Time Machine Failure and Firewire Drive Disappears

I have been using Time Machine without any problems with a 1TB external drive connected via USB. I recently changed to a firewire cable to speed things up, and it works great. UNTIL... I sporatically get errors where the time machine icon is just spinning and spinning. When I click on the mounted external backup drive, I get no response. I cannot eject or get any response from it, or find it in Finder. If I maunally kill the power on the external, I get an error for disconnecting without ejecting. When I start it back up, all is fine. I notice the error when waking up the mac, sometimes after other users have been on with their own accounts.
My guess is that sleep or switching other users somehow interferes with the firewire connected external drive from communicating with the mac?
Time machine buddy shows:
Starting standard backup
Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
Backup failed with error: 19
And here is a snippit from console:
Jul 23 16:48:23 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[475]: Starting standard backup
Jul 23 16:48:23 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[475]: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
Jul 23 16:48:33 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[475]: Backup failed with error: 19
Jul 23 17:01:59 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[493]: Starting standard backup
Jul 23 17:01:59 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[493]: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
Jul 23 17:02:09 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[493]: Backup failed with error: 19
Jul 23 17:17:15 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[500]: Starting standard backup
Jul 23 17:17:15 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[500]: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
Jul 23 17:17:25 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[500]: Backup failed with error: 19
Jul 23 18:17:16 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[607]: Starting standard backup
Jul 23 18:17:16 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[607]: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
Jul 23 18:17:26 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[607]: Backup failed with error: 19
Jul 23 18:59:51 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[678]: Starting standard backup
Jul 23 18:59:51 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[678]: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
Jul 23 19:00:02 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[678]: Backup failed with error: 19
Jul 23 19:00:12 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[678]: Starting standard backup
Jul 23 19:00:12 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[678]: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target
Jul 23 19:00:22 the-glicks-imac com.apple.backupd[678]: Backup failed with error: 19
Thanks for the help!

Some "Eco" or "green" drives are known for this behavior. The following steps may help:
Select  ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver ▹ Power Adapter and uncheck the box labeled Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible, if it's checked.
If the drive is connected to a hub, connect it to a built-in port on the computer.
If a firmware update is available for the drive, apply it.
Contact the drive manufacturer to see whether there's a firmware setting you can change.
If you installed vendor software for the drive, uninstall it.
If none of the above steps resolves the issue, try another drive.

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mn3:
I'm sorry to hear about all your troubles!
In the future, if you have an issue that occurs twice or more in a short period of time, you need to start looking at what's going wrong so you can keep things safe.
With regard to those external drives:
You may want to invest in the application Disk Warrior; it can repair many errors that Disk Utility isn't able to touch.
Odds are what happened is you thoroughly corrupted the directories on the drives by yanking the USB cords instead of ejecting them properly. If the directory is corrupted, it's no easy task to get the data saved!
A few questions about the drives:
1) What are the brand names?
2) Have you used these drives with other machines in the past?
3) Do the drives have their own power supplies?
4) Were they connected directly to the iMac?
Some questions about your computer:
1) Have any other peripherals caused you troubles?
2) How large of a hard drive does the computer have & how much space is free?
3) How old is the iMac?
4) Do you have the original install discs?
Lots of questions, but the answers should be helpful.
~Lyssa

Time Machine backup and main drive corrupted. Help! (REWARD OFFERED)

Here's the deal:
I have a Macbook Pro and a Mac Mini both runnign Snow Leopard. I use the Mac Mini as a kind of media center / server, it has a few external drives connected to it. On of these drives (1GB) is dedicated to Time Machine, the Mac Mini (80 GB hard drive) backs up to it directly and the Macbook Pro (500 GB hard drive) does it over the network (Time Machine created a sparsebundle). This has worked well for years now. Occasionally I got the error that Time Machine needed to start a new backup because the old one was corrupt. That happened about 2-3 times a year (did the same thing when I backued up via USB). Now about 2 weeks ago, that error came up and I just let the Macbook Pro on overnight and connected the ethernet cable for faster transfer.
When I woke up, the Macbook Pro didn't respont at all, spinning beachball, no response at all beside mouse movement. I let it do it's thing for another 10 hours (while I was at work) and just held down the power button to power off and restart it. But all I got was the gray-on-gray flashing folder with the question mark in it, that's what you get when the Mac can't find bootable partitions. So I popped in the OSX Snow Leopard install disk, ran disk utility. It saw the hard drive, but no partition (i.e. Machintosh HD) on it. I checked the Time Machine backup and the sparsebundle was 300 GB (the Macbook Pro had 400 GB used, the remaining 100 GB were free). There is no way to restore from an unfinished Time Machine backup...
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Now I was able to run Disk Warrior on it, but all it could do was recover a few Application folders (Resource-Folders and lproj-stuff), about 100 MB in total. It couldn't repair more of catalog file apparently. Luckily, Time Machine backed up quite a bit (300 GB out of 400 GB of data) and I was able to manually copy all the Dokuments, Desktop, user Library, Applications, Music, Download and Movies. Unfortunatley, only a little bit of the Pictures folder was copied. iPhoto library (80 to 100 GB) was nowhere to be found, backup must have failed right then. I can salvage the drives (time machine drive, original hard drive with a few broken sectors, DMG-image of that drive, 1-1 copy of that drive with partition table repaired) but that only gives me files with numeric names and today's date on teh JPEGs (instead of the date the picture was taken).
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- Is there any way to re-build that catalog file from what is there left on the original hard drive? I can't imagine 65 kilobytes destroys it all.
- Are there other ways to recover my iPhoto Library? The raw JPEG (and AVI) files with correct file names or metadata would suffice.
Thanks in advance for any help, I'll actually reward the person with a working solution, 5 years of photo memories are somewhat important. It really ***** that a failure during a backup destroys that...

Final Update:
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I recovered pretty much everything from the incomplete Time Machine backup by right-clicking the sparsebundle and browsing through the folders with the long alphanumeric names, looking for the version of the folder with the most files in there. All I was missing was part of the ~/Pictures folder, i.e. photobooth pictures and the whole iPhoto Library. My best option was to recover these files using data recovery tools.
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Time Machine, iPhoto and External Drives

Hi!
My Mac Info:
Macbook Pro Retina OS X, Version 10.8.5, Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, Memory 8GB
I have 0KB out of 120.47GB.
Audio - 2.33GB
Movies - 37.12GB
Photos - 28.66GB
Apps - 6.98GB
Backups - 0KB
Other - 45.38GB
Ok...the scenario, let's say...
I backed up in Jan '14 on Time Machine on a G/Drive 1GB. (got it.)
In Feb '14, I ran out of space on my Mac, so I deleted photos to make room and did another backup, photos and everything. (got it.)
In Mar '14, I backed up again.
Question 1.
In the Mar '14, back up, it only backed up the photos from my iPhoto library that were current, it did not back up the deleted photos.
So how do I see a complete photo library? The deleted photos and everything on my G/Drive? This scenario was fictitious, however I'm in a situation where I've been deleting photos in iPhoto and backing up to make space since Dec 2012. I don't know how retrieve a true library that has everything! (The photos that I have deleted, btw, have not been duplicates.)
Oh, the reason, why I want a complete photo library is because I want to externally print a album of our 3 yr old son. But when I go to the back ups, I can't tell which files have still have the photos that I deleted. So, how can I piece together all of the photo libraries for 1 comprehensive library without showing duplicates?
Question 2.
My external drives
G/Drive, S/N 7DGVE8MA - 1TB (I use this for Time Machine).I have used 295GB
WD My Book, WD P/N WD5000h1Q-00 - 500GB, (Backup to my G/Drive).I have used 45GB
Are these good external drives?
Many, many thanks!

Your profile shows 10.6.8 - you might want to update it.
If you are backing up using Time Machine, do you have a backup prior to when you started deleting photos that you could restore?
There seem to be multiple problems with WD drives in the discussions, but whether WD is a bad brand is hard to say.

Time Machine Failure and Reuse/Recovery of its Hard Drive

My Time Machine would start up after a total reset, but then it would just shutdown (orange light would go out). I was not sure whether it was the power supply, as noted in several of this community's postings, or the hard drive. I had additional information that I wanted to recover from the hard drive if possible.
I used a hair dryer to loosen up the rubber backing, pulled it off, removed the ten screws from the back plate, unplugged the hard drive, and removed it from the Time Capsule (being careful not to destroy anything with static shock). I then ordered the cheapest 3.5 inch hard drive enclosure that I could find, since I was not sure if the hard drive had failed, or was still okay. I found one at OWC on sale for $9.99 + ~$8.00 shipping. When I got the enclosure, installed the hard drive into it, and found that everything I had stored on the Time Machine hard drive was there!! I am very happy that I was able to recover my data, plus I now have a 500 GB external hard drive.
Therefore, if your old Time Machine fails, maybe you can end up with a large capacity external hard drive for additional backups/storage.

Or you can repair it for as little as $20 if you have some handy man skills and use an external power supply.
https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s/apple-time-capsule-repair/repair-type3

Time machine, Filevault and hard drive space

I got 2 external hard drives. The first, 250gb, has 3 Mac Os partitions, one of them of 180 gb I use to backup my macbook (120 gb hd with filevault) with time machine. Everything ok. The other, 300gb, 2 partitions one with mac os the other for win with ntfs. The mac partition is 200 gb. When I try to backup, time machine says I need 360 gb (!!). In fact, If i look info of my encrypted home, it says it is 220 gb. What's happening? Why with one disk everything is ok and with the other no? I can say also that in the past, I had no problem with the second disk. Maybe now my home is too big to be backed up the first time, while the other disk was ready yet since when my home folder was more little?

dwb wrote:
To stop backing up because TimeMachine does mobile backups and takes up some hard drive is like disconnecting the brakes of your car because using brakes wear them out and they are expensive to repair.
Yes, they are similar. One will kill you, your family, and everyone in your vicinity, while the other will potentially cause you to lose Aunt Ruth's vacation photos.
You'd be crazy to either disconnect your automobile's brakes or turn off Mobile Backup in Time Machine. Absoutely insane.
Since you've already gotten reasonable and rational technical support on this issue, as one always does on the Internet, I feel reticient to add anything.
Alas, I'm feeling adventurous, so here goes:
If you'd like to disable mobile backups to your internal hard drive, and would like Time Machine to only back up to your external drive, fire up the terminal and type: sudo tmutil disablelocal
The local hard drive backups are "normal", and they will be deleted should you need the HD space for other files. I actually like the feature and leave it on.
Some people don't like it, however, and if you count yourself among those people, use the above command.
P.S. Disabling Mobile Backups is nothing like disabling the brakes on your car.

Time Machine ejects my Ext Drive

Hi,
I hooked up an external (1.5TB) drive to my MacBook and ran time machine. It said backing up 103GB. Everything went fine until about 14GB and somehow ejected my ext drive. The drive disappeared. I unhooked and put the drive back. Ran TM again. This time it was backing up about 1KB a minute or so. And soon spit my drive again - showing a failure to back up.
I am not willing to reformat my ext drive because I have put a lot of video files on it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Wobbles wrote:
Hi,
I hooked up an external (1.5TB) drive to my MacBook and ran time machine. It said backing up 103GB. Everything went fine until about 14GB and somehow ejected my ext drive. The drive disappeared. I unhooked and put the drive back. Ran TM again. This time it was backing up about 1KB a minute or so. And soon spit my drive again - showing a failure to back up.
I am not willing to reformat my ext drive because I have put a lot of video files on it.
That may be a problem. How is this drive formatted? Was it previously used on Windoze?
The most common cause of an initial Time Machine failure is the drive not being set up properly. Check it via the instructions in item #C1 in the Time Machine - Troubleshooting post at the top of this forum.
As mentioned there, if the formatting is correct, see item #C2 for other possibilities.
There is another consideration here; since you already have other data on that disk, you really should partition it, so TM has it's own, exclusive space. Otherwise you're likely to have conflicts later on. See item #3 in the Frequently Asked Questions post at the top of this forum.

Time Machine index failures and external drives

Greetings,
I have been running into a number of failures with Time Machine on an Intel Core i7 iMac running Mac OS X 10.6.4. The external hard drive is an iOmega "eGo" 2 TB desktop drive connected with USB 2.0. I have used this kind of hard drive before for TIme Machine successfully, on this machine which has as far as I know always run Snow Leopard.
Unfortunately, I cannot put a date or event to when these Time Machine errors began (whether coincident with an OS upgrade or what); the iMac belongs to my research group, and is located in a meeting room where it is used by several people. I'd estimate the TM failures began maybe 3 months ago, after the drive and Time Machine having worked fine for several months before then.
I've already used Disk Utility to repair and/or re-format (remake single partition) the external drive, and checked the iMac's HD for errors. The external is a brand-new drive; I just recently exchanged the previous same-model drive for a replacement, since the previous one failed some kind of diagnostics they performed back at the shop (I don't know what the problem was, there). The first eGo drive was the one that worked for a while with Time Machine. Since I replaced it with a new one, TM has never successfully completed a back-up.
Time Machine's error message is the usual "The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk" along with the "The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk." that comes up when I click for more info in the control panel. Below, I've also copied typical outputs from "Time Machine Buddy" and from "system.log" read in Console.
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Any further suggestions are appreciated!
Thanks!
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Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Indexer unavailable (1)
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Sep 28 04:32:16 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 04:33:16 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 04:34:16 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 04:35:16 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 04:36:16 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 04:37:16 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 04:38:16 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 04:39:16 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 04:40:16 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 04:40:22 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Copied 0 bytes of 53.1 GB, 0 of 939187 items
Sep 28 05:19:02 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Indexing a file failed. Returned 200 for: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonC ore.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature/CodeResources, /Volumes/[BackupVolumeNameHere]/Backups.backupdb/[iMacNameHere]/2010-09-27-1826 58.inProgress/CB67F2B5-BB62-471C-832F-0E7FD1E8C4A6/Macintosh HD/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Carbo nCore.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
Sep 28 05:19:02 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Aborting backup because indexing a file failed.
Sep 28 05:19:02 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Stopping backup.
Sep 28 05:19:02 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Copied 126680 files (20.9 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Sep 28 05:19:02 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Copy stage failed with error:11
Sep 28 05:19:07 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Backup failed with error: 11
Sep 28 05:25:28 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Starting standard backup
Sep 28 05:25:28 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Backing up to: /Volumes/[BackupVolumeNameHere]/Backups.backupdb
Sep 28 05:25:29 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
Sep 28 05:25:29 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 39.99 GB requested (including padding), 1.73 TB available
Sep 28 05:25:29 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 05:26:29 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 05:27:29 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Indexer unavailable (1)
... and on like that again, until ...
Sep 28 08:22:10 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Copied 0 bytes of 27.8 GB, 0 of 939187 items
Sep 28 08:31:15 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Indexing a file failed. Returned 1 for: /Library/Application Support/iPhoto/Themes/Shared/Card/PaperHearts/Icons/paper_hearts-V-oustide-roun d-text-red.tiff, /Volumes/[BackupVolumeNameHere]/Backups.backupdb/[iMacNameHere]/2010-09-27-1826 58.inProgress/91C738D1-2AB3-481D-861F-9A5FBEC2B546/Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/iPhoto/Themes/Shared/Card/PaperHearts/Icons/paper_hearts-V-oustide-roun d-text-red.tiff
Sep 28 08:31:15 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Aborting backup because indexing a file failed.
Sep 28 08:31:15 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Stopping backup.
Sep 28 08:31:15 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Copied 89460 files (229 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Sep 28 08:31:15 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Copy stage failed with error:11
Sep 28 08:31:20 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Backup failed with error: 11
Sep 28 09:25:28 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Starting standard backup
Sep 28 09:25:28 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Backing up to: /Volumes/[BackupVolumeNameHere]/Backups.backupdb
Sep 28 09:25:28 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
Sep 28 09:25:28 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 33.41 GB requested (including padding), 1.72 TB available
Sep 28 09:25:28 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 09:26:28 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
... and on like that again, until ...
Sep 28 11:21:30 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Sep 28 11:22:04 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Copied 0 bytes of 27.8 GB, 0 of 939187 items
Sep 28 11:31:09 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Indexing a file failed. Returned 1 for: /Library/Application Support/iPhoto/Themes/Shared/Card/SimpleParchment/SimpleParchmentHM_FrontV.png, /Volumes/[BackupVolumeNameHere]/Backups.backupdb/[iMacNameHere]/2010-09-27-1826 58.inProgress/E252969A-FF5D-418A-B61C-15EFC7784C20/Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/iPhoto/Themes/Shared/Card/SimpleParchment/SimpleParchmentHM_FrontV.png
Sep 28 11:31:09 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Aborting backup because indexing a file failed.
Sep 28 11:31:09 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Stopping backup.
Sep 28 11:31:09 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Copied 90086 files (37.7 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Sep 28 11:31:09 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Copy stage failed with error:11
Sep 28 11:31:14 [ComputerNameHere] com.apple.backupd[252]: Backup failed with error: 11

Hello again,
I ran the 10.6.4 Combo update installer, and followed up with Repair Permissions. There was one issue in the latter that I was curious about:
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
I'm guessing that's not really related. In any case, I started running a new initial backup in TM which got hung up with the following:
messages from the Time Machine Buddy widget:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/(backupvolume)/Backups.backupdb
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
Backup content size: 64.7 GB excluded items size: 15.7 GB for volume Macintosh HD
No pre-backup thinning needed: 58.82 GB requested (including padding), 1.70 TB available
Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Indexer unavailable (1)
Indexing a file failed. Returned 1 for: /Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Magic GarageBand/06. Funk.mwand, /Volumes/(backupvolume)/Backups.backupdb/(computername)/2010-10-15-151841.inPro gress/8CB20070-9CFE-4667-A590-17730C868861/Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Magic GarageBand/06. Funk.mwand
Aborting backup because indexing of file failed.
Stopping backup.
Copied 74447 files (15.2 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
messages in system.log (filtered with search "backupd"):
Oct 15 15:18:40 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Starting standard backup
Oct 15 15:18:40 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Backing up to: /Volumes/(backupvolume)/Backups.backupdb
Oct 15 15:18:41 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
Oct 15 15:18:42 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Backup content size: 64.7 GB excluded items size: 15.7 GB for volume Macintosh HD
Oct 15 15:18:42 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 58.82 GB requested (including padding), 1.70 TB available
Oct 15 15:18:42 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Oct 15 15:19:42 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
Oct 15 15:19:51 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Indexer unavailable (1)
Oct 15 15:19:53 (computername) mds[475]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/(backupvolume)/Backups.backupdb
Oct 15 15:39:55 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Indexing a file failed. Returned 1 for: /Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Magic GarageBand/06. Funk.mwand, /Volumes/(backupvolume)/Backups.backupdb/(computername)/2010-10-15-151841.inPro gress/8CB20070-9CFE-4667-A590-17730C868861/Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Magic GarageBand/06. Funk.mwand
Oct 15 15:39:55 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Aborting backup because indexing of file failed.
Oct 15 15:39:55 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Stopping backup.
Oct 15 15:39:56 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Copied 74447 files (15.2 GB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Oct 15 15:39:56 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Copy stage failed with error:11
Oct 15 15:40:01 (computername) com.apple.backupd[470]: Backup failed with error: 11
Currently, TM is attempting to (resume?) back up again. Would you suggest leaving it alone, or proceeding next with a re-install of Snow Leopard from the install DVD (followed by 10.6.4 again)?
Thanks again!

External drive and time machine failures

Morning all!
I have an external JBOD drive enclosure holding to 1TB drives. I have one setup as a storage device and the other as a Time Machine backup drive, I've noticed that when first mounted the system performs backups fine, but when the system awakes from sleeping it can't seem to backup anymore. Wehen this happens I have to force a umount of the drive and remount it. Has anyone seen this before and if so do you know how to stop this from happening?

Sunadmn,
I'm not sure what is going on however I would recommend reposting your question in the *Time Machine* forum. You can find it by click the Discussions link in the upper left of this page, then click *Snow Leopard* and you will find the TM forum. Before posting though read the:
Time Machine FAQ and Troubleshooting Time Machine articles, you may find your answers there.
Roger

I just backed up my mac to an external hard drive using Time Machine. What would happen if I turn Time Machine off and then plug the external hard drive back into my computer?

I just backed up my mac to an external hard drive using Time Machine. What would happen if I turn Time Machine off and then plug the external hard drive back into my computer?
What I am ultimately wanting to do is make more room on my computer by backing up all of my files onto the external hard drive and then deleting them off of my computer. However, neededing to be able to retrieve them from the external hard drive later down the road.
From what I have read and am trying to understand, is that I probably shouldn't have used time machine. I need to use the external hard drive like a basic flash drive where I can put things on and get things off without having it automatically update through time machine everytime I connect it to my computer.
Not tech savvy at all and barely understand basics. I need very simple and easy to understand explanations.

sydababy wrote:
and then deleting them off of my computer.
BIG BIG MISTAKE ..... youre making a linchpin deathtrap for your data trying to shove everything on a single fragile HD.
Dont suffer the tragedy other people make, buy another or 2 more HD, theyre cheap as dust.
The number of people who have experienced terror by having a single external HD backup is enormous. One failure that WILL HAPPEN, and kaput,......all gone!
Dont do it, its all about redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.
follow here:
Methodology to protect your data. Backups vs. Archives. Long-term data protection
Deleting them off your computer is fine....having only ONE copy is extremely BAD.
The Tragedy that will be, the tragedy that never should be
Always presume correctly that your data is priceless and takes a very long time to create and often is irreplaceable. Always presume accurately that hard drives are extremely cheap, and you have no excuse not to have multiple redundant copies of your data copied on hard drives and squirreled away several places, lockboxes, safes, fireboxes, offsite and otherwise.
Hard drives aren't prone to failure…hard drives are guaranteed to fail (the very same is true of SSD). Hard drives dont die when aged, hard drives die at any age, and peak in death when young and slowly increase in risk as they age.
Never practice at any time for any reason the false premise and unreal sense of security in thinking your data is safe on any single external hard drive. This is never the case and has proven to be the single most common horrible tragedy of data loss that exists.
Many 100s of millions of hours of lost work and data are lost each year due to this single common false security. This is an unnatural disaster that can avoid by making all data redundant and then redundant again. If you let a $60 additional redundant hard drive and 3 hours of copying stand between you and years of work, then you've made a fundamental mistake countless 1000s of people each year have come to regret.

Time machine on external drive will not back up itunes media file on a separate external drive. Have already reformated itunes media drive,dragged itunes media backup file from time machine (old copy) and removed time machine plist and restarted.

Two external drives, one for time machine backups and a second (daisy chained firewire) for itunes media folder . Time machine fails to backup the media file saying could not be completed, with no error specified. Steps taken already include reformating drive with media, dragging older media backup file from time machine disc to media disc, and deleting time machine plist and starting time macine preferences upon startup. Media folder is approx 200 gb, mostly ripped dvd movies.
Any help for this??
Thanks

Tks for the help. Tried to eliminate duplicates. Copy below.
6/11/14 3:07:33.458 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Found 2332 files (193.66 GB) needing backup
6/11/14 3:07:33.488 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: 219.71 GB required (including padding), 539.32 GB available
6/11/14 3:09:42.200 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Copied 1201 items (51.5 MB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 2894.
6/11/14 3:10:14.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:10:17.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:10:30.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:10:30.072 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Home Videos/2013 Trip To Kate and Jason - Large 1.m4v to (null)
6/11/14 3:10:44.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:10:57.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:10:57.327 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Home Videos/2013 Trip To Kate and Jason - Large.m4v to (null)
6/11/14 3:11:09.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:11:22.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:11:22.394 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Home Videos/IMG_0378.m4v to (null)
6/11/14 3:11:57.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:12:09.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:12:09.872 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Home Videos/IMG_0398.m4v to (null)
6/11/14 3:12:44.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:12:46.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:13:05.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:13:05.959 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/AAA 2.4.1.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:13:23.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:13:46.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:13:51.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:13:51.325 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Air Sharing 3.4.3.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:14:18.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:14:21.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:14:48.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:14:51.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:14:51.289 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Angie's List 3.0.2.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:15:16.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:15:29.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:15:34.517 PM secd[422]: SecErrorGetOSStatus unknown error domain: com.apple.security.sos.error for error: The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)
6/11/14 3:15:34.517 PM secd[267]: SecErrorGetOSStatus unknown error domain: com.apple.security.sos.error for error: The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)
6/11/14 3:15:34.517 PM secd[267]: securityd_xpc_dictionary_handler EscrowSecurityAl[581] DeviceInCircle The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)
6/11/14 3:15:34.517 PM secd[422]: securityd_xpc_dictionary_handler EscrowSecurityAl[580] DeviceInCircle The operation couldn’t be completed. (com.apple.security.sos.error error 2 - Public Key not available - failed to register before call)
6/11/14 3:15:51.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:15:51.643 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/AP Mobile 6.2.1.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:15:54.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:16:07.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:16:19.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:16:19.908 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Apple Store 120269.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:16:35.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:16:50.710 PM com.apple.backupd-helper[533]: Not starting scheduled Time Machine backup: Backup already running
6/11/14 3:16:53.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:17:00.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:17:00.552 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Archetype 1.6.2.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:17:10.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:17:23.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:17:35.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:17:49.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:18:01.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:18:14.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:18:28.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:18:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:19:03.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:19:06.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:19:18.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:19:41.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:19:43.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:19:56.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:20:11.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:20:23.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:20:36.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:20:48.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:21:01.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:21:13.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:21:26.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:21:38.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:21:51.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:22:03.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:22:16.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:22:28.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:22:41.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:22:53.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:23:06.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:23:19.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:23:31.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:23:57.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:24:09.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:24:22.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:24:38.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:24:50.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:25:03.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:25:15.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:25:35.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:25:47.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:25:47.887 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Bloomberg 3.0.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:26:01.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:26:13.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:26:13.942 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Calculator 3.4.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:26:26.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:26:26.509 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Camera Zoom 3.1.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:26:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:26:52.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:26:52.108 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Cards 2.0.1.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:27:14.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:27:17.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:27:29.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:27:29.606 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Casino 2.5.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:27:47.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:28:00.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:28:00.327 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Clear Day 2.6.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:28:14.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:28:26.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:28:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:28:56.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:29:09.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:29:21.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:29:34.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:29:47.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:29:59.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:30:12.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:30:24.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:30:37.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:30:49.085 PM xpcproxy[629]: assertion failed: 13D65: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
6/11/14 3:30:49.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:30:50.194 PM syncdefaultsd[628]: Fixing push token
6/11/14 3:30:52.507 PM xpcproxy[632]: assertion failed: 13D65: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
6/11/14 3:31:02.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:31:14.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:31:27.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:31:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:31:52.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:32:05.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:32:17.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:32:30.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:32:42.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:32:55.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:33:07.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:33:30.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:33:32.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:33:55.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:33:58.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:34:21.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:34:23.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:34:46.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:34:49.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:35:02.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:35:18.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:35:30.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:35:30.676 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Collection HD 1.7.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:36:14.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:36:17.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:36:29.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:36:29.651 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/eCardExpress 2.1.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:36:52.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:37:14.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:37:17.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:37:30.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:37:52.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:37:55.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:38:07.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:38:30.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:38:32.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:38:45.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:39:08.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:39:10.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:39:23.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:39:46.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:39:48.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:40:01.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:40:23.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:40:26.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:40:38.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:41:01.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:41:04.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:41:16.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:41:39.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:41:41.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:41:54.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:42:17.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:42:19.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:42:32.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:42:54.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:42:57.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:43:09.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:43:32.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:43:34.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:43:47.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:44:10.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:44:12.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:44:25.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:44:48.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:44:50.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:45:03.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:45:25.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:45:28.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:45:40.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:45:55.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:46:07.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:46:20.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:46:32.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:46:45.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:46:58.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:47:10.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:47:23.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:47:35.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:47:48.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:48:00.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:48:13.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:48:26.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:48:38.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:48:51.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:49:03.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:49:16.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:49:21.393 PM WindowServer[128]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x04280300 device: 0x7f8ef9d04e00 isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
6/11/14 3:49:21.731 PM launchservicesd[52]: Application App:"System Preferences" asn:0x0-44044 pid:509 refs=7 @ 0x7fb5b9443730 tried to be brought forward, but isn't in fPermittedFrontApps ( ( "LSApplication:0x0-0x45045 pid=513 "com.apple.prefs.backup.remoteservice"")), so denying. : LASSession.cp #1481 SetFrontApplication() q=LSSession 100019/0x186b3 queue
6/11/14 3:49:21.731 PM WindowServer[128]: [cps/setfront] Failed setting the front application to System Preferences, psn 0x0-0x44044, securitySessionID=0x186b3, err=-13066
6/11/14 3:49:21.733 PM WindowServer[128]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f8ef9e94e00(2001)
6/11/14 3:49:21.795 PM WindowServer[128]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x7f8ef9e94e00(2001)
6/11/14 3:49:29.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:50:48.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:50:48.546 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/GarageBand 1.1.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:51:01.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:51:13.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:51:26.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:51:38.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:51:51.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:52:03.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:52:16.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:52:29.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:52:41.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:52:55.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:53:07.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:53:07.747 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Glympse 2.22.444.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:53:20.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:53:32.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:53:32.869 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Stopping backup.
6/11/14 3:53:32.869 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying /Volumes/Media/itunes Media/Mobile Applications/Golf Channel 3.7.2.ipa to (null)
6/11/14 3:53:33.357 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Copied 127 items (2.24 GB) from volume Media. Linked 0.
6/11/14 3:53:33.376 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Copy stage failed with error:11
6/11/14 3:53:34.607 PM com.apple.backupd[532]: Backup failed with error 11: 11
6/11/14 3:55:53.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:56:05.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:56:18.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.
6/11/14 3:56:33.000 PM kernel[0]: disk1s2: I/O error.

My iphoto library disappeared. i am trying to restore my library from time machine -- from an external drive -- but everytime it tries to copy my library it tells me it can't do it because i don't have access to my iphoto library??!!! help!!

My iphoto library inexplicably disappeared! i am panicked but i do back up by time machine to an external drive and also to JustCloud. I am trying to restore my iphoto library from a back up on feb 28, 2014 and it says it's copying but then gives me a message that it can't do it because i "don't have authorization to access iphoto library"?! what does this mean? i really want to get my library back on my mac. Also if anyone knows why this happened or where my photos might be on my computer, i'd appreciate help with that, too.

Thank you Terence for your help. I was able to restore my backup from my time machine ext drive to a new 1tb seagate ext drive. so i felt sort of ok. but yesterday that older ext drive i used for time machine wouldn't open! i called applecare and they trouble shooted with me and said it's probably a goner and data is probably corrupted. it's only a few years old and i'm very careful with it. my husband accidentally dropped my new drive last night -- i know, unbelievable, i was SO upset, poor guy -- but I'm so stressed with all of this. i have 10 years of photos and videos. so now i only have the one newer drive with a backup. i have to buy another one today to backup again so i at least have two backups. i tried to delete a ton of files last night to free up the 30 gb of space i need to get my full library back on my mac. i have 90gb free and deleted 7 years worth of photos i had on picasa that were in my "pictures" folder and also a ton or random photos and videos i had in that same pictures folder and thought that would give me the 30 gb but it hardly freed up any space at all! do you know why that is? all of this stuff is really a pain and really stressful. thank god i did have a backup in the first place but now i am panicked the one i have left will somehow crash. especially after my husband dropped the drive lastnight! it didn't fall far and fell onto a wood floor and seems fine, but after my older ext drive crashed yesterday -- and i lost my entire iphoto library a fewweeks ago off my mac -- i feel cursed. any answers you have would be great. thank you.

I have my Time Machine on an external drive (not connected to Airport Extreme) and I have an external HD attached to airport extreme. Is it possible to have Time Machine backUp computer HD AND external HD connected to Airport Extreme. How?

I have my Time Machine on an external drive (not connected to Airport Extreme) and I have an external HD attached to airport extreme. Is it possible to have Time Machine backUp computer HD AND external HD connected to Airport Extreme. How?

Is it possible to have Time Machine backUp computer HD AND external HD connected to Airport Extreme.
Sorry, but no.
Time Machine will backup your Mac, but not the hard drive attached to the AirPort Extreme.
Time Machine will back up a hard drive only if it is attached directly to your Mac via USB or FireWire.

HT201250 I don't store any files on my computer, I store them on a hd. Can I restore docs from my hard drive if they were backed up using time machine? And will it restore if the hd isn't even there? Like what if it got stolen or destroyed.

I don't store any files on my computer, I store them on a hd. Can I restore docs from my hard drive if they were backed up using time machine? And will it restore if the hd isn't even there? Like what if it got stolen or destroyed.

ehphotograph wrote:
Can I restore docs from my hard drive if they were backed up using time machine?
Yes.
And will it restore if the hd isn't even there? Like what if it got stolen or destroyed.
Also yes.
Directly-connected external drives (ie, USB, FireWire, Thunderbolt) are not backed-up by default. You must remove them from the exclusion list in Time Machine Preferences > Options to get them backed-up. (Network drives cannot be backed-up.)
And they must be formatted for a Mac -- any variation of Mac OS Extended.
If the drive is connected, you can browse or restore normally -- just go to the folder or document in question and Enter Time Machine.
If the drive is not connected, it's a bit different. See #E3 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
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I have three computers backing up onto the same Time Machine. The Hard drive of one has now failed, and I'd like to restore certain items (principally photographs) to one of the other two computers. How can I do this?

I have three computers backing up onto the same Time Machine. The Hard drive of one has now failed, and I'd like to restore certain items (principally photographs) to one of the other two computers. How can I do this?

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