Time machine error.  Won't back up at all.

Hello,
My time machine has always worked really well until recently. Now, whenever it starts to back up and finishes preparing, not a single file will transfer. Then, my Time Machine won't stop trying to back up. Even when I click "Stop Backing Up" or turn Time Machine off, it will still try to back up until I actually eject the Hard Drive. Then I get
"Time Machine
Error Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume."
What is going on?
Thanks,

I'm having same problem. Neat Dashboard app. My log is pasted below. So I see the common error is on "Media1" drive, and the file "The New Interwoven". It's an old file and I can delete it. But before I do that, any recommendations on how to save the file and somehow "repair" it?
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Media1
No pre-backup thinning needed: 342.69 GB requested (including padding), 941.92 GB available
Copied 225 files (3 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media1/Capture Scratch/The New Interwoven/Yamaha DVD clip to (null)
Error: (-50) SrcErr:NO Copying /Volumes/Media1/Capture Scratch/The New Interwoven/Yamaha DVD clip to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Edit2/2009-01-26-163217.inProgress/6851DD8C-4C97-4FDF- A11B-3CE573F09294/Media1/Capture Scratch/The New Interwoven
Stopping backup.
Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Volumes/Media1/Capture Scratch/The New Interwoven/Yamaha DVD clip to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Edit2/2009-01-26-163217.inProgress/6851DD8C-4C97-4FDF- A11B-3CE573F09294/Media1/Capture Scratch/The New Interwoven
Copied 305 files (7.5 GB) from volume Media1.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11

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    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/Resources/TextEdit.help/Contents/Resources/ French.lproj/pgs to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac/2014-10-01-161332.inProgress/647DD4EA-0E2B-47C3-897B-8E56261825AF/Macintos h HD/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/Resources/TextEdit.help/Contents/Resource s/French.lproj
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Invalid argument
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Error: (-50) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/Resources/TextEdit.help/Contents/Resources/ French.lproj/sty to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac/2014-10-01-161332.inProgress/647DD4EA-0E2B-47C3-897B-8E56261825AF/Macintos h HD/Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/Resources/TextEdit.help/Contents/Resource s/French.lproj
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Stopping backup.
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Invalid argument
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/Resources/TextEdit.help/Contents/Resources/ French.lproj/sty/2column_reference.css to (null)
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Invalid argument
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Copied 2398 files (4.5 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Copy stage failed with error:11
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Error writing to backup log.  NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Invalid argument
    Oct  1 16:22:33 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac size:8
    Oct  1 16:22:38 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Backup failed with error: 11
    Oct  1 16:23:27 IMac mds[33]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 16:23:27 IMac mds[33]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 16:23:34 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
    Oct  1 16:23:42 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
    Oct  1 16:24:28 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
    Oct  1 16:25:48 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
    Oct  1 16:25:49 IMac com.apple.backupd[1179]: Stopping backupd because the backup volume was ejected!
    Oct  1 16:30:31 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Starting standard backup
    Oct  1 16:30:31 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 16:30:32 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
    Oct  1 16:30:32 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 777.39 GB requested (including padding), 1.81 TB available
    Oct  1 16:33:16 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Copied 24 files (13 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
    Oct  1 16:33:16 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Backup canceled.
    Oct  1 16:33:49 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Starting standard backup
    Oct  1 16:33:49 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 16:33:50 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
    Oct  1 16:33:50 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 777.39 GB requested (including padding), 1.81 TB available
    Oct  1 16:49:26 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help/Contents/Resources/sv.lproj/pgs/29192. html to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac/2014-10-01-161332.inProgress/C1A09728-794B-474E-A121-A2CDCAD14D1C/Macintos h HD/Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help/Contents/Resources/sv.lproj/pgs
    Oct  1 16:49:26 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Stopping backup.
    Oct  1 16:49:26 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help/Contents/Resources/sv.lproj/pgs/29192. html to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac/2014-10-01-161332.inProgress/C1A09728-794B-474E-A121-A2CDCAD14D1C/Macintos h HD/Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help/Contents/Resources/sv.lproj/pgs
    Oct  1 16:49:26 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Copied 13895 files (4.8 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
    Oct  1 16:49:26 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Copy stage failed with error:11
    Oct  1 16:49:26 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac size:8
    Oct  1 16:49:26 IMac mds[33]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 16:49:26 IMac mds[33]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 16:49:31 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Backup failed with error: 11
    Oct  1 16:54:37 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
    Oct  1 16:54:46 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
    Oct  1 16:54:53 IMac com.apple.backupd[1395]: Stopping backupd because the backup volume was ejected!
    Oct  1 16:59:05 IMac com.apple.backupd[1705]: Starting standard backup
    Oct  1 16:59:05 IMac com.apple.backupd[1705]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 16:59:05 IMac com.apple.backupd[1705]: Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume.  Enabling.
    Oct  1 16:59:06 IMac com.apple.backupd[1705]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
    Oct  1 16:59:17 IMac com.apple.backupd[1705]: Backup content size: 653.7 GB excluded items size: 2.8 GB for volume Macintosh HD
    Oct  1 16:59:17 IMac com.apple.backupd[1705]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 781.11 GB requested (including padding), 1.82 TB available
    Oct  1 16:59:17 IMac com.apple.backupd[1705]: Waiting for index to be ready (101)
    Oct  1 16:59:17 IMac mds[33]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:09:00 IMac com.apple.backupd[1705]: Copied 20 files (1.5 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
    Oct  1 17:09:00 IMac com.apple.backupd[1705]: Backup canceled.
    Oct  1 17:11:28 IMac mds[33]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:11:28 IMac mds[33]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:12:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Starting standard backup
    Oct  1 17:12:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:12:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac size:8
    Oct  1 17:12:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
    Oct  1 17:12:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Failed to create progress log file at path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac/2014-10-01-165906.inProgress/.Backup.433847540.923088.log.
    Oct  1 17:12:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Error: (-50) Creating directory FDBFE6FD-02FC-42CF-92E5-4DC41C5B6787
    Oct  1 17:12:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Failed to make snapshot.
    Oct  1 17:12:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac size:8
    Oct  1 17:12:25 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Backup failed with error: 2
    Oct  1 17:13:43 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Stopping backupd because the backup volume was ejected!
    Oct  1 17:14:09 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Starting standard backup
    Oct  1 17:14:09 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
    Oct  1 17:14:10 IMac com.apple.backupd[1974]: Backup failed with error: 27
    Oct  1 17:18:48 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Starting standard backup
    Oct  1 17:18:48 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:18:48 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
    Oct  1 17:20:53 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 779.98 GB requested (including padding), 1.82 TB available
    Oct  1 17:31:03 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Error: (-50) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/Utilities/X11.app to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac/2014-10-01-165906.inProgress/21A76E20-D88D-4229-B019-C86FCCF0C8C0/Macintos h HD/Applications/Utilities
    Oct  1 17:31:03 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Stopping backup.
    Oct  1 17:31:03 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeDirectory to (null)
    Oct  1 17:31:03 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Copied 2426 files (3.7 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
    Oct  1 17:31:03 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Copy stage failed with error:11
    Oct  1 17:31:03 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac size:8
    Oct  1 17:31:08 IMac com.apple.backupd[2051]: Backup failed with error: 11
    Oct  1 17:40:12 IMac com.apple.backupd[2279]: Starting standard backup
    Oct  1 17:40:13 IMac com.apple.backupd[2279]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:40:14 IMac com.apple.backupd[2279]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac size:8
    Oct  1 17:40:14 IMac com.apple.backupd[2279]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
    Oct  1 17:42:07 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Starting standard backup
    Oct  1 17:42:07 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:42:08 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
    Oct  1 17:44:22 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Failed to create progress log file at path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac/2014-10-01-165906.inProgress/.Backup.433849462.245983.log.
    Oct  1 17:44:22 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Error: (-50) Creating directory CA3D595E-8E48-4DF1-BA72-E12E84432275
    Oct  1 17:44:22 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Failed to make snapshot.
    Oct  1 17:44:22 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac size:8
    Oct  1 17:44:27 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Backup failed with error: 2
    Oct  1 17:45:43 IMac mds[36]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:45:43 IMac mds[36]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:46:29 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Stopping backupd because the backup volume was ejected!
    Oct  1 17:48:48 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Starting standard backup
    Oct  1 17:50:19 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 17:50:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
    Oct  1 17:50:20 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 775.58 GB requested (including padding), 1.81 TB available
    Oct  1 18:00:18 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help/Contents/Resources/da.lproj/pgs/28025. html to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac/2014-10-01-165906.inProgress/A09F9CCA-E678-4EAD-AD11-3C17C1CE9C56/Macintos h HD/Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help/Contents/Resources/da.lproj/pgs
    Oct  1 18:00:18 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Stopping backup.
    Oct  1 18:00:18 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help/Contents/Resources/da.lproj/pgs/28025. html to /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac/2014-10-01-165906.inProgress/A09F9CCA-E678-4EAD-AD11-3C17C1CE9C56/Macintos h HD/Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help/Contents/Resources/da.lproj/pgs
    Oct  1 18:00:18 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Copied 13897 files (5.1 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
    Oct  1 18:00:18 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Copy stage failed with error:11
    Oct  1 18:00:18 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.ModelID path:/Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/  iMac size:8
    Oct  1 18:00:18 IMac mds[36]: (Normal) DiskStore: Rebuilding index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 18:00:18 IMac mds[36]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
    Oct  1 18:00:18 IMac com.apple.backupd[175]: Backup failed with error: 27

    In the research you have done, have you come across the Time Machine Guru, Pondini, link below.   A lot of reading but a thorough resume of the system. 
    Edit.
    http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html

  • When backing up on time machine is get " The back up disk image'/volume/data/eric balnchard's Macbook.sparbundle"could not be accessed (error-1). what does it mean? it's a new time machine

    when backing up on time machine is get " The back up disk image'/volume/data/eric balnchard's Macbook.sparbundle"could not be accessed (error-1). what does it mean? it's a new time machine

    Expect to see this error again due to a bug in Lion (and Mountain Lion).
    See # C17 in Pondini's excellent support document below, or look over to the right of this web page under the heading of More Like This
    http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

  • I have not been able to back up for2 days.  Time machine error message: /Volumes/Data/David's MacBook Air.sparsebundle" is already in use.

    I have not been able to back up for2 days.  Time machine error message: /Volumes/Data/David’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle” is already in use.
    What now?
    Macbook Air.
    Was working fine for the past year until now.

    See more like this on the right.. this is the most common error reported here since mountain lion came out..
    Or read C12.. http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    Or just restart the whole network.. in right order from off.. modem.. router / TC.. clients 2min gap.

  • Time Machine ERROR: Cannot complete FIRST back up

    Hello all.
    This is my sis's Mac mini, there was apparently a file or system corruption somewhere that it was not able to boot up, so send in for rescue and the tech was able to rescue all the users' data (sis & dad's)
    So Mac mini came home, I reformat the hard disk, ran Disk Utility check and everything OK, and install Leopard 10.5 and iLife 08, and updated them all. Newly-installed apps like Messenger and Skype etc, Time Machine was running OK till now.
    Then I started to move my sis's data (user) into the new folders - data of Mail, iTunes, iPhoto, Safari, etc. And TM starts to back up also, and here's where the problem begins:
    Time Machine fails to complete back up and give this message:
    _Time Machine Error_
    Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume. (OK button)
    Now this is quite obvious one or more files from the old user folder must be corrupted or "simply bad" that creating this problem. I am suspecting it may be the same problem that was preventing me from previously backing up using SuperDuper while the mini was still in Tiger.
    Is there a log file somewhere I can examine to find out which file to delete and not back up? Because the only other way is the start the mac afresh, but I am sure my sis wants her data back.
    Thanks and cheers

    I seem to be experiencing the exact same issue.
    1. I wiped my internal and external HDs and formatted them as MacOS X Extended (Journaled), as per instructions on Support Article: TS1550, with the correct partition schemes for a PowerPC processor.
    2. I re-installed MacOS X Leopard from DVD onto the internal HD, created a new admin account, ran Software Update to add all the patches. Re-installed all third party software.
    3. I re-created my user account using files restored from a DVD backup.
    4. Computer works well, just the same as it always did, except Time Machine cannot complete the first backup.
    I have added the +Time Machine Buddy+ widget and got the following report log:
    Starting standard backup
    Backing up to: /Volumes/Iomega HDD/Backups.backupdb
    Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
    Backup content size: 136.9 GB excluded items size: 311.7 MB for volume Macintosh HD
    No pre-backup thinning needed: 163.95 GB requested (including padding), 931.15 GB available
    Waiting for index to be ready (-911 < 0)
    Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book to /Volumes/Iomega HDD/Backups.backupdb/David Bailey’s iMac G5/2009-02-08-194015.inProgress/C9E9C68B-9FD6-474C-A2E0-BD60ADF3C011/Macintosh HD/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS
    Stopping backup.
    Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS/Address Book to /Volumes/Iomega HDD/Backups.backupdb/David Bailey’s iMac G5/2009-02-08-194015.inProgress/C9E9C68B-9FD6-474C-A2E0-BD60ADF3C011/Macintosh HD/Applications/Address Book.app/Contents/MacOS
    Copied 0 files (1.2 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
    Copy stage failed with error:11
    Backup failed with error: 11
    The external HD is an Iomega MiniMax 1TB Firewire/USB Hub HDD.
    The computer is an iMac G5 1.8GHz (no iSight) with 1GB RAM.
    I'm guessing that there is something weird with the Address Book app that is stopping the backup. The app itself launches and runs fine, and also syncs with MobileMe fine.
    Any ideas?

  • My time machine cannot complete my back up saying the "sparse bundle could not be accessed" error -1  Help please

    My time machine cannot complete my back up.  The message I receive says the "sparse bundle cannot be accessed.  (error -1)  Help please.

    GG,
    Please read over Pondini's Time Machine Troubleshooting guide, specifically C17.

  • TS1550 My time capsule will not back up. There is a time machine error message that states "The backup disk image "/volumes/Backup/Jane's MacBook Pro.sparsebundle" is already in use. How do I correct this problem?

    My time machine will not back up. I get a Time Machine Error message that reads: "The backup disk image "/Volumes/Backup/(myname)'sMacBook Pro.sparsebundle" is already in use.
    I have not been able to back up for two weeks, I think this occurred after an update to the operating system, but I am unsure.
    How do I correct this problem?

    Have you tried restarting the computer? Also, see Time Machine Error from this pages sidebar under More Like This.

  • Time Machine has simply stopped backing up any new files. No items set to be excluded, No error messages.

    I have a Macbook with OS X 10.6.8 and a 500GB external hard drive, which still has 208.5GB available. For some reason, Time Machine has simply stopped backing up any new files (documents, music, movies--anything). No items are set to be excluded from backups in Time Machine options except for the external hard drive itself. Also, no error messages appear, Time Machine seems to run just fine, but when I enter Time Machine, or look through the files on the hard drive, new files just aren't there. I am not very tech savvy, so I was not able to understand some of the answers people gave to similar questions on here. I did go to Pondini's website and followed as many troubleshooting instructions as I could understand (for example I did manage to do a full reset of Time Machine) but nothing changed. Do I just need to erase the entire backup drive and sart all over? If so, what will prevent this from happening again later on? Please help.

    Your TM drive liekly stopped backing up because it hit a series of bad sectors on the drive, to eliminate this all new drives should be Disk Utility > Zero Erased (one step below 7x in Lion) before use.
    Reducing bad sectors effect on hard drives
    Diversify your backups with bootable clones and archives on DVD's etc so your prepared for anything, including using a PC.
    only if you have too of course, but it happens, people just can't afford a Mac anymore.
    Most commonly used backup methods explained
    So make other backups, then Zero Erase teh TM drive and set it back up again and your problem should be resolved.
    If not, then it's data corruption on your boot drive!
    You'll know if it's data corruption on your boot drive, when you go to make the clone, it will hang too.

  • Time machine error when backing up iMac with internal flash and sata internal drives.

    will appear to be backing up and then as just about done, shows Time Machine Error message and ask you to
    try again later, if problem persists, repair backup disk with disc utility.  Neither solution works.

    Bump for a monday, and hopeful for some replies.

  • Time Machine Error, Backup to large - 496 avail and only 79 needs backed up

    I have a 1 TB TM with 496.9 GB available (I already have 1 computer backed up on TM)
    The second computer I want to back up has 80 GB used of a 500 GB HD.
    Time Machine prefs show 496.9 GB available on TM and shows the back up will be 79.1 GB total.
    But I get a error each time I try to back up saying " Time Machine Error, This backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 614.1 GB but only 496.9 are available."
    Two questions:
    How can 496.9 GB be to small for a 79.1 GB backup?
    Why does a 79.1 GB backup require 614.1 GB of space?
    Thank You
    Doug

    Here's what Backup Buddy says:
    Starting standard backup
    Backup destination alias resolved to path: /Volumes/Doug's Time Capsule
    Disk image /Volumes/Doug's Time Capsule/Jackie’s_001b63b59975.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Jackie’s
    Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Jackie’s/Backups.backupdb
    Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Backup of Jackie’s
    Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
    Backup content size: 432.7 GB excluded items size: 0 bytes for volume Backup of Jackie’s
    Backup content size: 80.2 GB excluded items size: 1007.5 MB for volume Macintosh HD
    Starting pre-backup thinning: 614.25 GB requested (including padding), 496.85 GB available
    No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room
    Error: backup disk is full - all 0 possible backups were removed, but space is still needed.
    Backup Failed: unable to free 614.25 GB needed space
    Backup failed with error: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
    Ejected Time Machine disk image.
    Ejected Time Machine network volume.

  • Time Machine Error - Back up Directory

    I have searched the forum but didn't see anything specific on this. I have recently purchased the Time Capsule to go along with Time Machine and am having problems backing up after the first back up. Was able to complete the first back up but subsequent backups gives me an error "Time Machine Error. Unable to complete backup. Can not create back up directory."
    Has anyone seen this and if so, have they determined a fix? I have unmounted and mounted drive. I looked for any .com.apple preferences that are related to Time Machine and found none. Might be the problem but I can't find solution.
    Thanks in advance.

    locmi01 wrote:
    Error: (-50) Creating directory 2009-02-02-085042.inProgress
    Failed to make snapshot container.
    Backup failed with error: 2
    This is fairly unusual. Here's other threads with what seems to be similar scenarios: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8761039&#8761039
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8508064&#8508064
    As you'll see, the first one was a failing disk drive; the second never had a resolution posted (people often don't tell us what fixed their problems). So I'd be inclined to suspect your drive, since you've tried both USB and FW, pretty much ruling out cables, ports, loose connections, etc.
    How long did you use this disk before the problems started?
    Did you erase and format it, or use it as it came?
    Do you have any of the "heavy-duty" disk repair apps, like DiskWarrior? I'm not really familiar with them, but some are far more rigorous than DU.

  • Time machine error / back up to time capsule

    back up to time capsule with time machine
    after 1 week in unproblematic use, time machine generating following message:
    *time machine error*
    *backup volume image can not to be activated*
    have tried to reconfiguer (time capsule), repair,check..... (via disk utility), but no success !
    does anyone have the same problems ?

    HTRAMP wrote:
    back up to time capsule with time machine
    after 1 week in unproblematic use, time machine generating following message:
    *time machine error*
    *backup volume image can not to be activated*
    Hi, and welcome to the forums.
    I've never seen that message. Assuming it's a translation, it sounds a bit like #C9, C10, or C11 in the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
    Or could it be: +Failed to mount disk image /Volumes/TMbackups/<name>.sparsebundle+ ? If so, if it's already mounted, try dismounting it; if not, see if you can mount it manually.
    If not, try http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3275 or: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2048 (both available in several languages).

  • I'm having trouble backing up my second macbook to a new time capsule.   continue to get an error message -- "Time  Machine Error.  The backup disk image could not be created."   Is there something I need to change in my time capsule or time machine?

    I just set up a new time capsule.  it worked fine on my first macbook.  But now I cannot backup my second macbook.   Getting "Time Machine Error"  "The backup disk image could not be created."  Do I need to change settings on my time capsule to allow the second computer, or do I need to change something on the computer to allow time machine to work right?

    Try #C9 in Pondini's Time Machine Troublshooting
    http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

  • Is there a solution for Time Machine error?

    I got an error in Time Machine saying backup had failed, a couple of days ago. Spent the next day or two trawling the web and found thousands of postings from people with the same error, but no solution.
    (At least, some people had a solution - they were using PC-formatted hard drives.)
    I've been using Time Machine for a few weeks, and it has only now taken a dislike to my external hard drive, which is connected by FireWire.
    Is there a solution to this problem, or should I revert to using SuperDuper, which I was using successfully before?
    I haven't put in lots of information about the apps I'm running, because this is a general query rather than a specific one. If there's a solution, I'll use it; otherwise I'll wipe the drive and go back to using SuperDuper.

    OisinOg wrote:
    Pondini - Thank you for your slightly hostile reply.
    On the contrary. The statement was: +"found thousands of postings from people with the same error, but no solution."+ I don't know where you found thousands of posts -- there are many here, but certainly not thousands. If you're talking about, say, a Google search, if you actually look at them, many are duplicates, unrelated to your problem, or unrelated to Macs at all -- and there are a number of solutions that seem to have fixed many of the real ones.
    The error message was the standard one: "Time Machine Error - Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup directory."
    There's most likely another, better message in your logs. Thus the suggestion about Time Machine Buddy. You can also use the Console app (in your Applications/Utilities folder). Click on Show Log List, then navigate in the sidebar to your system.log (or system.log.0.bz2, etc. for previous ones). You can filter for backupd to get the same TM messages as the widget, but I prefer to view the full log at the date/time in question, as messages from other concurrent processes may have a clue.
    I've gone through the suggestions in some of the helpful replies to those thousands of postings, by wiping my drive, erasing it and reformatting it, first in two partitions using the GUID method in Disk Utility, then in a single partition. But Time Machine still doesn't want to back up to it.
    Sounds a bit like a problem communicating with the drive. The logs may clarify that.
    The hard drive of my computer is 250GB; the external drive is 300GB. Both are SATA drives; the external is connected by FireWire.
    How full are they?
    Thanks for your suggestion of downloading the Time Machine Buddy widget; I'll give it a last try tonight.
    What is the difference between a SuperDuper clone and a Time Machine backup?
    The initial backup of both copies almost everything on your HD, excluding only some caches, temp files, etc., although you can exclude other things. This takes quite a while, of course. Thereafter, only the items that changed are backed-up.
    SuperDuper (and CarbonCopyCloner, which I use, and other, similar apps) are most often used to make bootable "clones" identical copies of your HD -- if your HD fails, you can boot and run from them immediately. With TM, once your HD is repaired/replaced, you restore your system to it from your TM backup.
    Score one for the clones, but TM has it's advantages, too (which is why many of us run both).
    First is, CCC and SD look at every file and folder on your HD to see what changed. This is quite time-consuming and CPU-intensive, so most of us run it once a day (or less often), usually automatically at, say, 3 am. TM, however, runs hourly, but uses an internal File System Event Log of changes, so it is far quicker and less intrusive. There are exceptions, but most users rarely even notice the backups unless they see the icon revolving. On my small system, for example, TM rarely runs over 30 seconds; CCC is at least 15 minutes.
    Second, not only does TM keep previous versions of changed files, but it manages the space and backups for you. It keeps those hourly backups for 24 hours; except the first of the day becomes a daily backup which is kept for a month; one per week becomes a weekly backup that is kept for as long as there's space (it will fill the drive/partition). But it's smart enough, as it deletes the old weeklies, that it won't delete it's copy of anything that still exists on your HD.
    There isn't room to have two 250GB sections on a 300GB drive. I suppose I could get another 250GB drive - I have an IDE enclosure somewhere - but I don't fancy the expense right now.
    Your CCC or SD partition only needs to be as large as your HD, although in a pinch it only needs to be somewhat larger than what's actually used on your HD. If you don't have room for both on the one drive, an even better solution might be to get a pair of smaller portable HDs for CCC/SD. Use one daily for, say, a week, then take it to your safe deposit box, workplace, relative's house, etc. and start with the other. Now you're also protected against fire, flood, theft, direct lightning strike on your power lines, etc.

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