Time Machine Forked?
I've had no issues backing up with Time Machine on my PowerPC G5 with a firewire LaCie external hard drive dedicated to backup. Until now...
My backup drive is 75 GB with 45.76 GB free.
In Time Machine preferences, my hard drive is estimated to have 36 GB on it.
I have attempted to run Time Machine hourly and keep getting the same error:
"This backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 39329.9 GB but only 45.8 GB are available."
I wish my bank account could grow at that rate!
After reading several questions on this Discussion site, someone mentioned the Console Utility. Below is what was repeated about every minute that Time Machine was "preparing" for backup:
3/27/08 1:32:36 PM com.apple.SystemStarter[41] Break on _THE_PROCESS_HAS_FORKED_AND_YOU_CANNOT_USE_THIS_COREFOUNDATION_FUNCTIONALITY___Y OU_MUST_EXEC_() to debug.
How do I get Time Machine "un-forked"?
Installed Dr. Cleaner 3/29 and Memory Clean 3/29 - both were updates.
That.....is the problem. Time Machine does not like "cleaners", "optimizers", "keepers".....anything like that. Your Mac does not need these types of applications since they generally do more harm than good.
Anti-virus applications will drive Time Machine crazy as well.
My advice would be to remove this type of software from your Mac according to the software manufacturer's instructions.
Then power cycle the entire network.
If the Time Capsule disk comes back into view, you should run a Verify Disk operation as soon as possible. Your backups may now likely be corrupted, and if that is the case, Time Machine will not be able to back up until you erase the Time Capsule disk and try to start over again with a new backup.
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Hi,
I've installed mountain lion and restored from time machine and mail rules were not there. There's only news from apple.
I tried to restore the rules myself (MessageRules.plist and MessageRules.plist.backup) but when opening mail rules were not there yet. Nevertheless, i can add rules manually, so if there was a way of looking at the past rules I could just copy them (though it's not the best way).My rules are still there, so perhaps Apple support speak with resource forked tongue.
Comparing an old (pre ML) rules file from 20th June with the ML one, the differences are:
The file name was: MessageRules.plist, the ML one is SynchedRules.plist. Both are in my V2 folder, but the old Rules have been copied (by Mail, not me) into the new SynchedRules file.
In the old file, for each item (Rule) the first line was Active (Key) String (Type) 1 (Value). In the ML file, this line is no longer there, so the first line is AllCriteriaMustBeSatisfied.
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Thus, just copying and renaming the old Rules file probably won't work, because of this difference. Mail probably just makes a new file because the copied file isn't as expected. It should be possible to edit the old plist file to remove the "Active" line, and rename it to SynchedRules.plist (but see below). The top is slightly different, just below <dict>, as this relates to the Active line. There are a couple of lines at the bottom that aren't in the new file.
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AC6F6611-FF61-4AA6-9682-BA100EFAC233)
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What is the correct procedure to follow after restoring a Mac from a Time Machine Backup?
Hi all,
I did a Time Machine backup of my entire system (Time Machine Backup 1) before bringing my Macbook Pro to the Apple Store to to have it tested. After the TM backup I wiped the laptop leaving only the OS (Mountain Lion) on it so that I could determine whether the problems with my system were hardware or software related. The computer passed all tests.
After bringing my Macbook home I did a fresh intall of all the software and everything worked fine. At this point I did another Time Machine backup (in the same location as the previous backup) so that if I ever had problems with my system I could revert to this working backup (Time Machine Backup 2.0). I used my laptop without issue and created a number of new documents. I did not transfer the documents from the previous time machine backup (Time Machine Backup 1). As time progressed I did regular Time Machine backups (backups 2.1 etc.) installed a few new pieces of software and started having system issues again.
At that point I did another Time Machine backup (in the same location as the previous backups) (Time Machine Backup 3) so that my new documents would be safe. At this point I could see all of my TM backups in finder. Then I used Command + R while booting up and restored my system from what I thought was the clean backup (Time Machine Backup 2). In fact it the TM backup I used was not the correct backup (It was one of the backups between 2.0 and 3 and I needed to go back further). I was concerned, at this point, because I did not (and still do not) know what type of effect restoring the system from an old Time Machine backup would have on the Time Machine structure going forward I was unsure whether doing so and having an "old" system backed up might break the structure so I stopped Time Machine from running a new backup.
When I attempted to look for one of the older versions of the Time Machine backups I discovered that there were no longer any listings for TM backups in their previous location. In fact, the only thing I could see was one line in the place where the multiple backups were previously. I took my laptop and NAS (where the TM backups were stored) to the Apple Store and the "genius" said something about the TM backup being "parsed"? He also described it as a "broken window" and he "sees the broken glass but has no idea how it broke". He also said "neither he nor anyone at Apple would be able to assist me" and that I'd have to go to a data recovery place.
Fortunately I did use a second drive to backup the original system (Backup 1) but I really don't want to lose the files created ater Backup 2 / prior to Backup 3.
Does anyone know what happened / how I can get my Time Machine backups back without forking out tons of cash?
thanks
John
OS ML 10.8.4, Macbook Pro Retina
Synology DS412 (time machine backup to a file folder)I actually already checked Pondini's and didn't find the answer. Any other suggestions?
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Time machine suddenly not working, advice pls
Hi,
I have two external HD's, one is mains powered and the other is a smaller and more portable USB powered one..
i used to use time machine on the more portable one, but then i changed to using the mains powered ext HD for time machine backing up, and never had a problem with either.
Now i am away from home and only took the portable one with me, and the first time i tried to back up using time machine with this one it fails always after backing up about 30gigs...it always seems to fail at the same point more or less... and the msg i got is below...
One thing to note, is that before attempting this back up, this portable ext HD did have a lot of content on it (mainly music), which is now not backed up on either of my ext HD's - i transferred it to my laptop + deleted it from the external HD before making the time machine backup. now i can't even simply copy and paste anything to the empty portable ext HD. I can remember having problems deleting from the portable ext HD and i think, i had a lot of problems specifically removing the backups folder that was on that portable HD from a long time ago, but i did remove it in the end.
So my suspicions are that this is probably the reason it doesnt work now - odd that i can't even put anything onto the portable HD now... I need to return this laptop to apple asap (due to other non-related reasons), so i need to erase its HD before sending and i cant access the bigger ext HD with my backups on,( to make a new back up) before i need to send it, (that's why I wanted to change this portable HD that's with me to be my time machine back up)as i have a recent back up at home I'd happily just put my new things on a storage device you see, as could use the back up again later when needed.
using time machine is essential for me for its simplicity of transferring everything to the new comp, (likely to be a mac mini when ive done enough research)...but as i say - because i have a fairly recent time machine back up at home, if i can simply transfer the latest additions to my laptop to this ext HD, whilst not ideal, will suffice as i don't have much time.
does anyone have any idea why this is failing? I really need to back up to this ext HD as i am a long way from my usual one and won't be able to access it for a while. Was I not able to change back up device more than once? hopefully its just a case that this portable external HD has just stopped working and a solution is to buy a new ext hD where i am here, but that may not work, and I don't want to fork out another £50 if it's unnecessary.
Apologies for the long-winded explanation...+ many many thanks in advance....**** i spoke too soon....it stopped again around the 30 gbs transferred mark.
how strange....there must be something that's stopping it backing up, some content it doesn't like?
I tried again to also just move the files I dont have backed up anywhere (200gb) , onto the external hd but it doesnt even start the process, and I get this msg
"the finder cant complete the operation because some data in (the folder i want to transfer) cant be read or written. (Error code -36) "
does this mean there's a "backups.backupdb file in there somewhere it doesnt allow me to move? I got it all from the external hd to my computer at one point though...so would seem strange..
thx
(and its the same, regardless.....whatever file i try to transfer across, be it just an mp3 or a jpeg...i get the same msg and it doesnt let me) -
Backing up from failed Time Machine Disk
Recently my time machine drive decided to fail at the same time that I had just wiped my computer and reinstalled OSX. Bummer, huh? I had a lot of important stuff on there. Well, I was able to recover what was on there to another hard drive using a disk recovery tool in Windows (R-Studio). I recovered every file (even the few hidden directories that were on there) to the other hard drive, repartitioned my time machine to HFS Journaled and dumped all of the data back on to it. I even labeled it the same as it was before, so technically it should be the same hard drive right?
Wrong, OSX still doesn't recognize it as a time machine backup when I try to restore from it. I really don't want to have to go through all those 30,000 hidden directories by hand and copy my MP3 collection, photo album, and who knows what else back to the hard drive. Does anyone know how to trick OSx into recognizing this backup as a valid Time Machine Backup? Perhaps it's just one or 2 files in the root directory I am missing.
Thanks so much,
--BenI seriously doubt that you can do that. I've never heard of anyone doing something like this. I also strongly suspect that that windows software didn't preserve all the resource fork, ownership and hard links correctly.
You are left with manual migration of your data back to your computer. this isn't as hard as you make it sound. You just need to copy you own stuff back. also use the following [post|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6185507] to migrate important parts of you user library, Mail, iphoto etc. You will have to reinstall your applications by hand. -
My HD has been replaced and when backing up from my time machine the transferred got interrupted
My HD has been replaced and when backing up from my time machine the transferred got interrupted. When Mac book booted only half the data. So I erased the hard drive to start again although I now can't restore from my time machine as its saying not enough space on HD to restore. Please help coz I'm freaking out!
I seriously doubt that you can do that. I've never heard of anyone doing something like this. I also strongly suspect that that windows software didn't preserve all the resource fork, ownership and hard links correctly.
You are left with manual migration of your data back to your computer. this isn't as hard as you make it sound. You just need to copy you own stuff back. also use the following [post|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6185507] to migrate important parts of you user library, Mail, iphoto etc. You will have to reinstall your applications by hand. -
Finder not responding after time machine backup
I just updated my MacBook (mid 2011) to OS X 10.10.2, and now I'm having issues with my time machine backups. I have been having problems with Finder ever since upgrading to Yosemite (Finder freezing and requiring relaunch, or even rebooting the whole machine), but this is new - after a backup is complete, Time Machine can no longer find the backup disk (my OS X server), and so it never completes a second backup. Has anyone else had this problem? And has anyone found an answer to the Finder problem in general?
1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
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You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of it have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message. See, for example, this discussion.
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You may have started up in "safe" mode. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
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Time Machine stuck on 'Preparing to back-up'
Hi
Since upgrading to Lion my iMac has not completed a Time Machine back-up. It's constantly turning away, saying 'Preparing to back-up'.
Any suggestions please?
Cheers
PhilA word of warning:
I too have this same problem, the Time Machine is showing "preparing Backup" for more than 24 hours.
I have tried all the solutions I could find on the 'net, and none have worked, so I took it all in to the Apple store in Sydney.
After 1 hour of them playing around they decided I had a corrupt "in progress" file on the Time Capsule preventing the backup from progressing beyond the preparation stage.
So what was the solution to my problem? I was told I had to either:
* delete all the backup data on the TC and format it or
* take it away, copy all the data to another 500+gb hard drive, format the Time Capsule and copy all the data back again.
Apparently Apple have "no liability" as it is a corrupted file, which "could have been caused by anything - installing or uninstalling software, or just a random glitch".
So it seems that because their Time Machine software can apparently cause a backup file to be easily and randomly corrupted by day to day usage, I now have to either lose all my backup data, or fork out hundreds of dollars for a new hard drive to copy all the backup data to.
I am NOT IMPRESSED that Apple can seemingly wash their hands of the failings of their software and hardware combination, causing me to be out of pocket.
If anyone here believes what I was told is wrong, I would be grateful for your advice, otherwise it looks like I'm going to have to spend out more cash to solve this problem... -
Time machine cant restore my old files
I erased my hard-drive 2 days ago and i have been unable to restore my old files backed up with time machine. Every time i tried to restore the Address book or i Cal, it always says that i already have the same file and if i want to keep both or replace the old one. And if i do replace it, it seems to work but my Address book remain empty.
When i go through my backed files with the time machine machine, i can see some of my old data but i just dont how to restore them. Can anybody tell the right way of restoring the i Cal and the address book??
thanksI had something simlar and discovered that the permissions on my backup disk we're completely and remarkably (in that the new owner or the entire backup was a non-administrator user on my system) changed.
My symptoms were like yours: backups from before a certain date not highlighted in white (i.e. not available for browsing via Time Machine).
My restore became a nightmare of knife-and-fork work. Very disappointing.
Please try this:
Browse your backup disk (i.e. the disk you pointed Tome Machine at) with Finder or Terminal. Down a couple of levels you'll come to a folder containing one subfolder for every backup taken. Go to one of the backups you cannot open via Time Machine (so any 12th Jan backup name will start with "2008-01-12...", and so forth).
Browse into the backup folder. The sub folders to open are:
1. the name of your hard drive
2. Users
In the ./Users folder there'll be a folder in there with your username. I f if, like mine, the permissions have been hosed then you'll be able to tell pretty easily.
If you're using Finder then do a Get Info on the "yourusername" folder and tell us what permissions are set. If you're using Terminal, do an ls -la on the same directory and report back. -
Time Machine network attached storage - Not
I picked up the family pack to update my three mac systems (have total of 6) and when I was all done was chopping at the bit to start time machine. I could not believe that it only supports direct attached
( usb/firewire) drives. what are you kidding apple. My house is wired and wireless and I have equipment placed all around. I have a couple of terabytes of NAS that I use to backup iTunes/videos,etc.
This is so I can access them from different parts of the house.
Apple has always made great products but is always 10% short on execution.
A backup solution that doesn't include NAS, come on guys join the modern world.Here! Here! I was hoping for backup software that was wireless, like the rest of the world. Time Machine is THE reason I upgraded. Now I have to fork out more money for something that's meant to tie me down to my desk. The whole purpose for a light and portable laptop is to work from anywhere in the building (or world for that matter). Please Apple- for those of us how live in the 21C, can you help us?
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Time Machine IS killing or corrupting disks
To all those " This is just coincidence" guys.
I have heard about several people being unable to mount their harddrives,
I had a email traffic with a couple of them and told them to to a manual fsck
everyone of these guys has a corrupted super block...
I work with harddrives for about 10 years now, as i do with unix.
Time Machine IS corrupting, at least, some hard drives.
I have seen TM corrupting the volume headers and super blocks on 3 brand new external hard drives and one internal harddrive
Extended read/write tests on this HD's don't show any errors
Reformating to HFS+, fire up TM and boom, corrupted hard disk
They had the same issues with TM over Airport, and now they turned it off
but... it happens to wired hard drives too.
Apple, fix this!
Message was edited by: ruebezahl
Message was edited by: ruebezahlThe volume structure on an HFS+ volume that is comparable to the superblock of a UFS volume is the volume header, or volume information block (VIB).
Apple has a detailed description of the HFS+ Volume format:
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1150.html
Micromat posted in the MacFixIt Forums some instructions for viewing the text representation of the volume header, using the free utility hfsdebug:
Use hfsdebug to view volume header:
syntax given on page 1494 of “Mac OS X Internals” by Amit Singh.
Using your browser, go to http://www.osxbook.com/software/hfsdebug/ . Download hfsdebug from the link at the bottom of the page. After the download is complete, double-click the .dmg file you downloaded. When this disk image mounts, you see a free utility named hfsdebug. Copy the hfsdebug file to your desktop.
Open Terminal, located in /Applications/Utilities. Type the following three commands, each on its own line, and press the Return key at the end of each line:
cd ~/Desktop
chmod u+x hfsdebug
sudo ./hfsdebug -d /dev/rdisk1s10 -v
Enter your administrative password at the prompt.
Here is a sample of the output:
MMT3s-Computer:~ MMT3$ cd ~/Desktop
MMT3s-Computer:~/Desktop MMT3$ chmod u+x hfsdebug
MMT3s-Computer:~/Desktop MMT3$ sudo ./hfsdebug -d /dev/rdisk1s10 -v
Password:
# HFS Plus Volume
Volume size = 9699188 KB/9471.86 MB/9.25 GB
# HFS Plus Volume Header
signature = 0x482b (H+)
version = 0x4
lastMountedVersion = 0x4846534a (HFSJ)
attributes = 00000000000000000010000100000000
. kHFSVolumeUnmounted (volume was successfully unmounted)
. kHFSVolumeJournaled (volume has a journal)
journalInfoBlock = 0x1993a3
createDate = Tue Oct 11 20:35:24 2005
modifyDate = Wed Oct 11 21:23:41 2006
backupDate = Fri Jan 1 00:00:00 1904
checkedDate = Tue Oct 11 20:35:24 2005
fileCount = 178583
folderCount = 47879 /* not including the root folder */
blockSize = 4096
totalBlocks = 2424797
freeBlocks = 693970
nextAllocation = 2343707
rsrcClumpSize = 65536
dataClumpSize = 65536
nextCatalogID = 265932
writeCount = 8163599
encodingsBitmap = 00000000000000000000000000000000
00000010000000000000000000001111
# Finder Info
# Bootable system blessed folder ID
finderInfo[0] = 0x1f7ca (LaCie_Boot:/System/Library/CoreServices)
# Parent folder ID of the startup application
finderInfo[1] = 0
# Open folder ID
finderInfo[2] = 0
# Mac OS 9 blessed folder ID
finderInfo[3] = 0
# Reserved
finderInfo[4] = 0
# Mac OS X blessed folder ID
finderInfo[5] = 0x1f7ca (LaCie_Boot:/System/Library/CoreServices)
# VSDB volume identifier (64-bit)
finderInfo[6] = 0xcd566ff7
finderInfo[7] = 0x351c415f
# File System Boot UUID
UUID = 38178E0C-3CC2-37E3-8E87-B5C2662DCF95
# Allocation Bitmap File
logicalSize = 659456 bytes
totalBlocks = 161
fork temperature = /* Metadata Zone */
clumpSize = 356352 bytes
extents = startBlock blockCount % of file
0x74b86 0xa1 100.00 %
161 allocation blocks in 1 extents total.
161.00 allocation blocks per extent on an average.
# Extents Overflow File
logicalSize = 5242880 bytes
totalBlocks = 1280
fork temperature = /* Metadata Zone */
clumpSize = 5242880 bytes
extents = startBlock blockCount % of file
0xa98c9 0x500 100.00 %
1280 allocation blocks in 1 extents total.
1280.00 allocation blocks per extent on an average.
# Catalog File
logicalSize = 92274688 bytes
totalBlocks = 22528
fork temperature = /* Metadata Zone */
clumpSize = 11534336 bytes
extents = startBlock blockCount % of file
0x148dde 0x5800 100.00 %
22528 allocation blocks in 1 extents total.
22528.00 allocation blocks per extent on an average.
# Attributes File
logicalSize = 0 bytes
# Startup File
logicalSize = 0 bytes -
Time Machine backups only work after restart
Hi
Getting frustrated as Time Machine backups only work after a restart. Work for a few hours and then get stuck with Backing up: XXMB of XXGB. I have left it on this for many hours ie overnight without completion
I have a Mid 2014 MBP 13 in running 10.10.2
I backup onto an external USB via a hub.
Things I have tried with review of Pondini great site which has helped with different TM backup problems.
Disk permissions and repair of SSD on MBP (were errors but did not solve issue)
Direct USB connection
Backup via Airport Extreme
Re-index spotlight
Reformat USB disk
New USB disk!
Below is log (backupd filtered) of latest backup attempts including final completed occuring after restart.
Any help gratefully received
19/03/2015 12:59:07.730 pm
com.apple.prefs.backup.remoteservice[2916]
Attempt to use XPC with a MachService that has HideUntilCheckIn set. This will result in unpredictable behavior: com.apple.backupd.status.xpc
19/03/2015 12:59:10.238 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-auto) Unknown key for Boolean: ForceEnableHack
19/03/2015 12:59:10.240 pm
UserEventAgent[16]
com.apple.backupd-auto launchd job enabled
19/03/2015 12:59:10.238 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-helper.status) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
19/03/2015 12:59:10.239 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-auto) This service is defined to be constantly running and is inherently inefficient.
19/03/2015 12:59:23.162 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
Starting manual backup
19/03/2015 12:59:23.358 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
Backing up to /dev/disk2s1: /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb
19/03/2015 1:01:55.000 pm
kernel[0]
process backupd[2929] thread 893245 caught burning CPU!; EXC_RESOURCE supressed due to audio playback
19/03/2015 1:12:00.297 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
Will copy (Zero KB) from Macintosh HD
19/03/2015 1:12:00.350 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
Found 221479 files (439.9 MB) needing backup
19/03/2015 1:12:01.050 pm
com.apple.backupd[2929]
2.33 GB required (including padding), 554.92 GB available
19/03/2015 1:21:04.659 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-status) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
19/03/2015 1:21:04.659 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd.status.xpc) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
19/03/2015 1:21:04.659 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-helper.status) The HideUntilCheckIn property is an architectural performance issue. Please transition away from it.
19/03/2015 1:21:04.659 pm
com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]
(com.apple.backupd-auto) This service is defined to be constantly running and is inherently inefficient.
19/03/2015 1:21:51.062 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Starting manual backup
19/03/2015 1:21:51.380 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Backing up to /dev/disk2s1: /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb
19/03/2015 1:24:40.000 pm
kernel[0]
process backupd[167] thread 7580 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 53%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 90.616005 seconds, (29.940993 user, 60.675012 system) ledger info: balance: 90000913400 credit: 90000913400 debit: 0 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 169146762635
19/03/2015 1:24:40.821 pm
spindump[507]
Saved cpu_resource.diag report for backupd version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/backupd_2015-03-19-132440_David-Henshaw-Work-Ma cbook.cpu_resource.diag
19/03/2015 1:34:29.100 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Will copy (Zero KB) from Macintosh HD
19/03/2015 1:34:29.155 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Found 221268 files (493.5 MB) needing backup
19/03/2015 1:34:29.235 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
2.39 GB required (including padding), 554.92 GB available
19/03/2015 1:35:57.393 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Copied 5145 items (486.8 MB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 21319.
19/03/2015 1:36:33.451 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Created new backup: 2015-03-19-133632
19/03/2015 1:36:39.933 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Starting post-backup thinning
19/03/2015 1:36:39.943 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Error: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-50 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -50.)" (paramErr: error in user parameter list) deleting backup: /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb/David Henshaw Work Macbook/2015-03-19-132152.inProgress/2AC908D9-122D-4267-9652-74A9DC6C8795
19/03/2015 1:36:39.944 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Error: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-50 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -50.)" (paramErr: error in user parameter list) deleting backup: /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb/David Henshaw Work Macbook/2015-03-19-132152.inProgress/A01A1A4C-F424-4F99-9466-6A5F571CE4F5
19/03/2015 1:36:53.268 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Deleted /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb/David Henshaw Work Macbook/2015-03-18-125436 (10.4 MB)
19/03/2015 1:37:05.844 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Deleted /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb/David Henshaw Work Macbook/2015-03-18-115428 (20.6 MB)
19/03/2015 1:37:12.476 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Deleted /Volumes/TIMEMACH/Backups.backupdb/David Henshaw Work Macbook/2015-03-18-102131 (1.5 MB)
19/03/2015 1:37:12.476 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Post-backup thinning complete: 3 expired backups removed
19/03/2015 1:37:12.495 pm
com.apple.backupd[167]
Backup completed successfully.1. This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve the problem. But with the aid of the test results, the solution may take a few minutes, instead of hours or days.
The test works on OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and later. I don't recommend running it on older versions of OS X. It will do no harm, but it won't do much good either.
Don't be put off by the complexity of these instructions. The process is much less complicated than the description. You do harder tasks with the computer all the time.
2. If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. Backup is always a must, and when you're having any kind of trouble with the computer, you may be at higher than usual risk of losing data, whether you follow these instructions or not.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of it have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message. See, for example, this discussion.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. Try to test under conditions that reproduce the problem, as far as possible. For example, if the computer is sometimes, but not always, slow, run the test during a slowdown.
You may have started up in "safe" mode. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, a series of lines will appear in the Terminal window like this:
[Process started]
Part 1 of 8 done at … sec
Part 8 of 8 done at … sec
The test results are on the Clipboard.
Please close this window.
[Process completed]
The intervals between parts won't be exactly equal, but they give a rough indication of progress. The total number of parts may be different from what's shown here.
Wait for the final message "Process completed" to appear. If you don't see it within about ten minutes, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, press the key combination control-C or command-period to stop it and go to the next step. You'll have incomplete results, but still something.
12. When the test is complete, or if you stopped it because it was taking too long, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak for themselves, not for me. The test itself is harmless, but whatever else you're told to do may not be. For others who choose to run it, I don't recommend that you post the test results on this website unless I asked you to.
Copyright © 2014, 2015 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed. -
Time Machine fail backup to WD my book live
After upgraded to Mavericks, my time machine became fail when backup to WD. I unchecked the energy saver and excluded the spotlight as other topic said. It became faster when loading the "preparing backup". However it fails again with no error message. I checked the console,
17/11/13 5:50:19.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Work
17/11/13 5:50:19.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 8 /Volumes/Work
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Work
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: get the reconnect token
17/11/13 5:50:21.376 pm
KernelEventAgent[46]
tid 54485244 received event(s) VQ_NOTRESP (1)
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: already reconnected socketID 49 on /Volumes/SmartWare
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: get the reconnect token
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: already reconnected socketID 49 on /Volumes/Public
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: already reconnected socketID 49 on /Volumes/OurFamily
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: already reconnected socketID 49 on /Volumes/TimeMachine-1
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: already reconnected socketID 49 on /Volumes/iTunes
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: get the reconnect token
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: get the reconnect token
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: get the reconnect token
17/11/13 5:50:21.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: get the reconnect token
17/11/13 5:50:21.431 pm
KernelEventAgent[46]
tid 54485244 received event(s) VQ_NOTRESP (1)
17/11/13 5:50:21.431 pm
KernelEventAgent[46]
tid 54485244 received event(s) VQ_NOTRESP (1)
17/11/13 5:50:27.000 pm
kernel[0]
AppleBCM5701Ethernet [en0]: Link down (womp disabled, proxy idle)
17/11/13 5:50:28.923 pm
configd[17]
network changed: v4(en0-:192.168.2.109) DNS- Proxy-
17/11/13 5:50:28.926 pm
mDNSResponder[40]
DeregisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.2.109)
17/11/13 5:50:28.928 pm
netbiosd[2508]
network_reachability_changed : network is not reachable, netbiosd is shutting down
17/11/13 5:50:30.983 pm
AddressBookSourceSync[2509]
[CardDAVPlugin-ERROR] -getPrincipalInfo:[_controller supportsRequestCompressionAtURL:https://kobevih%[email protected]/272359107/principal///kobevih%[email protected]/272359107/principal/] Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1009 "The Internet connection appears to be offline." UserInfo=0x7ffbc301ab20 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7ffbc0f2bed0 "The Internet connection appears to be offline.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://kobevih%[email protected]/272359107/principal///kobevih%[email protected]/272359107/principal/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://kobevih%[email protected]/272359107/principal///kobevih%[email protected]/272359107/principal/, NSLocalizedDescription=The Internet connection appears to be offline.}
17/11/13 5:50:30.984 pm
AddressBookSourceSync[2509]
[CardDAVPlugin-ERROR] -getPrincipalInfo:[_controller supportsRequestCompressionAtURL:https://kobaby%[email protected]/1684837769/principal///kobaby%[email protected]/1684837769/principal/] Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1009 "The Internet connection appears to be offline." UserInfo=0x7ffbc0e596e0 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7ffbc302b360 "The Internet connection appears to be offline.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://kobaby%[email protected]/1684837769/principal///kobaby%[email protected]/1684837769/principal/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://kobaby%[email protected]/1684837769/principal///kobaby%[email protected]/1684837769/principal/, NSLocalizedDescription=The Internet connection appears to be offline.}
17/11/13 5:50:38.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 11 on so 0xffffff80235ae530
17/11/13 5:50:38.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:38.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: soft mounted and hidden volume so do not notify KEA for /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:38.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Max reconnect time: 60 secs, Connect timeout: 30 secs for /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:38.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:38.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
17/11/13 5:50:38.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/TimeMachine failed 51.
17/11/13 5:50:38.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 1 seconds and then try again
17/11/13 5:50:39.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:39.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
17/11/13 5:50:39.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/TimeMachine failed 51.
17/11/13 5:50:39.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 2 seconds and then try again
17/11/13 5:50:41.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:41.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
17/11/13 5:50:41.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/TimeMachine failed 51.
17/11/13 5:50:41.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 4 seconds and then try again
17/11/13 5:50:42.000 pm
kernel[0]
Ethernet [AppleBCM5701Ethernet]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, Symmetric flow-control, EEE enabled, Debug [796d,0321,0de1,0300,c5e1,0000]
17/11/13 5:50:42.952 pm
configd[17]
network changed: v4(en0+:192.168.2.109) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
17/11/13 5:50:42.955 pm
mDNSResponder[40]
mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (FE80:0000:0000:0000:AA20:66FF:FE58:5E81)
17/11/13 5:50:42.955 pm
mDNSResponder[40]
mDNS_RegisterInterface: Frequent transitions for interface en0 (192.168.2.109)
17/11/13 5:50:45.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:45.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
17/11/13 5:50:45.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 8 /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:45.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:50.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Primary Reconnect failed 22 on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:50.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Secondary Reconnect disabled on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:50.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 8 seconds and then try again
17/11/13 5:50:58.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:58.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
17/11/13 5:50:58.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 8 /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:50:59.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:04.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Primary Reconnect failed 22 on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:04.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Secondary Reconnect disabled on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:04.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 10 seconds and then try again
17/11/13 5:51:14.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:14.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
17/11/13 5:51:14.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 8 /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:14.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:19.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Primary Reconnect failed 22 on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:19.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Secondary Reconnect disabled on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:19.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 10 seconds and then try again
17/11/13 5:51:29.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:29.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
17/11/13 5:51:29.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 8 /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:29.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:34.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Primary Reconnect failed 22 on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:34.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Secondary Reconnect disabled on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:34.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: sleep for 10 seconds and then try again
17/11/13 5:51:44.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:44.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
17/11/13 5:51:44.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 8 /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:44.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Primary Reconnect failed 22 on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Secondary Reconnect disabled on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: posting to KEA to unmount /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP CancelOneRequest: cancelling slot 1 error 89 reqID 63420 flags 0x29 afpCmd 0x3C so 0xffffff80235ae530
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 12 on so 0xffffff80235ae530
17/11/13 5:51:49.674 pm
KernelEventAgent[46]
tid 54485244 received event(s) VQ_DEAD (32)
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:49.674 pm
KernelEventAgent[46]
tid 54485244 type 'afpfs', mounted on '/Volumes/TimeMachine', from '//admin@MyBookLive._afpovertcp._tcp.local/TimeMachine', dead
17/11/13 5:51:49.675 pm
KernelEventAgent[46]
tid 54485244 force unmount //admin@MyBookLive._afpovertcp._tcp.local/TimeMachine from /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/TimeMachine, flags 524288, pid 46
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: Open Fork, Byte Range Lock, or Close Fork still in progress 20 on /Volumes/TimeMachine
17/11/13 5:51:49.879 pm
KernelEventAgent[46]
tid 54485244 found 1 filesystem(s) with problem(s)
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:49.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:49.983 pm
com.apple.kextd[12]
/Volumes/Time Machine Backups: error opening /usr/standalone/bootcaches.plist: Input/output error.
17/11/13 5:51:50.000 pm
kernel[0]
hfs: set VeryLowDisk: vol:Time Machine Backups, freeblks:0, dangerlimit:25600
17/11/13 5:51:50.000 pm
kernel[0]
hfs: set VeryLowDisk: vol:Time Machine Backups, backingstore b_avail:0, tag:0
17/11/13 5:51:50.504 pm
KernelEventAgent[46]
tid 54485244 received event(s) VQ_LOWDISK, VQ_VERYLOWDISK (516)
17/11/13 5:51:50.504 pm
KernelEventAgent[46]
tid 54485244 type 'hfs', mounted on '/Volumes/Time Machine Backups', from '/dev/disk2s2', low disk, very low disk
17/11/13 5:51:51.548 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Copied 142678 items (9.53 GB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 0.
17/11/13 5:51:51.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:51.977 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
17/11/13 5:51:51.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:51.978 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
17/11/13 5:51:51.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:51.978 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
17/11/13 5:51:51.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:51.978 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
17/11/13 5:51:51.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:51.979 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
17/11/13 5:51:51.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:51.979 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
17/11/13 5:51:51.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:51.979 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:*** -[NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:]: Input/output error
17/11/13 5:51:51.993 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Backup canceled.
17/11/13 5:51:52.000 pm
kernel[0]
disk2s2: 0xc005 (UNDEFINED).
17/11/13 5:51:52.455 pm
com.apple.kextd[12]
/Volumes/Time Machine Backups: error opening /usr/standalone/bootcaches.plist: Input/output error.
17/11/13 5:51:52.000 pm
kernel[0]
hfs: unmount initiated on Time Machine Backups on device disk2s2
17/11/13 5:51:52.472 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Ejected Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/TimeMachine/Macintosh.sparsebundle
17/11/13 5:51:52.473 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
[SnapshotUtilities mountPointForVolumeRef] FSGetVolumeInfo returned: -35
17/11/13 5:51:52.473 pm
com.apple.backupd[2077]
Failed to eject volume (null) (FSVolumeRefNum: -116; status: -35; dissenting pid: -1)
Do anyone know what to do?I traveled for a few months w/o my backup system available, but it ran fine for 2 days upon returning home. I have 2 MacBook Pros I run Time Machine backups over my network to a Western Digital MyBook attached to an Airport Extreme.
I started seeing Time Machine failures a few days ago, and noticed that my drive was spontaneously disconnecting, it seemed to happen right after TM had run through its process to identify files needing backup. It generated a generic error 11 in console, but more specically
hfs: unmount initiated on Time Machine Backups on device disk2s2
In efforts to clean it up I installed new firmware on the drive and ran the Verify backup from If you can't back up or restore your Mac using Time Machine -
I let it for a while as its doing a full backup but it has not stopped like before with the "backup failed message". -
A question about restoring from an old Time Machine backup
My computer has been acting very slow and freezing frequently lately. The spotlight background processess keep hogging the processor, and
It keeps getting catalog b-Tree corruption. I've already done one complete reformat of my drive and a restore from a time machine backup hoping it would fix things, and that didn't work.
I tried a complete reinstall and used the migration assistant to move all my files and settings from my time machine back over to it.
That worked for about a week, then had b-Tree corruption that could only be fixed with disk warrior.
I was suspecting a hardware problem, but I have done thourogh tests of my Ram with memtest from single user mode, and a disk surface scan with Tech Tool Deluxe. Everything checks out.
I am thinking there is some corrupt system file or setting that is getting reinstalled from my Time machine backup that is messing things up.
This all is a leadup to my question:
I would like to try restoring from a much older Time Machine back up (6 months ago or so before I started experiencing problems).
If I do that, can I still use Time Machine to restore individual files and directories from later backups?
I'd like my system settings and applications to be from six months ago, but my desktop files and documents to be from my most recent backup.
Thanks,
-MattYeah, I usually check the FAQs before posting a question.
They do talk about how to restore from an older back up, but not about what happens to your newer files once you have done it. They also talk about accessing files from another computer's time machine backup, but its not clear if that would work on a different fork of the same machine.
I may just have to learn from experience, but I don't want to risk losing any data.
I do recommend time machine though. Its saved me several times.
If anyone else has experience with this let me know.
Thanks,
-Matt
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