Time Machine Errors FIXED!!

Time Machine Errors FIXED!!
My TM is now WORKING WELL for about 4 days without a single problem!!
I had many of the Time Machine errors that others are dealing with. Here are some that I had:
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Result too large
Error: (-1401) copying ...
Error: (-43) copying ...
Error: (-50) copying ...
Error: (-8088) copying ...
Error: (22) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotVolumeFSEventStoreUUID path:...
Error: (-36) Creating directory 33CDCE6F-413B-4E5B-B807-561561AAE90C
Failed to make snapshot.
Error: (5) getxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotState path:...
Backup failed with error: 2
Volume at path /Volumes/BackUp does not appear to be the correct backup volume for this computer.
Backup failed with error: 18
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
And other errors...
I tried the following things, but these did not help:
1. Reinstalled Leopard.
2. Reinstalled 10.5.1.
3. Reformatted my external USB drive (several times, GUID partition table).
4. Excluded large files from TM.
5. Turned off Spotlight.
6. Repaired permissions.
I found a posting somewhere (sorry, I can't find the original) that indicated there may be a problem with DiskUtility in Leopard. The post suggested that you re-partition your drive to have MORE THAN ONE PARTITION. Once that is done, you can re-partition your drive to have only one partition and that will fix the TM errors. So I used DiskUtility in Leopard to re-partition my drive to 16 partitions (16 is the max, 2 will probably work fine) with GUID (I have an Intel iMac). Once that was done, I immediately re-partitioned my drive to have only 1 partition (GUID). I started TM and it has run without a hitch since. So the problem may be with DiskUtility and NOT TM!

If running Disk Utility while started up from the Mac OS X installation disc does not show the internal drive in the sidebar, it is possible that it has become faulty. However, try doing the following, if you have not done so already.
Reset PRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
and if that does not improve the situation, reset SMU.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1767
Note: That is the procedure for an iMac G5, since you are posting in the iMac G5 category. However, you profile says 10.6.2, which is not possible for an iMac G5 (PowerPC), so if you have an Intel iMac, this is the procedure
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1543
This is basically disconnecting all cables and power from the iMac, then reconnecting following a precise procedure. When you reconnect it to power, if you had it connected to an over-crowded or old power strip (surge suppressor), try connecting it directly to a wall outlet, at least initially. You want to make sure the iMac has a reliable power connection. Initially start it up with nothing connected, except for the power cord. If it does start up normally, connect only your standard keyboard/mouse and use it that way for a while. If it is still working normally, connect one peripheral device at a time; you may want to try restarting as a test since that was your problem. If the problem recurs at some point, note what device was connected last. It may be faulty in some way that is interfering with the iMac.
If it still does not start up properly, even with nothing connected, please post back.

Similar Messages

  • Time Machine Error Fix

    Hello everyone, I am a new user and I have been searching for an answer on how to use the Time Machine. It says there is an answer to the question but I cannot see it, so maybe someone can point me in the right direction.
    I am using an Intel Mac and have upgraded to Leopard. I am using a Seagate 300MB and we can I get through about 20 megabytes I get that horrible error message. I have removed my back up off the drive, formatted using Mac Extended and started fresh and still having no joy.

    It's a bit self-defeating to keep deleting the Time Machine backup files.
    I've found that I get the problem because my read/write speed to my external drive slows down now and then. Time Machine will give up if the connection's too slow. So, a simple fix is to unmount the drive, unplug/plug the power and everything's fine when the external drive mounts again.
    If I shut down my Mac regularly, I rarely get this problem. It seems using sleep all the time in lieu of a proper power-down is the culprit. (Good old fashioned restarts never hurt nobody!)
    That's my non-destructive suggestion for now.

  • Time Machine error fix: "Unable to complete backup"

    I first started the Time Machine initial backup and noticed it was incredibly slow then retried later to find this error message to appear: "Unable to complete backup..." This may not work for all but for me and a friend this worked perfectly.
    Turn TM off then open the backup hard drive and remove the folder "Backups.backupdb" then remove this from the trash can. then start TM again and start a back up.
    Not only did this remove the error message but it speeded up the backup ALOT!!!
    From 300 MB per hour to about 1 GB per minute (Firewire 400)
    Hope this works. please leave feed back
    Jake Aston

    It's a bit self-defeating to keep deleting the Time Machine backup files.
    I've found that I get the problem because my read/write speed to my external drive slows down now and then. Time Machine will give up if the connection's too slow. So, a simple fix is to unmount the drive, unplug/plug the power and everything's fine when the external drive mounts again.
    If I shut down my Mac regularly, I rarely get this problem. It seems using sleep all the time in lieu of a proper power-down is the culprit. (Good old fashioned restarts never hurt nobody!)
    That's my non-destructive suggestion for now.

  • Time Machine Error Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while ...

    Hi,
    I've looked all around the forums for the answer to this one and I'm still unable to get it. So I'm getting this error "Time Machine Error Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while linking files on the backup volume". This started happening after I turned off and on FileVault. I was having a problem with it and turning it on an off got rid of that problem, but created this one. I've noticed that when I shut down the computer and filevault accesses the TM hard drive, it can back up.....but then when I'm logged on, or I want it to back up I get the error. I've tried fixing the drive, removing the in progress file and resetting the PRAM (i think that's what it was called). I'm starting to run out of options and have no other drive to back all this info on to reformat it.
    I really don't want to loose all my stuff.
    Please help!
    Daria

    nautical_stars wrote:
    Hi,
    I've looked all around the forums for the answer to this one and I'm still unable to get it. So I'm getting this error "Time Machine Error Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while linking files on the backup volume". This started happening after I turned off and on FileVault.
    Usually this message happens when you replace an external disk that was being backed-up by Time Machine with another one of the same name.
    Since File Vault works by making a sparse image of your home folder, and it's treated as a volume just as a HD is, that's probably what's happening here: the new sparse image has the same name as the old one, but isn't the old one.
    First, consider whether you really need File Vault. It doesn't work well with Time Machine: you can't see or restore individual items in your home folder, and it only gets backed-up when you log out.
    If you have a lot of other things, say photos, videos, and/or music that don't need to be encrypted, perhaps there's an easier way to secure our sensitive data. You can create an encrypted disk image via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder), then copy the sensitive documents into it. Then the rest of your home folder is backed-up normally, and individual items can be viewed and restored in the usual fashion.
    But if you do continue using FileVault, you may have to use TM to delete all backups of it, via the instructions in item #12 of the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip* at the top of this forum. That should then allow the new version of your encrypted home folder to be backed-up by TM.

  • "Time machine error, The disk image cannot be mounted" What can I do??

    I ran the time machine. Then, "preparing backup" showed up for a long time. After that, a window pop out: "Time machine error, The disk image cannot be mounted" What is disk image? What can I do (I can't back up anything)
    P.S. I use time capsule for backup. there were no problem on connection

    I'm having the same issue. I do not have TC as my base station. It says right in the book that if you choose, you do not have to have it run as your router, just as a part of your existing wireless network. All software is up to date and I have already shortened the name of both my TC and TC disc to 6 characters and no spaces! I've already spoken with someone today about this. He really didn't know. Have tried backing up both wirelessly and directly connecting with an Ethernet cord. I had to finally call because when I attempted to register the product to get online support, apple.com didn't recognize the serial number!!! The gentleman on the phone got it registered for me. I bought the TC from an official apple store and for whatever reason when he put in the serial number his computer said that this TC was so "old" I guess that there was technically "no support." That basically means that even though my parents just purchased this for me a week before Christmas, that it was made a year ago and the warranty is not good?? I need to do more research on that. Right now I am very unhappy about this. I am a firm apple user and have been for years, but this is frustrating.
    I had read somewhere else (not sure I've been searching apple for what seems like forever now) to make sure that the TC was showing up in "devices" of the Finder. Mine doesn't show up there, but rather in the "Network" window. Is this an issue? If it is, can anyone tell me how to fix that. I have Time Machine backing up to my TC, so I do not see why it would be.
    UPDATE: I just opened up my TC on the "Shared" section of the Finder window and deleted the old "sparsebundle" (I had no clue that anything had backed up way back at 3:30pm on Dec 29) and now I get a slightly new message: Time Machine Error: The backup disc image could not be created." So now the word "mounted" is replaced with "created." This error showed up a lot sooner than the original one. Ok, no clue. I am going to try to Change the Disc again, and try again. I will post another update.
    Message was edited by: kryzma

  • Time Machine Error: The backup was not performed because an error occurred

    G'day (from Queensland, Australia)
    Not for the first time Time Machine has broken down - originally in September 08 (I just can't recall how I fixed it!!).
    Now it has failed after 14 months of faultless performance.
    There seems to be little help available, but searching for solutions finds plenty of problems.
    I get the message "The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying to the backup disk.
    The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair you backup disk."
    (I have a Time Capsule as my backup disk)
    Disk Utility runs and finds-
    Verifying volume “Backup of xxxxxx’s iMac”
    2010-01-25 12:16:09 +1000: Starting verification tool:
    2010-01-25 12:49:21 +1000: The volume Backup of xxxxxx’s iMac appears to be OK.
    2010-01-25 12:49:21 +1000: Repair tool completed:
    So I search and find "Fix for broken Time Machine backups under Snow Leopard"
    (http://www.andrewgrant.org/2009/09/22/fix-for-broken-time-machine-backups-under- snow-leopard.html) - downgrading to 7.4.1 of the Airport Extreme / Time Capsule firmware.
    But still have the same Time Machine error!
    On to http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=103919&highlight=TimeMachineError
    and try-
    "... suggesting would be something like renaming the existing TimeMachine file on your backup disk - e.g. add a date to the end of it.
    And then go onto Time Machine preferences and set it up as if it were the first time you used it. (Renaming the file on the backup disk should make Time Machine think that you are starting fresh.)"
    So, using Finder, I opened my Time Capsule and renamed "xxxxxx’s iMac_00224135e6fb.sparsebundle" as "091222xxxxxx’s iMac_00224135e6fb.sparsebundle091222"
    And finally, this worked - I have my backups to 22 December and a complete backup as at today and hopefully for at least another 14 months!

    pjh42 wrote:
    G'day (from Queensland, Australia)
    Not for the first time Time Machine has broken down - originally in September 08 (I just can't recall how I fixed it!!).
    Now it has failed after 14 months of faultless performance.
    There seems to be little help available, but searching for solutions finds plenty of problems.
    On the contrary. At the top of this forum are four *User Contributed Tips,* including one on Troubleshooting that would have saved you a great deal of time.

  • 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.

  • Time Machine error 13 sparsebundle?

    Hello - my Time Machine wireless backup was working flawlessly for months from my Seagate GoFlex Home wireless hard drive, backing up my iMac and my MacBook. Now suddenly I'm getting the following message - but only on my MacBook: "Time Machine Error: The backup disk image “/Volumes/GoFlex Home Backup/Rolf's Macbook (2).sparsebundle” could not be created (error 13)."
    Does anyone know what this means and, more to the point, how I can fix it? Thanks for any suggestions!

    Rolf Asphaug wrote:
    Yeah, I've pretty much had it with Seagate and their WONDERFUL GoFlex drives.
    Actually, backup isn't working on EITHER of our computers - the iMac or the MacBook - so now I know it's the drive. If anyone does have any suggestions I'd appreciate them - but I suppose the answer will be "get a Time Capsule."
    You might consider taking the Seagate HD out of the GoFlex enclosure and plugging it in one of these: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/FWU3ES2HDK/. I've had plenty of trouble with GoFlex HD drives overheating inside their enclosures but found that the drive mechanisms themselves are really quite good, at least at the 3TB level. Obviously, you couldn't have Time Machine run automatically but you can run it manually between the two computers. And with the drive mechanism half uncovered, it'll stay a lot cooler.

  • Time Machine Error Messages-HELP!!

    I purchased a Time Machine a few months ago and it worked for a little while. Now I just receive error messages: "Time Machine Error The backup disk image could not be mounted" and "The storage location for Time Machine backups can't be found". I can't figure this out. I have restarted the Time Machine, I tried reconfiguring it several times and still it is not accessing the backups or creating backups. It is only allowing me to connect to the internet. Can I fix this problem?

    I have exactly the same problem. I'm running the latest firmware from both Time Capsule as well as Time Machine.
    Could you please tell me if your problem was resolved and if yes, how?
    Thanks.

  • Time Machine Error, backup disk couldn't be mount

    I have a USB drive plug to my Airport Extreme and I use it for Time Machine. Today I had a message saying: "Latest Backup:Failed"
    Time Machine Error
    The Backup disk image could not be mounted.
    The hard disk is there, I can drag, drop, copy, delete files on that disk. There's is a big file call Serge'siMac_001ec205f583.sparsebundle, the file does not seem corrupted, I could probably drag it to the Desktop. How can I mount the backup disk.
    Serge

    I had the same problem and found out how to fix it
    You can check the whole process here in a post I wrote for the Hardmac blog (it's rather long...):
    How I saved my corrupted Time Machine sparsebundle image…

  • Time Machine Error Message: "sparsbundle could not be accessed (error-1)

    hi,
    I am running snow leopard on my iMac and have a mac mini connected via ethernet running Mac Leopard Server version 10.6.
    I backed up my iMac onto my Mac Leopard Server using Time Machine about a year ago and then I turned it off and haven't done it since. I turned it on today and was attempting to back it up, but I keep getting the following Time Machine Error Message: "sparsbundle could not be accessed (error-1) when i try backing it up.
    Any thoughts on why and how to fix this? I can access my server via screen share, so i know its accessible and I can get online with it as well, so its connected to the Internet.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks,
    Josh

    jnp1 wrote:
    not backing up yet, but more progress than before...now its on an infinite loop of "preparing" and "scanning"...just keeps doing that over and over...but never actually backs anything up.
    Anything in the log files on either the client or the server?
    Usually, when Time Machine is being flaky, the easiest solution is just to delete the backup and start a new one. Since you have a server, you could just move that sparsebundle file elsewhere instead of deleting it. That is, of course, assuming you can still open it. If not, then it doesn't matter because that backup is toast.

  • Time Machine Error:  "The backup disk image could not be created."  Help.

    I have two Macbook Pro's. One is able to backup to the Time Capsule with no problems. The other connects just fine to Airport Utility, but I get the following error after I attempt to backup: Time Machine Error: "The backup disk image could not be created."
    I have reset the Time Capsule several times, so that is not the fix.
    The first thing I see when attempting to open Time Machine is the following message: :The storage location for Time Machine Backups can't be found." It gives me the option to setup the Time Capsule, which I select. The next thing I select is to Change Disk. The window that opens has the Icon with Three people on it. The name of that Icon is The Moreman Time Capsule. I select it, and enter the password I created. I then choose to Backup. Then I choose to backup now. That is when I get the error: Time Machine Error: "The backup disk image could not be created."
    Any ideas? Has anyone encountered this problem?

    You have to delete the .dmg file and start over. This happened to me 3 times already, I finally switched to Déjà Vu, works perfect and only once a day instead of 24 times a day.
    http://propagandaprod.com/

  • HT201405 how to solve time machine error-1

    how to solve time machine error-1

    I checked the pondini fixes and ended up doing the following - in case this could help someone else with OSX Lion and Time Capsule... http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    First, I downloaded and used Airport Utility 5.6 instead of 6.1 - BTW, I had to attempt download and installation THREE times before the program actually installed.  Be persistant.
    Pondini #5: It's possible some names (of all things!) may be a problem.    See item C9.  I had to re-name my Mac, Time Capsule, network, etc... to remove all apostrophes and spaces.
    Pondini #7:  If you have WD SmartWare installed on Lion, it's not compatible, per RoaringApps, and there are reports it can cause this problem as well.   Use Western Digital's uninstaller, or delete the app from /Applications and the files com.wdc.WDDMservice.plist and com.wdc.WDSmartWareServer.plist from /Library/LaunchDaemons.   There may also be a file in Library/Application Support.
    I then had to shut down computer, unplug Time Capsule, unplug modem; plug everything in again, then reboot computer; then had to go to Apple- System Preferences- Network- and reselect my Time Capsule to connect to WiFi again.
    Then opened Time Machine preferences again and attempted back up - it worked!

  • First Time Capsule Backup Failed - Time Machine Error

    I bought my Time Capsule yesterday because I needed to backup my MacBook (which I bought 6 months ago). My plan was to backup the MacBook to the TC and then do an Erase and Install of my MacBook because of problems I'm having with the MacBook (it constantly hangs for a minute or more - sometimes up to 20 times a day). I thought an erase and install might fix the problem.
    After setting up the Time Capsule and connecting it to the MacBook with a Cat 6 ethernet cable for the first backup I went to bed. I noticed that, when the backup started, it was taking approximately 5 minutes to backup the first Gb of data. As TC noted there was 80GB to backup I assumed this would take 6 or 7 hours to complete.
    This morning when I checked the MacBook I discovered a message on the screen of my MacBook as follows -
    Time Machine Error
    Unable to complete bacup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume.
    Nothing else! When I check the Time Machine in Finder, under Data there is the following -
    Patricia Henwood’s MacBook_002332b6d076.sparsebundle and this is 50.82GB.
    Can anyone suggest what I should do?
    I bought the TC yesterday because all my other backup drives are Firewire and, of course, the MacBook doesn't have a Firewire port.
    Should I just 'give up'? The MacBook is covered by Apple Care (and anyhow, even if it weren't it's only 6 months old so, presumably, it's still covered by Apple warranty). I understand from the salesman where I bought my TC that it, too, is covered by my Apple Care for the MacBook because I bought it to use with the MacBook.
    Would the simplest solution be to make an appointment to take the MacBook and the TC to the genius bar and see if they can help?

    Hi dealbata, happy to hear that yours is now up and running. My fourth TC backup attempt last night failed yet again (at 50.8GB) - I read in a previous thread (which I can no longer find but which was more than 5 pages long and went back to 2007) about many people who have had the message
    Time Machine Error
    Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume.
    From that thread, 'famouswolf' posted a solution which involved checking the system.log using Console.app (Utilities folder). In his case (and in mine) the problem was caused by corrupted files in iPhoto. The solution was to actually delete the files (all those that had an ERROR (-36) message next to them in the system.log. To delete them you have to locate them in your iPhoto Library file and delete them in the Finder. As you can imagine, this is a long and tedious process (I have over 8000 images in my iPhoto library) - frankly, I've already wasted two days on this - and the TC was bought so I could back up my MacBook and then discover what the REAL problem is with my MacBook (it hangs and/or crashes between 10 and 20 times a day :-((
    So, I've bitten the bullet and re-partitioned my MacBook's hard drive and done a fresh install of OS X and the applications that came on the install DVD. I've then run Software Updater until everything is up to date and I am now in the course of doing a backup of the MacBook to the TC of the 'bare bones' of my system - it's only 14.3GB so I hoping it will work. Then I'll copy across what I need from my iMac and hope that tonight TC will backup everything.
    Here's hoping!
    Cheers
    Tricia

  • Time Machine Error with weird math

    Not sure what's the cause of this, but suddenly TM is not backing up. I get this error:
    "Time Machine Error
    This backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 442.3 MB but only 23.6 GB are available."
    How can this be? Only 442 mb needed for the backup, yet I have 50 times that much space available on the TM volume? The only new things on my computer are iTunes 8 and its Front Row update from a couple of days ago. This TM error started sometime last night.
    TIA.

    Tony,
    This is what I have been able to discover about this particular error message.
    Sometimes, this error is legitimate. The user may not realize that they need to exclude additional hard disks that TM may be seeing. This is done in the “Options…” window of the Time Machine Preferences.
    Nevertheless, many times this error just doesn’t make sense, stating that not enough free space exists for a backup that is clearly smaller. (“The backup requires 45.9 GB but only 182.6 GB are available”)
    The answer and fix may have been discovered by a poster in the macosxhints forums: (http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-84284.html)
    Essentially, while Time Machine DOES delete old backups from the sparsebundle, it DOES NOT free up the space occupied by those old backups. Eventually, "all previous backups were deleted and no space was gained. . . . What appears to be going on here is that the sparsebundle isn't self-shrinking - unused bands aren't being automagically discarded."
    The solution is to compact the TM backup sparsebundle in Terminal using:
    hdiutil compact yoursparsebundlefilename.
    He concludes, "I gained 30+gb of space on the backup volume by compacting that sparsebundle. And now TM runs just fine, since it has plenty of space."
    Obviously, this is a bug in TM. It does not appear to effect everyone, and only seems to appear under certain curcumstances.
    Let us know if this works for you.

Maybe you are looking for

  • IPad to tv via RCA cord

    So everyone knows how you can watch your downloaded movies off your ipOd on your tv wtih the 3 to 1 cord that goes into the headphone jack of the ipod. How do you get this to work wtih the ipAd. I tried last night with videos i have stored, with the

  • Error in soap header when use webservice consumer proxy

    Hi all, I create a webservice consumer proxy to external server. the webservice provider is .Net  and it required a message level security. The soap message should include a soap header, like this: <SOAP-ENV:Header> <m:AuthHeader xmlns:m="http://temp

  • Acrobat 9 Typewriter increasing file size

    I have scanned forms that I need to edit with the Typewriter tool in Acrobat 9 Pro - basically I just need to add a date to the form and then e-mail it.  Evidently I have accidentally clicked some box that I did not want to click, because now when I

  • Printing settings not holding in firefox

    When printing a document from Amazon my Canon Laser D480 wants to print in landscape mode even when I set the parameters in windows to Portrait Mode setting. Printing a MS Word document works properly. Is Amazon sending false printer settings????? ==

  • Playing a folder as a playlist in VLC possible like in Win?

    I've been looking for a way to easily watch entire folders of video files in VLC. Currently... the closest thing is to select a group of video files then right click and play in VLC. HOWEVER... this puts them all in a playlist but starts the playlist