Time Machine is estimating 1,302 days to do a backup for 520gigs
Hello,
I have a brand new 1.5 tb hardrive to use as my time machine backup. It is formatted mac os journald extended. I was able to manually copy the computers hard drive in about 3 to 6 hours on the same drive. But when I turn the time machine back up on to back up the same amount of space it says that Time Machine is estimating 1,302 days to do a backup for 520gigs.
How do I get this to work properly?
Cancel and try again - or just sit it out for a day and see if that estimate doesn't go down. I've never seen a Time Machine backup display that kind of message. Even my first - way back when - didn't take over 4 hours.
How is your external drive connected? USB 2.0 or 3.0? Firewire? Do you have it partitioned? What did you use to copy the contents of your internal drive to your external?
At this point, there's no question that you should just cancel the backup. But I'd like to know how you're connected, if you've partitioned the drive, and if you have erased the drive after you copied over the contents of your hard drive. Time Machine doesn't like other data on the backup drive - could this be a problem?
Clinton
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TM has been telling me that there is not enough space to complete a back up. However, when I enter time machine there is only 1 day of back ups. When I go to TM Preferences and select disk there are now 2 Data Disks, where there only used to be one. When I click on Data under "Backup Disks it asks me if I want to remove the disk. I have cancled this action and clicked on Data under Available Disks and I am still getting a not enough memory error. (26.6G 999MB left) .
I have searched the web and found http://pondini.org I followed a few options there. One, I have done a complete reset of the TM by removing the .plist file.
When that didnt work I tried to remove the .sparebundle file under Disk Utility. The TM wouldnt mount therefore I was unable to finsd the .sparsebundle
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When I open up my data file there is a pic of my HD called Sparse Bundle. There are 3 different sparse bundles listed under the center column. iMac, my Macbook and a Macbook Pro.
Right. Those are the containers for the backups of each Mac.
I posted a screen shot of what I was referring to above. I am unable to click on the Back Up Destination
You don't need to, but if you select Data under Available Disks, that will re-select it -- re-establish the info TM needs to locate it.
As far as my iMac, I am not sure what happend but I had to delete the entire HD and reinstall the operrating system.
Ah, that's part of the problem. Exactly how did you put your data back? When your Mac started up after installing OSX, you saw this window:
Which option did you take? It sounds like you selected Not Now and created a user account. If so, what have you done since then?
According to my TC I have not backed up in 63 days and but there is nothing there.
Depending on what you did, Time Machine is treating the erased disk as being a different one from your backups. It will do a full backup of the "new" drive, space permitting.
My TC is 4 years old and is 1 TB. TC shows 23.5 of 998 GB available. My TC shows it has stuff on there I just cant gett to it.
If the new drive is being treated as a different one, you should be able to see the old backups via the procedure in the green box of #E3 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting. Don't try to restore anything from there just yet, though.
TC is now showing the latest BU as of June 30, 2013, before it would say none. It is not showing an estimated BU becuse it is "preparing backup"
If you can see the older backups as above, cancel the current backup. That will save some space.
Post back with details of what you did after the reinstall, and your results. -
For the past several days, I have been getting this message during backups:
Time Machine could not complete the back up. The backup disk image "Volumes/Data/bhoppy2's iMac.sparsebundle" could not be accessed (error-1). When I click on the 'help' icon on the message, it reverts to a blank page, and I cannot find anything online regarding the term 'sparsebundle.' In addition, I cannot access previous backups any longer.
Help?See C17 in Time Machine Troubleshooting by Time Machine guru Pondini:
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html -
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If your backups include only user files, you won't be able to access them in Setup Assistant. -
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Hi there,
I have the same issue. Usually hangs after 10K od sometimes after 18MB of backup file.
Config: iTunes 10.4., Win 7 64bit, iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3.3
I tried all of these without success:
- deleted backups via iTunes / Preferences
- deleted backups from sync folder
- created a new admin user and tried to sync
- reinstalled iTunes
- ran all Windows updates, restarted, reinstalled iTunes
- ran iTunes / Diagnostics (says everything okay, only info which is strange: diag says I am not a admin user, which is not correct)
Nothing helped. Who can help. I hope someone from Apple can take care, as I seem not to be the only one. Actually iTunes is the worst part about iPhone. Hope with iOS 5 and Cloud sync to get rid of iTunes.
Any hints welcome,
Cheers,
Miguel-KA -
I recently bought a new Time Capsule and the following message has started to show:-
"Time Machine could not complete the back up. The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data-1/Brian’s iMac.sparsebundle” is already in use."
Can anyone help?Pondini is the resident Time Machine expert on the forums, and he has all the answers.
Check is excellent Time Machine - Troubleshooting support document
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
See # C17 in particular -
I use Time Machine with an external hard disc which has worked perfectly for some years. Recently Time Machine has aborted backups if the screen saver starts when back-up is in progress. I use a Maxtor OneTouch4 back-up system. Any ideas?
Has Apple recently up-dated my OS (Lion) such that every time the screen saver starts it disables Time Machine. I have to switch-off the computer and re-start in order to undertake a back-up. I have now switched of all screen savers.Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem(s)?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode.) -
Can anyone help please with my Time Machine, I have been getting the following message The backup disk image “/Volumes/Mac Backup/Stephen Smith’s iMac.sparsebundle” is already in use.
See > http://pondini.org/TM/C12.html
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Removed disk in Time Machine, now can't reselect to get my old backups back
I accidently clicked Remove Disk in Time Capsule on my MBA. Now when I try to reselect it in Time Machine (using the Time Capsule disk listed) it doesn't find my old backups.
I don't want to start again as there is all my old backups sitting on the Time Capsule taking up space. Any advice to get my backups back?
One thing I have noticed is the icon for the Time Capsule used to be the Wi-Fi 'fan', but now it's got the people holding hands icon instead. Sorry if they have correct names for the icons but that's the best description I can use. I also have no idea if this is important or not.
Thanks.Sfem wrote:
I accidently clicked Remove Disk in Time Capsule on my MBA. Now when I try to reselect it in Time Machine (using the Time Capsule disk listed) it doesn't find my old backups.
If you mean the TM Preferences window shows "None," it just hasn't updated the window yet. See #B3 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting
One thing I have noticed is the icon for the Time Capsule used to be the Wi-Fi 'fan', but now it's got the people holding hands icon instead. Sorry if they have correct names for the icons but that's the best description I can use.
I'm not sure what you mean. Can you post a screenshot? -
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Time machine back up taking 1 day so removed external HD, now taking TWO days?
Hi,
I started my time machine back up last night and the estimated time it said it would take was 1 day. I woke up this morning and there was still another 15 hours left. I am only backing up 533GB - is this normal?
I thought maybe my external drive was effecting the backup so I removed it and when I did the time machine started again, now backing up 324 GB but says it's going to take TWO days?! This makes no sense.
Could someone tell me - is it normal for TM to take a day to back up 533GB (certainly can't be normal for 324GB to take TWO)?
And what are the general tips for helping time machine move faster? I'm running OSX 10.8.5.
ThanksWelcome to Apple Support Communities. We're users here and don't speak for "Apple Inc."
How is your (external, I'm assuming) Time Machine storage connected? USB 2, USB 3, FireWire, Thunderbolt, or Ethernet network? If network, then is the storage drive connected with Ethernet or a USB device connected to the network router? 100Mbit or Gigabit Ethernet? Does your MacBook Pro have a wired or wireless connection to the network?
If it's over a network, to a Time Capsule or another NAS (Network Area Storage) device then yes, it could take a day or longer. If your Time Machine drive is Thunderbolt-attached, then that seems a bit long, but there are a number of variables, including the size(s) of the files and types of files(s), and whether they're compressed or encrypted.
My mid-2007 MacBook (1.5Mbit/sec theoretical maximum SATA speed, 3GB usable RAM, 500GB 7200rpm hard drive) took almost two and a half days to back up 350GB to a network-attached Lenovo/iomega server I use for Time Machine via a wireless connection. I don't recommend wireless, by the way, because when verification fails (quite often in my experience), then TM erases all the old backups and demands to begin anew. It required about 18 hours to back up the MacBook when directly connected by RJ-45 Cat 5e cable over Gigabit Ethernet on both devices.
My mid-2011 iMac backs up 350GB via FireWire 800 to a 1TB Time Machine drive in an estimated 11 hours. (I don't know precisely, I went to bed and it was done in the morning.
Time Machine (and most every OS X update and App installation program, for that matter) seems to be quite incapable of predicting ACCURATELY exactly how long the process will take.
I also use CarbonCopyCloner to create a bootable system backup occasionally, so I'm not stuck for a day and a half of restoring from TM just to get back up and running.
Ancient computing proverb: "You can never be too rich or have too many backups."
Message was edited by: kostby -
I've been using a 320GB external drive for time machine for the last several years. The backups always worked fine and when necessary I was able to look at & restore older data from the time capsule. Recently, I keep getting the message that a backup cannot be completed and an older backup will be deleted. Usually this wasn't an issue because I still had several months of information on disk. Now a one-time backup takes up 315GB and therefore I only have a backup of the previous day. I don't understand this because I thought that the backup only saves information that has changed and doesn't copy everything everytime. What do I need to do to get my backups to a reasonable size so that I can keep at least 1 month data stored on it.? Please don't tell me I need a larger drive ... that would be too easy.
Get a larger drive for your TM backups.
The recommended size is 3 times what you are backup. So if 315 GB is a backup then you need a 1 TB drive.
Allan -
Why is my time machine back-up is taking days?
I have recently had a problem with y time machine. Below is the story in short:
- Never had a problem with time machine backup
- Left for a few weeks as I was moving home
- Plugged in time machine. Error message saying 265Gb to back up but only 253gb worth of space
- Apple took me through variuos proceudre but in the end resulted in me wiping all backup's and re-formatting hard drive
- The time-machine has been running for days.
- I only have a 250gb harddrive. Its backed up 270gb.
- As i am writing this message it seems to be stuck on 26.3mb of 46mb and has been for the past hour
- What is going on???? Someone help!!! I need to upgrade my hard drive. I really cant be bothered to sit on the phone to an advisor for another hour!!!Start Section D with in the 1st linked article.
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Jonathan Kleinow wrote:
I bought an AirPort Extreme base station about a month ago. It's currently in bridge mode, connected to my U-Verse residential gateway, and has a 1 TB hard drive attached to it that I use for Time Machine backups.
I hate to have to tell you this, but backing-up that way is "iffy" and +*not supported by Apple.+* See Using Time Machine with an Airport Extreme Air Disk (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
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Hi,
I have a Synology NAS (DS212+) and I one hard drive for my time Machines backup and as you know it takes days to backup all your PCs with time Machine and after few days I get this message :
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Thank you very much your link took me to the Apple Supports page : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4076?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I will try it out and hopefully that will fix the issue.
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