Time machine - NAS and router type

I am sorry if this has been covered somewhere but I am new to mac's. I have three machines, 2 XP PRO and one imac snow leopard imac. I have a d-link 655 router with d-link 321 mirror 1 raid NAS on it that i currently use to shared data. Can I use part of this NAS with time machine? I could reformat with a second volume for the BUs and leave a small volume for shared data. I see other discussions of NAS and time machine but nobody mentions the router. Some of the reading I have done indicates that the airport extreem is also a server of some type that is needed for time machine.

caritj wrote:
My understanding is that TM requires that whatever disk you use it's server must support AFP file services.
Yup.
I am not sure if there is any NAS that supports AFP.
Yes, there are. I haven't used them myself, but some folks have. Search this forum for NAS and you should find them.
I'd have two cautions:
Look at the setup instructions. If you have to "fool" OSX/Time Machine, such as with a special Terminal command about "show unsupported devices," be careful. That may work, for a time, under some circumstances, but it may prevent doing a full restore to a new or repaired internal HD. To do a full system restore via Time Machine, you must boot from your OSX Install disc to use the installer on it; there's no way to use that command to fool the the installer.
Some NAS devices that worked on Leopard didn't work on Snow Leopard, at least not at first, because of some enhancements Apple put on SL that not all the NAS makers had ready. It will likely be a while before the next "big cat" comes out, but it's possible to have a similar situation then.

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Had a recent crash on my macbook, was previously using OS 10.6 I think. Restored from recent Time Machine backup and updated to OS 10.8.2 and now I cannot open Logic Pro 9. I get a 'No entry' Icon and a not supported on this type of Mac message. I cannot

Had a recent crash on my macbook, was previously using OS 10.6 I think. Restored from recent Time Machine backup and updated to OS 10.8.2 and now I cannot open Logic Pro 9. I get a 'No entry' Icon and a not supported on this type of Mac message. I cannot update either as anything up to 9.1.1 tells me I don't need it yet 9.1.2 tells me I need an eligable Logic Pro Version was not found in applications.
All of my files are stored in a separate hard drive with only the actual app having been on my Macbook. Should I just reinstall?

Hi
To run Mouitain Lion you need to update Logic.
For the updaters to work the Logic application must be:
a) Within the Applications folder, and not in any sub-folder
b) Named "Logic Pro" with no extra numbers or spaces
CCT

Time capsule as time machine backup and NAS?

I've read the TC section of the website and notice a blurb about computers able to connect to it as a HDD.
I realize the device has yet to be released but was wondering about this. I have a handfull of macs and a handfull of xp machines on my network (wired and wireless)
1 of my XP machine is just used as a file server. (1.5TB NTFS formated holding all video/audio/docs as well as having iTunes running to download HD podcast) All computers (Mac/XP) can access this. Five of my XP computers are MCE2005 which are configured to record SD and HD shows directly to this box.
I have yet to have a HFS formated drive to actually do time machine backups and I would like to start. I understand that going with TC I will loose some abilities I currently have by running a dedicated computer/file server but I like the fact that it is small and self contained.
I just want to make sure I understand the specifiations correctly. Can I make a various folders on TC and then map it to my Mac/XP machines via windows naming convention (ie \\TimeMachine\RecordedTV\)
I am in the process of upgrading my file server so this would be a perfect time to think about going this route. Should TC not meet my needs I will continue with my build of a Raid 5 server.

Until we get more information, at the present time the only certain thing we know about Time Capsule is that it will support TimeMachine backups.
What we don't know:
1. whether TimeMachine backups to network drives other than Time Capsule will ever be supported
2. whether the Time Capsule internal drive can be used for general file storage, or only Time Machine backups. Current information on Apple's web site could be interpreted either way. I suspect it can be used for general file storage - but that is just my opinion.
If it is not essential that you make a purchasing decision before Time Capsule ships within the next month (and more detailed information becomes available) I suggest you wait. My two cents worth of opinion - if it is general file storage that you want, and Time Machine automated backups are not a priority on the "wish list", then I think you would be far better off setting up your own network file server rather than using Time Capsule for this purpose.

Can the time capsule be used as both a time machine backup and NAS storage

Can the time capsule be used as both a time machine backup and NAS storage? I want to use the drive as external, wireless storage for all of my files so all my PCs, MACs and iOS devices can access the files. Plus, I want to use the drive for backing up my iMac via time machine. Can the time capsule device be used for both these purposes simultaneously? If not, are the other suggestions on how I can do this?

Can the time capsule device be used for both these purposes simultaneously?
It can, but is really not recommended. Sooner or later there will be a fight for space on the drive between Time Machine and the other files.
If you have plenty of free space on the drive, you can do this......but.....have you thought about how you will back up the "other" files that are stored on the Time Capsule?

How to restore a Time machine backup and get a recovery partition?

Hi,
I'm quite confused!
I restored from a Time Machine backup and then setup boot camp (and removed that partition a while back) and now I don't have a recovery partition. (Can't enable File Vault and
bash-3.2# diskutil list /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            87.4 GB    disk0s2
My new MacBook Pro didn't come with any CDs.
Apparently I need the recovery partition to reinstall Lion from the internet.
"Recovery HD offers on-disk recovery tools, allows you to restore from Time Machine backups, reinstall OS X Lion over the Internet..."
The recommended solution from Apple seems to be reinstall with your OSX 10.6 CD (which I don't have) and then upgrade to Lion (which seems like a PITA).
Info from : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4649
What process should I follow to restore my recovery partition and apply the current state of the machine from a backup?
(the process should not involve anything I don't have, like USB memory sticks, Lion CDs, etc....)
Supplementary questions which are only relevant if the answer is "you can't" (which would seem to be a major bug!) :
Or is there a clever method to install a recovery partition onto an existing disk (which clearly has space for it)? I have searched for it but all the results I found have either not mentioned that it works without reinstalling but look like it's needed, or do say "reinstall".
If I install Lion to an external disk, can I boot from that and use the recovery disk assistant tool to restore the partition to my internal disk? (Which I assume I'll need to do to get FileVault to work) ?
Thanks,
Max

Maxs-MacBook-Pro:Applications max$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *120.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            87.4 GB    disk0s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *136.2 MB   disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         30.7 KB    disk2s1
   2:         Apple_Driver_ATAPI                         2.0 KB     disk2s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Recovery Disk Assistant 136.2 MB   disk2s3

I cannot load Maverick on my iMac HD. It reports that my HD is used for Time Machine backups and will not load to that drive. I do not use this drive for backups. Help.

I cannot load Maverick on my iMac HD. It reports that my HD is used for Time Machine backups and will not load to that drive. I do not use this drive for backups. I use an external 1 TB WD My Book for backups as well as Super Duper Backups. Can anyone offer advice. Thanks.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
You have got the "Backups.backupdb" folder in the root level of your hard drive. This is the folder used by Time Machine to save backups to, and the OS X Mavericks installer thought that your hard drive is being used to store Time Machine backups
To fix this, open a Finder window, select the Go menu (on the menu bar) > Go to Folder, and type:
Then, delete "Backups.backupdb" and empty the Trash. Finally, open the Mavericks installer from the Applications folder and follow the steps

Time Machine Slow and Won't Complete under Mavericks

I've upgraded an iMac to Mavericks on the day of release. I noticed Time Machine stopped working. I'm backing up a 500 GB internal drive (about 50% full) and 2 TB usb 2.0 drive (about 75% full) to a 3 TB USB drive - it all worked well before the upgrade.
The initial time machine backup took forever and never completed - the time machine volume kept expanding past the 3GB limit of the drive and then would fail due to no space left on the disk.
I reformatted the drive - same problem. Initial backup size was estimated at about 2.15 TB and ended up failing after 3TB of data was written to the drive.
I then deleted the Time Machine .plists and restarted - same problem.
Then I tried backing up to a 4 TB Synology NAS drive - and it's still going 4 days later but now just continues to add data to a never-completing backup.
I upgraded an mac mini to mavericks and the backup process never changed.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to get Time Machine working properly?

Thank you very much! I'd say that's what would need to be done. I ended up calling Apple tech support (WORLDS better than Dell tech support I must say) and we weren't able to do anything to the drive, so I ran to the store with my mother and picked out a new external hard drive for her. Guess I'll find out today when I get there how it did last night. I partitioned the drive myself and manually backed up her files on one partition and dedicated the other to time machine back ups.
Thank you so much!

I restored a Macbook Pro from a Time Machine backup and now none of my passwords are working (and I know they are the correct passwords). What can I do?

I restored a Macbook Pro from a Time Machine backup and now none of my passwords are working (and I know they are the correct passwords). What can I do?

First, make sure caps lock is not on.
Another reason why the password might not be recognized is that the keyboard layout (input source) has been switched without your realizing it. You can select one of the available layouts by choosing from the flag menu in the upper right corner, if it's showing, or cycle through them by pressing the key combination command-space or command-option-space. See also this support article.
If the user account is associated with an Apple ID, and you know the Apple ID password, then maybe the Apple ID can be used to reset your user account password. In OS X 10.10 and later, this option also works with FileVault, but only if you enabled it when you activated FileVault. It's not retroactive. Otherwise, see below.
Note: If you've activated FileVault, this procedure doesn't apply. Follow instead these instructions.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities window appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar at the top of the screen—not from any of the items in the OS X Utilities window.
In the window that opens, type this:
resetp
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window opens. Close the Terminal window to get it out of the way.
Select the startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected. You won't be able to do this if FileVault is active.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Follow the prompts to reset the password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.
You should now be able to log in with the new password, but the Keychain will be reset (empty.) If you've forgotten the Keychain password (which is ordinarily the same as the login password), there's no way to recover it.

Help Incomplete Time Machine Backup and I can't set ownership options

Two days ago my iMac HD stopped working and I decided it was time to upgrade my machine so I purchased a new iMac with Mavericks installed. I seem to only have a partial Time Machine Backup located on my NAS drive, so I read various threads about how to manually retrieve files from the .inprogress file. I was able to browse the package contents and when I navigated to Macintosh HD the folder was greyed out and when I attempt to open the folder it looks empty. When I select get info the Macintosh HD folder shows almost 80GB and over 160,000 files inside. I tried copying the folder onto the desktop which failed and also onto an external drive formatted the same way as the NAS - Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Case Sensitive). Everytime I try it says something along the lines of me not having the ownership rights to copy the file over.
I tried going to the NAS drive and the mounted sparsefile and couldn't figure out how to get the ignore ownership on this volume option. When I go to Disk Utility it says Owners Enabled Yes, I can't figure out how to turn that off to let me copy the file over. I tried some recommendations about creating an Alias to Macintosh HD and also setting up Automator actions Get Selected Finder Items > Get Folder Contents > Open Finder Items > Copy Finder Items (to desktop or external drive) both of these failed.
I also don't understand why I can't view the files inside the greyed out Macintosh HD as get info shows many files inside. The sharing and permissions already says everyone can read. Is there anyway I can recover some of the files? It would be so great!
Thanks for helping me.

I solved the problem and I hope this solution can help others with incomplete Time Machine Backups.
1. I made sure hidden files were shown by pasting the following line into Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true ; killall Finder
2. On NAS drive I have a folder called Time Machine Backup and inside that folder it lists the different users with Time Machine Backups. I double clicked the user with the incomplete time machine backup to mount it.
3. Once mounted there should be a folder called backups.backupdb > machine name > dateandtime.inprogress. I right click that .inprogress file and selected show package contents. This lead to another folder randomly named with numbers and text. Inside that folder you should see a greyed out Macintosh HD folder. The date of the greyed out Macintosh HD folder might read something like January 24th, 1984. This appears to be the date that the Macintosh 128k was first introduced. I read on another thread that the creation date of the folder is incorrectly set after a crash resulting in the greyed out folder.
4. Due to the NAS having ownership issues I was not able to drag either the greyed out Macintosh HD or the folder above it to an external drive or the desktop of my new computer. Automator didn't work either. Here is what did work: I trashed the folder with the greyed out Macintosh HD inside from the NAS and dragged it from the trash onto my desktop. The move took a few hours to complete and the files were now all successfully on the new computer.
5. Once on the desktop the Macintosh HD folder was still greyed out. The solution was to select in the finder: View > Show Path Bar, then search for any file you remember inside your backup. For example I searched the word download and files inside the greyed out Macintosh HD folder showed up. Left clicking the file confirmed the path, that it was from the greyed out Macintosh HD folder. Now you can simply right click one of the folders in the Path Bar and open in new tab if you have Mavericks. I still couldn't directly open the Macintosh HD folder in a new tab, but I could open any of the subfolders inside in a new tab, including the users which lets you access all the backup files. I tested in Mountain Lion that you can also choose Open in Enclosing Folder by right clicking the file that you searched for or right clicking the folder in the bottom of the Path Bar.
6. Once I was done organizing backup files, I turned off hidden files by pasting this line into Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean false ; killall Finder
This took me days to figure out how to make use of an .inprogress file and greyed out Macintosh HD folder.
Hope this helps!!!

HT201250 Does Time Machine backup and restore Bootcamp?

I am replacing defective hard drive in an iMac that I primarily use as a pc under Bootcamp. I have to find some way to clone and restore the bootcamp partition. I was told today by a Genius at the Apple store that I should buy a 2 TB external (which I did for $150) and run Time Machine. He assured me that my bootcamp partition would be backed up along with the entire mac partition and that I would be able to restore everything perfectly on the new hd. Now that I am home and continuing my research, I can't find anywhere that says it will work. Documentation on Time Machine fails to mention bootcamp. So, does Time Machine backup and restore bootcamp or not? And will it be bootable after the restore? Help!

I think you've got it! I have never used WinClone so I cannot attest to how well it will work, but it's pretty much all lthere is. You will have to create a new Boot Camp partition on the new drive, and it should be the same size as the partition you cloned.
Be sure you prep the new hard drive:
Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
7. Quit DU upon completion and return to the installer. Now install Snow Leopard or restore from your Time Machine backup.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time Machine crashes and freezes the OS, I fixed it!

Hello,
My MacBook Pro (OS X 10.8.2) has experienced this week troubles when backing up with Time Capsule, and I searched on the community and the web where is a lot of same cases, but I didn't found any solution that fit on my case.
The problem ?
Simply when I start a manual Time Machine backup to the Time Capsule it goes normal for several Gigs and crashes with no error massage and then the OS freezes when trying to stop or force close Time Machine.
Then ?
The only thing to do for resuming the OS is to hard restart the device.
I found some advices on this community and other forums, but no chance. I will list some:
Open Disk Utility, and select the device's hard drive then choose "Repair disk permissions". You may try this on the backup disk if you are using an external drive for Time Machine.
If you are on an incremential backup, try to delete the old backup file (if you use a Time Capsule) or format (erase) the external drive using Disk Utility. So you start the backup over, even if that should take a long time to finish it may solve problem.
I have tried those steps, and I used both Time Capsule and an external drive for my tests, but I came with no results other than hard resetting my mac every time after a couple Gigs of backup and starts over.
Solution?
The solution that fixed this error, is to open Option window on the Time Machine Preferences and to Add ( + button) your personal folders one at a time to the excluded items list, and try to backup, if it freezes try to Add another one and try over, until the backup succeeds, the last added folder should the one that causes the crash. you can remove the first added folder but keep the last one, and execute the backup again. For me, after adding System files and Applications folder, Music, Downloads, Pictures the last folder I added before the backup runs normal was the Movies folder. and then I removed all my folders keeping the Movies folder excluded I managed to backup my Mac to both external drive and Time Capsule smoothly again.
Hope that will helps you.

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Use TC 2TB for Time Machine Backup and Storage simultaneously?

Hi
I am planning to buy a TC 2TB.
I would like to know if the TC can be used as a Time Machine backup device and for storage simultaneously?
for example:
Can I use 1TB for Time Machine backups and 1TB for storage.
Please let me know if this is possible?
Thank you

I tried for ages to seek a relatively easy way to do this.. i.e. partition it, it's a huge pain! You can, but i'm pretty savvy and got bored and confused! What I did do was switch the TM back-ups to manual so they don't end up filling the disk. Trust me it's the easiest and best option!

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

Here's the deal:
I have a Macbook Pro and a Mac Mini both runnign Snow Leopard. I use the Mac Mini as a kind of media center / server, it has a few external drives connected to it. On of these drives (1GB) is dedicated to Time Machine, the Mac Mini (80 GB hard drive) backs up to it directly and the Macbook Pro (500 GB hard drive) does it over the network (Time Machine created a sparsebundle). This has worked well for years now. Occasionally I got the error that Time Machine needed to start a new backup because the old one was corrupt. That happened about 2-3 times a year (did the same thing when I backued up via USB). Now about 2 weeks ago, that error came up and I just let the Macbook Pro on overnight and connected the ethernet cable for faster transfer.
When I woke up, the Macbook Pro didn't respont at all, spinning beachball, no response at all beside mouse movement. I let it do it's thing for another 10 hours (while I was at work) and just held down the power button to power off and restart it. But all I got was the gray-on-gray flashing folder with the question mark in it, that's what you get when the Mac can't find bootable partitions. So I popped in the OSX Snow Leopard install disk, ran disk utility. It saw the hard drive, but no partition (i.e. Machintosh HD) on it. I checked the Time Machine backup and the sparsebundle was 300 GB (the Macbook Pro had 400 GB used, the remaining 100 GB were free). There is no way to restore from an unfinished Time Machine backup...
First thing I did was clone the internal (Macbook Pro) hard drive to a DMG disk image using DiskDrill (the only program I found that could recognize the drive at all, not even DiskWarrior could). I also bought the exact same hard drive model and partitioned it like the cloned the corrupted hard drive to the new one using ddrescue (a command line tool that doesn't quit upon i/o errors but proceeds and tries to recover as much as it can). It copied everything except 65 kilobytes, the corrupted drive seemed to be physically damaged in a bunch of sectors relatively at the beginning of the disk. Since I had now an exact copy on a fresh, healthy drive, I went crazy trying out Disk Warrior (didn't recognize the drive at all), data rescue, testdisc, p a Windows isk, etc. Only R-Studio (on windows) showed the EFI and Macintosh HD partitions on there, they started and ended on the same sectors on the corrupted drive and its clone. After some research, I figured that the partition table was corrupt so I reformated the clone disk using the OSX Snow Leopard install disk (1 HFS Journaled Partition with GUID Partition table). R-Studio showed the EFI and Macintosh HD on that reformated drive, again, same sectors as before. So I figured I could just copy just the bytes where the Macintosh HD starts from the corrupted drive to the clone (using ddrescue). That worked, after almost 24 hours, I had the clone drive with a "disk1" partition on it that even disk utility could see.
Now I was able to run Disk Warrior on it, but all it could do was recover a few Application folders (Resource-Folders and lproj-stuff), about 100 MB in total. It couldn't repair more of catalog file apparently. Luckily, Time Machine backed up quite a bit (300 GB out of 400 GB of data) and I was able to manually copy all the Dokuments, Desktop, user Library, Applications, Music, Download and Movies. Unfortunatley, only a little bit of the Pictures folder was copied. iPhoto library (80 to 100 GB) was nowhere to be found, backup must have failed right then. I can salvage the drives (time machine drive, original hard drive with a few broken sectors, DMG-image of that drive, 1-1 copy of that drive with partition table repaired) but that only gives me files with numeric names and today's date on teh JPEGs (instead of the date the picture was taken).
Is there any way I can recover that iPhoto library? It appears the catalog file got corrupted because the hard drive (only 8 months old...) failed on a few sectors. If I understand it correctly, the catalog file on HFS+ file systems is where the folder structure and file names are stored in a B-Tree. I can't imagine that some i/o error during backup can totally annihilate that file when it was working perfectly before. Here's a few things I want to try out but haven't figured out how so far:
- Time Machine had to start a new backup. There's plenty of free space on that drive so there's a good chance there's old data left on it. Is there a way to restore files (including file names) and fodlers from deleted time machine backups?
- Is there any way to re-build that catalog file from what is there left on the original hard drive? I can't imagine 65 kilobytes destroys it all.
- Are there other ways to recover my iPhoto Library? The raw JPEG (and AVI) files with correct file names or metadata would suffice.
Thanks in advance for any help, I'll actually reward the person with a working solution, 5 years of photo memories are somewhat important. It really ***** that a failure during a backup destroys that...

Final Update:
The catalog file on the original hard drive could not be fixed. Seems like Mac OSX tried to repair the catalog file while the sectors this file resides on failed. To make things worse the partition table was also broken beyond repair, even overwriting the sectors with a new correct partition table didn't help. DiskWarrior found less then 100 MB worth of stuff, mainly Applications folders.
I recovered pretty much everything from the incomplete Time Machine backup by right-clicking the sparsebundle and browsing through the folders with the long alphanumeric names, looking for the version of the folder with the most files in there. All I was missing was part of the ~/Pictures folder, i.e. photobooth pictures and the whole iPhoto Library. My best option was to recover these files using data recovery tools.
DiskDrill proved to be the absolute best, fast, responsive, efficient, and the only one able to mount the DMG-file with no valid file system on it. As there were many i/o errors and broken sectors on the original hard drive, I made a copy of it using a free command line tool called ddrescue (the standard dd tool just aborted when it encountered the i/o error). ddrescue copied the whole drive to a DMG image, I had 56 kilobytes with errors on the first pass, but it managed to shrink that down to just 4 kilobytes (wow!) after the second pass where it tries to re-read the broken secors. It took about 24 hours for a 512 GB 2.5" drive (5400 rpm) but well worth it. Be advised that ddrescue is really persistent and tries everything to recover those last errorneous bytes. At the very end of the process, the read/write head of the hard drive just goes wild trying to catch the data on the sectors with different momentum. This works but I assume this is pretty damaging for the original drive. I also copied it all to a new hard drive (again using ddrescue) and tried partition and catalog repair tools on that (DiskWarrion, testdiks, pdisk, etc.). Still no hint of a good result.
I made a deep scan on the clone hard drive with DiskDrill. At the end (after about 8 hours over USB) it found 13 partition (I assume that's the Macintosh HD, EFI and some DMG files lying around) and hundreds of thousands of pictures. I restored some JPG files just to check the quality, some were damaged, some were good with all the EXIF data intact. I just made it copy all JPG files into a folder. I know the pictures taken from my camera produce JPGs larger than 1 MB and smaller than 5 MB, so I sorted them by size and moved the smaller and larger files into seperate folders. I took the remaining folder (100 GB) and just dragged it into iPhoto. It imported them overnight. Auto-Split by events and I got my library back, alas with different file names, originals and edited versions side by side, lots of duplicates, some damaged, some not. But hey, all the pictures in chronological order. Okay there was also one large event with all the JPGs without valid EXIF data landed inside, iPhoto just takes the file creation date (i.e. the date where the recovered file was copied). As far as I can tell, these are all just data corpses, halfway overwritten copies, random pictures from the internet, desktop pictures, etc.
I started to work my way back through the events, deleting the duplicates and renaming the events. There's an app called "Duplicate Annihilator" which apparently can find duplicate pictures in iPhoto and mark them for you. The free version only does 500 pictures but if it works, I'll get the full version. It can mark th eduplicate photos by adding something to the picture comment in iPhoto so you can manually review it all. Good stuff!

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