com/service/update2"
runningFetchers=0
tickets=1
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body=
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<o:gupdate xmlns:o="http://www.google.com/update2/request" protocol="2.0" version="KeystoneDaemon-1.1.0.3659" ismachine="1">
<o:os platform="mac" version="MacOSX" sp="10.8.2_i486"></o:os>
<o:app appid="com.google.Keystone" version="1.1.0.3659" lang="en-us" installage="1058" brand="GGLG">
<o:updatecheck></o:updatecheck>
</o:app>
</o:gupdate>
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May 20 08:31:10 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction(KSServerUpdateRequestDelegate) serverRequest:fetchedWithResponse:] KSUpdateCheckAction received KSServerUpdateResponse: <KSOmahaServerUpdateResponse:0x1c44170
server=<KSOmahaServer:0x256da0>
url="https://tools.google.com/service/update2"
status=200
tickets=1
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<gupdate xmlns="http://www.google.com/update2/response" protocol="2.0" server="prod">
<daystart elapsed_seconds="84674"></daystart>
<app appid="com.google.Keystone" status="ok">
<updatecheck status="noupdate"></updatecheck>
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May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction(PrivateMethods) finishAction] KSUpdateCheckAction found updates: {( )}
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSPrefetchAction performAction] KSPrefetchAction no updates to prefetch.
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSMultiUpdateAction performAction] KSSilentUpdateAction had no updates to apply.
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSMultiUpdateAction performAction] KSPromptAction had no updates to apply.
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateEngine(PrivateMethods) updateFinish] KSUpdateEngine update processing complete.
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateEngine updateAllProducts] KSUpdateEngine updating all installed products.
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSCheckAction performAction] KSCheckAction checking 2 ticket(s).
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction performAction] KSUpdateCheckAction starting update check for ticket(s): {(
<KSTicket:0x546640
productID=com.google.Keystone
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xc=<KSPathExistenceChecker:0x545c20 path=/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle/>
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url=https://tools.google.com/service/update2
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Using server: <KSOmahaServer:0x1a4a600
engine=<KSDaemonUpdateEngine:0x1856510>
params={
EngineVersion = "1.1.0.3659";
ActivesInfo = {
"com.google.macphotouploader" = {
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LastRollCallPingDate = 2013-05-19 06:59:57 +0000;
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".tools.google.com",
".www.google.com",
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May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction performAction] KSUpdateCheckAction running KSServerUpdateRequest: <KSOmahaServerUpdateRequest:0x1a4dc20
server=<KSOmahaServer:0x1a4a600>
url="https://tools.google.com/service/update2"
runningFetchers=0
tickets=2
activeTickets=0
rollCallTickets=0
body=
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<o:gupdate xmlns:o="http://www.google.com/update2/request" protocol="2.0" version="KeystoneDaemon-1.1.0.3659" ismachine="1">
<o:os platform="mac" version="MacOSX" sp="10.8.2_i486"></o:os>
<o:app appid="com.google.Keystone" version="1.1.0.3659" lang="en-us" installage="1058" brand="GGLG">
<o:updatecheck></o:updatecheck>
</o:app>
<o:app appid="com.google.macphotouploader" version="1.5.0.1425" lang="en-us" installage="1625" brand="GGLG">
<o:updatecheck></o:updatecheck>
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May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction(KSServerUpdateRequestDelegate) serverRequest:fetchedWithResponse:] KSUpdateCheckAction received KSServerUpdateResponse: <KSOmahaServerUpdateResponse:0x1867890
server=<KSOmahaServer:0x1a4a600>
url="https://tools.google.com/service/update2"
status=200
tickets=2
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rollCallTickets=0
data=
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<gupdate xmlns="http://www.google.com/update2/response" protocol="2.0" server="prod">
<daystart elapsed_seconds="84675"></daystart>
<app appid="com.google.Keystone" status="ok">
<updatecheck status="noupdate"></updatecheck>
</app>
<app appid="com.google.macphotouploader" status="ok">
<updatecheck status="noupdate"></updatecheck>
</app>
</gupdate>
>
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateCheckAction(PrivateMethods) finishAction] KSUpdateCheckAction found updates: {( )}
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSPrefetchAction performAction] KSPrefetchAction no updates to prefetch.
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSMultiUpdateAction performAction] KSSilentUpdateAction had no updates to apply.
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSMultiUpdateAction performAction] KSPromptAction had no updates to apply.
May 20 08:31:11 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KSUpdateEngine(PrivateMethods) updateFinish] KSUpdateEngine update processing complete.
May 20 08:31:13 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KeystoneDaemon logServiceState] GoogleSoftwareUpdate daemon (1.1.0.3659) vending:
com.google.Keystone.Daemon.UpdateEngine: 1 connection(s)
com.google.Keystone.Daemon.Administration: 0 connection(s)
May 20 08:31:40 myhost.nl GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon[86594]: -[KeystoneDaemon main] GoogleSoftwareUpdateDaemon inactive, shutdown.
May 20 08:32:43 myhost.nl netbiosd[76]: name servers down?
May 20 08:37:45 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Deleted /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Soeren's IMAC/2013-04-20-001649 (118.6 MB)
May 20 08:37:45 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
May 20 08:37:47 myhost.nl com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
May 20 08:37:52 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Backup completed successfully.
May 20 08:38:06 myhost.nl diskarbitrationd[16]: mds [38]:16919 not responding.
May 20 08:38:06 myhost.nl diskarbitrationd[16]: fseventsd [48]:16643 not responding.
May 20 08:38:30 myhost.nl mdworker[86623]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
May 20 08:38:30 myhost kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(86624) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
May 20 08:38:31 myhost.nl sandboxd[86624] ([86623]): mdworker(86623) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
May 20 08:38:32 myhost.nl fseventsd[48]: disk logger: failed to open output file /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd/6365734200d27745 (No such file or directory). mount point /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/.fseventsd
May 20 08:38:36 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/Backup/Soeren's IMAC.sparsebundle
May 20 08:38:36 myhost.nl com.apple.backupd[85963]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
May 20 08:38:36 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Backup, flags 0, pid 86627
May 20 08:38:36 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount : We are the last mnt/sbmnt using volume /Volumes/Backup 0xffffff80ee828008
May 20 08:38:36 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount : We are the last volume using socket /Volumes/Backup 0xffffff80ee828008
May 20 08:38:36 myhost kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount : afpfs_DoReconnect sent signal for unmount to proceed
I let this go on for another couple of days, then rebooted. Things are now back to normal. -
Time machine backup is extremely large!
After I upgraded my MacBook Pro (Mid-2012) to Mavericks, I decided to do a backup on my Seagate 500GB GoFlex drive using Time Machine. It started to clear all my old backups and still did not have enough space. So I reformatted the drive and started to back up an initial backup of 383GB. It took over 11 hours, with (unfortunately) a couple of disruptions because the drive was accidentally disconnected. However Time Machine says that I have successfully backed up.
Today, I backed up a second time (it's an automatic hourly backup) and was faced with an extremely long waiting time for "preparing..." (over an hour). An error message then appeared saying that the backup was 211 GB and that I do not have enough space in my drive. (see insert image)
What I would like to know is, why is my second backup so huge? Am I doing something wrong? And what should I do to salvage this? (I know hourly backups should typically not take more than a few GB of space, from experience.)
Thank you all for your help, I appreciate it.I also have been seeing unexpectedly large Time Machine backups after the initial large backup after upgrading to 10.9, like 1-2 GB. I'm not doing anything other than surfing the web and checking email.
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Will Time Machine backup still exist after fresh install of Lion?
Hi all. I have a MacBook Pro and I've come to the conclusion that I need to do a fresh installation to solve several problems I've been having. My question involves my Time Machine backup. I have a complete, current backup on a USB drive.
After I do the fresh installation, rather than copy everything from the backup (and possibly bringing the problems with it) I would like to just selectively restore certain things. I know how to do all this.
The question I have is, after I set up my new system, what will happen if I activate Time Machine and point it to the same USB drive that has my current backup? Will it erase the backup, or will it create a new backup alongside the old one (there's plenty of room on the drive) or will it simply append the backup, treating it just like a new checkpoint in the incremental backup? I guess I'm hoping for the third option, because then I would be able to go back into Time Machine in case I forget something or want to copy something from my old system, even after I finish setting up the new one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.When you erase a drive, it gets a new UUID (Universally Unique IDentifier). That's what OSX uses to keep track of drives, not their names. So it's treated as a different disk.
If you do a full system restore, or use either Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant to transfer the data from your backups, that leaves a "trail" that Time Machine uses to figure out what's happened, and "associate" the "new" drive with the old backups. The next backup will be only an "incremental" one, of what's new or changed, and the new and old backups will all be treated as if they'd been done from the "new" drive.
However, if you restore things "piecemeal," there's no trail. Time Machine will make a new, full backup of the "new" drive. You can still see and restore from the "old" ones, via the procedure in #E3 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
But if you use the exact same short user names (home folder names), then you may be able to force Time Machine to "associate" the "new" drive with the old backups. See #B6 in the Troubleshooting article for instructions. -
Time Machine backups taking extremely long time and disrupting other computing activity
I have an iMac running the latest version of Lion (10.7.4) and which I have upgraded to a one terabyte hard drive and full memory capability. I back up to a My Book 2 terabyte external hard drive using Time Machine. My iMac is often very sticky, though I've done most of the diagnostics I know of and preferences etc. are seemingly all OK and fcuk -fs gives a positive result! The Mac is often hard to wake from sleep and in particular seems to spend a lot of time backing up very-very slowly, with the result that it frustratingly seems to be backing up most of the time with the consequent effercts on using other programmes. Also the whole thing seems to grind to a halt after a hard days work with quite a few applications open. I'm wondering what can be causing this and what I can do to overcome this very frustrating and debilitating problem?
Hi
I would try the following for now and I am sorry, yes you were clear that it's an external drive.
Rebuild Spotlight
-Rebuild the spotlight index as per http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409 as a first step. Spotlight indexes play a role in healthy backups so this is why this could be a good thing to do.
- When conducting the next backup, after the spotlight re-index, consider connecting to your mac only the external hard drive and disconnect all other devices to rule out other devices affecting things. I suggest connecting devices back one at a time followed by a triggered backup until the issue fails to reproduce itself.
General Performance Issues
- Some performance issues can also be cured through an SMC reset. This article can help in this regard, note that the steps differ depending on the model mac you use: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
--In terms of the mac's general sluggishness
- SMC can help
- open Activity Monitor and check to see if CPU usage is abnormally high or any particular process is consuming an elevated amount of CPU cycles, see http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5146
Check External HD (backup drive)
- If you've run disk utility and have done a repair permissions and repair disk as per user "Radiation Mac" then there is no point doing it again but this should just be a reminder incase you missed it.
-- on a related note to disk utility try;
1) Mount your external hard drive.
2) In Disk Utility, locate your external backup drive. Your backup drive should mount in the Disk Utility sidebar when attached to your Mac.
3) Select your external backup drive.
4) Click Repair.
Test Time Machine backups against a different drive
--If you have a spare hard drive or even a small USB stick, you could back up only a very small amount of data to this second hard drive or USB stick as a test. This article outlines how to exclude from backups, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
Further Ideas
Seeing the logs would be useful if the issue persists. There maybe a reason for the issue but it appears only in the logs which we may eventually need.
I almost forgot
-make sure everything is uptodate with Apple software/firmware and any firmware for your drive if applicable.
If anything is unclear, feel free to let me know, I will provide more details. -
Cannot install Yosemite as hard drive is used for Time Machine Backup, How Do I Change This?
I have a 2010 MacBook Pro and when I attempted to install Yosemite the MacBook Pro Drive is greyed out and a message appears that read,"drive is used for Time Machine Backup." How do I change this to install Yosemite?
Thanks,
ScottWell, if you don't want to use that drive for Time Machine anymore, then you should format it using Disk Utility. Then you can install Yosemite on it.
You should, of course, have another full backup somewhere. I really can't state this strongly enough: You should have a full and complete and up to date backup of all your data before you upgrade to OS X Yosemite. -
HT201250 Time Machine backups are extremely slow
Time Machine backups filled an older, smaller external HD, began deleting oldest files. TM backups began to be very slow, I assumed because of the deletion of older files. I replaced external HD with a new LaCie 3.0TB external HD (p9233). Backups are still very slow, take a very long time. It appears TM is backing up all files each time it runs - literally hundreds of thousands of files each backup when only a few files should have changed from one hour to the next. I have tried on and off as well as setting up TM anew, nothing seems to affect time and speed. Any help?
Sunnyside77 wrote:
... Any help?
See Pondini’s excellent Information Here...
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.htm -
Time machine backup files disappeared after moving from Osx 10.6 to 10.8.2 .
I had moved from a 6+ year old iMac to a new one with 10.8.2
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
I don't think that they have disappeared. They are just "hidden" in your Time Machine drive because Time Machine detects your old backups as for a different Mac than the one you are using right now.
In order to see your old Time Machine backups, read > http://pondini.org/TM/E3.html -
Time Machine backups not available after Lion upgrade
I just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion a week ago. Today I went to my Time Machine (backups on a Time Capsule), and can't access old files. Past dates are shown in purple, with dates since the Lion update in the usual gray. However, none of them show any files. Any ideas?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4055
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HT1175 Time machine backups are extremely slow after Mavericks upgrade. Why is this happening?
How can I speed up time capsule backup in mavericks?
I can suggest a few things to try but I am yet to see a solution.. I am not prepared to move to Mavericks until a couple of revisions fix the beta standard of some of these things. TM in particular seems to have badly suffered.
Are you using wireless? Especially double hop wireless with the TC as the extend.. don't!!
Use ethernet direct to the TC and turn off wireless.. see if that helps.
Otherwise I reckon until Apple get an update use a local usb disk plugged into the computer and don't try and use TM to network drive. Or if you still want to use the network drive use something like CCC which should be fine under Mavericks since it is a much more robust software. (without lots of bells and whistles.. but functional). -
Forcing a "deep search" Time Machine backup (to catch all changes)
Time Machine normally depends upon the new, Leopard, file system event logs to know what to include in an incremental backup. But if there is a problem with a backup due to file system corruption or whatever, Time Machine may miss some files AND NOT CATCH THEM LATER when the subsequent backups happen, apparently because they are no longer marked as having been changed since the last backup.
If you have removed a corrupted file/directory or otherwise want to make sure Time Machine really does catch everything, you could of course erase the Time Machine disk and have it start over.
OR you could force a "deep search" backup. A deep search backup happens whenever Time Machine decides the file system event log can not be trusted. In that case Time Machine digs through the entire source file system to decide what to include in the next incremental backup. You will know this is happening because the "preparing" phase takes a long time (perhaps 20 minutes or so) even though the amount of data eventually backed up is not that big. The time of the preparing phase will probably be comparable to the time to do a Repair Permissions pass in Disk Utility. There is also a message added to the Console by the "backupd" process indicating it is also going "deep".
Well it turns out that one of the easiest ways to make Time Machine decide not to trust the file system event log is to boot from the Leopard install DVD. Apparently the event log is marked as non-trustable since a source external to the file system (the software running from the install DVD) may have altered it.
So boot from the install DVD and then immediately Restart from your main hard drive. The next incremental backup Time Machine does will be a "deep search" backup.
--BobBobP1776 wrote:
Well it turns out that one of the easiest ways to make Time Machine decide not to trust the file system event log is to boot from the Leopard install DVD. Apparently the event log is marked as non-trustable since a source external to the file system (the software running from the install DVD) may have altered it.
Thanks, this was very useful information to me this evening! I was puzzled that the TM backup of my daughter's MacBook was missing several changed files. I tried your "DVD trick", and it solved the problems!
Now the question is why Time Machine didn't understand that it should have done a deep traversal? It seems it has logged its own bug: The log says: "Avoided deep traversal due to exclusion list change". Indeed, I did change the exclusion list, as I wanted to add a portable external drive. I guess I should report this bug to Apple... -
Time machine backup takes forever after full restore
My HD went haywire yesterday but luckily I was able to restore everything from my backup (and the Mac even got a speedier, yay).
But for some reason I can take new backups. Time machine works forever, seemingly want to replace most files on the backup (250 GB, 500000+ files) and have now for more than 12 hours stood at “44 MB backed up”. The problem repeats itself when I stop and retry the back up procedure.
I have tried to create a new back up on the same Time Machine drive but I am unable to rename the old “backup.backudb” folder, so thats not a solution.
ANy ideas?After a restore Time Machine will back up everything again. Because of that, if possible the initial backup should be done over Ethernet, not Wi-Fi. See item D3 on this post.
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