Time Machine bugs-still outstanding in 10.5.2

Having done 2 full backups & restores to a newly formatted machine, I can confirm the following issues are still open as of 10.5.2. The context is doing a 'full restore' from Time Machine when re-installing Leopard from the installation DVD.
1. Printers missing: while most applications, data, and settings are restored fine, printers dissapear
2. Applications don't work: Aperture 2.0 and the Cisco VPN client are two applications which need to be reinstalled--others seem to work fine
3. Excluded folders (aka 'do not backup'): I had excluded 3 folders (pictures, virtual machine files, etc.), then before reformatting my machine I removed the exclusion. Told Time Machine to do a backup (twice). Assumed that the previously excluded folders would now be added to backup--nope.
Net-net: love the tool-just some more bugs need fixin'
GKJ

The previous version of Preview, in Tiger, didn't have this blurry resampling problem. This is a new problem introduced by Leopard. There's an example image of the problem here:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7348/appleleopardpreviewblurjs3.jpg
I just think this is pretty unacceptable when you consider that Preview is the DEFAULT app for viewing images on a Mac. Macs are supposed to be the best for graphics. Yet the default app can't resample an image properly without blurring it.

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Backup in Time Machine is Still Slow

I have installed the latest update for my MacBook Pro which is Mac OS X Lion version 10.7.5 (11G63) and Time Machine backup still says it will takes days to do a full backup to the external hard drive!

Are you using wireless?
If so use ethernet at least for the main backup.. but if the TM keeps trying to do full backups you have a problem.
I don't have a particular suggestion as we don't have enough info.
Certainly load the widget..
A1 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
So you know what TM is doing.
In the rest of the document Pondini has some suggestions for how to overcome long and painful backups.. but there might not be a solution. TM can sometimes just be difficult.. especially if you loaded it as upgrade on the laptop. And are using an old TM backup.. a clean start can often be the only way.

I have already used time machine backup and I last used on june 2012 . Today when I tried to backup the time machine is still stuck on preparing my backup?What shallI do?

I have already used time machine backup and I last used on june 2012 . Today when I tried to backup the time machine is still stuck on preparing my backup?What shallI do?

See Section C here > http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
From Here > http://pondini.org

Bit by Mountain Lion's Time Machine bug - how to proceed best in the simpler cases?

My MacBook Air mid-2012 had never been updated to Mavericks. I had backed it up just a week before a big coffee spill that killed it (June 2014).
I finally got a replacement never-before-used 2012 Macbook Air running Mountain Lion (great to make the Time Machine restore seamless).
That's when I tried "Restore from Time Machine" and it showed the "last full backup" as being from June 2013!!! Then in Migration Assistant, couldn't locate my disk. I've been bitten by the "Exclusion" bug and my Library/ Applications / System folders have not been backed up since a year ago. I'm one of the ones that "found out after it was too late."
So I'll try the workaround. Thanks to Pondini for his great website:
http://pondini.org/TM/D10.html
http://pondini.org/TM/D10r.html
My plan is to restore from Time Machine to my 2013 full system.
Then swap out the Users folder to bring it up to date to the June 2014 version that I have backed up.
Luckily I have only one user account so this can't get TOO complicated.
After that, I'll reset Time Machine and check it periodically via the Command-R trick to make sure it's backing everything up fully.
Still, I'm left with a few questions/concerns that I'm hoping Pondini or others can help to allay before I proceed....
-What will I have lost in a year from those folders that did not back up? I know I may have lost non-Mac applications that I downloaded and also any software updates to said applications. What problems might I encounter in the way of error messages, etc.? I feel like i don't understand the contents of these folders well enough to realize how in trouble I'm in (or not) regarding these folders being out-of-date by a whole year.
-Is it really as simple as swapping out the Users folder on the new system with my most recent backup from June 2014? Any hiccups I should expect from this process? Will all of my photos go back into iPhoto? Will all of my mail files go back into the Mail app? Or in these cases, is there something I need to initiate to smooth out this process? Photos and Mails are the two big concerns; as for the other stuff, I have yet to find out if it's relevant until a problem occurs.
-Once I have restored Apps/Systems/Library to the 2013 backup and Users to the 2014 backup, then what? I'll reset Time Machine but then should I assign it to the new computer? Should I tell it to inherit the new computer? Should I wipe it clean and start fresh? How to proceed after so that I don't have more and more problems down the line, and hopefully don't lose any of the data that I at least have managed to save/restore up to now...
Thanks in advance for any help and sorry if I'm not more clear; I'm not so technologically literate so I'm not sure how best to phrase these things to get my point across.
And special shout out to Pondini who made the discovery of this bug a lot easier to stomach thanks to your helpful website.

A clone is an option.
Clone - Carbon Copy Cloner (Often recommended as it has more features than some others)
Clone – Data Backup
Clone – Deja Vu
Clone - SuperDuper
Clone - Synk
Clone Software – 6 Applications Tested
Commonly Used Backup Methods

Time Machine backups still on drive, no longer in Time Machine

I have two computers backed up to the same drive, and I cannot backup Mac#2 because the backups of Mac#1 are taking up too much space.
On Mac#1, I went into Time Machine and used the Delete Backup option on several of the oldest backups. I ran into one problem (a bug, actually) in the process, which is that after you've done the first Delete Backup, when you do the second, the "Are you sure you want to permanently remove..." dialog box does not appear, and you have to just hit the Return key on your keyboard to proceed.
The second problem came when I saw no indication of any kind that the backups I was removing were really being deleted. So I exited Time Machine, and found a small window in my Finder showing progress bars for the processes of removing the backups — there were several of the progress bars, all of them "barber poling." I didn't realize how long the deletion of each backup would take, so assuming there was some kind of problem, I stopped progress on all of them, and went back into Time Machine to see if I did them one at a time, waiting in between, if that would help.
Once back in Time Machine, the backups I'd previously tried to delete no longer appeared, but when I go in the Finder to the externa drive's Time Machine Backups > Backups.backupdb > My MacBook Pro, the folders for those dates are still there.
Now, I suspect it would be a bad idea to remove these folders manually from within the Finder. But if I can't remove them via the Finder, and those dates no longer appear in Time Machine, how do I get rid of them?
Erasing and partitioning the drive are not an option at this point because there are other things on the drive, not just the Time Machine backups.

Never found a solution to this. I ended up buying a second external because I needed more room anyway, and partitioning it before using it for Time Machine.
If you don't think you'd need anything but the most recent backup, you could always reformat the drive, partition, then turn each partition into a separate Time Machine, one for each computer.

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].

Time Machine Bug after Restore

Hi all,
I've been learning Time Machine and will share two possible bugs if it is helpful. I am working on a 2011 MacBook Pro, upgraded to Mountain Lion some months back, with 50 GB data on SSD being backed up to and restored from a LaCie SSD 80 GB partition so the speed is very nice: 14 minutes for initial backup and 7 minutes for a Reboot + Command + R restore.
Bug #1. Both (initial) backup and restores begin with large 60 minute estimated times in Time Machine Prefs Progress Bar but, once it gets going, finishes in 14 and 7 minutes respectively. If symptom is due to some quadratic journal searching algorithm, it may explain why APL-CARE warned me about potential 16 hour restores and could be a bug. If it is due to Time Machine just counting what has been transferred so far, then maybe not a bug (but maybe a possible enhancement request).
Bug #2. It appears that the first time Time Machine runs after a Cmd+R restore, it tries to rebuild an entire journal or record of what it has and, if you interrupt this initial backup, you break Time Machine. The next time you try to backup, Time Machine thinks Everything needs to be backed up (even though your disk is identical to what it just restored), and it Fails in my case with message "Time Machine couldn't complete the back to [my LaCie drive because my 50 GB of data is already there and it thinks it needs a full 50 GB more]" in so many words. APL-CARE (and its expert advisor) tried to call this a feature and sent me to your article HT3275 but that seems like a different issue. Since I did not believe Time Machine was so stupid, I ran the sequence again and carefully avoided interrupting Time Machine during its initial backup following my Cmd+R restore and, indeed, it took about 8 minutes to backup 4.5 MB (and rebuild whatever it does that first time). So this feels like a straight-up bug, Time Machine should scare me with a popup if I interrupt it while it is rebuilding its critical list for the first time after a restore. If APL-CARE were correct, it would mean everyone loses all history after a restore, everyone needs to Erase their backup disk and start from scratch, and methinks that too would be a bug.
Hopefully this is helpful, Time Machine is otherwise very cool and I love the Star Trek GUI.
Regards,
Dave.

And this is an ERROR in time machine. I just did a test restore again, went quickly, then Time Machine is GONE, GONE, gone trying to restore 5MB, waiting over an hour when a fresh backup takes about 15 minutes.
So only solution is DESTROY all my backups, then start over. Really dumb, and this page has no option to change my post back to a question, also really dumb.
I am going to swear now: cr*p. OK. Fix your **** software please. I'll deal with workarounds till then.
-dave

How Do I Restore the Old Backups.backupdb in Time Machine. It Replaced It With a Reinstalled OS's Backup.backupdb But Time Machine Is Still Filled at 1.9TB of 2TB

Hi. I fresh installed Mavericks but I didn't transfer my files from Time Machine coz' I was going to do it manually with (folders like documents, pictures mainly) when it asked (before it lets you boot to the Finder) but as soon as I chose to let the freshly installed Mavericks use the Time Machine with the old backups, it replaced it with a new Backups.backupdb. The good thing is the old backups seem to still be there because, the freshly installed OS X is only around 11GB but the Time Machine is 2TB yet it's filled with 1.91TB (only 90GB freespace).
Is there a program to somehow see these old backups, so I can backup it manually copy and paste to their respective folders on the newly installed Mavericks? Or a Terminal command to make that possible, let me see the old back ups (I hope it's just hidden, retrievable)? I've switched off Time Machine for now coz' there's not much to back in the newly installed Mavericks.
Thank you in advance.
God bless, Rev. 21:4

Thank you. It's all back to normal (took around 7 hours on the late 2009 iMac). Time Machine's become better now compared to the last time I used it to migrate everything automatically (Snow Leopard days). With Maverick's Time Machine, it's almost like a cloning (except for the password) tool now. But it's always great to name the account and maybe the hardisk the same names so can just replace a newly installed OS.
God bless. Thanks again.

Time Machine Bug

I believe there is a major bug with time machine being unable to restore a case sensitive file system. If i do a clean install with a case sensitive file system then do a full time machine backup. I am then unable to restore that backup onto an new system with either the disk formatted as case sensitive or case insensitive.
I do have a log of the restore crash but it's a bit big to paste it all here.
Can anyone confirm this bug and if so can it please be fixed as I'm now relying on 3rd party backup software as time machine is unable to perform it's job.
K

It's a full restore from a clean install onto a same spec mbp using the osx install cd to boot from and do the restore. this has been tested on 3 different laptops all suffering from the same issue. restoring a clean non case sensitive install onto the same mbp works fine.
Dec 31 16:28:54 localhost LCA[79]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (cach) while running as uid 0
Dec 31 16:28:57 localhost configd[65]: subnetroute_ifindex: can't get interface name
Dec 31 16:28:59 localhost LCA[79]: Using keyboard layout 2
Dec 31 16:29:00 localhost LCA[79]: Found primary language hint "en"
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost LCA[79]: Launching the Installer using language code "English"
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Mac OS X Installer application started
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: 1 display(s) found.
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Display[1] is using OpenGL acceleration.
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-580
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: @(#)PROGRAM:Mac OS X Installer PROJECT:OSInstaller-262
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Hardware: MacBookPro6,2 @ 2.66 GHz (x 4), 4096 MB RAM
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D2084)
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Env: DYLDNO_FIXPREBINDING=1
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Env: PWD=/
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Env: SHLVL=1
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Env: OS_INSTALL=1
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Env: _=/System/Installation/CDIS/LCA.app/Contents/MacOS/LCA
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Using install media product at /System/Installation/Packages
Dec 31 16:29:45 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Opening OSInstall package '/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg'.
Dec 31 16:29:50 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Memory statistics for 'Install Mac OS X' pane:
Dec 31 16:29:50 localhost OSInstaller[145]: Physical Memory Allocation: 818 MB wired, 130 MB trapped, 76 MB active, 31 MB inactive, 3041 MB free, 3148 MB usable, 4096 MB total
Dec 31 16:30:25 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:25.631 Disk Utility[153:903] ********
Dec 31 16:30:25 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:25.692 Disk Utility[153:903] Disk Utility started.
Dec 31 16:30:25 localhost Unknown[80]:
Dec 31 16:30:56 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:56.556 Disk Utility[153:903] Preparing to remove partition from disk: ‚ÄúTOSHIBA MK5055GSXF Media‚Äù
Dec 31 16:30:56 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:56.580 Disk Utility[153:903] Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
Dec 31 16:30:56 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:56.581 Disk Utility[153:903] 1 partition will be removed
Dec 31 16:30:56 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:56.582 Disk Utility[153:903]
Dec 31 16:30:56 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:56.582 Disk Utility[153:903] Partition 1
Dec 31 16:30:56 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:56.583 Disk Utility[153:903] Size : 499.76 GB
Dec 31 16:30:56 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:56.583 Disk Utility[153:903] Filesystem : Free Space
Dec 31 16:30:56 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:56.584 Disk Utility[153:903]
Dec 31 16:30:56 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:30:56.638 Disk Utility[153:903] Unmounting disk
Dec 31 16:31:11 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:11.797 Disk Utility[153:903] Creating partition map
Dec 31 16:31:12 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:12.225 Disk Utility[153:903] Waiting for disks to reappear
Dec 31 16:31:12 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:12.262 Disk Utility[153:903] Partition complete.
Dec 31 16:31:12 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:12.263 Disk Utility[153:903]
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.077 Disk Utility[153:903] Preparing to partition disk: ‚ÄúTOSHIBA MK5055GSXF Media‚Äù
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.086 Disk Utility[153:903] Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.087 Disk Utility[153:903] 1 partition will be created
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.087 Disk Utility[153:903]
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.088 Disk Utility[153:903] Partition 1
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.089 Disk Utility[153:903] Name : ‚ÄúUntitled 1‚Äù
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.089 Disk Utility[153:903] Size : 500.11 GB
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.090 Disk Utility[153:903] Filesystem : Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.090 Disk Utility[153:903]
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.803 Disk Utility[153:903] Unmounting disk
Dec 31 16:31:26 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:26.828 Disk Utility[153:903] Creating partition map
Dec 31 16:31:27 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:27.019 Disk Utility[153:903] Waiting for disks to reappear
Dec 31 16:31:27 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:27.656 Disk Utility[153:903] Formatting disk0s2 as Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled) with name Untitled 1
Dec 31 16:31:32 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:32.822 Disk Utility[153:903] Partition complete.
Dec 31 16:31:32 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:32.823 Disk Utility[153:903]
Dec 31 16:31:49 localhost Unknown[80]: 2000-12-31 16:31:49.062 Disk Utility[153:903] NSDocumentController's invocation of -[NSFileManager URLForDirectory:inDomain:appropriateForURL:create:error:] returned nil for NSAutosavedInformationDirectory. Here's the error:
Dec 31 16:31:49 localhost Unknown[80]: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=642 UserInfo=0x106db1290 "You can‚Äôt save the file ‚ÄúAutosave Information‚Äù because the volume ‚ÄúMac OS X Install DVD‚Äù is read only." Underlying Error=(Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=30 "The operation couldn‚Äôt be completed. Read-only file system")
Dec 31 16:31:49 localhost Unknown[80]:
c 31 16:36:41 localhost OSInstaller[145]: [RESTORE] 5: restoring Developer
Dec 31 16:36:41 localhost OSInstaller[145]: from source path: /Volumes/test/Backups.backupdb/berry/2010-08-06-162655/plum/Developer
Dec 31 16:36:41 localhost OSInstaller[145]: to destination path: /Volumes/plum
Dec 31 16:39:31 localhost LCA[79]: Child exited with status 11
Dec 31 16:39:36 localhost Unknown[204]: Launching the Installer Crash Log Viewer
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Process: Mac OS X Installer [145]
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Path: /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Identifier: Mac OS X Installer
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Version: ??? (???)
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Parent Process: LCA [79]
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]:
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Date/Time: 2000-12-31 16:38:59.284 -0800
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D2084)
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Report Version: 6
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]:
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Exception Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS at 0x000000000745c40c
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]:
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: Application Specific Information:
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]: objc_msgSend() selector name: release
Dec 31 16:40:11 localhost ReportCrash[203]:

Time Machine Bug - Indexer Unavailable - Is there a Fix?

Like others who have posted, I to am experiencing the "Indexer unavailable (1) Waiting for index to be ready (100)" bug.
Like others who have posted about this:
*Time Machine worked flawlessly for a long time, but has now become essentially dysfunctional;
*I've tried every proposed fix and combinations of fixes for months now and they don't correct the problem; any apparent correction is very shortlived;
*I've dealt with phone support to no avail;
*Even brought it up when I had the computer in for a hardware issue with no evidence that any attention was paid to the problem.
Has anyone been able to fix this?
Or should I just give up and move to Carbon Copy Clone for all my backups?

Ecologist wrote:
*I've tried every proposed fix and combinations of fixes for months now and they don't correct the problem; any apparent correction is very shortlived;
Since you don't specify what "every proposed fix" means, and haven't posted anything here before so we could figure it out, see #D2 of [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

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 bug after upgrading system

Hello,
I just upgraded my macbook pro from Lion to Mountain Lion.
After this upgrade, I created a new admin account and tried to install back my previous account with my entire files thanks to migration assistant with a time machine data.
Unfortunately, it seems that my 150go of personal data are in my hard drive after time machine'work but I can see my last account with my entire file. I have just the choice to loggin to my new ML admin account. Moreover, I can use some application with this new account but the fact is that I can found my important files.
Do you have any solution in order to find my previous account?
Thank you,
Regards,
Niels.

See the pink box in Problems after using Migration Assistant for an explanation. One of the workarounds in the green box (probably #4) should set things right.

My photos disappear from my iPhoto after a crash of iPhoto, I've restored the entire iPhoto library through time machine but still i have no photos in my iPhoto

I have an iMac which I've upgraded to Yosemite. then I experienced a crash on iPhoto and needed to restore the entire (135 GB) iPhoto library through Time machine. Now I can see the iPhoto library through finder but can't move them to iphoto
Can you help me please? thanks so much!

Try the following on your library:
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
1 - download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.>Click on the Add Library button,
2 - select the library you want to add from those in the selection window.
3 - make sure that in the rebuild window the checkbox "Scavange orphaned photos" is checked.
4 - now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the Library ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
5 - in the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed. Click on the Create button.
Note 1: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments. However, books, calendars, cards and slideshows will be lost.
Note 2: Your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.

IMac 27" won't boot (after Time Machine bug?)

Hi everyone,
Firstly, I don't know if my iMac is an Intel machine or not.
I recently had my failing hard drive (seagate, I think) replaced by Apple.
I had backed up using a hard drive using Time Machine.
I attempted to restore my back up to my now fixed iMac. It failed after about 3%. I ran 'verify' in disk utility and it told me the hard drive with the back up was fine.
I tried again to get my back up onto my iMac. It failed again. Again after about 3%
Now, this is when I think I made my big mistake - I asked my computer to boot from the Mac harddrive. Does this mean I told my computer to boot from something that was only 3% installed?
Anyway, it will not boot. Lots of text pops up on the screen, it goes round and round in circles for a while. Then an icon resembling a no entry road sign pops up and it gives up.
I have tried holding down command and r both with the Mac OS X Install DVD in the optical drive and not in.
I have tried holding down 'c' with the Mac OS X Install DVD in the optical drive.
No luck.
Can anyone help please? Please tell me how I can provide further information. Take a video of what happens, perhaps?
Thank you.

Please make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service.

Excluded Items in Time Machine are Still Backed Up

I setup my Time Capsule last night and in Time Machine Setting I selected my Desktop to be excluded. I just checked my backup today, and I can see all my desktop items in T.M.
Any ideas why?

Thank for the link. I am fully aware of this problem. However this link does not provide a solution to my problem.
I did all the things it suggested. I went over every detail with Western Digital tech support. Once the WD software is removed. And the firmware upgraded. And formated with Apple Format, and partitioned, and GUID and and and. I can transfer files without any difficulty in all circumstances; BUT ONE AND THAT IS WORKING WITH TIME MACHINE NOT ALLOWING THE BACKUP OF THE DATA ON THE WD DRIVE.
This is a Time Machine program error. If the disk exist for all other purpose, it should exist for Time Machine. It is a error to for Time Machine preferences to reverse a user selection. It needs to be fixed.

Time Machine bugs-still outstanding in 10.5.2

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