Time Machine Issue -- Error not found anywhere
I am having a Time Machine issue in which the error displayed cannot be found anywhere: Google, Bing, Apple, etc.
The error message is: "Time Machine couldn't find some of its settings on the backup disk "BACKUP". Make sure the backup disk is connected, and that other connected disks don't use the same name as the backup disk. Last success backup: 6/21/10 at 2:52 PM"
The other odd thing is that my Time Machine folders are empty. The directory structure is: BACKUP > Backups.backupdb > TIGERMASTER > {empty}. (TIGERMASTER is my MacBook Pro's name.)
When I do a Get Info on the directories, it reports Zero kb on disk with 0 items. When I do a Get Info on BACKUP, it reports 833GB used, with about 140GB free (it's a 1TB external HDD).
Disk Utility sees folders and files, however: "Number of Folders:583,061 / Number of Files:3,725,350"
Um, help?!
My Mac's Info:
*Model Name: MacBook Pro*
*Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1*
*Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo*
*Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz*
*Number Of Processors: 1*
*Total Number Of Cores: 2*
*L2 Cache: 4 MB*
*Memory: 4 GB*
*OS: 10.6.4*
*Ext. HDD: LaCie 1TB*
Here are the last few lines of the error output. The entire output was laden with red text, which indicates errors:
+Invalid node structure+
+Invalid record count+
+Rechecking volume.+
+Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.+
+Invalid node structure+
+The volume could not be verified completely.+
+Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files.+
The most common output error (there must have been over a hundred) looked like these:
+Overlapped extent allocation (id = 10715055, /.HFS+ Private Directory Data+
+/dir_10712993/Mobile Backups/8884195JY7H/Structured/4eea38a1ac5f110bcb3d0a10ce4d571300ab85aa.mddata) +
+Overlapped extent allocation (id = 10715056, /.HFS+ Private Directory Data+
+/dir_10712993/Mobile Backups/8884195JY7H/Structured/4eea38a1ac5f110bcb3d0a10ce4d571300ab85aa.mdinfo) +
+Overlapped extent allocation (id = 10715057, /.HFS+ Private Directory Data+
+/dir_10712993/Mobile Backups/8884195JY7H/Structured/4f01e5e3411040bbec70277a704bfeb5b735d336.mddata) +
+Overlapped extent allocation (id = 10715058, /.HFS+ Private Directory Data+
+/dir_10712993/Mobile Backups/8884195JY7H/Structured/4f01e5e3411040bbec70277a704bfeb5b735d336.mdinfo) +
I tried to mount the disk, but it gives me the error: "The disk BACKUP could not be mounted. Try First Aid on the disk and then retry mounting." Of course, I can't back up any of the files because I can't mount the disk.
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Hello,
I have following set-up at home:
* A BELKIN router in the laundry room
> This router is connected to the internet via my cable modem
> This router broadcasts a wireless network, let's call it wifi A, troughout the house
> This router is connected to 3 wired internet sockets troughout the house
> This router is functioning perfectly
* A TIME CAPSULE in the office
> This time capsule is connected to one of the above mentioned internet sockets
> This time capsule is used as a hub, router mode is OFF (Bridge mode)
> This time capsule does not broadcast a wireless network
> This time capsule connects a printer, a NAS network disk and a Mac Book Pro (via a thunderbolt screen) to the router
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> Running mountain lion
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> Running Mountain Lion (although the below problem was already present with Lion also)
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If I want to make a backup, I have to do one of the following:
* Connect the MBA wired to the timecapsule via the thunderbolt screen.
* Set Up a wireless network via the timecapsule, wifi B, and connect the MBA to this network. Extending the wifi A network does not solve the problem!
Anybody has a solution for this problem?
Jan
PS Replacing my Belkin Router with the time capsule is not an option. The router is located in the laundry room (since this is where the cable connection is coming in) and I don't want to place a backup hard drive in this damp room. Also having the wifi broadcasted only by the time machine is not an option since it does not even cover half the living area.thought I had a solution, but had misread your post... sorry
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Not sure if this a Time Machine issue or not... Please help!
So I updated my iMac to Snow Leopard. I went from about 186GB to about 205GB AFTER I installed SL.
Then I did my first back up in TM after the install and I noticed something funny...
The space of my Mac HD was getting smaller and smaller as the back up was going.
I have a 1TB external drive I designated for TM and this back up was there when it was finished.
Now, since doing that backup and I think one or two since, the space on my Mac HD is down to 190 or around 188.
I have NOT installed hundreds of pictures, movies. I didn't really change anything much.
I noticed this change while TM was doing its thing. I can't account for anything else that may have caused it.
I reset Safari, clear logs and caches using Terminal.
It seems like the space is still going down a little here and there even when I'm not really using Safari or anything. And I mean just a little.
But that first drop was significant! I want that space back!
Any suggestions?!
Thanks!
RobertThere's a possibility that your TM drive got disconnected at just the wrong time, and TM started putting your backups in the hidden /home directory of your internal disk.
Click here to download the +Tinker Tool+ app. It allows you to change the Finder to show hidden files (among many other things). Select the first option under Finder, then click +Relaunch Finder+ at the bottom. Reverse this when done.
Do not use any of the other options unless you know the possible consequences.
Open a Finder window to your internal HD. Look for the /Home directory. It should be zero kb, and have no contents.
If, however, it contains a folder named the same as your TM drive/partition, containing a Backups.backupdb folder, that's what's happened. Delete the folder named the same as your TM drive (it may contain many files and take a very long time). -
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Yes, it's JS Scripting (the menu we are using is HVMenu)
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When you say 'a couple of seconds to load', how are you
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What I did was start a TM backup, but excluded items too make it a minimal backup. Make sure you select verify in the TM option before you backup. After the current backup I was able to see the sparse bundle and the prior backups in the Finder. (Check and see after this backup if your oldest and current backups are llisted. If not read on) However, it would not remain seen in the Finder after I closed it. Somehow I was able to see my prior backups again in the Finder. This time I deleted the current TM App in the applications and copied the old one from the TM. It now shows me both old and current backups for selection.
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http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html -
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I mentioned above that I use a printer script to install the 10+ printers in the office onto the 80+ machines. All the machines are running 10.5 and upto date.
I have put the script to have a look at, but even if it is causing the problem there should be a way to fix the issue.
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do shell script "lpadmin -p Studio3_Admin -L First\\ Floor\\ Studio\\ 4 -E -v mdns://Studio3Admin._pdl-datastream.tcp.local./?bidi -P /Library/printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/Xerox\\ Phaser\\ 4510DT.gz -o printer-is-shared=false" with administrator privileges
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do shell script "chmod 664 /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/*" with administrator privilegesWell, I succeeded in solving the problem by myself ...
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I'm having problems with my Time Machine drive. (Note: this may be a hardware issue, rather than a software one.)
Time Machine backups have stopped, and the system won't recognize the Time Machine drive.
Disk Utility does recognize the drive. verify yields the following:
Verifying volume “TimeMachine”
Checking journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect block count for file objects.nib
(It should be 736 instead of 1)
Invalid catalog record type
Volume check failed.
Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.
Any hints what to do next. I booted from my install disk, which is OSX 10.3.5. I'm running OSX 10.5.7, and I don't want to revert to 10.3.5. (the install disk seems to want to install its OS.)
Any hints what to do?
Any diagnostics?
I'm willing to erase the Time Machine drive if that will help.
Thanks.stirling-dad wrote:
Thanks for the reply. OK, I need to buy a new hard drive, sigh. Five questions:
1. Is there any reason to get a FireWire drive? My current and failed TimeMachine drive was USB.
Most folks here would say that F/W is faster, even though the rated speed is about the same. You'll get more throughput because the F/W chipset does a lot of the work that must be done by the CPU for USB. F/W also seems to be more reliable. I've got a Seagate, partly on reputation and reviews, but also because it had a 5-year warranty.
2. What should the capacity of the new drive be? My current TimeMachine volume has a capacity of 232 GB with the main volume having a capacity of 149GB with 81GB used. The TimeMachine drive (when it worked) never came close to capacity.
2-3 times the capacity of what it's backing-up is a rough place to start. If you don't anticipate that 81 gb (assuming "the main volume" means your internal HD) growing significantly, or your habits changing much, you'll be fine. You might want to go somewhat larger, at little cost, and put a 120 gb or so partition on it for a "bootable clone" using CarbonCopyCloner (which I use), SuperDuper!, or the like. There are advantages and disadvantages to clones, as there are for other types of backup apps, so doing both gets you a bit of extra insurance and all the advantages.
3. Do you have any brand suggestions for a new TimeMachine drive?
Most drives from most of the major vendors are pretty good. A few fail early, some seem to live forever. We do see a lot of posts here with problems with Western Digitals, but it's hard to tell if they really fail more than others. And the models change so fast that by the time one seems either very good or very bad, it's out of production anyway! If you think you'll ever want to run a clone, though, check the WD website for the model you're interested in -- many of them are not bootable.
4. Do you have any vendor suggestions of where to buy a new TimeMachine drive? I looked on macconection.com, and prices looked reasonable there.
I got my Seagate from Amazon, but Best Buy, BJ's, and others have good prices, too. If there's a decent local store that seems to have good service, even if their prices are a bit higher, it might be worthwhile buying locally.
5. Do you know when 10.5 became became available? The drives on macconnection.com have a two year warantee. So, it’s possible that when I figure where/when I bought the drive, I could have a refund. Since I can’t erase the drive in it’s current state, however, it’s unlikely that I’ll invoke this option.
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Time machine has been backing up to newly replaced Time Capsule with no Time Machine issues until today.
There have been a few Time Capsule 'amber flashing light' moments, solved with a reset.
But after one such reset this morning, despite the green light being steady, the error message stated in the title above has appeared.
Time capsule is visiblle and properly configured, according to Airport Utility.
On the menu bar, the Tme Machine logo is grey, and states "Time Machine is not configured".
In the Time Machine preferences window, have re set the Time Capsule as the backup disk (several times).
Time Capsule green light is on, and I can hear it whirring into action when I select it as back up disc.
The complete message reads:
Time Machine can’t access the backup disk “(my name) Time Capsule”. Time Machine backup OS status error 2.
I am Running OSX 10.6.7
Time Capsule 1 TB
Less than one month old, and the second time calsule replacement form Apple.
Can anyone please shed any light on this?
Many thanks
LorraineIs the NAS designed to work with Time Machine, because Time Machine isn't designed to work with a NAS.
See this post (Major Dude) that is in the More Like This section:
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Time Machine issues with OS 10.6.8
Hi all,
after updating to 10.6.8 I noticed a Time Machine issue.
Backup takes very long but only a few MB were backed up.
And after it was finished, Finder crashed and I had to do a hard reset.
There´s also a "in progress" file on my USB Backup HDD after finishing.
Checking my HDD´s and repairing it wasn´t the problem.
Today I tried a new USB HDD to make a fresh Backup via Time Machine.
After a few hours it was finished, but only 7,8MB were backed up and still there is an "in progress" file on my new Backup HDD.
Here´s a troubleshoot:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/My Book/Backups.backupdb
Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
Backup content size: 368.5 GB excluded items size: 75.7 GB for volume Macintosh HD
No pre-backup thinning needed: 351.34 GB requested (including padding), 930.54 GB available
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
CarbonCore.framework: coreservicesd process died; attempting to reconnect but future use may result in erroneous behavior.
Copied 7.2 MB of 292.8 GB, 5 of 1058420 items
Copied 11 files (27.1 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 930.52 GB available
Copied 165 bytes of 0 bytes, 4 of 0 items
Error: (-36) SrcErr:YES Copying / to (null)
Copied 7 files (236 bytes) from volume Macintosh HD.
Error -50 deleting backup: /Volumes/My Book/Backups.backupdb/Computer/2011-07-19-180247.inProgress
Starting post-backup thinning
No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Backup completed successfully.
Can anyone help me?A whole lot about Time Machine for help with TM problems. Also you can select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "time machine" to locate articles on how to use TM. See also Mac 101- Time Machine.
There are two important errors noted in the backup:
I-O error -36 « fuzzybrain|daisychain|blogdrain
The following comes from the LaCie web site but is applicable to any other external drives whether home brew or commercial.
Getting error -50 when copying data in OS X.
Some LaCie drives ship out formatted FAT32 so they will be ready to use on either a Mac or a PC. If you are getting error -50 when copying to a LaCie drive, or any drive formatted for PC, it is because of the following:
Certain characters that can be used in a Mac OS X filename are not allowed in MS-DOS filenames. This can prevent the file from being copied, and can occur when a filename contains non-printing ASCII characters, or any of these characters: ? / \ < > " | > *.
Either copy the data off of the drive and use Apple's Disk Utility to erase the drive in Mac OS Extended format, or change the filenames of the documents that cannot be copied. -
Time machine issue after Yosemite install
After performing a clean install of Yosemite and migration from my TimeMachine backup I experienced the following:
I opened iTunes and selected some music to play, then got a dialog box saying the files could not be found. Spotlight couldn't find them either... they were just gone. Naturally I went to my Time Machine backups and was surprised the music was gone from the backups, all the way back to the first backup. Very wierd. During the migration I went through the "Cleaning up old backups" process, not sure exactly what this process is.
I was pretty bummed that I had permanently lost a lot of music, some was recordings of friends playing live that could never be replaced. I then remembered that some time ago, just for the **** of it, I copied my sparsebundle backups to an external drive and stashed it in a drawer. I browsed it, and lo and behold there were the missing files. So I narrowly escaped a big problem, but wy did this happen? What are they doing over at Apple?Hatrabbit wrote:
Naturally I went to my Time Machine backups and was surprised the music was gone from the backups, all the way back to the first backup. Very wierd.
This is really bad luck. And what can be seen here, it is not related to Yosemite but Mavericks, since I asume your backups were made with Mavericks. Though, it is possible that this bug still persists with Yosemite.
I have a similar problem. I am still on Mavericks. I see missing files in ~/Library/Preferences on a regular basis. When I come aware of it, I fix it manually by excluding Preferences folder from backup, run backup, include folder Preferences and finally backup again. But this fix does not last for long. Suddenly after some weeks I see a again missing files in that folder, when browsing the "Latest" backup.
I have found some related discussion:
Time machine missing files
http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/509489/potential-time-machine-issue-maverick s-leaving/
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/130955/some-files-are-gone-after-recove ry-from-time-machine-backup-why/150230
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/136453/time-machine-not-detecting-chang es-in-certain-folders
https://twitter.com/ThatDJJP/status/526429152153714690
missing mail after installation
No solution until today. Very frustrating.
My feeling is, that many users do not recognize, that they are victim of this horrible bug, cause in most cases only few folders are hit by this bug.
And now since Yosemite is out, people are actually using there backups for the first time since Mavericks and run into a disaster.
Atm I am trying to test, if maybe fsevent daemon is the problem, in the past there have been issues like http://openradar.appspot.com/10207999
I did a check on my drive, and I found issues with realpath()/readdir(). Though, those issues may just be old and have not been detected by me for a very long time. My MBP is 5 years old and I upgraded all the way from 10.5 to 10.6 to 10.9.
With 10.6 I never had such an issue.
But more likely, the issue is related to the "Cleaning up old backups" process. Cause I also have the feeling, that when my backup drive gets full and the shrink process took place, then the result are missing files in younger backups then the ones cleaned. If that is true, then maybe the hard-link-approach of Time Machine is somehow involved. -
I have my time machine set-up with my time capsule/airport. I cannot open my backups in the time capsule as it reads "spars bundle temporarily unavailable." Also, my time machine backup files are missing some files and not in oder by name as designed. It seems something is is not working. I have don a disk repair on the time capsule. I have closed and reopened my computer. Still unable to open time capsule. Does anyone know where else I need to check for errors?
There are two key but related bugs in Yosemite..
The big one IMHO at least is the network one.. and the secondary one is TM which is itself unreliable.
To fix the Network ones we have a long list of things to do.. but you do apparently have access to the TC so for now that is not the major one.
However some of your statements mean I am a bit lost on what you have done.
I cannot open my backups in the time capsule as it reads "spars bundle temporarily unavailable."
If you cannot open your backups how can you find that the backup files are missing. The files are missing from the sparsebundle which you cannot open??
my time machine backup files are missing some files
You cannot repair the disk of the Time Capsule.. only the Sparsebundle can be checked.. that means that you have accessed it and mounted it for disk utility to check it.
I have don a disk repair on the time capsule.
So I am confused about the comments.
What I would recommend is the standard set of fixes to Yosemite.
Factory reset universal
Power off the TC.. ie pull the power cord or power off at the wall.. wait 10sec.. hold in the reset button.. be gentle.. power on again still holding in reset.. and keep holding it in for another 10sec. You may need some help as it is hard to both hold in reset and apply power. It will show success by rapidly blinking the front led. Release the reset.. and wait a couple of min for the TC to reset and come back with factory settings. If the front LED doesn’t blink rapidly you missed it and simply try again. The reset is fairly fragile in these.. press it so you feel it just click and no more.. I have seen people bend the lever or even break it. I use a toothpick as tool.
N.B. None of your files on the hard disk of the TC are deleted.. this simply clears out the router settings of the TC.
Setup the TC again.
ie Start from a factory reset. No files are lost on the hard disk doing this.
Then redo the setup from the computer with Yosemite.
1. Use very short names.. NOT APPLE RECOMMENDED names. No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
eg TCgen5 and TCwifi for basestation and wireless respectively.
Even better if the issue is more wireless use TC24ghz and TC5ghz with fixed channels as this also seems to help stop the nonsense. But this can be tried in the second round.
2. Use all passwords that also comply but can be a bit longer. ie 8-20 characters mixed case and numbers.. no non-alphanumerics.
3. Ensure the TC always takes the same IP address.. you will need to do this on the main router using dhcp reservation.. or a bit more complex setup using static IP in the TC. But this is important.. having IP drift all over the place when Yosemite cannot remember its own name for 5 min after a reboot makes for poor networking. If the TC is main router it will not be an issue.
4. Check your share name on the computer is not changing.. make sure it also complies with the above.. short no spaces and pure alphanumeric.. but this change will mess up your TM backup.. so be prepared to do a new full backup. Sorry.. keep this one for second round if you want to avoid a new backup.
5. Mount the TC disk in the computer manually.
In Finder, Go, Connect to server from the top menu,
Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only.
There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
You might need to do some more work on the laptop itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
Tell us how you go.
Someone posted a solution.. See this thread.
Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore
Start from the bottom and work up.. I have a list of good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
This user has had success and a few others as well.
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Yosemite has serious DNS bug in the networking application.. here is the lets say more arcane method of fixing it by doing a network transplant from mavericks.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/
That is all to cover the network side of things.
Time Machine issue is a harder one because there is no simple work around I can give you.
My recommendations are to stop using a TC and test TM to an external hard disk plugged into the computer.. Do a whole new backup and see if that is fully working and accessible.
Or change over to third party program for backup.. I do recommend Carbon Copy Cloner as I use it personally but SuperDuper has a good reputation and there are others. It is far easier and quicker to test a bootable clone made with CCC as you simply boot from the backup. -
trying to reconnect airport express to time machine but express not showing up in base station. unfortunately clicked forgot in airport utility and express no longer shows up. how to reconnect?
I would recommend setting the wireless encryption on the AirPort Express BEFORE configuring it for the AirPort Extreme in this case. This issue also comes up often when configuring AirPorts into a WDS.
If setting up security in my recommend order does not work, temporarily connect the Express by Ethernet to the Extreme; make the security changes, and then, move the Express back to the desired location. -
Had to wipe my drive so I could do a clean install of snow leopard. Now I have look every where on how to move bookmarks, address book and I cal settings. I have them back up on a external drive with Time machine but can not move, copy or restore my old settings. The instructions I have found or no help or needs more clarafication on what to do.
Use migration assistant to move your files. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889
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