Time machine fails on iMac, MacBook Pro

Time machine fails on macs w/local disks at 2 diff sites. Err Msg: "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder." First try after re-start wrks, 2nd fails. Only connection via cloud- iCloud, Dropbox, Evernote. Could problem be open files to cloud storage?

Logs from backups on MacBook Pro. First is succressful backup after machine restart. Second is failure at 1 hour later.
Manual Backup after machine restart:
10/2/13 9:15:40.221 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Starting manual backup
10/2/13 9:15:40.312 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Backing up to: /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb
10/2/13 9:15:50.315 PM Safari[1814]: CGContextClipToRect: invalid context 0x0
10/2/13 9:15:50.803 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
10/2/13 9:16:02.158 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Will copy (2.22 GB) from Macintosh HD
10/2/13 9:16:02.283 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Found 8317 files (2.28 GB) needing backup
10/2/13 9:16:02.290 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: 3.74 GB required (including padding), 998.3 GB available
10/2/13 9:16:39.206 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.iCloudHelper[1810]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:39.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 1810 [com.apple.iCloud]
10/2/13 9:16:39.992 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.hiservices-xpcservice[1189]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:39.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 1189 [com.apple.hiserv]
10/2/13 9:16:40.255 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[194]: ([0x0-0xe00e0].com.apple.inputmethod.ironwood[1188]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:40.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 1188 [DictationIM]
10/2/13 9:16:40.502 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.CA000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[549]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:40.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 549 [xpcd]
10/2/13 9:16:40.801 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.XType.FontHelper[543]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:40.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 543 [XType.FontHelper]
10/2/13 9:16:41.051 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[194]: (com.apple.printtool.agent[347]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:41.312 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[194]: (com.apple.tccd[303]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:41.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 347 [printtool]
10/2/13 9:16:41.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 303 [tccd]
10/2/13 9:16:41.606 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.F5010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[286]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:41.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 286 [xpcd]
10/2/13 9:16:41.859 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[194]: (com.apple.accountsd[277]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:42.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 277 [accountsd]
10/2/13 9:16:42.187 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[194]: (com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication[260]) Exited: Killed: 9
10/2/13 9:16:42.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 260 [AppleIDAuthAgent]
10/2/13 9:16:43.000 PM kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 205 [cfprefsd]
10/2/13 9:16:51.170 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[16]: Session 100028 created
10/2/13 9:17:06.818 PM mdworker32[1856]: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x00000000
10/2/13 9:17:06.844 PM mdworker32[1856]: bootstrap_look_up2 failed with 0x44c
10/2/13 9:17:07.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1857) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
10/2/13 9:17:09.167 PM sandboxd[1857]: ([1856]) mdworker32(1856) deny mach-lookup com.apple.PowerManagement.control (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:200000056 diag:0 uti:org.openxmlformats.spreadsheetml.sheet plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 4041526)
10/2/13 9:17:31.377 PM sandboxd[1862]: ([1861]) mdworker(1861) deny file-write-owner /Users/dwight****/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/NotesV1 .storedata-wal (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:200000056 diag:0 uti:com.apple.notes.externalrecord plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Notes.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 344898)
10/2/13 9:17:31.000 PM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1862) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
10/2/13 9:17:31.383 PM sandboxd[1862]: ([1861]) mdworker(1861) deny file-write-owner /Users/dwightdavy/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/NotesV1 .storedata-shm (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:200000056 diag:0 uti:com.apple.notes.externalrecord plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Notes.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 344898)
10/2/13 9:19:09.358 PM coreaudiod[239]: Disabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is active
10/2/13 9:20:01.145 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Copied 42922 files (2.28 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
10/2/13 9:20:01.374 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
10/2/13 9:20:02.053 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Will copy (2.4 MB) from Macintosh HD
10/2/13 9:20:02.055 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Found 47 files (2.4 MB) needing backup
10/2/13 9:20:02.056 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: 1.04 GB required (including padding), 995.95 GB available
10/2/13 9:20:27.587 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Copied 1558 files (2.4 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
10/2/13 9:20:28.894 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Created new backup: 2013-10-02-212027
10/2/13 9:20:32.846 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Starting post-backup thinning
10/2/13 9:20:46.177 PM coreaudiod[239]: Enabled automatic stack shots because audio IO is inactive
10/2/13 9:22:56.417 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-07-29-063629 (1.98 GB)
10/2/13 9:23:19.037 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-08-10-132056 (14 MB)
10/2/13 9:25:12.837 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-08-10-120140 (159.3 MB)
10/2/13 9:25:25.927 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-09-07-124051 (5.2 MB)
10/2/13 9:26:32.288 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Deleted /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb/Macintosh/2013-09-07-122250 (86.1 MB)
10/2/13 9:26:32.288 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Post-back up thinning complete: 5 expired backups removed
10/2/13 9:26:32.980 PM com.apple.backupd[1835]: Backup completed successfully.
Info from failed backup about an hour later.   I've included a lot of log over the next hour.
10/2/13 10:14:15.315 PM com.apple.backupd[1903]: Starting automatic backup
10/2/13 10:14:15.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-set-snapshot-time: 1380766457
10/2/13 10:17:28.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:22:29.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s1: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:30:00.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:33:37.000 PM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=1918[GoogleSoftwareUp] clearing CS_VALID
10/2/13 10:34:31.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s1: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:41:28.953 PM AddressBookSourceSync[1925]: [CardDAVPlugin-ERROR] -[CDXAccount oauthToken]: Failed to find account for identifier: F50ABFD9-1476-4AFF-A120-D99EEA697FC5
10/2/13 10:41:29.135 PM AddressBookSourceSync[1925]: [CardDAVPlugin-ERROR] -getPrincipalInfo:[_controller supportsRequestCompressionAtURL:https://dtd%[email protected]:443/100002105340508///dtd%[email protected]:443/100002105340508/] Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=401 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 401.)" UserInfo=0x7fdd1a05f160 {CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x7fdd1a013be0 [0x7fff76470110]>{type = immutable dict, count = 10,
entries =>
          0 : Case Insensitive Key: Pragma = <CFString 0x7fdd1a0c4f20 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "no-cache"}
          1 : Case Insensitive Key: X-FB-Rev = <CFString 0x7fdd1a012cd0 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "955235"}
          2 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Type = <CFString 0x7fdd1a053590 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "text/plain; ; charset="utf-8""}
          3 : Case Insensitive Key: Connection = <CFString 0x7fdd1a0cf770 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "keep-alive"}
          6 : Case Insensitive Key: Date = <CFString 0x7fdd1a0a1a80 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "Thu, 03 Oct 2013 02:41:27 GMT"}
          8 : Case Insensitive Key: X-FB-Debug = <CFString 0x7fdd1a03ac40 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "KPKDvnlZgJGCZpzZtvurAhFe+8NZdCVJxFI28UpSlAo="}
          9 : Case Insensitive Key: Www-Authenticate = <CFString 0x7fdd19436e60 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "OAuth realm="Facebook WebDAV", Basic realm="Facebook WebDAV""}
          10 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Length = <CFString 0x7fff7644a0a0 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "40"}
          11 : Case Insensitive Key: Cache-Control = <CFString 0x7fdd1a083d10 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate"}
          12 : Case Insensitive Key: Expires = <CFString 0x7fdd1a051c50 [0x7fff76470110]>{contents = "Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT"}
10/2/13 10:44:34.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:44:34.060 PM com.apple.backupd[1903]: Backing up to: /Volumes/LaCie TIME MACHINE/Backups.backupdb
10/2/13 10:47:34.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s1: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:48:35.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100772 ms
10/2/13 10:51:36.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100801 ms
10/2/13 10:54:36.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100772 ms
10/2/13 10:57:37.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100747 ms
10/2/13 10:59:06.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 10:59:06.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s2: do_jnl_io: strategy err 0x5
10/2/13 10:59:06.000 PM kernel[0]: jnl: disk2s2: write_journal_header: error writing the journal header!
10/2/13 10:59:36.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 11:00:38.000 PM kernel[0]: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType00::setPowerState(0xffffff8016215400, 3 -> 2) timed out after 100916 ms
10/2/13 11:02:07.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s1: I/O error.
10/2/13 11:14:09.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s2: I/O error.
10/2/13 11:14:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk2s1: I/O error.
10/2/13 11:15:15.000 PM kernel[0]: nspace-handler-set-snapshot-time: 1380770117

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How do I restore from time machine on a new macbook pro ?

Hello,
My Macbook pro was stollen about 2 months ago and i'm currently debating on which Macbook retina I should get, the higher 13" or the higher 15" model. In either case, how do I go about restoring the system to which my old macbook pro was at ? i.e getting the same itunes songs files, iPhoto pictures etc.
I have read that if the version of the os x in the time machine was an earlier than that on the new machine it would cause problems. so how do can I work around that if i face this problem ?
One last question, how can I know the space needed on the new system for the restoration from the time machine?

The new machine will boot into Setup Assistant, and you'll be prompted to import the data from a Time Machine backup, among other options. A system-version mismatch is OK.

Time Machine no longer recognized - MacBook Pro

I am using a Western Digital 1TB MyBookWorld network hard drive. I upgraded the hard drive in my MacBook Pro from 250gig to 500 gig. When I tried to restore from Time Machine, my computer could no longer see the drive. I also use the drive to back up 3 pc laptops and they work fine.
Any suggestions?

hammer58 wrote:
During the initial setup for TM, there was one screen that required username wd_backup and password admin. Later I changed the username for the TM folder to garyham58 and a personal password. That is the username and password I am looking for.
As I understand it, the original name and password were supplied by WD and stored on the NAS. Any changes would have been stored on the NAS. And resetting it would have to be done via the NAS.
I would think that there is some way to reset TM and start from scratch
I fear you may have already done part of that, inadvertently, since the folder shows no contents.
But it's not a password for the Time Machine application; it's the sharing of the WD disk, which is done by WD. When you back up with Time Machine to a simple external HD, there is no password for the drive. When you back up over a network to a Time Capsule, or a USB drive connected to it, you set up the password, if any, via Airport Utility, and I believe that's stored by the router as well as in the keychain on your Mac.
Do you still have the original 250 GB HD? If so, your best bet may be to get an enclosure for it, from http://www.macsales.com/ or the like. You can put the HD into it and connect it to your Mac via USB or FireWire, and it will become a normal external HD. Then you can start up from it and "clone" the HD to the new one.
Then you might be able to re-establish contact with the WD, and see your backups, unless they got erased during all the problems, or erase it and start over.

Issues with restoring a Time Machine backup onto new Macbook Pro Retina

I recently got a new Macbook Pro Retina and I've been trying to restore a Time Machine backup made today from my old Macbook Pro laptop. I didn't restore from the first start up (foolishly, seemingly) simply because of the trivial reason of wanting to see the system all clean and new.
I've tried the Migration Assistant but it gets stuck on "looking for source..", despite having the ex.HD plugged in and double checking the existance of the backup itself on the ex.HD.
I've also tried booting the laptop up in the 'restore' mode (cmd R) and restoring from there but it sends me in a constant loop of 'this backup was from a previous model of laptop' or something to that affect. It also doesn't display the recent backups at all, only displaying those from the beginning of this year for some reason. All backups are in the same place on the ex.HD so its not an issue with locating the backups.
Really stuck on this one! Would really appreciate some help!
Thanks a lot, and merry Christmas

Yes, you can restore to another machine if needs be.

Cannot access Time Machine backups on new MacBook Pro

Hey, I'm new to the forums, just wanting to throw it out there.
But to the point- Yesterday, I purchased a new MacBook Pro. I upgraded from a regular MacBook. I want to keep my Music, Pictures, and other Documents, so I used Time Machine to make an image of the old machine. I want to copy those specific folders over individually, so I didn't use the option to restore from the Time Machine backup. When I copied my Music folder into the location I wanted it, I tried to open the folder, and received an error message saying:
"The folder "Music" could not be opened because you do not have sufficient access privileges."
I went through Get Info and changed Permissions to Read and Write for Everyone. I don't really know what to do from here... It also does this when I try to access the backups on my external hard drive. Please help me!

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
You need to Restore the files from the backups, not copy them via the Finder. Time Machine, as you now know, uses special "deny everybody everything" permissions on it's backups to keep us mere mortals from moving, changing, or deleting them, which can hopelessly corrupt them. Restoring one Mac's backups to another one takes a few extra steps.
TM keeps the backups for each Mac separate, and normally only shows the ones for the Mac it's running on, even if there are other Macs' backups on the same disk/partition.
Since you're on a different Mac, you need the (badly named) +Browse Other Time Machine Disks+ option to see the old backups. Start with a normal Finder window, then hold down the Option key while selecting the TM icon in your Menubar, or by control-clicking (right-clicking) the TM icon in your Dock.
You'll see a selection screen showing all the disks/partitions that have TM backups on them. Select the one you want, and you'll be taken to the normal TM "Star Wars" interface, where you should see all the backups on that disk/partition.
You can then navigate to a backup (presumably the most recent one), in the "cascade" in the center of the display (the first, lowest one, represents "now"). Navigate to the folder you want to restore, select it, click the "gear" icon in the Finder window's toolbar and select the +Restore to ...+ option. Then you'll get a prompt for the destination.

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