Time machine can't make backup on external disk

I'm using an external disk to make my backup with time machine. Therefore I formatted the disk for Mac OS Extended initially and the first backups went fine.
Now backup never finishes successful.
The external disk is connected via my airport extreme (wireless). I already did a disk repair but this didn't help either.
What is causing the problem and how can I fix it?

eggann wrote:
I'm using an external disk to make my backup with time machine. Therefore I formatted the disk for Mac OS Extended initially and the first backups went fine.
Now backup never finishes successful.
The external disk is connected via my airport extreme (wireless). I already did a disk repair but this didn't help either.
Technically, that is not supported by Apple, although many folks (including me) are doing it anyway: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/15139.html
What is causing the problem and how can I fix it?
Start with the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
It will show you how to locate the message(s) that describe the problem, then help you fix it.
If that doesn't help, post back with details, including all the messages, what you've done, and the results.

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I have problems with Time Machine. I deleted by error the backup file in Time Capsule, but now Time Machine doesn't create a new one, simply it doesn't work. External disks are recognized (Time Capsule or USB disk) but it doesn't make backups, only appears the "preparing" for one or two seconds and then nothing. It's the same if I try to make backups on a external USB disk.
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magali mistral wrote:
Hello!
Thanks for your message. The Time Machine Buddy widget was helpful. Although I couldn't mark the text, copy and insert it here.
You should be able to highlight them by dragging your mouse over them, then cmd-C to copy to the clipboard, then cmd-V to copy it here.
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For the past two weeks I've been having some major issues backing up my computer with Time Machine. It's become quite a process.
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Mountain Lion
I am backing up to a brand new - well bought in February, '14 - 1TB external hard drive and there is NOTHING else in there except the TM backups.
For the past two weeks it's been failing the automatic backups.
There is PLENTY of room on the drive.
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"Time Machine Error
Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder
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Below is a small sample of the report from the utility each one is dated.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this without having to purchase a new drive?
In February the old external drive I had started to freak TM out and it just erased ALL my backups which I desperately needed due to the same error / failure. That drive had plenty of space as well but I lost all my stuff anyway.
I searched the forums for a solution and found nothing helpful.
I know the TM isn't for archiving and another question I have is, How can I transfer or even rename the backup folder that TM makes and move it to a 'free drive' to prevent overwriting? Right now I just keep buying new drives which is ridiculous.
JUNE 16, 2014
Verifying volume “Shuttlecraft 2”
Checking file systemJournal need to be replayed but volume is read-only
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Incorrect number of extended attributes
(It should be 1355781 instead of 1355778)
Incorrect number of Access Control Lists
(It should be 1355741 instead of 1355738)
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Shuttlecraft 2 was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Shuttlecraft 2”
Checking file systemChecking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Incorrect number of extended attributes
(It should be 1355768 instead of 1355765)
Incorrect number of Access Control Lists
(It should be 1355728 instead of 1355725)
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Repairing volume.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Shuttlecraft 2 was repaired successfully.
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JUNE 17,2014
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Checking file systemChecking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
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Verifying volume “Shuttlecraft 2”
Checking file systemPerforming live verification.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
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June 18,2014
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Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Shuttlecraft 2 was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
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Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
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Volume repair complete.
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June 19, 2014
Verifying volume “Shuttlecraft 2”
Checking file systemJournal need to be replayed but volume is read-only
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
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Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
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Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Shuttlecraft 2 appears to be OK.
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
June 20, 2014
Verifying volume “Shuttlecraft 2”
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Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Incorrect number of extended attributes
(It should be 1364328 instead of 1364323)
Incorrect number of Access Control Lists
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Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Shuttlecraft 2 was found corrupt and needs to be repaired.
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Checking file systemChecking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Incorrect number of extended attributes
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Incorrect number of Access Control Lists
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Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Repairing volume.
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking multi-linked directories.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Shuttlecraft 2 was repaired successfully.
Volume repair complete.
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.

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GAH! What the *&^% is wrong with this infernal machine?

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Yes, but you are very likely to get in trouble very quickly.
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Mac Time Machine - Can't Access Backup

Successfully connected Canvio Home and installed all software. I have run several Time Machine Back-Ups. When I look in Finder I see the Canvio, can navigate to other folders on the Canvio, can copy files to/from the Canvio from Finder, but cannot access or view the folder where the Time Machine backup should be (CLNAS-BACKUP, where CLNAS is what I renamed the Canvio to).
When I try to connect to CLNAS-BACKUP I get a "connection failed" message. But when I try to click on the "Connect As" button to connect as a different user - the login dialog box does not display. I am able to disconnect and reconnect to the public folders on the drive. and I've tried ejecting and reconnecting to the drive - no change.
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> Canvio Home 3TG
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If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
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☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
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I have a 1T LaCie attched via USB and have been using since Sept 2008 - when i enter TM all I can see is back ups for Sept & Oct 2008, but nothing since. It seems to be backing up on a regular basis, and I get no warning messages. Can I just delete the backup file on the LaCie and start over if I don't care about files prior to what is on my HD now?

So, thanks to a rotten power supply I have a freshly dead 17.5 month old 1 TB Time Capsule which is out of warranty. To try and preserve the utility of my prior Time Machine backups and what seems to be a perfectly good 1 TB HD, I bought a 3.5" SATA enclosure with USB 2.0 and pulled the drive out of the TC and put it in the HDD enclosure. Now following Pondini's Tip #17 in the FAQ I can browse to my prior backups.
The big question is: How can I get Time Machine use the same HD from the Time Capsule (now attached by USB instead of Ethernet) to pick up where it left off making further incremental backups as it had been making for 1.5 years up until the TC's power supply died? I'd like to not have to back the whole thing up separately again and bifurcate the backups.
In Finder I can see a 104.93 GB file titled:
Mjmckay's Mac Mini_0016cba344dd.sparsebundle and dated the date I started using the TC.
Using the Disk Utility I can also see the name and info of the HD as follows:
Name : Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 Media
Type : Disk
Partition Map Scheme : GUID Partition Table
Disk Identifier : disk2
Media Name : Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : USB
USB Serial Number : 200904130782
Device Tree : /PCI0@0/USB7@1D,7/@2:0
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed : No
Location : External
Total Capacity : 931.5 GB (1,000,204,886,016 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 2
Partition Number : 0
I also see 3 sub-drives listed as subsidiaries of the Hitachi:
#1
Name : APconfig
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk2s1
Mount Point : /Volumes/APconfig
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : USB
Device Tree : /PCI0@0/USB7@1D,7/@2:1
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : BD51DD81-2084-392A-8D03-BEA700498F7B
Capacity : 1 GB (1,073,741,824 Bytes)
Free Space : 1,003.5 MB (1,052,262,400 Bytes)
Used : 20.5 MB (21,479,424 Bytes)
Number of Files : 43
Number of Folders : 9
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
Disk Number : 2
Partition Number : 1
#2
Name : APswap
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk2s2
Mount Point : /Volumes/APswap
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : USB
Device Tree : /PCI0@0/USB7@1D,7/@2:2
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : B6B860F2-09EB-3678-AEE5-3C38BE6755C1
Capacity : 1 GB (1,073,741,824 Bytes)
Free Space : 1,003.5 MB (1,052,266,496 Bytes)
Used : 20.5 MB (21,475,328 Bytes)
Number of Files : 42
Number of Folders : 9
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
Disk Number : 2
Partition Number : 2
#3
Name : Time Capsule Disk
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk2s3
Mount Point : /Volumes/Time Capsule Disk
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : USB
Device Tree : /PCI0@0/USB7@1D,7/@2:3
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : 680A57E2-84F9-3176-8D2A-ECC1D034725F
Capacity : 929.5 GB (998,057,361,408 Bytes)
Free Space : 824.4 GB (885,197,500,416 Bytes)
Used : 105.1 GB (112,859,860,992 Bytes)
Number of Files : 13,483
Number of Folders : 17
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
Disk Number : 2
Partition Number : 3
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Further down the Disk Utility frame I have the disk image:
Name : Mjmckay's Mac Mini_0016cba344dd.sparsebundle
Type : Disk Image
Disk Identifier : disk3
Media Name : Apple sparse bundle disk image Media
Connection Bus : Disk Image
Disk Image Path : /Time Capsule Disk/Mjmckay's Mac Mini_0016cba344dd.sparsebundle
Full Path : /Volumes/Time Capsule Disk/Mjmckay's Mac Mini_0016cba344dd.sparsebundle
Partition Map Scheme : Apple Partition Map
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed : No
Total Capacity : 929.5 GB (998,057,361,408 Bytes)
Disk Number : 3
Partition Number : 0
and subsidiary to that disk image is:
Name : Backup of Mjmckay's Mac Mini
Type : Volume
Disk Identifier : disk3s2
Mount Point : /Volumes/Backup of Mjmckay's Mac Mini
File System : Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
Connection Bus : Disk Image
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : 6C96AD5C-772F-3710-98E3-9E233560AC0C
Capacity : 929.5 GB (998,057,328,640 Bytes)
Free Space : 825.5 GB (886,406,656,000 Bytes)
Used : 104.0 GB (111,650,672,640 Bytes)
Number of Files : 1,370,273
Number of Folders : 209,366
Owners Enabled : Yes
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Repair Permissions : No
Can Be Verified : Yes
Can Be Repaired : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
Disk Number : 3
Partition Number : 2
I'm sure there's information here which no one needs to answer my question, and other info I haven't provided.
Right now, TM doesn't see any oldest or latest backups
Are there settings I can change to get it to seamlessly pick up? I think I have seen some references in the user forums to a distinction made by Time Machine between backing up to a Time Capsule (wherein maybe TC is the only "easy" Network Attached Storage destination) with "sparsebundle" files and the way Time Machine backs up to direct, USB 2.0, direct-attached external hard drives (which is what my Time Capsule HD has now become). Or is that the problem at all?
Any one have suggestions?

Time Machine can't create backup on Synology NAS DiskStation (Error 17)

My first time trying to use Time Machine.
Configuration iMac: OS X vers. 10.7.3, 2.5 GHz, 4 GB Memory, 500 GB Disk
Destination of Backup: Synology NAS DiskStation DS212j, Mac File Service for Time Machine activated, user for Time Machine created
Log reports:
Starting standard backup
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TimeMachine
Creating disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/JoeiMac.sparsebundle
Error 17 creating backup disk image
Failed to create disk image /Volumes/TimeMachine/JoeiMac.sparsebundle, status: 17
Backup failed with error: 20
What means "Error 17"?
Any idea what went wrong?
Hope you can help.

That's the problem with using a 3d-party NAS with Time Machine; it has it's own software that's supposed to interact with OSX, and when something goes wrong, it can be very hard to sort out just what and where the problem is.
First, make sure that model is fully compatible with Time Machine on Lion (some are, some aren't), and install any software/firmware updates Synology has for it.
Second, make sure the names (of all odd things) of your Mac and network aren't too long and don't contain any special characters, per #C9 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
Third, make sure you're following Synology's instructions exactly.

Time machine-- can't eject backup drive

Hi, everyone.
I have a backup drive attached to time machine. I need to use the firewire port my external drive is plugged into (there is only one) to upload from my video camera. But I it won't let me eject the drive, even though I have gone into Time Machine preferences and turned off the backup. Whenever I try to eject the drive I get en error message that it is in use. What can I do aside from yanking out the cable?
Thanks!

Launch Activity Monitor and see if anything is running that might be using the disk. Spotlight would be my first guess. Spotlight processes start with "md". If that is the case just wait for Spotlight to finish. Don't ever yank a cable without ejecting first. If you get desperate, try shutting down the computer and then disconnect the Time Machine drive.

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