Time machine question please. (Mavericks)

When TM begins a backup (not the initial but a normal everyday backup; when you get the initial progress bar, I believe I understand correctly that TM is reading the hard drive for changes since the last backup.
My question concerns the changeover on the progress bar when TM begins the actual backup for what it has found changed. The numbers change at the instant the backup begins to what I believe is the total amount of what TM has found and is backing up.
Now as the backup continues the progress bar of course shows the backup progress and the number amount of the backup decreases as I watch.
What happens is that whatever the total is showing for the backup being done, the backup ALWAYS ends somewhere short of that amount. For example I could be showing a 2GB backup in progress, but the progress ends and the backup shows complete at say 1.2GB.
I'd really like to understand what is actually happening here. The backups seem normal when I check TM on the "My Passport" that I'm using. But WHY doesn't the backup progress on my backups continue on to the actual amount showing as the total backup being transfered to the drive?
Many thanks if someone can help me understand this process a bit better.
Dudley Henriques
2013 Macbook Air, Mavericks all updates current. TM drive is a 500GBWD My Passport. All hardware checked and ok. Plenty of room on the external drive and all systems are normal.

Ah so !! "Estimated" is the word of the day and seems to solve everything.
So all IS normal, and there is once again peace in the valley.
Thank you very much for your time and expertise. I really appreciate these forums.
Dudley Henriques
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Hardware Information:
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Copy stage failed with error:11
Backup failed with error: 11
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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.
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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).

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Internet Recovery Can't Find Disk for Time Machine or Reinstalling Mavericks?

I have a MacBook Pro that's a little over a year old. It froze up today when I opened it up, so I held the power button down and restarted it. When it powered on again, there was just a flashing picture of a folder with a question mark on it. I restarted it again, but this time holding down command+r to put it into internet recovery mode.
Once it got to a menu, I decided to try and use time machine. It spent a few minutes trying to find a saved backup, but it seemed to just be spinning its wheels and getting nowhere. I'm only about 60% certain that I ever saved anything on time machine, but it still seems like it should have either given me my saved option or told me I hadn't saved anything, not just run seemingly endlessly.
After that, I went back and tried to just reinstall Mavericks, but it couldn't find a disk to reinstall it on.
Does anyone know what could be causing this problem, or how I could go about fixing it so my computer is at least usable again?

This is from the Apple Knowledge Base (below). Note that it automatically reverts to Internet Recovery when the hard disk "isn't available." I can't say for sure but it sounds like your hard drive may have failed in a way that it doesn't "show up" when the computer looks for it. Hopefully you do have a backup.
OS X Internet Recovery
Mac models introduced after public availability of OS X Lion include the ability to start up directly from an Internet-based version of the OS X Recovery system. OS X automatically uses this feature when the Recovery System on the hard disk isn't available (such as when your hard disk encounters an issue, or when your hard disk has been replaced or erased). OS X Internet Recovery lets you start your Mac directly from Apple's servers. Starting up from this system performs a quick test of your memory and hard drive to check for hardware issues.

Recovering Calendar files from Time Machine backups in Mavericks

I have somehow deleted all previous Calendars and entries prior to the day I set up iCloud. They have gone from iCloud also. This occurred after I tried to remove duplicates. Calendar entries after setting up iCloud are more or less OK but everything before that day has gone (except for birthdays and a few other entries).
Can I recover them from a previous (Mavericks) time-machine backup and if so how please?
I have looked for calendar files on my external backup HD but can't see anything recognisable.
Other posts on this topic seem to refer to previous operating systems.

I used the process outlined here successfuly just now:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudtm.html
I am running Mavericks. Things I learned or to clarify/amplify what he says (at the URL I just listed):
* If you have partial data saved in Calendar now, I highly recommend you export and save it as an .ics file so you won't lose anything.
* Make sure you close Calendar before trying to restore.
* To restore Calendar files, go back to the date you want to restore in Time Machine, and in your home folder (or whatever you may have renamed it), go to Library > Calendar. Highlight ALL files in this folder. The Restore button should turn white in the bottom right of the Time Machine and hit that. It will move them all into your calendar.
* Follow his procedure otherwise. When you import the old data into your newly created On My Mac version of your calendar, it will say there is a "new event" or message and ask you where you want to put it. That would be the newly created calendar you just set up chosen off the list. It's pretty obvious but his directions didn't say so I like to be explicit with details.
* I found that calendars I had created since losing my old ones were not overwritten or lost when I followed the above procedure.

Time Machine backups delayed (Mavericks)

I have posted the same thread in the Time Capsule category a week ago but have had no replies. So I'm trying again here in Mavericks.
Since purchasing a new Time Capsule and updating to Mavericks from SL about three weeks ago, I've had an issue with Time Machine scheduled backups. Before setting up the TC I backed up to an external drive connected to my imac via USB. Now I use the TC for TM backups and as a router. The TC is connected to a Netgear router running in modem mode. My imac where I'm having the below TM issue, as well my ipad and iphone connect to the TC over wifi (for internet and TM backups).
Hourly TM backups start with a delay but there is no error or warning message to say there is a delay. I've read Pondini's FAQ and trouble shooting but cannot find this exact issue anywhere. I've done a full TM reset as per Pondini trouble shooting A4, as well as verifying backups as per A5, and also powering off and rebooting everything as per C19 (including hard reset of TC). None of this has changed anything.
Pondini says TM backups are scheduled to start exactly one hour after the start of the previous backup. But my backups start several minutes after the completion time of the previous backup (anything between 2 minutes and 25 minutes so far). Each time the scheduled time for the next backup passes without it starting and as a result the TM preferences start displaying the next scheduled backup an hour later (as if it just skipped one). But then the backup will start some time after the completion time of the last backup.
I will illustrate in an example with screenshots:
1. At 20:04, the next backup is scheduled for 20:05
2. At 20:06, the backup hasn't started so TM acts as if it has been skipped and shows next backup at 21.05
3. But then at 20:24, the backup unexpectedly starts. As mentioned above, then timing is somewhat random in that in can be after 2 minutes or 20 or more. The only consistency is that it always starts after the completion time of the last backup.
4. The backup has finished, it seems everything is fine (although I can't be sure). The completion time of the last backup is correct, and the next backup is scheduled for 1 hour after the last one started. But guess what... the wholem thing repeats itself again.
This issue makes me uneasy about the reliability of TM backups. I am also experiencing another issue with my TC which is linked to Airport Utility intermittenly showing "device not found". See my ongoing discussion about this issue here:https://discussions.apple.com/message/24339064?ac_cid=op123456#24339064
I have no idea whether these issues are related. Please note that the above issue with delayed TM backups is independent of the "device not found" issue i.e. the delays occur whether or not the TC is visible in Airport Utility. (When it is not visible/greyed out, both my wifi internet connection and TM backups still run).
Grateful for your advice! Thanks.

I used the process outlined here successfuly just now:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudtm.html
I am running Mavericks. Things I learned or to clarify/amplify what he says (at the URL I just listed):
* If you have partial data saved in Calendar now, I highly recommend you export and save it as an .ics file so you won't lose anything.
* Make sure you close Calendar before trying to restore.
* To restore Calendar files, go back to the date you want to restore in Time Machine, and in your home folder (or whatever you may have renamed it), go to Library > Calendar. Highlight ALL files in this folder. The Restore button should turn white in the bottom right of the Time Machine and hit that. It will move them all into your calendar.
* Follow his procedure otherwise. When you import the old data into your newly created On My Mac version of your calendar, it will say there is a "new event" or message and ask you where you want to put it. That would be the newly created calendar you just set up chosen off the list. It's pretty obvious but his directions didn't say so I like to be explicit with details.
* I found that calendars I had created since losing my old ones were not overwritten or lost when I followed the above procedure.

Time machine question please. (Mavericks)

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