Time Machine colliding with MobileMe sync after 10.5.6 update?

Hi, all. I am having fairly regular time machine errors, such as the following:
Mar 2 17:35:19 ENTOURAGE /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4831]: Error: (-43) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/jkinner/Library/Preferences/sync.plist to /Volumes/Backup of ENTOURAGE/Backups.backupdb/ENTOURAGE/2009-02-26-165316.inProgress/BE549816-EABC -4157-9FFE-2579D2A66254/Entourage/Users/jkinner/Library/Preferences
Mar 2 17:35:19 ENTOURAGE /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4831]: Copied 52238 files (92.2 MB) from volume Entourage.
Mar 2 17:35:19 ENTOURAGE /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4831]: Copy stage failed with error:11
Mar 2 17:35:27 ENTOURAGE /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4831]: Backup failed with error: 11
Every failure is because of sync.plist, which makes me suspect that the "near-instant" updates from MobileMe sync are causing my backups to fail. Anyone else getting this? FYI, my Time Machine volume is a USB drive mounted on an AirPort, and it's been working great before the update.

Sheepless wrote:
Mar 2 17:35:19 ENTOURAGE /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4831]: Error: (-43) SrcErr:NO Copying /Users/jkinner/Library/Preferences/sync.plist
This looks like a corrupted preferences file.
For now, don't touch it. Instead, exclude it from TM and run another backup (there might be another problem).
To exclude it, go to TM's Preferences and click Options.
In the next panel, click the plus sign at the bottom.
In the sidebar of the next panel, select your home folder, then navigate to the file listed.
Select it, click Exclude, then Done.
Then do a +Back Up Now+ from the TM icon in your Menubar.
If TM runs ok, then you need to figure out what's wrong with that file, or just delete it and re-enter your sync preferences.

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