Time machine deleted my hd files

I have 2 external drives plugged into my imac. One used for the time machine the other data (photos,music etc). My son managed to change the time machine backup touse the data drive and now all the data has gone. Is there anyway of retrieveing these files?
Thanks

This means that the drive was formatted incorrectly for use with TM and it had to reformat it. it warns you before doing so. your chances of recovering your data are not great as it may have been overwritten by TM backups. stop using the drive ASAP (turn TM off) and try data recovery software like Data Rescue II or Filesalvage.

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Time Machine deleted all the files on my external HD

I have started a new Time Machine backup on a larger external HD.
Time Machine deleted the folders and files stored in that HD before starting the backup procedure.
How can i recover the files i had on my HD?
Thank you!

This means that the drive was formatted incorrectly for use with TM and it had to reformat it. it warns you before doing so. your chances of recovering your data are not great as it may have been overwritten by TM backups. stop using the drive ASAP (turn TM off) and try data recovery software like Data Rescue II or Filesalvage.

Has time machine deleted the other files on my external hard drive?

i used a la cie external hard drive for time machine and now i can't find the files that i had stored on the drive previously, there is only the time machine bck ups - are the files gone forever?

V.K. is entirely correct.
For future reference, the way to keep "other" files on a TM drive is to partition it. TM will, eventually, fill the space provided to it with backups.
Also, if other data is in the same partition and you ever need to delete all your TM backups and start over, you'll be in something of a pickle (technical term). If it has it own, exclusive partition, all you have to do is erase the partition with Disk Utility.

Time Machine deleted my excel files help

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I suggest you download and install EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Run EtreCheck and publish report here
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Time Machine deleted old backups as disk filled up. Now I'm confused

Hi guys,
My backup disk was full, and hence Time Machine deleted my old backup. The most important data on my Mac (for me) is my iPhoto library. As I know it, Time Machine deletes backups for files which are used less frequently. In my iPhoto library, there are some photos which I haven't opened for years. So has Time Machine deleted them?
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As I know it, Time Machine deletes backups for files which are used less frequently. In my iPhoto library, there are some photos which I haven't opened for years. So has Time Machine deleted them?
Time Machine won't delete files that are still on your Mac, regardless of how long since you view them.
What it trashes are files that have been removed from your Mac. So, it's not an archive app. For instance, if you backed up with TM and then deleted the pics from iPhoto on your Mac (to save space or whatever) then eventually they will be deleted from TM.
Regards
TD

HT3275 TIme Machine deleting files I deleted from my home drive

This seems like a very basic problem but I cant find an answer and am no longer able to use Apple Support. I am trying to erase files from my very crowded home drive. I bought an external drive and backed up all fikles there. However, now when I delete files from my home drive and plug in the external drive, Time Machine delets the files I deleted from my home drive on the external drive which defeats my purpose. Can anyone help a hopelsessly tech savvyless stranger.
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Copy the files to the external drive in the Finder instead of going through Time Machine. If you want that drive to have a bootable OS, you'll need to use software such as Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper.
Time Machine backups are designed for recovery of accidentally or inadvertently deleted files. They aren't meant for primary storage of files you don't want on any other drive. In any case, drives eventually fail; anything you want to keep shouldn't be on only one drive.
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Recovering files time machine deleted

Is there a way to recover files from a back up that time machine deleted? I was in the middle of recovering files then the computer just hanged so I had to force shutdown. When I booted up again, I can't find any of my documents in ALL of the time machine backups previously created.
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You might be able to use SubrosaSoft FileSalvage to recover the files. You can run it in demo mode first to see what files, if any, it will be able to recover from the disk. With the restricted privileges of the TM disk I'm not sure if it will work but worth a try.
Sometimes it might be best to not force quit but let it run for what may seem a extraordinarily long time. Were you about to use any other application during that time? If it happens again run Activity Monitor to see what's taking up the computer's effort. It just might be chugging along and not actually hung. TM is CPU heavy.

HT201250 Does Time Machine delete files in back-ups that are deleted on my Mac?

Does Time Machine delete files in back-ups that are deleted on my Mac? IOW....if I need to restore a whole back-up, I don't want to restore previously deleted files.

Does Time Machine delete files in back-ups that are deleted on my Mac?
Not immediately. When space starts to get tight, Time Machine will start to delete the oldest file(s) to make more room, but this won't occur for some time.
if I need to restore a whole back-up, I don't want to restore previously deleted files.
You won't if you choose to restore from a backup that occurred after the date that you deleted the file.
If you absolutely do not want to keep the file in your Time Machine backups at all, you do have the option to go into Time Machine, find the file, and manually delete all versions of the file from past dates.

Time machine deleted applications folder after restoring files

my macbook 13 inch black would not start up. grey progress bar then would shutdown.
Used time machine to restore my files. Time machine has deleted my applications folder after restoring files. how do I get them back.

Depending on how you restored your data, Time Machine may not recognize your previous backups as belonging to the same machine. It will then delete as many snapshots as necessary to make room for a full backup of all files. Once the snapshots are deleted, they can't be recovered.
Another time, when you erase the boot volume, restore from Time Machine in Setup Assistant so that your backup history will be preserved.
As this experience shows, you need more than one backup to be safe. I suggest you start a new backup set on another, larger, external drive.

Will Time Machine delete files on external hard drive?

I have all my itunes music and videos on my external hard drive. Will Time Machine delete these files. The hard drive is already formatted for mac.

Note from Time Machine Help files:
Time Machine works best if you use your backup disk only for Time Machine backups. If you keep files on your backup disk, Time Machine won’t back up those files, and the space available for Time Machine backups will be reduced.
So it will not overwrite the files but it also will not back them up.

Time Machine deleted my old backups and crapped out midstream

I had just gotten my failing hard drive replaced, and restored from Time Machine backup. So far so good.
So a week later, I wanted to upgrade to Mountain Lion, but figured I should be responsible and run Time Machine backup again before doing the upgrade just in case something goes wrong.
The Mac has a 4TB drive, which has 2TB free. The backup drive is a 4TB external drive, which has (or had) Time Machine backups going back two years or so. It still had over a TB of space left. I clicked on Backup Now and let it run overnight. I noticed it said "Deleting old backup to make room" or something like that, which I thought was normal.
I woke up in the morning to find that Time Machine had crapped out in the middle, and said that it couldn't complete. I realized that it had deleted all my old backups. It didn't need to do that, since the only files that had changed would have been less than a GB, and it had over a TB of space to work with.
It must have thought that everything on the drive had changed since the last backup, and it wanted to backup the entire drive. As such it tried deleting all my old backups! But it failed, and stopped in the middle.
Now I have a drive that still says there is only 1.2 TB of space on the drive, but I can't see the files! Even with Tinkertool, I can't see anything beyond the one most recent backup.
Can these files be recovered? I am totally ticked that there isn't some kind of confirmation like "Are you sure you want to delete X?"
I actually need to have some of these older backups, as they include files that had been deleted before the latest backup that I may need to retrieve. Any hard drive experts out there? Any terminal commands that can make these files accessible, even if I have to retrieve them manually?

To clarify, this all happened under Snow Leopard as I had said. My profile lists Tiger, since I haven't cared to update my personal profile since using that OS, and in fact I still use Tiger among other versions. I manage a lot of users. And I never got to upgrade to Mountain Lion on this system, as explained in the post above. So I don't see the confusion.
I don't think the model of Mac makes a difference for this type of problem, but in case it does, the incident was on a 2010 Intel iMac with a 4TB hard drive and 8GB of RAM. I would have mentioned that if this was a problem with hardware specific to the model of Mac. But this is more of a universal issue.
But to stay on topic, I'm guessing my old backups are toast. But if anybody has any experience with recovering from Time Machine deleting their old backups, I would be happy to hear from them. In the meantime, I am going to try to do some old fashioned file recovery, and see what I can salvage.

Time Machine deleted ALL my backups

I was using time machine for quite a while to backup my hard drive and then stopped it for a while. When I turned it back on today, it backed up my ENTIRE hard drive (50 GB) and deleted ALL the old files & time machine backups.
The files and information on those old backups were extremely important. Is there any way of getting these back? Or am I SOL.
Thanks in advance, I really appreciate any help.

If TM completed what was most likely a new, full backup (which it will do after a long period without backups), then much (or most) of your old backups have already been overwritten.
It is possible that you might be able to recover some data from the rest of the disk with a +Data Recovery+ app, such as Data Rescue II, or a 3rd-party service. Neither is cheap or certain.
If you want to try that, stop using the disk immediately. To find such apps & services, look for +Data Recovery+ or +Disk recovery+ via Google, VersionTracker.com, or MacUpdate.com

Time Machine deleted all backups

Just got a TM error message saying my 3TB drive needed 1.68TB and there was only 1.3 TB available. I thought this unlikely as my target drive should only require an incremental backup (1.68TB being a full backup). So I clicked 'back up now' (daft, I know) and Time Machine deleted everything and started a brand new backup which I immediately stopped. The TM drive still says there's only 1.3TB available which means my older backups are still in there somewhere, right?
While I don't think I've anything on the backup that I need, I'm worried how this could happen - 4 months of backups just vanished instantly.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
SNaP

Thanks for the reply, Linc,
First thing is there's no 'Starting standard backup' string, but I'm assuming the 'starting automatic backup' is our boy. I've deleted most of the texts where it says its 'deleting expired backups' (about 35 in all), and I've deleted other repetetive lines but I'm reluctant to delete more as I might be throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The string finished with my creating a new Time Machine backup on a separate drive ('Storage 3'). The original Time Machine backup was named 'Mac Companion'. The two drives being backed up were 'SSD' and '2TB HD'.
Log text:
03/09/2012 11:34:29.581 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Starting automatic backup
03/09/2012 11:34:30.103 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb
03/09/2012 11:34:35.484 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to communicate with qtkitserver: Connection invalid
03/09/2012 11:34:35.484 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to initializeServer(), returned 5
03/09/2012 11:34:35.678 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Using file event preflight for SSD
03/09/2012 11:34:37.364 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Will copy (644.7 MB) from SSD
03/09/2012 11:34:37.374 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Using file event preflight for 2Tb HD
03/09/2012 11:34:48.819 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to communicate with qtkitserver: Connection invalid
03/09/2012 11:34:48.820 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to initializeServer(), returned 5
03/09/2012 11:35:01.533 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:35:02.281 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to communicate with qtkitserver: Connection invalid
03/09/2012 11:35:02.281 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to initializeServer(), returned 5
03/09/2012 11:35:18.766 sandboxd[1413]: ([1412]) mdworker(1412) deny file-read-data /Users/snapmac/Dropbox/MDK/Adobe Photoshop CS65832565636961/..namedfork/rsrc (pre-ls-info fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:240000005E diag:0 uti:public.jpeg plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Image.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 1127969)
03/09/2012 11:35:18.000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1413) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
03/09/2012 11:35:34.790 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to communicate with qtkitserver: Connection invalid
03/09/2012 11:35:34.790 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to initializeServer(), returned 5
03/09/2012 11:35:45.111 sandboxd[1418]: ([1412]) mdworker(1412) deny file-read-data /Users/snapmac/Dropbox/MDK/Adobe Photoshop CS65832565702527/..namedfork/rsrc (pre-ls-info fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:240000005E diag:0 uti:public.jpeg plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Image.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 1128024)
03/09/2012 11:35:45.000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1418) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
03/09/2012 11:35:49.627 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to communicate with qtkitserver: Connection invalid
03/09/2012 11:35:49.628 com.apple.quicklook.satellite[863]: Failed to initializeServer(), returned 5
03/09/2012 11:35:57.957 sandboxd[1418]: ([1412]) mdworker(1412) deny file-read-data /Users/snapmac/Dropbox/MDK/Adobe Photoshop CS65832565768075/..namedfork/rsrc (pre-ls-info fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:240000005E diag:0 uti:public.jpeg plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Image.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 1128070)
03/09/2012 11:35:58.103 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Will copy (102.4 MB) from 2Tb HD
03/09/2012 11:35:58.103 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Found 458385 files (1.57 TB) needing backup
03/09/2012 11:35:58.114 com.apple.backupd[1401]: 1.88 TB required (including padding), 1.15 TB available
03/09/2012 11:36:01.837 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-09-02-104622 containing 2.2 MB; 1.15 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:36:01.838 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Removed 1 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
03/09/2012 11:36:02.535 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:36:09.872 mdworker[1311]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
03/09/2012 11:36:11.574 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-08-21-002126 containing 613.1 MB; 1.15 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:36:11.574 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Removed 2 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
03/09/2012 11:36:14.818 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-08-22-000409 containing 5.8 MB; 1.15 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:36:26.606 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Removed 7 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
03/09/2012 11:36:49.689 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending attach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
03/09/2012 11:36:49.885 usbmuxd[431]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x102e81000): IPv4
03/09/2012 11:37:03.537 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:37:03.855 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-08-27-003829 containing 952.1 MB; 1.15 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:37:10.282 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Removed 9 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
03/09/2012 11:37:25.228 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending detach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
03/09/2012 11:38:04.539 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:38:07.334 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[866]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
03/09/2012 11:38:14.150 Adobe Bridge CS6[1424]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
03/09/2012 11:38:31.740 mdworker[1311]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
03/09/2012 11:39:05.541 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:39:17.723 WindowServer[128]: CGXSetWindowBackgroundBlurRadius: Invalid window 0xffffffff
03/09/2012 11:40:06.543 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:40:40.603 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending attach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
03/09/2012 11:40:40.802 usbmuxd[431]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x102e81000): IPv4
03/09/2012 11:40:52.993 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending detach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
03/09/2012 11:41:07.545 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:44:02.751 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending attach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
03/09/2012 11:44:02.967 usbmuxd[431]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x102e81000): IPv4
03/09/2012 11:44:10.551 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:44:16.032 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending detach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
03/09/2012 11:45:09.730 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending attach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
03/09/2012 11:45:09.919 usbmuxd[431]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x102e81000): IPv4
03/09/2012 11:45:11.553 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:45:27.662 WebProcess[1473]: Failed to communicate with qtkitserver: Connection invalid
03/09/2012 11:45:27.663 WebProcess[1473]: Failed to initializeServer(), returned 5
03/09/2012 11:45:50.812 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending detach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
03/09/2012 11:46:12.555 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:47:13.556 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:47:40.539 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending attach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
03/09/2012 11:47:40.766 usbmuxd[431]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x102e81000): IPv4
03/09/2012 11:48:12.322 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-08-29-003613 containing 114.46 GB; 1.27 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:48:12.323 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Removed 10 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
03/09/2012 11:48:14.559 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:48:32.980 Safari[1471]: CGContextClipToRect: invalid context 0x0
03/09/2012 11:48:48.131 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending detach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
03/09/2012 11:49:15.561 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:50:16.562 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:50:52.172 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-09-01-004618 containing 22.05 GB; 1.3 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:50:52.172 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Removed 12 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
03/09/2012 11:50:57.965 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-09-02-004621 containing 2.4 MB; 1.3 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:51:39.148 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Removed 35 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
03/09/2012 11:51:39.148 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted 35 backups containing 152.08 GB total; 1.3 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:51:39.148 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Backup date range was shortened: oldest backup is now Sep 3, 2012
03/09/2012 11:51:49.910 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Backup failed with error: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
03/09/2012 11:51:51.535 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending attach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
03/09/2012 11:51:51.707 usbmuxd[431]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x102f04000): IPv4
03/09/2012 11:52:18.080 System Preferences[1547]: Cannot setMachineString without first being authenticated
03/09/2012 11:52:18.140 System Preferences[1547]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
03/09/2012 11:52:18.142 System Preferences[1547]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
03/09/2012 11:52:18.145 System Preferences[1547]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
03/09/2012 11:52:18.147 System Preferences[1547]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
03/09/2012 11:52:18.567 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:52:37.450 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending detach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
03/09/2012 11:52:49.571 System Preferences[1547]: Could not connect the action warnCullingPressed: to target of class TMOptionsSheetController
03/09/2012 11:52:49.572 System Preferences[1547]: Could not connect the action backUpOnBatteryPowerPressed: to target of class TMOptionsSheetController
03/09/2012 11:53:18.715 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Starting manual backup
03/09/2012 11:53:18.718 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb
03/09/2012 11:53:19.569 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:53:29.481 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Using file event preflight for SSD
03/09/2012 11:53:33.864 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Will copy (823.1 MB) from SSD
03/09/2012 11:53:33.879 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Using file event preflight for 2Tb HD
03/09/2012 11:53:59.470 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Backup canceled.
03/09/2012 11:54:02.534 sandboxd[1563]: ([549]) Mail(549) deny file-read-data /Users
03/09/2012 11:54:02.000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1563) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
03/09/2012 11:54:02.541 sandboxd[1563]: ([549]) Mail(549) deny file-read-data /Users
03/09/2012 11:54:02.963 WindowServer[128]: Display 0x1849b840 captured by conn 0x1396b
03/09/2012 11:54:12.496 Mail[549]: CGSSetWindowLevel: Invalid window 0x0
03/09/2012 11:54:13.140 sandboxd[1563]: ([549]) Mail(549) deny file-read-xattr /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-09-03-103801/SSD
03/09/2012 11:54:14.654 Mail[549]: find_shared_window: WID 996
03/09/2012 11:54:14.654 Mail[549]: CGSMoveWindow: Invalid window 0x3e4
03/09/2012 11:54:14.918 WindowServer[128]: Display 0x1849b840 released by conn 0x1396b
03/09/2012 11:54:20.570 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:54:40.796 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Starting manual backup
03/09/2012 11:54:40.799 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb
03/09/2012 11:54:45.549 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Using file event preflight for SSD
03/09/2012 11:54:49.568 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Will copy (835.6 MB) from SSD
03/09/2012 11:54:49.583 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Using file event preflight for 2Tb HD
03/09/2012 11:55:21.572 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:56:15.773 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Will copy (102.4 MB) from 2Tb HD
03/09/2012 11:56:15.774 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Found 458580 files (1.57 TB) needing backup
03/09/2012 11:56:15.803 com.apple.backupd[1401]: 1.88 TB required (including padding), 1.3 TB available
03/09/2012 11:56:15.814 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-09-03-113431.inProgress/D5E33B8C-90FD -408E-939E-C8D559EBAC56 containing 8 KB; 1.3 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:56:15.815 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Mac Companion/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2012-09-03-113431.inProgress/D93A9AE4-E50A -422A-BC05-A540DB00F417 containing 8 KB; 1.3 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:56:15.815 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Removed 2 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
03/09/2012 11:56:15.816 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Deleted 2 backups containing 16 KB total; 1.3 TB now available, 1.88 TB required
03/09/2012 11:56:15.816 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Backup date range was shortened: oldest backup is now Sep 3, 2012
03/09/2012 11:56:17.477 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.coremedia.videodecoder[1514]) Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing
03/09/2012 11:56:22.575 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:56:26.544 com.apple.backupd[1401]: Backup failed with error: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
03/09/2012 11:56:27.481 com.apple.usbmuxd[431]: stopping.
03/09/2012 11:56:27.521 com.apple.usbmuxd[1586]: usbmuxd-268.5 on Apr 5 2012 at 15:33:48, running 64 bit
03/09/2012 11:57:17.937 System Preferences[1592]: Cannot setMachineString without first being authenticated
03/09/2012 11:57:17.980 System Preferences[1592]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
03/09/2012 11:57:17.983 System Preferences[1592]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
03/09/2012 11:57:17.985 System Preferences[1592]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
03/09/2012 11:57:17.987 System Preferences[1592]: *** WARNING: -[NSImage compositeToPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] is deprecated in MacOSX 10.8 and later. Please use -[NSImage drawAtPoint:fromRect:operation:fraction:] instead.
03/09/2012 11:57:23.576 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:57:39.677 System Preferences[1592]: Could not connect the action warnCullingPressed: to target of class TMOptionsSheetController
03/09/2012 11:57:39.677 System Preferences[1592]: Could not connect the action backUpOnBatteryPowerPressed: to target of class TMOptionsSheetController
03/09/2012 11:58:24.579 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 11:59:25.581 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 12:00:11.658 com.apple.usbmuxd[1586]: _SendAttachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending attach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _GetAddrInfoReplyReceivedCallback matched.
03/09/2012 12:00:11.866 usbmuxd[1586]: _AMDeviceConnectByAddressAndPort (thread 0x102e81000): IPv4
03/09/2012 12:00:26.583 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 12:00:52.742 com.apple.usbmuxd[1586]: _SendDetachNotification (thread 0x100dc2180): sending detach for device cc:08:e0:3c:19:ef@fe80::ce08:e0ff:fe3c:19ef._apple-mobdev._tcp.local.: _BrowseReplyReceivedCallback got bonjour removal.
03/09/2012 12:01:27.584 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 12:02:28.587 NetBarrier[127]: [NB5ForbiddenAdsManager checkForUpdate] The file "/Library/StartupItems/NetBarrierKPI/NetBarrier Daemon X5.app/Contents/Resources/CommonPatterns.plist" is corrupted.
03/09/2012 12:02:53.089 com.apple.backupd[1626]: Starting manual backup
03/09/2012 12:02:53.114 com.apple.backupd[1626]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Storage 3/Backups.backupdb
03/09/2012 12:02:54.518 com.apple.backupd[1626]: Forcing deep traversal on source: "SSD" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 54176992-49A5-3BCC-BA6F-0E62A70536F3 eventDBUUID: 33324136-426B-40D2-9B6A-55DE25B037E5)

Time Machine deleted "expired" backups. Why?

I want to know why Time Machine deleted some backups although the disk has plenty of free space available.
02/05/15 09:46:39,191 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Starting automatic backup
02/05/15 09:46:39,281 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Backing up to /dev/disk2s2: /Volumes/Backup2/Backups.backupdb
02/05/15 09:46:42,900 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Will copy (429,3 MB) from SSD Boot
02/05/15 09:46:42,968 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Will copy (1,45 GB) from USERS1
02/05/15 09:46:42,969 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Found 1675 files (2,19 GB) needing backup
02/05/15 09:46:42,980 com.apple.backupd[91015]: 8,51 GB required (including padding), 1,49 TB available
02/05/15 09:47:21,437 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Copied 1665 items (440,8 MB) from volume SSD Boot. Linked 1991.
02/05/15 09:50:03,429 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Copied 85 items (1,75 GB) from volume USERS1. Linked 2582.
02/05/15 09:50:11,048 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Created new backup: 2015-05-02-095010
02/05/15 09:50:11,753 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Starting post-backup thinning
02/05/15 09:50:20,156 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Deleted /Volumes/Backup2/Backups.backupdb/iMac van Hans/2015-04-30-230300 (855,9 MB)
02/05/15 09:50:22,363 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Deleted /Volumes/Backup2/Backups.backupdb/iMac van Hans/2015-04-30-215910 (308,4 MB)
02/05/15 09:50:24,766 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Deleted /Volumes/Backup2/Backups.backupdb/iMac van Hans/2015-04-30-205523 (38,2 MB)
02/05/15 09:50:25,756 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Deleted /Volumes/Backup2/Backups.backupdb/iMac van Hans/2015-04-30-195405 (36,8 MB)
02/05/15 09:50:27,671 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Deleted /Volumes/Backup2/Backups.backupdb/iMac van Hans/2015-04-30-185319 (36,6 MB)
02/05/15 09:50:27,672 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Post-backup thinning complete: 5 expired backups removed
02/05/15 09:50:27,709 com.apple.backupd[91015]: Backup completed successfully.
Backups are alright so it is not an important issue but I am wondering if something in my preferences set is wrong.
Hans

Time Machine keeps hourly backups for one day, then daily backups for a week, etc. What you are seeing is it deleting the daily backups form more than 24 hours ago. This is what it does, nothing to worry about.
C.

Time Machine deleted my first backup to make space for a new one, is there anyway to recover it?!?!

So I had all my stuff backed up to December 23 on an external hard drive with Time Machine, then I deleted it all so that the next automatic backup didn't have any of these older files. Today Time Machine deleted my original backup to make space for a new one and so I lost Decemer 23, now I am screwed..HELP?? I accidently let it delete or something, I don't really know, I know this was just a series of mistakes and now I'm desparate ):

Have a look at this article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427 and section "backup drive fills up".
It's a normal behavior that Time Machine is deleting oldest backups when drive is filling up.

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