Time Machine never gets out of Indexing backup...

I had a problem with my iMac earlier today. My first instinct was to create a complete backup. But since then I've not been able to create a backup. Time Machine never gets out of Indexing backup...
Each time I try to backup the message log contains:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Backup content size: 253.8 GB excluded items size: 613.1 MB for volume Macintosh HD
303.83 GB required (including padding), 1.82 TB available
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
The tiny numbers in Activity Monitor suggest that Time Machine isn't really doing anything.
So far I have:
1. Verified my main hard disk and my original backup disk.
2. Bought a new external hard disk and set it up as a new backup disk.
3. Deleted the Spotlight files on my main hard disk and both the backup disks.
4. Reset Time Machine by deleting its .plist file and choosing the new backup disc again.
Given the failure earlier today I am really keen to get a full back up done.
Any ideas?
John

JWaterworth wrote:
I had a problem with my iMac earlier today. My first instinct was to create a complete backup. But since then I've not been able to create a backup. Time Machine never gets out of Indexing backup...
Indexing the backup and actually performing the backup are two different things. Sometimes Lion Time Machine has trouble maintaining the index when used over a wireless network. That doesn't affect the creation of new backups. You can always enter Time Machine and see just how many backups you have.
The tiny numbers in Activity Monitor suggest that Time Machine isn't really doing anything.
After the initial backup, Time Machine doesn't take much CPU time.
So far I have:
3. Deleted the Spotlight files on my main hard disk and both the backup disks.
4. Reset Time Machine by deleting its .plist file and choosing the new backup disc again.
Please don't do things like this. What you need to do now is:
1) Boot from your recovery volume.
2) Repair your disk and permissions
3) Wait for Spotlight to finish reindexing your hard drive.
4) Erase your Time Machine drive and start Time Machine over again.
Come back if you are still having trouble. If you muck around with low-level files that shouldn't be mucked with, all bets are off.

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I had to get a new hard drive in my 27 in IMac. I used time machine to get everything back on my computer. I just turn on time machine and its says it's preparing over 800,000 items to back-up, it never back-up, it stop and starts the process over again.

Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then repair the backup/TM drive.

Getting this error: Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.

I keep getting this error on my new Macbook Pro w/ Retina.
"Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you."
Connected to a wifi network and QNAP storage system. There are 5 computers on this network, and each backs up just fine. The issue is isolated to this one machine.
This error shows up every week or so.

A third-party NAS is unsuitable for use with Time Machine, especially if it's your only backup. I know this isn't the answer you want. I know Time Machine accepts the NAS as a backup destination. I know that the manufacturer says the device will work with Time Machine, and I also know that it usually seems to work. Except when you try to restore, and find that you can't.
Apple has published a specification for network devices that work with Time Machine. None of the third-party NAS vendors, as far as I know, meets that specification. They all use the incomplete, obsolete Netatalk implementation of Apple Filing Protocol.
If you want network backup, use as the destination either an Apple Time Capsule or an external storage device connected to another Mac or to an 802.11ac AirPort base station. Only the 802.11ac base stations support Time Machine, not any older model.
Otherwise, don't use Time Machine at all. There are other ways to back up, though none of them is anywhere near as efficient or as well integrated with OS X. I don't have a specific recommendation.
If you're determined to keep using the NAS with Time Machine, your only recourse for any problems that result is to the manufacturer (which will blame Apple, or you, or anyone but itself.)

Time machine: I get the following message: The backup disk image "/Volumes/Data-1/Clemens's iMac.sparsebundle" is already in use - what to do? Where and how do I find that file and get rid of it?

time machine: I get the following message: The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data-1/Clemens’s iMac.sparsebundle” is already in use - what to do? Where and how do I find that file and get rid of it?

I'm on Mountain Lion and have version 6.1 of AirPort utility so there is no button to "Disconnect All Users"and the only other option of "removing and re-selecting the drive via Time Machine Prefs" doesn't work either. So this will work.
Launch Airport Utility and select the TC "Edit" button, then select the Disks tab. Deselect "Enable File Sharing" and click "Update". The TC will reboot then follow the same procedure and reselect "Enable File Sharing" and click "Update". After TC reboots again you'll be up and running. Not the neatest way to do it but saves having to unplug the TC which risks disk damage and the whole procedure takes less than a minute.The "Enable File Sharing" button seems to have replaced the "Disconnect All Users" button but with the slight disadvantage that it reboots the TC which takes up additional time.

Why do I get "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups on..."

Any idea why I keep getting 'Time Machine completed a verification of your backups on “MyBookLiveDuo”. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you." ? It's just started happening. Running 10.8.2 on two laptops. One is fine backing up the other keeps showing this error. Both versions of the OS are identical. Same wireless network, same Raid back-up, same tiem zone etc. Any ideas? It takes hours to wipe and start again, and really defeats the idea of Time Machine.

The disk images on which the backup data is stored are being corrupted. Backing up to a network device other than a Time Capsule or a Mac is unsupported by Apple. You're completely dependent on the device vendor if something goes wrong, and the vendor will blame Apple.
I suggest you start backing up to a locally-attached external hard drive, preferably more than one, or to a supported network device. If you don't want to do that, use a backup tool other than Time Machine.

Time Machine ejecting internal hard drive during backup

I originally posted this in the Time Machine group. It was suggested I post to the Xserve group.
We have an XSERVE running 10.6.4 server. It has 2 internal 1TB drives. The plan is to use one as the main drive and the second as a Time Machine backup. This used to work in 10.5, but since about 10.6.2 or so, it has not worked correctly.
Time machine will come on, begin the backup, and then error off with a message that the drive has been ejected. I have erased the drive, but still no joy. I have partitioned the drive, still no joy. I have verified the drive repeatedly, and all is fine. I can copy files to and from the drive until the cows come home, and all works fine, which means I do not think it is the drive itself. Activate TM, however, and it will fail before the first backup is completed. The only way to get the drive back is to do a complete power down and then power up. Needless to say, that is not a good thing for a server that we rely on.
Any ideas?
10/14/10 10:41:27 AM com.apple.backupd1230 Backup content size: 542.8 GB excluded items size: 474.1 GB for volume Server HD 10/14/10 10:41:27 AM com.apple.backupd1230 No pre-backup thinning needed: 82.46 GB requested (including padding), 930.13 GB available 10/14/10 10:41:27 AM com.apple.backupd1230 Waiting for index to be ready (101) 10/14/10 10:41:27 AM mds70 (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /Volumes/backup/Backups.backupdb
10/14/10 10:47:38 AM kernel FusionMPT: Notification = 22 (SAS Discovery) for SCSI Domain = 0 10/14/10 10:47:38 AM kernel Discovery condition = 0x000f0001 10/14/10 10:47:38 AM kernel FusionMPT: Notification = 18 (SAS Phy Link Status) for SCSI Domain = 0 10/14/10 10:47:38 AM kernel SAS Phy Link Status: PhyNum = 0, old link rate = 8, new link rate = 0, SASAddress = 50080007002e8c04
10/14/10 10:48:10 AM kernel SCSIPressurePathManager: Timed out waiting for inactive/error path to become active, loops = 0 10/14/10 10:48:10 AM kernel  10/14/10 10:48:10 AM kernel disk0s2: media is not present.
10/14/10 10:48:10 AM com.apple.backupd1230 Stopping backupd because the backup volume was ejected!  10/14/10 10:48:10 AM com.apple.backupd1230 Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:: Input/output error 10/14/10 10:48:10 AM com.apple.backupd1230 Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:: Input/output error 10/14/10 10:48:10 AM com.apple.backupd1230 Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:: Input/output error 10/14/10 10:48:10 AM com.apple.backupd1230 Copied 13416 files (4.0 GB) from volume Server HD. 10/14/10 10:48:10 AM com.apple.backupd1230 Error writing to backup log. NSFileHandleOperationException:* -NSConcreteFileHandle writeData:: Input/output error 10/14/10 10:48:10 AM servermgrd64 servermgr_backup: TimeMachinePostBackupHook called. 10/14/10 10:48:10 AM servermgrd64 servermgr_backup: TimeMachinePostBackupHook done. 10/14/10 10:48:11 AM kernel jnl: disk0s2: close: journal 0xffffff8012b15d20, is invalid. aborting outstanding transactions  

No, it is not always at the same point/file/bytes transferred. It will vary from a few GB (say 3GB) to quite a few GB (say 30GB). I would add amongst the things I have done was to:
Perform numerous Disk Utility Checks. Never any errors found.
Erased the backup drive on multiple occasions. Double checked the GUID and format.
Partitioned the drive and tried backing up to a new partition. (No joy there either)
Copied lots and lots of data from the root disk to said partitions to test them. All went fine.
It really is Time Machine that is causing the issue. I can use the drive all day long as long as TM does not run. When it does, I eventually get a failure message that the drive has been ejected.
While I have not tried making a partition on the home drive (I'd rather not, lots of data there, make users mad, and since TM is not working, I have no backups at present), I do limit the data that is being backed up to JUST that of the system. /Users is being excluded at the moment. So I doubt there is anything out of the ordinary in the system. And, yes, I did a disk check on the root disk and all is fine there too.

Time Machine hangs at Waiting for index to be ready...help!

Installed widget, copied messages. Searched forum and google for answers, still can't figure it out.
Any ideas? - Thanks, Paul
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Paul%[email protected]/Time%20Capsule
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Paul%[email protected]/Time%20Capsule
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule/Paul's Mac_001f5bf5d5b8.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Paul's Mac
Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Paul's Mac/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
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Okay, still no progress on getting my Time Machine working again. The last backup was 12/2, so I've been trying for 4 days to get it going. Any other ideas?
Starting standard backup
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule/Paul's Mac_001f5bf5d5b8.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Paul's Mac
Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Paul's Mac/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
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Time machine fails to complete/maintain a backup

Time machine is driving me nuts!:
The last successful backup was one month ago. Since that time it seems to have been stuck in a perpetual loop of trying but never successfully completing a backup, no matter what I try. Here is the history:
I bought a new iMac 6 months ago with OS X Lion (1Gb HDD). Set up Time Machine over wireless network with a 1Gb WD MyBookLive attached to a new BT Homehub 3 router (UK). Lion successfully backed up my system (total size approximately 159Gb) over a two day period, but every 4-6 weeks Time Machine would tell me it needed to create a new backup. Frustratingly, this meant that the backup history never stretched very far in the Time machine 'starfield window' but at least I had a backup of some sort.
I upgraded to Mountain Lion 3 months ago, in the hope that it would fix the error and, briefly, things were going well. Time Machine didn't need to create a new backup from scratch after upgrade, and continued to add to the existing backups & history for 2 months. Then i got the dreaded 'Time Machine needs to create a new backup' message and, 1 month later, it hasn't been able to finish the process yet!
After about 6 days it was about 30% complete (just over 50Gb) which didn't sound right given how long it previously took. I stopped the backup using the TM dialog box , reset my mac, router and MyBookLive and started again. Time machine automatically started again, and after several days of crawling I got the message that the 'sparsebundle was already in use'. I followed the suggested tips regarding unmounting the drive, reset everything and tried again. TimeMachine took about another 4 days to get to about 30Gb, then stopped itself with the message that the backup had failed. I tried deleting the preferences files for TM as several sources suggest, but this doesn't seem to have helped, TM just takes days to crawl along and then terminates saying either simply that the 'backup has failed' or that the sparsebundle is already in use. About 5 days ago I used the WD browser-based administration tools to create a new, separate, share for TM (presumably because this ensures that there can be no record of any previous backups on the backup device which TM sees) and set up TM from scratch. All seemed well, it took only 23 hours to back up 103Gb - then it failed, saying that the 'sparsebundle is already in use'. I set the backup away again overnight and it managed about 12Gb before the same message appeared. TM now estimates 5 days to backup the remaining 40Gb.
Somebody please tell me what is going wrong and how to get TM to actually complete a full backup then maintain it without constant intervention!!!
Some further points worth mentioning:
1) My iMac is located too far from my router to backup using ethernet cable.
2) I have used iStumbler to determine that the signal strength is 36% (surely strong enough?) with only 3% noise. (802.11n Gigabit Ethernet).
3) WD MyBookLive plugged into the GigE port on the router, and firmware is up to date.
4) I've searched Pondini's tips, from start to finish looking for a solution, as well as the Western Digital and BT forums, but none of the common solutions seem to work.
Help! and thanks.

Thanks, Linc, for your response. I will also seek advice from the manufacturers of the other devices, however, I fear that every party will foot the blame at the door of others.
I don't agree with your suggestion that this shouldn't be my only backup, given the marketing literature of both Apple and Western Digital. Apple state on their website:
"Connect the drive, assign it to Time Machine, and start enjoying some peace of mind. Time Machine automatically backs up your entire Mac, including system files, applications, accounts, preferences, music, photos, movies, and documents."
Similarly, Western Digital state about their MyBook Live:
"Mac users can utilize all the features of Apple Time Machine backup software to protect their data."
So where, I wonder, does the fault lie? At the end of the day I am a home user and 'consumer' - just your average Joe looking for a robust home computing solution, not an IT boffin with an in-depth understanding of the nuts and bolts. I expect both products to do what they say on the box. Not surprisingly BT (the supplier of the router) state "The wireless 'N' technology in the BT Home Hub ensures you get a more reliable wireless connection throughout your home at all times."
To me, the advantage with my set up (should it ever work) is that, should the unthinkable happen and my computer is stolen, the likelihood of my backup device disappearing with it (as might be the case with a locally attached device) is greatly reduced because the NAS is hidden away elsewhere.

Time machine to external USB vs. indexing of that USB

Time machine to external USB vs. indexing of that USB
To all who plans to use external USB as Time Machine destination.
Problem was found with 10.9.5. Other versions possibly affected as well.
No idea if external storage connected through cable of other kind affected as well.
Mavericks on iMac 2013 late. Addressed external USB is used as second Time Machine target.
It worked pretty well few months long after had declared that external usb as TM target.
Suddenly the backup gets stuck. It can keep to stuck for-ever.
However users here do not accept to be confronted with this state for-ever.
Longest attempts were approx 10 minutes long, in our environment and circumstances long enough to be called "for-ever".
Stuck in the stage of size calculation.
Part. Repair by Disk Utility did not help.
Unmount, disconnect USB, reconnect did not help.
Verify the part by Disk Utility did not help.
New Spotlight exclusion rule for all partitions on that external was the only measure which helped.
Before encountering the problem one could observe that partition verification by Disk Utility
always failed. Partition repair prior to Verify was always necessary for Verify to succeed - it is not normal!!!

Start with D1 in the 1st linked article.
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Time machine starts but then freezes during backup

Time machine has been working well using a LaCie external hard drive. However when I start Time Machine, it freezes at 12kB backup. Any ideas?

Hello
I've the same probleme using time machine with my imac under mountain lion : it freezes the computer and i need to reboot it
here the log :
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: Starting automatic backup
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.daemons.modify' by client '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] for authorization created by '/usr/libexec/UserEventAgent' [11] (100012,0)
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent;[email protected]/Data
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/Data using URL: afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent;[email protected]/Data
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3140]: Mounted devices (
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3140]: CleanMyMacHelperTool started as volume cleaner with cleanTrashes 1 cleanMacOSJunk 1 cleanWinJunk 1
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3140]: Mounted devices (
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3140]: Wont clean mounted devices.
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3140]: CleanMyMacHelperTool exited...
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac kernel[0]: ASP_TCP asp_tcp_usr_control: invalid kernelUseCount 0
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Data, pid 3138
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount : succeeded on volume 0xffffff80706ff008 /Volumes/Data (error = 0, retval = 0)
Nov 28 20:01:55 iMac kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=3140[CleanMyMacHelper] clearing CS_VALID
Nov 28 20:02:05 iMac.local AddressBookSourceSync[3135]: *** -[IADomainCache init]: IA domains cache is out of date.
Nov 28 20:02:05 iMac.local mdworker[3145]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
Nov 28 20:02:05 iMac.local sandboxd[3146] ([3145]): mdworker(3145) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
Nov 28 20:02:06 iMac kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(3146) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
Nov 28 20:02:06 iMac.local AddressBookSourceSync[3135]: -[ABPerson valueForProperty:com.apple.Messages.FontSize] - unknown property. This warning will be displayed only once per unknown property, per session.
Nov 28 20:02:06 iMac.local AddressBookSourceSync[3135]: -[ABPerson valueForProperty:com.apple.Messages.FontColor] - unknown property. This warning will be displayed only once per unknown property, per session.
Nov 28 20:02:07 iMac.local AddressBookSourceSync[3135]: -[ABPerson valueForProperty:com.apple.Messages.BalloonColor] - unknown property. This warning will be displayed only once per unknown property, per session.
Nov 28 20:02:07 iMac.local AddressBookSourceSync[3135]: -[ABPerson valueForProperty:com.apple.Messages.FontFamily] - unknown property. This warning will be displayed only once per unknown property, per session.
Nov 28 20:02:11 iMac.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.hdd.smart' by client '/Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStatLocalDaemon' [62] for authorization created by '/Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStatLocalDaemon' [62] (B,0)
Nov 28 20:02:25 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 28 20:02:25 iMac kernel[0]: jnl: disk3s2: replay_journal: from: 9666560 to: 21950464 (joffset 0x3a2b000)
Nov 28 20:02:42 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 304 wr: 304 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac kernel[0]: jnl: disk3s2: journal replay done.
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3168]: Mounted devices (
        "/Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time machine"
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3168]: DiskUtilities (
        "com.apple.finder",
        "com.twitter.twitter-mac",
        "com.apple.iChat",
        "org.mozilla.firefox",
        "org.videolan.vlc",
        "com.microsoft.Powerpoint",
        "com.apple.Notes",
        "com.apple.mail"
    ) diskUtilityIsRunning 0
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=3168[CleanMyMacHelper] clearing CS_VALID
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local fseventsd[47]: event logs in /Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time machine/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (3435 26 7388)
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3168]: Wont clean /Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time machine because it's Time Machine Volume
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3168]: CleanMyMacHelperTool started as volume cleaner with cleanTrashes 1 cleanMacOSJunk 1 cleanWinJunk 1
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3168]: Mounted devices (
        "/Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time machine"
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3168]: DiskUtilities (
        "com.apple.finder",
        "com.twitter.twitter-mac",
        "com.apple.iChat",
        "org.mozilla.firefox",
        "org.videolan.vlc",
        "com.microsoft.Powerpoint",
        "com.apple.Notes",
        "com.apple.mail"
    ) diskUtilityIsRunning 0
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3168]: Wont clean /Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time machine because it's Time Machine Volume
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3168]: Wont clean mounted devices.
Nov 28 20:02:50 iMac.local CleanMyMacHelperTool[3168]: CleanMyMacHelperTool exited...
Nov 28 20:02:51 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: Disk image /Volumes/Data/iMac.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time machine
Nov 28 20:02:51 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time machine/Backups.backupdb
Nov 28 20:02:52 iMac.local fseventsd[47]: log dir: /Volumes/Copies de sauvegarde Time machine/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 6E582DCF-14FA-43D8-9F36-353E2E4FCD17
Nov 28 20:02:55 iMac.local WindowServer[91]: Created shield window 0x23c for display 0x04272340
Nov 28 20:02:55 iMac.local WindowServer[91]: device_generate_desktop_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
Nov 28 20:02:55 iMac.local WindowServer[91]: device_generate_lock_screen_screenshot: authw 0x0(0), shield 0x0(0)
Nov 28 20:03:05 iMac.local Notes[3055]: [IMAP] Expected untagged initial response from pop.laposte.net
Nov 28 20:03:22 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   49 wr:   49 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:03:22 iMac.local com.apple.PassXPCService[3099]: PAPassValidator: _signatureIsValid failed to load signature file
Nov 28 20:03:35 --- last message repeated 4 times ---
Nov 28 20:03:35 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 818 wr: 818 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:04:06 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 563 wr: 563 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:04:07 iMac.local mdworker[3180]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
Nov 28 20:04:07 iMac.local sandboxd[3181] ([3180]): mdworker(3180) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
Nov 28 20:04:07 iMac kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(3181) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
Nov 28 20:04:16 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Mac OS X Lion
Nov 28 20:04:18 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: Deep event scan at path:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
Nov 28 20:05:20 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 308 wr: 308 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:06:11 iMac.local mdworker[3185]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
Nov 28 20:06:11 iMac kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(3186) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
Nov 28 20:06:12 iMac.local sandboxd[3186] ([3185]): mdworker(3185) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
Nov 28 20:07:05 iMac.local Notes[3055]: [IMAP] Expected untagged initial response from pop.laposte.net
Nov 28 20:07:12 iMac.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.hdd.smart' by client '/Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStatLocalDaemon' [62] for authorization created by '/Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStatLocalDaemon' [62] (B,0)
Nov 28 20:07:42 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 28 20:08:26 iMac kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
Nov 28 20:08:26 iMac kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
Nov 28 20:08:29 iMac.local mdworker[3190]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
Nov 28 20:08:29 iMac.local sandboxd[3193] ([3190]): mdworker(3190) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
Nov 28 20:08:29 iMac kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(3193) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
Nov 28 20:10:44 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: Finished scan
Nov 28 20:12:12 iMac.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.hdd.smart' by client '/Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStatLocalDaemon' [62] for authorization created by '/Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStatLocalDaemon' [62] (B,0)
Nov 28 20:12:19 --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Nov 28 20:12:19 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: Found 3052 files (597.4 MB) needing backup
Nov 28 20:12:21 iMac.local com.apple.backupd[3136]: 3.65 GB required (including padding), 1.41 TB available
Nov 28 20:12:32 iMac.local mdworker[3200]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
Nov 28 20:12:32 iMac.local mdworker[3201]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
Nov 28 20:12:33 iMac kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(3202) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
Nov 28 20:12:33 iMac.local sandboxd[3202] ([3200]): mdworker(3200) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
Nov 28 20:12:33 iMac.local sandboxd[3202] ([3201]): mdworker(3201) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
Nov 28 20:12:51 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   53 wr:   53 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:12:52 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 822 wr: 822 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:12:52 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 567 wr: 567 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:12:52 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 312 wr: 312 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:13:03 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   57 wr:   57 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:13:11 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 826 wr: 826 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:13:21 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 571 wr: 571 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:13:38 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 316 wr: 316 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:13:55 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   61 wr:   61 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:14:10 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 830 wr: 830 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:14:21 iMac.local mdworker[3214]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
Nov 28 20:14:22 iMac.local sandboxd[3215] ([3214]): mdworker(3214) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd (pre-ls-info fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:48200000056 diag:0 uti:com.netscape.javascript-source plugin:/Library/Spotlight/RichText.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 13586206)
Nov 28 20:14:22 iMac kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(3215) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
Nov 28 20:14:24 iMac.local mdworker[3211]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
Nov 28 20:14:24 iMac.local sandboxd[3215] ([3211]): mdworker(3211) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd (pre-ls-info fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:48200000056 diag:0 uti:com.netscape.javascript-source plugin:/Library/Spotlight/RichText.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 13593446)
Nov 28 20:14:27 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 575 wr: 575 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:14:52 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 320 wr: 320 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:14:56 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   65 wr:   65 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:04 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 834 wr: 834 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:04 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 579 wr: 579 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:04 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 324 wr: 324 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:04 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   69 wr:   69 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:05 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 838 wr: 838 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:06 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 583 wr: 583 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:06 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 328 wr: 328 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:12 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   73 wr:   73 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:17 iMac kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(3221) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
Nov 28 20:15:17 iMac.local sandboxd[3221] ([3220]): mdworker(3220) deny file-write-owner /Users/nicolas/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/NotesV1.st oredata-wal (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:48200000056 diag:0 uti:com.apple.notes.externalrecord plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Notes.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 13562288)
Nov 28 20:15:17 iMac.local sandboxd[3221] ([3220]): mdworker(3220) deny file-write-owner /Users/nicolas/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/NotesV1.st oredata-shm (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:48200000056 diag:0 uti:com.apple.notes.externalrecord plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Notes.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 13562288)
Nov 28 20:15:17 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 842 wr: 842 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:20 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 587 wr: 587 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:25 iMac.local mdworker[3222]: *** Failed to decode 7 bit data, treating as binary
Nov 28 20:15:28 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Nov 28 20:15:28 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 332 wr: 332 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:33 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   77 wr:   77 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:33 iMac.local mdworker[3224]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
Nov 28 20:15:33 iMac.local sandboxd[3221] ([3224]): mdworker(3224) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
Nov 28 20:15:37 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 846 wr: 846 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:47 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 591 wr: 591 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:15:48 iMac com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.PassXPCService[3099]): Exited: Killed: 9
Nov 28 20:15:48 iMac kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 3099 [com.apple.PassXP]
Nov 28 20:15:51 iMac kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
Nov 28 20:15:51 iMac kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
Nov 28 20:15:57 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 336 wr: 336 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:00 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   81 wr:   81 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:01 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 850 wr: 850 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:05 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 595 wr: 595 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:08 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 340 wr: 340 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:10 iMac.local mdworker[3226]: *** Failed to decode 7 bit data, treating as binary
Nov 28 20:16:13 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Nov 28 20:16:13 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   85 wr:   85 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:18 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 854 wr: 854 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:19 iMac.local mdworker[3226]: *** Failed to decode 7 bit data, treating as binary
Nov 28 20:16:24 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Nov 28 20:16:24 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 599 wr: 599 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:32 iMac.local mdworker[3226]: *** Failed to decode 7 bit data, treating as binary
Nov 28 20:16:34 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Nov 28 20:16:34 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 344 wr: 344 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:39 iMac.local mdworker[3226]: *** Failed to decode 7 bit data, treating as binary
Nov 28 20:16:40 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Nov 28 20:16:40 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd:   89 wr:   89 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:16:48 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 858 wr: 858 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:17:01 iMac kernel[0]: fsevents: watcher failing behind: scxfsmond (pid: 460) rd: 603 wr: 603 q_size: 1024 flags: 0x1
Nov 28 20:39:07 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1354131547 0
Nov 28 20:39:28 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Nov 28 20:39:28 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 919981 free pages and 120403 wired pages
Nov 28 20:39:28 localhost kernel[0]: kext submap [0xffffff7f80741000 - 0xffffff8000000000], kernel text [0xffffff8000200000 - 0xffffff8000741000]
Nov 28 20:39:28 localhost kernel[0]: zone leak detection enabled
Nov 28 20:39:28 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Nov 28 20:39:28 localhost kernel[0]: standard background quantum is 2500 us
Nov 28 20:39:28 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 74
Nov 28 20:39:28 localhost kernel[0]: corecrypto kext started!
Nov 28 20:39:28 localhost kernel[0]: Running kernel space in FIPS MODE
Imac 8,1 4Go RAM early 2008
Time Capsule 2To
Thanks for your help

Time machine has deleted/hidden *all* my backups.

At the moment I'm using two 1TB external hard drives connected to my mac, one as storage and one just for time machine. Yesterday the storage drive died on me, so I replaced it with another 1TB drive.
Time machine has been backing up everything on the main computer and the storage drive for several months now so I thought it would be an easy fix, just restore what was lost from the storage drive and I'm set.
After connecting and formatting the new external hard drive I tried restoring the lost data but couldn't figure out a way to have it restore from time machine directly to the new drive. Instead, I went into the Backups.backupdb folder on the time machine drive, found the most recent backup of the files I needed from Feb 9th and just dragged and dropped it into the new drive.
It comprised of some 550GB of data, so I left it copying overnight. Checking on it this morning, it seems that a little less than half of the data has been copied across and what's worse - time machine no longer shows any backups made before this morning. Checking in the drive contents, it seems that the backup folders no longer exist either.
Now, I don't actually think the data has gone missing since the time machine drive is still showing that it has some 700GB of data still on it, it's just not viewable for some reason.
I've been through Disk Utility to see if the drive needs repairing, but I'm being told that there's no problem with it. I've also checked to see if the data has somehow found its way into the trash can, but it's not there either.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what happened and how to recover my lost backups?

pheadlessg wrote:
Thanks for that. It's backing up again now but the old backups are still missing.
I have no idea what went wrong with the drag and drop. It should have copied your data (likely with a zillion permission problems), but shouldn't have affected the TM data. There might be something in your logs, but that probably won't help now.
Your old backups are probably hosed (pardon the technical term <grin>).
You might be able to give yourself read rights to the .Trashes folder, and see if there's anything in it, but I doubt you'll see anything.
To do so, select it, then +Get Info.+
Click the padlock at the bottom of the pane, then enter your Administrator's password.
Then click the plus sign at the bottom; you should get a selection screen for yourself. Click it.
That should give you read rights.
A very long shot, but worth a try.
Most likely, you're going to end up erasing the drive/partition and starting over.

HT203177 iMAC & maverich Time Machine error message "unable to complete backup folder

iMAC with OSX10.9.4 ; 8GB ram ; two partitions external disk formatted MAC jurnaled ; connected via Fire Wire or USB2 .
During Backup the sistem get stack and display into the "details window" Time machine was unable to complete the backup because unable to complete the backup folder.
This problem happens with USB and Fire Wire.
The file backups.backupdb is excluded from virus scanning.
Also happens time to time that (without doing things) both the partitions of the external disk disappaire from the desk-top and a message "the disk must be ejected properly" is diplayed.
This two problems are independent une to the other.
I have change the backup disk but both the problems persist.
Thanks for any help
Gian Luigi

These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console 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. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes.) You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard."
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Note the timestamp of the last "Starting" message that corresponds to the beginning of an an abnormal backup. Now
CLEAR THE WORD "Starting" FROM THE TEXT FIELD
so that all messages are showing, and scroll back in the log to the time you noted. Select the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ If all you see are messages that contain the word "Starting," you didn't clear the text field.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Time Machine error - can't make first backup

I can't get Time Machine to make the first back up: I tried wirelessly and it reported a "Time Machine Error" after about 112GB of 270GB transfer, so I tried again via ethernet cable and again it failed with the same error message at about the same point.
So what do I do now? There is no way that I can see to know what is causing the error - there is no error number nor detail in the error message: +Time Machine Error. Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume.+
Any help gratefully received.

joecmac wrote:
How can you search the system log to figure out what is causing the failure?
Hi joemac
First open the Utilities folder and then open the Console. You'll see various logs - I took the system log, so that I could see what had happened across the whole system. There's a mass of info, going back in time, so it's very very helpful if you know approximately what time the event took place. I did, because the backup failed before my eyes at 10.02 PM.
I saw this message - I've edited out my computer's name and highlighted the location and the file name that caused the failure:
8/28/08 10:02:59 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[26663] Error: (-36) copying /Users/~/Library/Preferences/IsmTempFile/ns14426860.tmp to /Volumes/Backup of ~ iMac/Backups.backupdb/~ iMac/2008-08-28-164831.inProgress/.../Macintosh HD/Users/~/Library/Preferences/IsmTempFile
I googled the file name to see what it was - it turns out to be something generated by my scanner and not critical according to posters on various forums.
I then went to the location (User/~/Library/Preferences), and deleted the file.
Then I tried another initial backup and it worked.
Hope this helps.

Time Machine -- can't access parts of backups

Prior to upgrading my MacBook Air to Yosemite, I made a Time Machine backup, removed temporary stuff I didn't think I'd need any more, and made a bootable clone of Mavericks using SuperDuper! The upgrade went fine, but after a while I realized one of the things I'd removed (Adobe Lightroom catalog, having transferred all the image files from the MacBook Air to my desktop machine) contained some information I needed. My attempts to restore it have run into an odd problem, and I'm hoping someone has some ideas that can help me.
I have the backup disk connected, and when I start up the Time Machine application it shows the expected backups in the "ruler" along the right-hand edge of the screen. However, for the most part, I cannot "go back in time" to find the files I want from before I deleted them. What I mean is that, for most locations I select from Finder's sidebar, the "backwards and forwards" buttons are grayed-out and inaccessible. For a few locations (Desktop, and the system Applications folder) the buttons work as expected and I can access any backup date I wish. For a few others (e.g. "All My Files") the "backwards" button is available but clicking it takes me to the very first backup stored (8 months old) and "forwards" takes me to "Today (Now)". None of the intervening backups are available for that location.
I've used the Terminal app to navigate down the directory hierarchy of the backups on the Time Machine volume. I can find the files I want there, so it's not like Time Machine had failed to back them up. However, it refuses to show them. I tried using the Terminal to copy the files back under my home directory, but the filesystem ACLs and extended attributes were causing problems (Lightroom thought it didn't have write permission). Deleting the ACSs and xattrs got Lightroom to run, but it's clearly confused (shows blank thumbnails, has exif data but not captions) so something's not right.
Wondering if this is a Yosemite issue, I rebooted the machine onto the Mavericks clone and tried running Time Machine there. I get the same results.
Someone at work suggested that leaving the Time Machine app running for an extended period of time might fix the problem. I've had it running for 7 hours now and while a few more locations started working, the ones I want aren't.
Anyone know what's going on and how to fix it?

Even weirder -- the problem I described above happens only with certain windows. WIth others, I can open the earlier backups.

Time machine, did it perform a full backup?

A bit new to this. Upgraded to a new MBPro retina, mt lion from an older MBP using migration assistant.
After all was finished and all the files were on my new machine (I did not use Time machine to migrate or backup to the new mac, I used migration assistant), I connected to time machine to perform a completely new backup of the new machine. I have 295GB to copy over. So, it seemed to take forever. I was on day 2, noticed all the threads about the slowness, but then the new machine froze. It said it was around 170GB through it. I could have also had a bit of interuppted internet too in that time. I also could not access the internet on the new machine at all by that point. So, I rebooted and I assume by finding the disc and starting again, it looked like it picked back up at roughly 125GB. that took about 6 hours or so. So, I think that roughly it may have gotten the whole 250 gb but not sure.
Also, on my select disc option I have two listings for my time capsule now. Not sure if that makes a difference.
My question really is how can I see what exactly went through? I have entered time machine but can't tell really if everything in those files copied. Can I at least see the size of the backup on time machine? I would even be willing to do a forced full backup again of all 295GB, but can't seem to see how to do that.
I am a bit new to this part, so sorry if I am asking really obvious questions. I just didn't want to find out at a later time that I only have partial backups. Thanks for any advice.

Launch the 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. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the page that opens.
Drag or copy — do not type — the following line into the Terminal window, then press return:
sudo tmutil compare
You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning not to screw up.
The command will take at least a few minutes to run. Eventually some lines of output will appear below what you entered.
Each line that begins with a plus sign (“+”) represents a file that has been added to the source volume since the last snapshot was taken. These files have not been backed up yet.
Each line that begins with an exclamation point (“!”) represents a file that has changed on the source volume. These files have been backed up, but not in their present state.
Each line that begins with a minus sign (“-“) represents a file that has been removed from the source volume.
Files that you’ve excluded from backup, or that are excluded automatically, are ignored.
At the end of the output, you’ll get some lines like the following:
Added:
Removed:
Changed:
These lines show the total amount of data added, removed, or changed on the source(s) since the last snapshot.

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