Time machine not working since Safari 4 upgrade

I had all kinds problems installing the Safari 4 upgrade (from 4beta) a couple of days ago - it knocked out everything that talks to the internet. I finally got that sorted by reinstalling, but since then TM has been unable to complete backups. I get the following from the Time Machine Widget thingy I saw recommended on other threads:
Starting standard backup
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Fiona%[email protected]/Time%20Capsule
Backup destination mounted at path: /Volumes/Time Capsule
Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule/Fiona Beckman’s MacBook_001ec209416d.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Fiona Beckman’s MacBook
Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Fiona Beckman’s MacBook/Backups.backupdb
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD_Noni
Node requires deep traversal:/ reason:kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonEventDBUntrustable|
Node requires deep traversal:/Users/fionabeckman/Pictures/Aperture Trial Library.aplibrary reason:kFSEDBEventFlagContainsChanges|kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEven tFlagReasonFoundInDeepTraversal|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonMissedReservation|
Node requires deep traversal:/Users/fionabeckman/Aperture Vault 1.apvault reason:kFSEDBEventFlagContainsChanges|kFSEDBEventFlagMustScanSubDirs|kFSEDBEven tFlagReasonFoundInDeepTraversal|kFSEDBEventFlagReasonMissedReservation|
No pre-backup thinning needed: 2.05 GB requested (including padding), 150.53 GB available
Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
Error: (-39) SrcErr:YES Copying (null) to (null)
Error: (-48) SrcErr:NO Copying (null) to /Volumes/Backup of Fiona Beckman’s MacBook/Backups.backupdb/Fiona Beckman’s MacBook/2009-06-17-131254.inProgress/FC34264F-DFB6-41E4-B82E-A622DCC66383/Macin tosh HD_Noni/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources
Stopping backup.
Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying (null) to /Volumes/Backup of Fiona Beckman’s MacBook/Backups.backupdb/Fiona Beckman’s MacBook/2009-06-17-131254.inProgress/FC34264F-DFB6-41E4-B82E-A622DCC66383/Macin tosh HD_Noni/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources
Copied 58 files (54.7 MB) from volume Macintosh HD_Noni.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
So, I'm assuming that one of the Safari files is corrupted since the upgrade, and that's causing the problem. But how do I fix it?
Please speak slowly - I'm not a Mac whizz!!!!
Thanks for any help

Hi - I'm the original poster, but I seem to have two IDs on here. Duh!
I'm still having this problem. To be honest, I'm feeling rather anxious about messing with my TC, so today I tried running a fresh TM backup to a USB drive, thinking I would then have everything safe while I tried to resolve the problem. I was pretty surprised to get a very similar error again:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/FreeagentGo_Beckman/Backups.backupdb
Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD_Noni
Backup content size: 114.2 GB excluded items size: 20.6 GB for volume Macintosh HD_Noni
No pre-backup thinning needed: 112.24 GB requested (including padding), 200.79 GB available
Waiting for index to be ready (909 > 0)
Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
Error: (-48) SrcErr:NO Copying (null) to /Volumes/FreeagentGo_Beckman/Backups.backupdb/Fiona Beckman’s MacBook/2009-07-02-121502.inProgress/BC5683AA-D5BF-42B5-B519-58820A17300E/Macin tosh HD_Noni/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources
Error: (-39) SrcErr:YES Copying (null) to (null)
Stopping backup.
Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying (null) to /Volumes/FreeagentGo_Beckman/Backups.backupdb/Fiona Beckman’s MacBook/2009-07-02-121502.inProgress/BC5683AA-D5BF-42B5-B519-58820A17300E/Macin tosh HD_Noni/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources
Copied 14961 files (7.6 GB) from volume Macintosh HD_Noni.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
Clearly, this all stems back to the dodgy Safari installation a few weeks ago. Is a fresh installation likely to fix the problem file? Having had problems with Safari installations on two separate occasions, where it wiped out all internet communications, I am quite anxious about running another install. It's bringing me out in a sweat.... I don't recall doing anything 'unusual' to my system config, but I wonder if somewhere along the line I've changed something that caused these problems. Our other Macbook has had no problems with upgrades.
If someone could spell it out to me gently, I would be very grateful!
Thanks

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Type in SMB://192.168.0.254 (or whatever the TC ip is which you have now made static. As a router by default it is 10.0.1.1 and I encourage people to stick with that unless you know what you are doing).
You can use name.. SMB://TCgen5.local where you replace TCgen5 with your TC name.. local is the default domain of the TC and doesn't change.
However names are not so easy as IP address.. nor as reliable. At least not in Yosemite they aren't. The domain can also be an issue if you are not plugged or wireless directly to the TC.
6. Make sure IPv6 is set to link-local only in the computer. For example wireless open the network preferences, wireless and advanced / TCP/IP.. and fix the IPv6. to link-local only. Do the same for ethernet if you use it.
There is a lot more jiggery pokery you can try but the above is a good start.. if you find it still unreliable.. don't be surprised.
You might need to do some more work on the computer itself. eg Reset the PRAM.. has helped some people. Clean install of the OS is also helpful if you upgrade installed.
Tell us how you go.
Someone posted a solution.. See this thread.
Macbook can't find Time Capsule anymore
Start from the bottom and work up.. I have a list of good network practice changes but I have avoided Yosemites bug heaven.
Yosemite has serious DNS bug in the networking application.. here is the lets say more arcane method of fixing it by doing a network transplant from mavericks.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/01/why-dns-in-os-x-10-10-is-broken-and-what-yo u-can-do-to-fix-it/

Time machine not working properly

I have a 1 TB sata drive that I use for my Time Machine backup.
I knew it was getting pretty full a few days ago and expected it to start deleting the oldest files pretty soon as it had about a years worth of data saved on it.
Today I went to look for something that I needed back in Sept. but when I entered my Time Machine it only had a months data saved on it.
I checked with Disk Utility to see how full my Time Machine drive was and it showed about 90 % full .
Does anyone have any idea what might have caused this, and how I can get it back, I'd hate to lose all of that backup data.
Thank you

Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
tmutil compare| open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
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 icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. 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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