Time Machine OSX Server Help

i recently had a imac in the office crash which backs up to the OSX server using the Time Machine Service.
When i try to restore the backup i get the following message.
"backup cannot be opened if this is a password protected backup you may have entered an incorrect password or the backup may be damaged."
We have employees come and go at the office so user accounts are created and deleted frequently both on the server level and the local level
Thanks in Advance

Look folks I am seriously desperate. I've progressed from hanging up to Time machine remebering that a backup was created on March 10th but not remebering that it has backed up afterewards. This is the first time since I purchased my First Mac a SE/30 I am Rady to throw my Computer as far as I can throw it. And Jump on it.
One time it will get through and remember the last update. and next time. But then the next time it may update normally or may forget and go back to square one again. I can't find anymore USB2 Drives and the last USP 3 Drive I had burnt the cable or the drive out. I need a FireWire or thunderbolt Drive. I feel the problem with the GoFlex Drive is because it depends up wifi. Frankly My Comcast Cable connection is not dependable.
I thought this Forum people knew how time machine works.
Is there anywhere I can Go

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Time machine osx server backup to multiple drives?

Hello,
I've just discovered Time Machine for Mac OSx Server. It can act as a centralizad point for the backups of all the computers in the network, how cool!
I know that Time Machine "client" can back a system up to multiple drives. My question is, can I do something similar with Time Machine "server" so I can have more than one storage product onto which I can back up all the systems? That would be very interestin if I want to implement a off-site backup from all my systems.
I would love to hear your inputs.Thanks in advance,
Regards,

I don't know. If the TM preference pane is scriptable then you could do it with an AppleScript. Unfortunately, TM is not designed to also schedule different backup times. For example, assume you could automate drive switching, you still need to tell TM to backup to one drive at some time then backup to another drive at a different time.
I suppose the latter could be done via a cron job as long as you did not use TM preferences to turn TM on in which case it will backup each hour automatically.
It seems to me you'd be better off using a different backup utility that would allow you to schedule such backups. For example:
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. Carbon Copy Cloner (Donationware)
6. SuperDuper! (Commercial)
7. Intego Personal Backup (Commercial)
8. Data Backup (Commercial)
9. SilverKeeper 2.0 (Freeware)
10. Tri-Backup (Commercial)
Others may be found at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
Not all of the above will backup over a network, but most can backup to any mounted device including a network drive except SuperDuper!.
In an enterprise setting your best choice of the above is Retrospect. There are a few other enterprise level backup utilities (costly) that you can track down at VersionTracker or MacUpdate. BRU is an example.
Oh, and if you know how to use the command line you can use the Unix tools, ditto and rsync.
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Hello, my mail is gone and I can't find it anywhere. Its not in library and I have not configured Time Machine yet. Help please?!

Hello, my mail is gone and I can't find it anywhere. Its not in library and I have not configured Time Machine yet. Help please?!

Use Find Any File, if the old messages might have been in a specific mailbox, to look for a file by the name of the mailbox to see if there are any larger versions of that mailbox.
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
If your Mail is indeed gone, you may be able to recover it with one of the data recovery tools here:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1689
But act quickly. Every action while the computer is turned on weakens its chances of recovery. There is a slim chance also your email provider may have tape backup from before you checked your messages and after it arrived at their server for certain messages. You may want to ask them if that might have happened.

I recently changed from a Mac Pro to an iMac. A large chunk of emails have disappeared. Time Machine is no help. Any ideas as to how I can get them back?

I recently changed from a Mac Pro to an iMac. Despite using Migration Assistant, a large chunk of my recent emails and nearly all of my wife's emails have disappeared in transit. Strangely, emails from my distant past are still there. Time Machine is no help; the messages may be on my backup disc but they're behind an invisible icon. Any ideas as to how I can get them back?

Quit Mail. Force quit if necessary.
Back up all data. That means you know you can restore the Mail database, no matter what happens.
Triple-click the text on the line below to select it:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar. Paste into the box that opens (command-V), then press return.
A Finder window will open with a file selected. Move the selected file to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Other files in the folder may have names that begin with "Envelope Index". Move those files, if any, to the Trash.
Log out and log back in. Relaunch Mail. It should prompt you to re-import your messages. You may get a warning that the index is corrupt and that Mail has to quit. Click OK.
Test. If Mail now works as expected, you can delete the file you moved to the Desktop. Otherwise, post your results.

Does anyone know why since upgrading to ML notes are not visible in Time Machine. They used to be part of mail and could be recovered from Time machine but since ML I don't seem to be able to access notes in Time Machine. Any help would be useful.

Does anyone know why since upgrading to ML notes are not visible in Time Machine. They used to be part of mail and could be recovered from Time machine but since ML I don't seem to be able to access notes in Time Machine. Any help would be useful.

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Time Machine AFP Server

So...I created a Time Machine AFP Server connection when I first got Lion (to backup things wirelessly). Everything was working fine...but then I moved my modem/router to the home office, rather than the living room. Now my Mac can't find the AFP server. I'm assuming it's because the address changed. How can I find which address to set it to (it's connecting to an airport extreme) to correct this issue?

What we get in the error log for Calendar Server for example is:
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2008-06-03 15:05:11+1000 [-] [caldav-8009] [AMP,client] Unauthenticated users not enabled with the 'calendar' SACL
Yet, a refresh doesn't have this error. It just seems that randomly it will decide not to authenticate for me (in this example). And seconds later it will authenticate.
I have authentication set as "Any method". If I try "Digest", I can't log in. If I try just "Kerberos" it behave as "Any method", complete with the above occasional errors.
Any ideas anyone?

I had to put my computer by together without migration or time machine I NEED help with order of the files?

I had to put my computer by together without migration or time machine I NEED help with order of the files?

Hi, where are these other files exactly?

Help with Time Machine OSX.8.2

In the last few days I've lost the ability to use Time machine. Time Machine get stuck
I have this issue which may be causing the problem: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s134/sh/57080cce-43f4-4582-a7ba-e3ef4706f32b/ffec 3524a24a6a841dd12aafa30d5816/deep/0/Screenshot%203/10/13%206:14%20PM.jpghttps://www.evernote.com/shard/s134/sh/57080cce-43f4-4582-a7ba-e3ef4706f32b/ffec 3524a24a6a841dd12aafa30d5816/deep/0/Screenshot%203/10/13%206:14%20PM.jpghttps://www.evernote.com/shard/s134/sh/57080cce-43f4-4582-a7ba-e3ef4706f32b/ffec 3524a24a6a841dd12aafa30d5816/deep/0/Screenshot%203/10/13%206:14%20PM.jpghttps://www.evernote.com/shard/s134/sh/57080cce-43f4-4582-a7ba-e3ef4706f32b/ffec 3524a24a6a841dd12aafa30d5816/deep/0/Screenshot%203/10/13%206:14%20PM.jpg
I bought a New Seagate GoFlex Home Drive that attcheds to wireless modem it took 24 hour to back up 256 GB finally finish then 30 minutes later It attempted an update it go hung up at 18GB. I've had to just stop it.

Look folks I am seriously desperate. I've progressed from hanging up to Time machine remebering that a backup was created on March 10th but not remebering that it has backed up afterewards. This is the first time since I purchased my First Mac a SE/30 I am Rady to throw my Computer as far as I can throw it. And Jump on it.
One time it will get through and remember the last update. and next time. But then the next time it may update normally or may forget and go back to square one again. I can't find anymore USB2 Drives and the last USP 3 Drive I had burnt the cable or the drive out. I need a FireWire or thunderbolt Drive. I feel the problem with the GoFlex Drive is because it depends up wifi. Frankly My Comcast Cable connection is not dependable.
I thought this Forum people knew how time machine works.
Is there anywhere I can Go

Another Newbie, how can Mac OSX Server help my School?

Hi all, the school where i work has just taken delivery of 11 brand new macs. 8 iMacs, 2 MBP's and a mini. What i'm interested to know and if anybody is just prepared to bullet point, is how we can really benefit from this software.
Clearly it's going to be tricky administering 11 macs individually, so maybe sacrifice the mini to become the server. Heres some basic questions and if anybody has any other comments they can add from experience i can approach the school with my findings?
1) Can multiple third party software installations be initiated. i.e. we have Adobe CS3 can a multiple install be initiated over the network or would all machines have to be updated individually.
2) A big concern is storage, if a server is used can files be stored locally on the machines or would they have to be stored on the server, Xserve isn't on the cards unfortunately. Is it like a windows server where the profile is stored on the server and then just downloaded to the appropriate machine. For the meantime we ideally need to store locally or on firewire drives to keep storage issues to a minimum. It's no problem making students stick to the same mac if we can make this happen.
3) Could backups be initiated from all machines to some sort of storage facility.
4) I'm guessing it's easy to lock machines down, it seems very easy to do on standard OSX so i'm guessing it would be even easier on server.
Being a school i would be grateful for any advice or recommendations on how administering this small network would be easiest done. I'm an experienced mac user but no in a network scenario, i am however keen to learn.
Thanks in Advance

Hi, I'll give a go at answering your questions.
First, how tricky it will be to administer 11 macs individually truly depends on your users. I've setup offices where the employees were intelligent people who weren't interested in hacking around on their machines, they just did their work. All their user accounts had admin privileges (along with an admin account on each machine that only the appropriate people knew the password for) so they could easily change preferences and do updates, etc. I barely had a problem with them. If you have a group who are all into surfing naughty bits and bittorrenting and other things, then you'll need to lock them down. If you are going to lock them down, you can still do it without the aid of a server by having an admin account on each machine, but you will have to touch each machine periodically to install updates and such. If you do go with server, then you can manage a lot more centrally. By the nature of you having 11 machines and the limit of OS X client of only 10 file sharing connections at a time, you're almost forced into OS X Server and the Unlimited version at that.
1) Yes you can initiate software installations simultaneously, but it will require you to capture and package those installations, and use something along the lines of FileWave, radmind, Apple Remote Desktop, etc. to perform the push. For the number of users you're dealing with, it's probably much easier to host the installer on the network, and screen control each system and run the install (along with entering the serial numbers for each one). Any future updates could be easily performed with a terminal script and access to the updater files.
2) You can store your files anywhere you want, locally or on the server (or even on a NAS). Obviously it makes sense to host them on the server (or other central location) if they are collaborative files (ie., everyone works on them or needs to see them). Your question about the windows profiles doesn't make sense with the storage part, but you can choose how to run your server/client model. You can have roaming profiles where the users' home directories are stored on the server and they can login from any machine. Or you can have individual machines and the server only authenticates the user for access to mail/file/whatever services.
3) Yes. Either by using Time Machine if it gets fixed in 10.5.2, Retrospect (which I don't trust and haven't for years), rsync (which is free and built into the OS and is cross platform so you could even back up Windows clients), or some other commercial client like PresSTORE.
4) Yes, as I stated above you can lock down the client machines and of course server can be locked down to avoid people from messing it up.
I know you mentioned an Xserve isn't an option, but how about a MacPro tower? In your situation, I would setup a MacPro with a single 2.8Ghz Quad core chip, Unlimited MacOS X Server, 2GB RAM, and 2 x 500 GB SATA drives for $3648 (cheaper if you get the drives from elsewhere). If there's the chance you could migrate other school services to the new server (email, websites, shared calendar, jabber server, etc.) you could upgrade the processor and memory (RAM can also be had cheaper from a 3rd party). You setup the two drives in a mirror RAID for fault protection and it would contain your OS and your file shares. Then get 2 external firewire drives, at least 500 GB each. Configure your network backups (and the server itself) to backup to an external drive, leave it attached for a week, and at the end of the week, eject the drive, disconnect it, and plug in the other drive (both should be named the same). Then take the first drive off-site (to another building on campus, etc.). Repeat every week. This gives you a rotating off-site backup. If even that is not an option, the mini could be the server, but you definitely want to max the RAM, and buy one of those nice mirrored RAID enclosures from OWC as your main drive, along with the 2 externals for rotating backup.
I hope that's answered some of your questions, feel free to ask more if need be. May I ask where you are located? If by some amazing chance we're close by, I might be more of a help. Take care and good luck.
Jeff

Time machine osx 10.6.8 problem slow backupd CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary. mdworker32 kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.

Hello Guys I have a problem that I can not get to the bottom.
Time Machine has suddenly stopped working it really slow to make up. Copy a few kb at a time and long hours it takes to close the back. (up to a few tens of megs, 10, 20 Mb).
I made the following list of tests that will follow along with the log file.
First of all I made a copy as root with Carbon Copy Cloner disk of the iMac. (So that they can go back in case of disaster)
Following the guides Pondini (pondini.org) I did the following steps:
1) Changed the internfaccia FW800 to USB hard drive (does not change anything, still slow)
2) Changed to another external HD for time machine with FW800 and USB (nothing changes still slow)
3) Recreated the full backup with Time Machine on either drive (still slow)
4) Reinstalled the 10.6.8 Combo Pack (still slow)
5) Re spootlight indexed with the disk (still slow)
6) At this point, in desperation I reinstalled on the internal drive of my iMac 10.6.8 creating a new user, User Migration Assistant from my hd clone with Carbon Copy Cloner. Recreated the full backup with Time Machine.
The first full backup is fast, but slow incremental backups are back (as to 'start a few kb at a time).
I compared the log files with those of my other machine with same configuration and I found these errors:
backupdir [19376]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData (): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
mdworker32 [20950]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint () to catch errors logged as They Are.
You know help me? I saw that this error is from 10.5 to 10.7, but no one has found a real solution to the issue.
I never installed antivirus software and tried with different external drives COPN capacity equal to or greater than the external drive. Only at the end I tried to divide the external drive to back up into two parts by a 1.5 TB and 500 GB but with the same mistakes that I have described.
thanks
Stefano
Ciao Ragazzi ho un problema a cui non riesco a venire a capo.
improvvisamente time machine ha smesso di funzionare va veramente lento a fare backup. Copia pochi kb alla volta e impiega tanto tempo ore per chiudere il backup. (backup di poche decine di mega, 10, 20 Mb).
Ho effettuato le seguenti prove che vi elenco di seguito insieme al file log.
Prima di tutto ho fatto una copia come utente root con Carbon Copy cloner del disco del imac.(in maniera tale di poter tornare indietro in caso di disastro)
Seguendo le guide di Pondini (pondini.org) ho effettuato i seguenti passaggi:
1) Cambiato internfaccia del disco rigido da FW800 a USB (non cambia nulla, sempre lento)
2) Cambiato hd esterno con un altro per time machine con FW800 e USB (non cambia nulla sempre lento)
3) Ricreato il full Backup con time machine su entrambe i dischi (sempre lento)
4) Reinstallato il Combo pack 10.6.8 (sempre lento)
5) Re indicizzato con spootlight il disco (sempre lento)
6) A questo punto preso dalla disperazione ho reinstallato sul disco interno del mio imac il 10.6.8 creando un nuovo utente, Assistente migrazione utente dal mio hd clonato con Carbon copy cloner. Ricreato il backup completo con time machine.
Il primo full backup è veloce, ma i backup incrementali sono tornati lentissimi (come all' inizio pochi kb alla volta).
Ho confrontato il file log con quelli di un mio altro mac con la stessa configurazione ed ho trovato questi errori:
backupd[19376]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
mdworker32[20950]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Sapete darmi aiuto? Ho visto che questo errore è presente dal 10.5 al 10.7 ma nessuno ha trovato una vera soluzione alla questione.
Non ho mai installato software antivirus ed ho provato con diversi dischi esterni copn capacità uguale o superiore al disco esterno. Solo alla fine ho provato a dividere il disco esterno del backup in due parti una da 1,5TB e una da 500 Gb ma con i medesimi errori che vi ho descritto.
grazie
Stefano
File LOG:
Jan 9 00:31:37 ihomez newsyslog[19803]: logfile turned over
Jan 9 00:33:26 ihomez com.apple.backupd[19376]: Copied 534.0 GB of 1020.2 GB, 649387 of 1786353 items
Jan 9 01:33:27 ihomez com.apple.backupd[19376]: Copied 728.3 GB of 1020.2 GB, 805293 of 1786353 items
Jan 9 02:33:27 ihomez com.apple.backupd[19376]: Copied 938.5 GB of 1020.2 GB, 807979 of 1786353 items
Jan 9 02:55:58 ihomez com.apple.backupd[19376]: Copied 808871 files (1012.7 GB) from volume i5 2TB.
Jan 9 03:08:03 ihomez com.apple.backupd[19376]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 383.44 GB available
Jan 9 03:10:13 ihomez backupd[19376]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 9 03:27:54 ihomez [0x0-0x12012].com.getdropbox.dropbox[0]: Sampling process 12446 for 5 seconds with 10 milliseconds of run time between samples
Jan 9 03:27:59 ihomez [0x0-0x12012].com.getdropbox.dropbox[0]: Sampling completed, processing symbols...
Jan 9 03:28:00 ihomez mds[19366]: (Warning) Server: No stores registered for metascope "kMDQueryScopeComputer"
Jan 9 03:28:00 ihomez [0x0-0x12012].com.getdropbox.dropbox[0]: Sample analysis of process 12446 written to file /Users/home/.dropbox/s4f0a50aa
Jan 9 03:33:30 ihomez com.apple.backupd[19376]: Copied 717781 files (13.0 MB) from volume i5 2TB.
Jan 9 04:06:38 ihomez com.apple.backupd[19376]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 9 04:06:38 ihomez com.apple.backupd[19376]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Jan 9 04:06:39 ihomez com.apple.backupd[19376]: Backup completed successfully.
Jan 9 04:33:45 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: Starting standard backup
Jan 9 04:33:46 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machime LA/Backups.backupdb
Jan 9 04:33:46 ihomez mds[19366]: (Warning) Server: No stores registered for metascope "kMDQueryScopeComputer"
Jan 9 04:40:18 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 382.47 GB available
Jan 9 04:59:25 ihomez backupd[20287]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 9 05:31:48 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: Copied 720482 files (13.0 MB) from volume i5 2TB.
Jan 9 05:45:22 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 381.98 GB available
Jan 9 06:05:14 ihomez backupd[20287]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 9 06:32:57 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: Copied 12.7 MB of 12.7 MB, 538084 of 538084 items
Jan 9 06:36:52 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: Copied 717781 files (12.7 MB) from volume i5 2TB.
Jan 9 08:12:05 ihomez mds[19366]: (Normal) DiskStore: Creating index for /
Jan 9 08:12:30 ihomez System Preferences[20910]: Preference bundle "/Users/home/Library/PreferencePanes/Archives.prefPane" is misplaced, ignoring...
Jan 9 08:12:32 ihomez System Preferences[20910]: Error loading /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/DVCPROHDAudio.plugin/Contents/MacOS/DVCPROHDAudio: dlopen(/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/DVCPROHDAudio.plugin/Contents/MacOS/DVCPROHD Audio, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:\n    /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/DVCPROHDAudio.plugin/Contents/MacOS/DVCPROHDAudio: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
Jan 9 08:12:32 ihomez System Preferences[20910]: Cannot find function pointer NewPlugIn for factory C5A4CE5B-0BB8-11D8-9D75-0003939615B6 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x20056cb80 </Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/DVCPROHDAudio.plugin> (bundle, not loaded)
Jan 9 08:23:40 ihomez mdworker[20945]: Error, could not create MachMessagePort for com.apple.AddressBook.abd
Jan 9 08:23:46 ihomez mdworker32[20948]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 9 08:23:52 ihomez mdworker32[20950]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 9 08:30:47 ihomez com.apple.Finder[225]: Failed to send message to backup server: error = -2
Jan 9 08:30:41 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 9 08:30:49 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Jan 9 08:30:51 ihomez com.apple.launchd[1] (0x1001017c0.mach_init.mdworker[20949]): Exited: Killed
Jan 9 08:35:39 ihomez mdworker[20959]: (Normal) Import: Spotlight giving up on importing file /Users/home/Desktop/testdisk-6.11.3/recupero/recup_dir.34/f2515784.abcdp after 240.256 seconds, 239.841 seconds of which was spent in the Spotlight importer plugin.
Jan 9 08:35:39 ihomez com.apple.launchd[1] (0x1001017c0.mach_init.mdworker[20959]): Exited with exit code: 75
Jan 9 08:36:55 ihomez com.apple.backupd[20287]: Backup completed successfully.
Jan 9 08:37:17 ihomez mdworker32[20974]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 9 08:39:36 ihomez mdworker[20969]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 9 08:41:09 ihomez mdworker[20969]: Corrupt JPEG data: 10053 extraneous bytes before marker 0xed
Jan 9 08:41:37 ihomez /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker[20969]: zip importer encountered an error (3) scanning "/Users/home/Downloads/Griffin Seconda serie.zip".
Jan 9 08:45:44 ihomez /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker[20969]: FontImporter: Validation failed - "/Users/home/Library/Fonts Disabled/MT Extra".
Jan 9 08:45:44 ihomez /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker[20969]: FontImporter: Validation Result - "<CFArray 0x10204f310 [0x7fff70eaeee0]>{type = mutable-small, count = 5, values = (\n    0 : <CFString 0x102762af8 [0x7fff70eaeee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityInformation"}\n    1 : <CFString 0x102762b18 [0x7fff70eaeee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityTechnicalError"}\n    2 : <CFString 0x102762b58 [0x7fff70eaeee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityMajorError"}\n    3 : <CFString 0x102762b78 [0x7fff70eaeee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityFatalError"}\n    4 : <CFString 0x102762b38 [0x7fff70eaeee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityMinorError"}\n)}".
Jan 9 08:45:55 ihomez mdworker[20969]: Error, could not create MachMessagePort for com.apple.AddressBook.abd
Jan 9 08:46:09 ihomez mdworker[20969]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 9 09:03:32 ihomez mdworker[21011]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 9 09:04:02: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Jan 9 09:05:15 ihomez mdworker[20969]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 9 09:05:43 ihomez mdworker32[21036]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 9 09:05:44 ihomez mdworker[20969]: iCal.mdimporter: could not parse ICS file: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/EntourageCore.framework/Versions/12/Resources/it.lproj/Timezones.ic s
Jan 9 09:13:28 ihomez mdworker32[21053]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 9 09:16:17 ihomez mdworker32[21074]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 9 09:33:45 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: Starting standard backup
Jan 9 09:33:46 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machime LA/Backups.backupdb
Jan 9 09:40:46 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 381.68 GB available
Jan 9 09:57:57 ihomez backupd[21102]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 9 10:29:58 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: Copied 718890 files (12.9 MB) from volume i5 2TB.
Jan 9 10:43:35 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 381.48 GB available
Jan 9 11:02:16 ihomez backupd[21102]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 9 11:31:08 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: Copied 12.7 MB of 12.7 MB, 642967 of 642967 items
Jan 9 11:33:07 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: Copied 716189 files (12.7 MB) from volume i5 2TB.
Jan 9 13:26:26 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: Backup deletion was canceled by user
Jan 9 13:26:26 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 9 13:26:27 ihomez com.apple.backupd[21102]: Backup completed successfully.

Thanks for the quick response.
I followed the steps you listed and also remove the files that were creating problems spootlight, including the audio plugin and the panel preferences file.
Then I stopped by the timemachine reindexed spootlight 'option in the preferences panel spootight privacy. After I restarted my iMac and formatted the external drive again, Time Machine and restarting a full backup. This morning after a quick full backup and disk indexing completed incremental backups are always slow. Proceeds with a few kb at a time. I resend you the log files and screen capture. My iMac is constantly backed up.
Thank you for your time.
Stefano
File log:
Jan 10 00:30:05 ihomez newsyslog[757]: logfile turned over
Jan 10 00:43:30 ihomez [0x0-0xe00e].com.getdropbox.dropbox[278]: Sampling process 278 for 5 seconds with 10 milliseconds of run time between samples
Jan 10 00:43:35 ihomez [0x0-0xe00e].com.getdropbox.dropbox[278]: Sampling completed, processing symbols...
Jan 10 00:43:35 ihomez [0x0-0xe00e].com.getdropbox.dropbox[278]: Sample analysis of process 278 written to file /Users/home/.dropbox/s4f0b7ba2
Jan 10 00:44:08 ihomez mdworker32[805]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 01:00:51 ihomez mdworker[579]: -[ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook] Can't ABACQUIRE_FILE_LOCK /SourceCache/AddressBook/AddressBook-883/Framework/AddressBook/ABAddressBook.m: 3314
Jan 10 01:04:41 ihomez osascript[897]: Initializer-based scripting additions have been deprecated. Please update this addition: "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/QXPScriptingAdditions.osax"
Jan 10 01:07:56 ihomez mdworker32[930]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 01:08:01 ihomez mdworker32[931]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 01:09:44 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: Copied 94.7 GB of 990.4 GB, 506176 of 1771170 items
Jan 10 01:13:34 ihomez [0x0-0xe00e].com.getdropbox.dropbox[278]: Sampling process 278 for 5 seconds with 10 milliseconds of run time between samples
Jan 10 01:13:39 ihomez [0x0-0xe00e].com.getdropbox.dropbox[278]: Sampling completed, processing symbols...
Jan 10 01:13:39 ihomez [0x0-0xe00e].com.getdropbox.dropbox[278]: Sample analysis of process 278 written to file /Users/home/.dropbox/s4f0b82ad
Jan 10 01:14:19 ihomez mdworker32[946]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 01:20:02 ihomez mdworker32[969]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 02:00:16 ihomez mdworker32[1025]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 02:09:44 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: Copied 316.2 GB of 990.4 GB, 530801 of 1771170 items
Jan 10 02:10:51 ihomez mdworker32[1052]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 02:11:00 ihomez mdworker[937]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 10 02:15:01 ihomez mdworker[937]: Corrupt JPEG data: 10053 extraneous bytes before marker 0xed
Jan 10 02:15:37 ihomez mdworker32[1063]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 02:30:55 ihomez mdworker32[1098]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 02:38:32 ihomez /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker[937]: FontImporter: Validation failed - "/Users/home/Library/Fonts Disabled/MT Extra".
Jan 10 02:38:32 ihomez /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker[937]: FontImporter: Validation Result - "<CFArray 0x10256a570 [0x7fff70e20ee0]>{type = mutable-small, count = 5, values = (\n    0 : <CFString 0x104eb5af8 [0x7fff70e20ee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityInformation"}\n    1 : <CFString 0x104eb5b18 [0x7fff70e20ee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityTechnicalError"}\n    2 : <CFString 0x104eb5b58 [0x7fff70e20ee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityMajorError"}\n    3 : <CFString 0x104eb5b78 [0x7fff70e20ee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityFatalError"}\n    4 : <CFString 0x104eb5b38 [0x7fff70e20ee0]>{contents = "kATSFontTestSeverityMinorError"}\n)}".
Jan 10 02:38:55 ihomez mdworker[937]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 10 02:38:56 ihomez mdworker32[1115]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Jan 10 03:09:44 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: Copied 517.9 GB of 990.4 GB, 651137 of 1771170 items
Jan 10 04:09:45 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: Copied 723.7 GB of 990.4 GB, 787449 of 1771170 items
Jan 10 05:09:46 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: Copied 947.2 GB of 990.4 GB, 789860 of 1771170 items
Jan 10 05:20:55 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: Copied 790597 files (982.2 GB) from volume i5 2TB.
Jan 10 05:32:32 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.60 GB requested (including padding), 873.52 GB available
Jan 10 05:33:14 ihomez mdworker[1452]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 10 05:35:07: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Jan 10 05:35:36 ihomez backupd[479]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 10 05:35:45 ihomez mdworker[1475]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
Jan 10 05:59:42 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: Copied 699486 files (1.9 MB) from volume i5 2TB.
Jan 10 06:34:52 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 10 06:34:52 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Jan 10 06:34:52 ihomez com.apple.backupd[479]: Backup completed successfully.
Jan 10 07:10:09 ihomez com.apple.backupd[1752]: Starting standard backup
Jan 10 07:10:09 ihomez com.apple.backupd[1752]: Backing up to: /Volumes/TimeMachine LA/Backups.backupdb

Concerns ALL Time Machine Users. HOW TO MOVE Time Machine backups. Help !

Concerns ALL Time Machine Users :
MOVE (or COPY) Time Machine backups from a "x"To Disk to an "y"To greater disk.
Hello and thank you all for reading me,
First, excuse me if I make language errors (I'm French).
Secundo, I don't know if you'll find something interesting for you
in what I write about Time Machine and my own problems,
but there's a possibility also that YOU could perhaps help me.
I'm talking about Time Machine and his **** Backups.backupdb folder,
containing "*Name of your Mac*" folder,
this folder containing Time Machine backups, format : YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS
Time Machine doesn't recognize the backups it made *IF YOU MOVE THEM*.
I have perhaps a solution in this message.
You'll see below what kind of problem I (and you could) have.
Since 12/01/10, an Apple Adviser Level Two (and me)
are trying to understand how to move backups from TM1To Disk to, let's say, a bigger one.
My case is TM1,5To.
*Purpose :* Move 19 backups from Time Machine X disk to Time Machine Y disk.
Delete TMX disk Time Machine backups after that.
Make TMY disk the current used Time Machine Disk.
I don't remember exactly what we did before
(we even created a "root" account with password (dangerous to do),
but it didn't solve the problem),
but we finally copied :
TM1To > Backups.backupdb > *MacBook Pro* folder (containing 19 backups) into :
TM1,5To > Backups.backupdb folder.
The Copy application announced *16 hours !* (without antivirus, to remove absolutely).
So I said goodbye and thank you to my Apple Adviser. After *8 hours*, Copy failed.
BUT it had succeeded to copy *4 backups ONLY* (why ?) in TM1,5To.
I immediately verified and checked each of these with Get Info.
They had EXACTLY the same size (Byte to Byte) as in TM1To.
➔ BUT HERE IS MY OBSERVATION :
After designing TM1,5To as Time Machine Disk, I ordered it to Backup (now).
And what did Time Machine do in TM1,5To > Backups.backupdb ?
It created a *NEW folder*, named *MacBook Pro 2* !
➔ *I HAVE NO ACCESS* to TM1,5To > Backups.backupdb > *MacBook Pro* (4 backups copied from TM1To, remember) ;
➔ while I still *HAVE ACCESS* to TM1To > Backups.backupdb > *MacBook Pro* (19 backups) ;
➔ *AND I HAVE ACCESS* to TM1,5To > Backups.backupdb > *MacBook Pro 2*,
where Time Machine makes actually his backups.
*NOTE :* If you *change the name* of your computer,
Time Machine *changes automatically the name* of the folder who is in Backups.backupdb folder.
➔ ① I have *never seen* such protections (Sharing and Permissions).
You are not allowed to do anything. I've tried to change permissions,
first : "R+W", after that : "Make (Me) the owner", I can tell you : DON'T DO IT !
➔ ② It's impossible to install an OS on a Time Machine disk
(I thought it would allow better permissions).
OS Installer detects the existence of a Backups.backupdb folder
and refuses to install on this disk or partition.
I have now the bad intent to install minimal OS X
1) after deleting (how ?) this folder (but not its contents, how to move it ?)
and 2) declare *after that* the disk as Time Machine disk.
➔ ③ Time Machine doesn't backup OTHER Time Machine backups
(who are in an ancient-not-choosed-for-backups Time Machine disk) NOR backups this disk
(detects, once again, the existence of a Backups.backupdb folder).
AND you can't *absolutely not remove backups from the folder the're in*
(for me, *MacBook Pro* or *MacBook Pro 2*).
➔ ④ I didn't have time to do it, but I think there would perhaps be a solution
in restoring backups in partitions specially created to receive them (having the same name,
that sort of thing) and then re-backup these partitions (vicious and complicated).
There is a function on Mac OS X Install DVD : start with it, and then (do not install)
choose "*restore from Time Machine backup*" from the menu bar (it's called "Utilities", I believe).
➔ ⑤ I *absolutely don't understand* what follows :
— If I add (in my TM1To disk) the bytes of the 19 backups
in Backups.backupdb > *MacBook Pro* folder, I obtain about *1,8 To*.
— It's impossible (and not french).
— When I check the size used with Disk Utility (NOT with Get Info),
I find a correct (?) size : *about 750 Go*.
— What are Time Machine backups made of ?
It can't be aliases (because of their size, and because *aliases suppose originals,
and where could they be ?*), or am I wrong and becoming crazy ?
➔ ⑥ If you refer to the numbers shown at the end of this text (*4 backups*),
you'll see I could *delete duplicate elements* inside these 4 backups,
to win space (but *what kind* of space *if I delete aliases* ?).
Back-In-Time (see below) says he does it.
BUT is it really the OLDEST items I have to destroy (see ⑤),
when I don't know with what kind of ARTEFACT I'm acting ?
What does Time Machine delete to create more backup space ?
Is it REALLY the OLDEST backups it treats, or duplicates, OR ?
*What you can do :*
Find and go to Tri-Edre.fr or Tri-Edre.com/fr site (it's a french company
that creates small Mac applications since fifteen years at least,
I think I already bought them several programs in 1990) ;
Their program *Back-In-Time 1.4.4* is free (Trial) and complete to download (with PDF docs too).
It is *ENTIRELY DEDICATED* to Time Machine and *things you can't do* with.
Price is about 30 €, I think it's worth.
The TRIAL version you will obtain can only work on the LAST Time Machine backup,
but you will see what's featured *AND :*
You will ACCESS to ANY Time Machine backup you want
(It has to be the last of a serie of backups, but the serie you want.
I've bought the application and own an activation key, but you understand I can't give it to you
(it would not be ethic) and anyway you would be obliged to disconnect AirPort, Ethernet etc.
•➔ I have bought the application because I thought (it's said in PDF FAQs) I could IN THE END move Time Machine backup files, but it cannot, (I'm afraid).
*BUT ANY ACCESS PROBLEM IS SOLVED.*
•➔ Back-In-Time 1.4.4 can *delete :* duplicate backups, complete backups,
or duplicate items inside one or several Time Machine backups,
things that I believe impossible with Time Machine itself
(I've seen it offers to delete ALL occurences of an item) ;
•➔ The application can also restore anything you want, where you want
(but I think Time Machine does it too ?)
•➔ Believe it or not, but since I've bought it on 15/01,
I've only worked about 2 hours (no, much more) on it
and didn't make sufficient progresses (enhancements ?)
to talk of it with sufficient experience (I'm a bad guy, don't you think ?)
•➔ Tri-Edre offers on-line support, e-mail support (and so on),
and I EVEN didn't manage to join them, because I did many other things,
and also somewhat have been disgusted *not to be able to move* or copy
*(accessible by Time Machine after that)* backups,
and I also didn't succeed (*another Time Machine inconvenient*) to DESTROY an ".inProgress"
Time Machine (package) which doesn't work anymore (several interruptions while active),
date (and name) 2010-01-27-164345.inProgress, but is used (*with failure results*)
by Time Machine (it's turned off till I find how to destroy its **** ".inProgress" package.
•➔ I've asked my Apple Adviser Level 2 to wait for news from me
before working himself on the problem, and I think I will send him this message
to prove I haven't forgotten him.
•➔ I'll send it to Tri-Edre too, in the same move.
I hope those remarks to be useful for somebody, tell me if it has helped.
I will also publish this in any Time Machine topics I find here, and in MacRumors site too.
As you can see, I need help too … Does anybody have an idea ?
Perhaps if I used a specific Copy software, it could work ?
You'll see below an example of some time I've spent to study my problem
(you will think I'm crazy).
With my kind regards, and good luck if you have other Time Machine problems !
Olivier Herrbach
<Edited by Host>
Le but du jeu est de transférer toutes les sauvegardes Time Machine
d'un volume/partition que nous appelerons "1 To"
sur un volume/partition que nous appelerons "1,5 To".
*Je rappelle que les 4 sauvegardes effectuées par Time Machine sur le 1 To
n'ont pas été reconnues comme siennes par Time Machine sur le 1,5 To,
bien que strictement identiques en taille après leur copie.
J'ai remarqué dans Back-In-Time des fichiers invisibles (tels que "TimeMachine.log"
ou quelque chose de genre), et je soupçonne fort qu'ils n'ont pas été copiés et que Time Machine,
ne les trouvant pas dans le 1,5 To, a ignoré à cause de leur absence les 4 sauvegardes décrites ici.*
*Sauvegardes effectuées par Time Machine sur 1 To :*
Path : MacBook Pro > Volumes > 1 To > Backups.backupdb > MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro contient 19 items (dont un alias appelé "Latest") :
1°) 2010-01-02-045758 Size : 913.207 B for 41.888 items comprenant :
• Hitachi 1 To Size : 907.664 B for 41.887 items 7 folders
Différence avec 1°) = - 5.543 B - 1 item (1 folder)
2°) 2010-01-03-001957 Size : 982.211.325 B for 67.490 items comprenant :
• Hitachi 1 To Size : 901.516 B for 41.886 items 6 folders
Différence avec 1°) = - 6.148 B - 1 item - 1 folder
• Samsung 500 Go Size : 981.302.510 B for 25.602 items 4 folders
Total • + • = Size : 982.204.026 B for 67.488 items
Différence avec 2°) = -7.209 B - 2 items (2 folders)
— *Supprimer • Hitachi 1 To* dans 2010-01-03-001957. Comparer les dossiers.
3°) 2010-01-04-222709 Size : 5.241.032.819 B for 26.509 items comprenant :
• Samsung 500 Go Size : 5.187.330.874 B for 19.392 items 8 folders
Différence avec 2°) = + 4.206.028.364 B - 6.210 items + 4 folders
• StartUp Disk Size : 53.692.703 B for 7.115 items 4 folders
Total • + • = Size : 5.241.023.577 B for 26.507 items
Différence avec 3°) = - 9.242 B - 2 items (2 folders)
— *Supprimer Samsung 500 Go* dans 2010-01-03-001957. Comparer les dossiers.
4°) 2010-01-05-125449 Size : 9.428.705.396 B for 204.915 items comprenant :
• HD 250 Go Size : 9.374.308.265 B for 181.575 items 7 folders
• Samsung 500 Go Size : 692.898 B for 16.222 items 8 folders
Différence avec 3°) = - 5.186.637.976 B - 3.170 items
• StartUp Disk Size : 53.692.703 B for 7.115 items 4 folders
Total • + • + • = Size : 9.428.693.866 B 204.912 items
Différence avec 4°) = - 11.530 B - 3 items (3 folders)
— Supprimer • StartUp Disk dans 2010-01-04-222709. IDENTIQUE.

Dear James Pond,
Thank you once again, and, don't be afraid, I will be as short as possible,
but I need to use your last reply (I've cut all what was already said).
JP ➔ You can copy an entire set of backups, but you cannot copy part of it successfully. See #18 etc.
JP ➔ Read this from the first paragraph: "you cannot copy only selected backups,
or merge two (or more) sets of backups." The structure of the backups simply will not allow it.
I've read it, and found it regrettable. And I've also read, after that, what were the solutions under Leopard and Snow Leopard, and my conclusion is that it's a *dead end* for me. In short,
— I can't move (by drag and drop) the 1To's Backups.backupdb folder (containing MacBook Pro, 19 backups, access) to 1,5To, because there exists already the Backups.backupdb folder created by copy on 12/01 with Apple Assistance (containing [MacBook Pro, 4 backups of 19, no access] and [MacBook Pro 2, 15 backups, access]). I don't even know if it could be deleted by the copy (and I don't wanna do that anyway) ;
— I can't rename (and what for, I already forgot it) any Backups.backupdb folder nor delete it ;
— I can't copy any Computer'sName folder (entire set containing backups), being in a Backups.backup.db folder, into another Backups.backupdb folder ;
— I can't copy any (or all of an entire set) YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS backup(s), being in a Computer'sName folder, into another Computer'sName folder (even if it would be empty).
— Saying NONE in Time Machine Preferences and putting it to OFF is simply no use.
All is said. What I can try to do is :
— Delete (not with Finder, but with Back-In-Time) all duplicate things I find in all backups and also entire duplicate backups (I have full access to all with the software) ;
— Restore each of the reduced-to-minimum backups obtained in specially right-sized partitions wearing the YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS name of each restored backup. Time Machine doesn't backup his backups, but will backup these partitions.
I'm afraid to be actually completely running out of the target, when I read what I write … It's time to go to bed !
Reminder (OH) : Where did you find these amazing informations ?
JP➔ Some of it is detailed here: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/12/roadto_maco[]sx_leopard_timemachine.html
➤ Thank you ;
JP➔ and here:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2007/10/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/14
➤ Thank you too ;
JP➔ You have to understand the structure. When TM does the first backup, yes, it copies everything.
On subsequent backups, it copies what's new or changed, but also makes "hard links" (sort of like aliases) to the copies of the things that didn't change. That's how it can only back up a few things each time, but show you a complete "snapshot" of the way your entire system looked at the time of every backup.
➤ I'll do my best to understand.
JP➔ Time Machine deletes backups under two conditions. See the first part of #12 in the Frequently Asked Questions User Tip, also at the top of this forum.
Under normal circumstances, you should not have to delete any backups. See the rest of #12.
➤ I understood why Time Machine didn't delete oldest backups : they were not weeklies ones.
Reminder (OH) : How can I destroy the (corrupted ?) not working "2010-01-27-164345.inProgress" in 1,5 To, which causes Time Machine to abort any backup of any size I ask ?
JP➔ Why do you think it's corrupted? TM is designed to "recover" a partial backup.
➤ I'll verify that with the little Tools/Apps I discovered in your FAQ User Tip document and downloaded immediately.
Why didn't Apple tell me anything ? It's my fault, I'm perhaps not clear and not demanding enough more from them.
JP➔ You cannot install OSX on a disk containing TM backups. That's because they need to be on separate disks.
Technically, you could put them on separate partitions of the same disk, but that would not be a good idea.
➤ I never told you that (there would be no interest at all). I talked about the same location, to see if it would allow me more permissions, but if all works without doing it, it's really no use.
JP➔ Sorry, I don't know what that means.
➤ I'm sorry, I didn't explain : "but if all works" meant : Copy Backups.backupdb, "without doing it" meant : Install OSX.
➤ If I install an OSX BEFORE, Time Machine will REFUSE completely to backup on it, it's understood.
JP➔ Correct. The partition you're running from will not be an option in TM Preferences > Select Disk. That prevents TM from backing-up it's own backups!
➤ Would it be so absurd ? Maybe it could resolve my actual problem ?
I think you are right, but I don't know why. I trust you.
Reminder (OH) : "I will not bore you again except if I don't find a specific answer to an unknown-never-seen-incredible malfuction."
JP➔ Don't worry about that -- thats what this forum is for, especially if you're still having problems.
➤ It's seems in fact that there is no possible solution, except what I said above and is certainly crazy/out of subject.
Just try to be as clear and concise as you can.
And please don't post the same things repeatedly -- it wastes your time and ours, and can confuse other folks.
➤ You're absolutely right and I tried to do so this time, and I'm sorry because I see it's still (far) not enough (short).
Thank you once more. I wish you a good evening and week-end. Here it's 01:40 AM.
With my kind regards
Olivier Herrbach
[email protected]

Mavericks (10.9.5) time machine and server 3.2.1 user permissions conflict

We are using a Mac mini Server (mid 2010) 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1067MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256MB machine. There are 2 500GB hard disks which have each been partitioned into 2 separate logical disks of 250GB each (in total 4 logical 250GB disks).
We having been using this server to file share on the local network for years using Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion (although there were teething problems with Mountain Lion using the new Server app).
After experiencing some issues with an iCloud password change and App Store failing to load, we decided to try updating to Mavericks. Upon update we were prompted to update the Server app to Mavericks version (Server app 3.2.1), this seemed to work to begin with, preserving file sharing and network user records and permissions, however we soon started to experience issues with permissions and Time Machine. We noticed that the Open Directory set up to store our network users was no longer available in the Server app and so decided to erase one of the alternate partitions and perform a clean install of Mavericks and Server app 3.2.1. This proved to produce the same issues with Time Machine permissions and also difficulties with the shared folder permissions.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Hi Linc,
Thanks for the reply.
The Time Machine folders shown are from the Server app Storage tab which shows all connected hard drives. I haven't set TM drives up to be shared and hopefully the following screenshots will illustrate the current setup. This setup was created from a clean install of all involved software i.e. drives were erased and setup from scratch and the TM drives were simply connected and TM took control from there.
As you can see from these screenshots, when viewing the permissions through the Server app, there appears to be an extra user when compared to the OS Get Info window.
After leaving TM to its own devices over the weekend, I was greeted with a 'preparing backup' message this morning(Mon 13th October), with a last backup completed on Sat 11th October at 15:19:16. Stopping this backup and starting a manual backup has now resulted in a new, never before experienced error message stating that the backup disks can not be found:
Console reports:
I must re-iterate, the disk was erased and simply connected and Time Machine did its thing. Now as 'admin' it is clear that the folders created by TM do not have permissions so that I can simply view them in Finder, but does this directly affect TMs ability to access folders it has created itself?
One useful bit of information I seem to have neglected is that the erased TM drive is encrypted, however the password was entered when the drive was connected to the machine and there has been no prompt thereafter.
Please help. Only other comment I can make is that before the update to Mavericks and Server app 3.2.1, none of this was a problem.

Time Machine Problem, Please Help.

Hi, I have a new MacBook Air and TM just doesn't work. I keep getting the "backup volume cannot be found" error message. I've trashed the preference file in Library, quit TM, restart again, and repaired permission to no avail. I have also reinstalled the OS and the same problem persists. I've tried on 3 external drives (Time Capsule wirelessly, WD MyBook connected via USB and a Lacie portable drive connected via USB) and TM fails to backup every time. I've searched this board and other Mac fora and found no solution to my specific problem. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

HiDef Jules wrote:
Hi there,
Today I installed a little program to convert flac audio files to mp3. When I ran the program the computer froze, so I rebooted but then I could move the cursor but not click on any menus or icons on the desktop, they just wouldnt respond - so basically I couldnt use the computer. After re-booting a few times with the same result I decided to reinstall the system using time machine from an external hard drive. I reinstalled OSX, then reinstalled Snow Leopard, then reinstalled the system from a previous save from Time Machine.
how exactly did you reinstall the system from TM? please give details. the correct way to do it is to boot from the snow leopard DVD and use the "restore system from backup" utility in the Utilities menu. there is no need to reinstall anything prior to using that utility. the restore utility wipes your hard drive and restores it to the state it was in at the backup time.
It said the installation was successful, but when the computer restarted a message comes up saying "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button until it turns off, then press the Power button again". Ive done this about 5 times now but it always just says the same message without starting properly. WHAT DO I DO???? I really need to use my computer tomorrow so any help is hugely appreciated!!! TIA
PS. i have done a hardware test in "loop mode" and it says everything is fine

Time Machine Problems - Please Help!

I am fairly new to the world of Mac's, purchasing my first in late November 2010 and i have recently been investigating Apples own Time Machine software as a means of backing up my Mac. I had an Iomega 1TB Home Media Network drive which i had connected via ethernet to my router and my Mac was on wireless. When Time Machine saw the network drive it refused to back up to it and then occasionally it didn't see it at all. I then decided to use this drive just for the Windows PCs in my household and not for my Mac as i thought it may not be backing up because i have Mac backups and Windows backups on the same drive without partitioning. I have now got a Freecom Classic 3.5" 500GB hard drive connected directly to the USB in my Mac and Time Machine sees it and begins the backup. I get so far and then i receive the error "The backup was not performed because and error occurred while copying files to the backup disk" - i have installed the Time Machine buddy widget from Apple and have looked into it, this is what i get:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/Macbook Pro Backup 1/Backups.backupdb
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
Backup content size: 58.7 GB excluded items size: 4.9 GB for volume Macintosh HD
No pre-backup thinning needed: 64.52 GB requested (including padding), 455.32 GB available
Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources/aahh_02.aif to /Volumes/Macbook Pro Backup 1/Backups.backupdb/Macbook Pro/2011-04-12-190436.inProgress/A63BA24E-781B-4368-B837-3A4DCA67834D/Macintosh HD/Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources
Stopping backup.
Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources/aahh_02.aif to /Volumes/Macbook Pro Backup 1/Backups.backupdb/Macbook Pro/2011-04-12-190436.inProgress/A63BA24E-781B-4368-B837-3A4DCA67834D/Macintosh HD/Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources
Copied 0 files (387 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
So the Errors are:
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources/aahh_02.aif to /Volumes/Macbook Pro Backup 1/Backups.backupdb/Macbook Pro/2011-04-12-190436.inProgress/A63BA24E-781B-4368-B837-3A4DCA67834D/Macintosh HD/Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources
Error: (-8062) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources/aahh_02.aif to /Volumes/Macbook Pro Backup 1/Backups.backupdb/Macbook Pro/2011-04-12-190436.inProgress/A63BA24E-781B-4368-B837-3A4DCA67834D/Macintosh HD/Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources
Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
I have tried everything and looked through the forums finding people with similar problems - i have tried Verifying my Internal HD, Repairing my External HD and have tried running Tech Tool Deluxe - all of which cannot find any problems. I have also tried excluding this file but Time Machine just finds the same error with the next file in alphabetical order in the folder - i should also add it is not just the folder Applications. Can someone please tell me if i am doing something wrong as this is always a possibility with my inexperience with Macs.
Thanks for your help and sorry it's a little long winded.

Time Machine can back up to some NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices, if they meet Apple's criteria. But there are some downsides; see the pink box in #2 of [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
But yes, even if it supports Time Machine, backing-up both Windoze and OSX to the same partition is unlikely to work.
You'll have to check with Iomega about that.
Error parsing SystemMigration.log to determine source volume of system migration.
That's not really a problem; it just means Time Machine isn't sure whether you "migrated" your data from a different Mac.
Error: (-36) SrcErr:NO Copying /Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources/aahh_02.aif to /Volumes/Macbook Pro Backup 1/Backups.backupdb/Macbook Pro/2011-04-12-190436.inProgress/A63BA24E-781B-4368-B837-3A4DCA67834D/Macintosh HD/Applications/AlpineCrawler.app/Contents/Resources
I have also tried excluding this file but Time Machine just finds the same error with the next file in alphabetical order in the folder - i should also add it is not just the folder Applications.
That's the kind of thing we see when there's a problem with a file or the destination; often a bad connection. But if it's happening on every file, obviously it's something much more serious.
Is the external HD formatted properly? See #C1 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

Clean install of Lion. Now I can;t see the partition on a USB external where I did a Time Machine backup. Help?

Howdy.
Ok, wanted to update my daughter's MacBookPro (late 2009 - 2.26ghz - 8GB RAM) I took a new external and partitioned into two GUID partitions. Installed Lion on one, and did a full (and verified) backup on the other. Booted off the external, erased the laptop drive and installed Lion. Works perfectly.
But when I try and access the Time Machine backup, I can't even see the partition. The icon is on the Desktop, the partition is in Finder. When I first instaled it even asked if I wanted to use that partition for Time Machine. But I can't do anything but a full restore, which I obviously do not want.
I tried going into Time Machine itself and when asked if I wanted to "Use Previous Disk" to do TM backups, I said yes. But I could not get the Mac to "inherit" the old backup.
Migration Assistant doesn't see the partition either.
Help?

First I formatted 2 partitions GUID on the external and installed Lion into one of them., and backed up the Macbook (via Time Machine) into the other. I then booted off the external Lion partition, erased the Macbook, installed a fresh Lion.
I then restarted using the new internal Macbook drive. Works perfectly. But now, when I try to use Migration Assistant I cant see the second partition, the one with the Time Machine backup.
I know I can do it manually but actually the computer is with my daughter at college in Arizona and I'm in Connecticut, so I'd rather get to the screen that allows you to restore users and settings only.
Thanks!

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