Time Machine/ Time Capsule... worthless piece of doggie doo...

It takes DAYS to try and back up. I'm sick of trying to deal with it. I've tried reformatting the freaking thing and it only gives errors or takes days. I've read the "help" files, and I've got this thing connected using an Ethernet instead of wireless but no joy. Getting this creepy error in the console:
Jun 22 00:00:42 MyHD mDNSResponder[34]: SendRecordRegistration: Error formatting message for 50927 [email protected],ME.members.mac.com. NULL RDLen 50927: ....
Jun 22 00:01:12: --- last message repeated 5 times ---
Any way to ditch this doodoo and just format it so I can back up using Super Duper or some other folder synchronizer? It's a 500 meg paperweight right now. I'd like to be able to backup more than one disk, but it isn't even possible with this hourly backup hogging bits.
I tell you, I've been a Mac user since 1985 and I've had more troubles with Leopard and This TM junk than I've had with anything for years... Esp. crashes with my Adobe CS workflow... I am really disappointed with Apple and tired of fighting

Basically, since you've been using a Mac since 1985, you should know that there are very few problems with MacOS in general, but you must remember the init startup problems we endured in the 80's and 90's, and the SCSI voodoo (scanners not working without a terminator or sometimes with a terminator, sometime on a daisy chain, sometimes not) we learned until IDE drives became the norm.
The more complex the system, the more chance to have a problem, any system.
I assume you've googled the error, with no results, and you've done your homework with all the other online resources available. You've reset the device to factory standards and started from scratch several times.
After all your work, why haven't you sent the device back? It doesn't work. The TC is working much better than your results for thousands of other users whose skill levels are probably not on Par with your own. Sometimes you get defective hardware. I just received a new iMac for a client with a bad hard drive. It happens.

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How to safely remove all backups from Time Machine/Time Capsule?

I plan to 'clean up' my Time Machine/Time capsule completely, whereby I want to make it impossible for third parties to recover all or part of these old backups.
After I have accompished this I want to start from scratch backing up my Mac.
Can you please let me have a step by step procedure to accomplish my goal.
Thank you in advance!

Muizen wrote:
Thank you WZZZ.
1) I am now specifically looking for info regarding deleting emails from backups.
It is my impression so far, that this is not possible?
Delete all backups of <home folder>/Library/Mail, per Time Machine - Frequently Asked Question #12.
And exclude that folder from future backups, per FAQ #10.
2) In addition I feel that being somewhat better in control of TM that it would be an advantage to really clean out TH completely and start a new back up, thereby systematically blooking certain matters from backing-up since there is no need for doing so.
How would I best accomplish this?
If the emails are all you're worried about, the procedure above will be fine.
But if you want to erase the TC's internal HD, see #Q5 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule.

What is the best way to store my photos off my mac without using time machine, time capsule?

I heard alot of negative reviews about time machine / time capsule.

Time Machine is about the only way to create a full system backup with a Mac.
Nope, bootable clones is another option and vastly superior actually to TimeMachines basic backup only and undelete ability.
A clone is just that, a exact copy of OS X, bootable, accessible and everything just like the orignal.
Make as many as you need, clone everything in OS X to a larger drive too.
Read about them here
Most commonly used backup methods

Time Machine/Time Capsule issues

I have had a never ending series of Time Machine/Time Capsule issues. There's little to configure, so there's not much I could be doing wrong.
One thing I have especially noticed, is that Time Machine is interfering with iTunes. iTunes has frozen for a time or locked up when Time Machine is backing up.
Another problem I have seen is the console log flooded with some sort of waiting for index error. Yet another are messages like -
"Jul 14 14:43:56 MJBook /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[176]: StatusMonitor::volumesChangedCallBack returned -47"
The only thing I have ever found odd about my situation is that I am running a Time Machine and three other Airport Express devices. One of the Airport Express units uses WDS, and I heard that could create issues.
Any ideas?

I have the same question and I see you posted yours in March. So this forum is REALLY helpful...
My Mac consultant doesn't use either so is not much help. He says to erase T.C. and start over, but it also contains all my backups for my other Mac which have worked perfectly. When I select T.C. in T.M. the only option is to Remove Disk; I want to save the MacBook backups. I also tried wireless as he suggested but got the same warnings as above so went back to Ethernet. Plus nobody can tell me how to access T.C. in Disk Utility to try to fix it.

My Time Machine / Time capsule gets the error: The backup disk image could not be mounted

My time machine / time capsule gets the error: The backup disk image could not be mounted.

Reboot the TC.
If you normally have multiple computers backing up, under Lion there seems to be some issues.. you need to force other users off the system. You can do that through the Airport utility, manual setup, disks, disconnect all users. Note carefully if you use Lion you probably need to download the real airport utility.. 5.6 to accomplish anything useful.

A Macbook/Time Machine/Time Capsule epic - still in progress. Please help!

I'll try and keep this to the point.
I decided to upgrade my Macbook's 160GB Hitachi hard drive to a 500GB Samsung model. I also have a 500GB Time Capsule that has has an ongoing Time Machine backup going back to June 13, 2008.
I figured that I would change out the HD, then use the 'restore' function in Time Machine to bring the system back to where I left it. I figured that's exactly why I purchased Time Capsule in the first place.
The drive installed and formatted (using 'zero fill' to check for drive errors) just fine, and the restore kicked off great. The estimation was for something like 28 hours (for 49GB of data) which was a bit alarming but apparently not unheard of.
A day later, I found it stuck at 71% or so, and checking the install log revealed that I was getting 'error -36' messages for several music and video tracks in iTunes. It literally got stuck for about 8 hours, taking about half an hour to realize that each song was going to be an 'error -36' before moving on to the next one, and so on.
It was clearly never going to finish, at least not this year.
I clicked on stop, clicked to confirm that I was sure...and then it hung. I tried quitting the installer, which also hung, so in the end I was forced to do a hard power down. When I rebooted using the Leopard DVD, I attempted another restore, thinking I'd choose another date from which to restore. This time, however, opening up the Time Capsule drive hung.
OK, Time Capsule's Time Machine backup file is now toast. End of story.
Here's my question: I figure my next step is to figure out whether the HD in Time Capsule is faulty or whether the backup file itself is corrupt. I'm now 'zero fill' erasing the TC's HD. Does this give you a surefire way to tell that the drive is in good condition? If it fails, I guess it's under warranty. If not, I'll start a new backup from scratch (I don't see what else there is to do at this stage, frankly) and try to restore that and see how that goes.
Does anyone know what an 'error -36' is, anyway? Can anyone tell me if I've missed something, or some reason why this may not have worked as well as it was supposed to? Or anything that I should do next that I may not have thought of?
Thanks so much,
Michael.

I will remember to try to repair the TC disk via Disk Utility next time - I didn't even know you could do that until now! Thanks for that. In that case, I agree that I wiped the drive, because it would have been a great opportunity to try out the repair function and see if it could have made it work.
Well, the good news is that I have succeeded with my original intention, which was to replace my internal HD with a larger one, using Time Machine/Time Capsule to bring everything back. It worked perfectly, and I now have a Macbook with a 500GB drive. Awesome! By the way, I can recommend the Samsung drive if anyone is thinking of making the switch. So far, excellent performance, near-silent operation, and loads of storage space - for now!
The solution to the problem became clear once I erased the TC's HD and wanted to start over. My idea was that I would make a complete Time Machine backup, then change out the drive, then restore.
After the erasure, I found that the backup would not start, and everything about the Mac was sluggish! I cycled the power on the Time Capsule, and everything was like new once again. I restarted the backup and without delay, it started backing up - and fast.
Once this completed, I did a restore, and the estimated time was 8 hours. Big improvement from 24! After just 80 mins, it had restored 25% of the system - and this is wirelessly (using 'N')! Clearly, everything had become jammed up and during my previous restore attempt, it pretty much ground to a halt.
So everything is great now. It is possible that I didn't even have file corruption after all, perhaps just a refusal by the system to go any further. I won't know now, but should it happen again, I will power cycle first as well as run repairs on the disk via Disk Utility. I suspect that this is all that was needed.
Thanks for the responses again, and hopefully this post may help someone in the future.

Time Machine, Time Capsule, Keychain! I am totally lost!

Hi,
I desperately need some help here! I had my Time Machine setup correctly for a while and have been doing manual backups to Time Capsule without any issues until recently, my backup failed!
The first error I get from Time Machine is:
===
Time Machine Error
The network backup volume could not be mounted because there was a problem with the network username or password.
Open system preferences and choose time machine then re-select the Time Machine backup destination to enter the correct username and password.
===
I went to the preferences and selected change disk and re-selected my TC. I was prompted for a password and I entered the correct one. Now I get another error:
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Keychain error -25299 occurred while created a system keycahin entry for the username "*" and URL "afp://**@***.local/**"
You can try using the keychain Access Utility to edit or repair your system keychain.
===
After searching the forums, here is what I did so far without any different outcome:
1- Did keychain first aid scan and repair (tested - same errors)
2- double checked all password files related to TC in system and login (tested - same errors)
3- Deleted all password entries related to TC & Network drive from Key Chain to recreate them automatically again (tested - same errors)
4- Reconfigured Airport and TC and changed device pass to disk pass (tested - same errors)
I should also mention that the TC mounts as a disk through the finder without any problems. Only when it is mounted in the finder TM is able to pick it up and display the blue disk icon, but still same errors and backup fails.
What do I do now?
Will I loose all my previous TM data?
Can I get TM to work again and continue where the last TM backup left off? Or do I need to backup my machine completely again?
It doesn't make any sense that an error like this could happen so easily! It kills the purpose of TM!
Any help would be appreciated ...

Thanks Bob & tomvs for your quick replies. I tried both solutions but no change. I also tried changing the TC name so new password items will be created in the keychain, no change.
If I dont get any new suggestions or solutions, I might as well try resetting my keychain! but I dont know if I will lose my passwords and security notes if I do! But I think it leaves a copy of it somewhere, right?
by the way, after I changed the TC name, all password entries were successfully created in KC, or thats at least what it seams to me.
any ideas?

Can I restore a single photo/photo folder from Time Machine/Time Capsule

Hi
So I'm usuing Time Machine to back up my MacBook to Airport Time Capsule.
If I somehow lost a couple of photos and its taken a few months to realise, can I retrieve just these photos/photo folder or do I need to restore my whole photo library going back to a past date - and then how can I be sure which date to restore back to - is there anyway of actually viewing the photos for a certain date before restoring?
And if the only way is to restore the whole library, what happens to any new photos that were added to the library between present day and the date I would be restoring back too?
Would it be better to move my photos from the app Iphoto to a documents folder for future use? This is assuming that in a documents folder you can view and just retrieve a single document... Havent tried it yet but that was my understanding...
Hope this makes sense
Many thanks in advance

Learn from Pondini, who knew more about Time Machine than anyone.
http://pondini.org/TM/15.html
See the green box for links for iPhoto instructions according to the version that you might have.
Would it be better to move my photos from the app Iphoto to a documents folder for future use?
No. Even if you did this, you would not be able to retrieve individual photos since iPhoto is a special type of package file.

Time Machine/Time Capsule backups successful, but take a long time

I purchased a 512GB Time Capsule about a year ago. Since I got it, backups have been successful, but very slow. An average backup takes about 40-50 minutes, usually for less than 20 MB transferred.
Here are a couple summaries of recent backups (see end of post for full logs):
BACKUP 1:
11 minutes to detect if pre-backup thinning was necessary
18 minutes to copy 281 MB
5 minutes to copy 5.4 MB
4 minutes to start post-backup thinning
2 minutes to delete 1 expired backup
There were no error messages.
BACKUP 2:
4 minutes to detect if pre-backup thinning was necessary
12 minutes to copy 15 MB
5 minutes to detect if pre-backup thinning was necessary
15 minutes to copy 3.8 MB
1 minutes to start post-backup thinning
2 minutes to delete 1 expired backup
This time, there were error messages about "Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:"
My Time Capsule is placed about 5 feet from my laptop, with no obstructions between them. I don't think it's a wireless speed issue, because I use the Time Capsule as my router, and my connection to the net is fine. Also, operations that don't require wireless connections, like detecting pre-backup thinning, also take a long time.
Does anyone have any idea what might be going wrong to cause my regular backups to take so long?
BACKUP 1:
14/09/09 2:09:47 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Starting standard backup
14/09/09 2:09:55 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Peter%[email protected]/turban
14/09/09 2:09:55 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Backup destination mounted at path: /Volumes/turban
14/09/09 2:10:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Disk image /Volumes/turban/buttercup_001ec2146608.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of buttercup
14/09/09 2:10:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of buttercup/Backups.backupdb
14/09/09 2:21:15 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] No pre-backup thinning needed: 860.3 MB requested (including padding), 280.02 GB available
14/09/09 2:39:05 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Copied 12159 files (281.3 MB) from volume butternut.
14/09/09 2:39:08 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] No pre-backup thinning needed: 529.5 MB requested (including padding), 280.02 GB available
14/09/09 2:44:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Copied 11775 files (5.4 MB) from volume butternut.
14/09/09 2:48:43 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Starting post-backup thinning
14/09/09 2:50:11 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Deleted backup /Volumes/Backup of buttercup/Backups.backupdb/buttercup/2009-09-13-132947: 280.02 GB now available
14/09/09 2:50:11 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
14/09/09 2:50:11 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Backup completed successfully.
14/09/09 2:50:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
14/09/09 2:50:22 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[18612] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
BACKUP 2:
14/09/09 9:09:46 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Starting standard backup
14/09/09 9:09:54 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Peter%[email protected]/turban
14/09/09 9:09:54 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Backup destination mounted at path: /Volumes/turban
14/09/09 9:10:07 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Disk image /Volumes/turban/buttercup_001ec2146608.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of buttercup
14/09/09 9:10:10 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of buttercup/Backups.backupdb
14/09/09 9:14:06 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] No pre-backup thinning needed: 542.2 MB requested (including padding), 280.02 GB available
14/09/09 9:23:27 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
14/09/09 9:23:27 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
14/09/09 9:24:30 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
14/09/09 9:24:30 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
14/09/09 9:26:00 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Copied 1223 files (15.3 MB) from volume butternut.
14/09/09 9:31:35 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] No pre-backup thinning needed: 527.5 MB requested (including padding), 280.02 GB available
14/09/09 9:46:07 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
14/09/09 9:46:07 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
14/09/09 9:46:07 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
14/09/09 9:46:07 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Unable to rebuild path cache for source item. Partial source path:
14/09/09 9:46:20 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Copied 11336 files (3.8 MB) from volume butternut.
14/09/09 9:47:06 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Starting post-backup thinning
14/09/09 9:49:14 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Deleted backup /Volumes/Backup of buttercup/Backups.backupdb/buttercup/2009-09-13-082428: 280.02 GB now available
14/09/09 9:49:14 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Post-back up thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
14/09/09 9:49:15 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Backup completed successfully.
14/09/09 9:49:19 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
14/09/09 9:49:25 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[15833] Ejected Time Machine network volume.

peterjm wrote:
I checked all of the steps in #D2 of the Troubleshooting Guide.
One other thing thing you might try, is a +*Verify Disk+* (not permissions) on your internal HD. That will not take anything like 40 hours! If it reports problems, you'll have to boot from your Install disc and use it's copy of DU to repair it. Post back if you need to do this but aren't sure how.
I think it's very fishy that Repair Disk took 40 hours -- it seems like any operation that touches the hard drive on the Time Capsule takes a long time. Maybe the hard drive is having problems? What sort of problems could a drive have that would make everything VERY slow, but still successful?
Try connecting via an Ethernet cable; see what effect that has. Everything should be faster, of course, but not wildly. Just as an example, I'm doing backups to a USB hard drive via my Airport Extreme, about 15 feet from my iMac. When I first started that way, I did a full backup via Ethernet (about 21 gb/hour), then erased it and ran again wirelessly (about 12 gb/hour).
Even 5 feet apart, you may have some sort of interference or other communications problem; if Ethernet is many times faster, then you may need to have your TC and/or wireless card examined.

Can't back up using Time Machine/Time Capsule

I just bought a new macBook (13") and it set up perfectly.
My only problem is that I cannot seem to get Time Machine to run (or even connect) to my Time Capsule. I can see the device and can select it. I input the TC password etc. and after about 10-15 seconds of trying to connect, it errors out saying it "The backup disk image could not be created."
It is a Time Machine error, not a Time Capsule error.
Anyone else having this problem and any ideas on how to fix it?
Thanks.

The warranty entitles you to complimentary phone support for the first 90 days of ownership.

Time Machine + Time Capsule problems

Hi,
I'm having this issue for a coiuple of years now. Recently updated from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion and thought to give it another try. Same outcome.
Back then I even brought it to the Genius guys and the time machine worked fine.
I created everything from scratch. Set up File sharing in Airport Utility with new name, etc.
When I select the new backup disk (my Time Capsule with different name - no facny characters, etc.), Time Machine spends some time first "preparing backup", then I see a volume created (disk image), called Time Machine Backups, and then Time Machine displays: Looking for disk (or similar).
That goes on for a while and then I get the error message:
"Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “Time Capsule”
The backup disk image “/Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error -1)."
And the Time Machine Backups disk image is still sitting on my desktop, doesn't unmount.
In the meantime I do see a sparsebundle file has been created and it is with every try exactly 872.5MB large.
here is the log:
Starting manual backup
Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://[email protected]/TomsTimeCapsule
Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule using URL: afp://[email protected]/TomsTimeCapsule
Creating disk image /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle
Failed to hide extension on /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle, error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file “Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle” doesn’t exist." UserInfo=0x7ff0cd04b8e0 {NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel%20Mac%20mini.sparsebundle /, NSFilePath=/Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle, NSUnderlyingError=0x7ff0cd03fa00 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No such file or directory"}.
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule (FSVolumeRefNum: -122; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule (FSVolumeRefNum: -122; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule (FSVolumeRefNum: -122; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Giving up after 3 retries.
Backup failed with error: 21
[SnapshotUtilities mountPointForVolumeRef] FSGetVolumeInfo returned: -35
Failed to eject volume (null) (FSVolumeRefNum: 0; status: -35; dissenting pid: -1)
Failed to eject Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/TomsTimeCapsule/Intel Mac mini.sparsebundle
Thank you!

I have a Comcast cable modem: Arris Model#: TM702G/CT.
TC functions as a router
Mini uses Ethernet, but I tried with wireless as well.
Will try the isolated setup next.
in the meantime I found somewhere somebody erased all contents of his Library/System Configuration folder as well as the Library/Cache folder. Also deleted the com.apple.TimeMachine.plist file.
Then rebooted and tried again - this time I got the following error log:
(IntelMacMini is my file sharing name)
Macintosh is the hard drive name
Starting manual backup
Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Thomas%[email protected]/TimeCapsuleBackup
Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup using URL: afp://Thomas%[email protected]/TimeCapsuleBackup
Renaming /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup/Macintosh.sparsebundle to /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup/IntelMacMini.sparsebundle
detach: could not open /dev/disk2
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup (FSVolumeRefNum: -106; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup (FSVolumeRefNum: -106; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Waiting 60 seconds and trying again.
Network destination already mounted at: /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup
Failed to eject volume /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup (FSVolumeRefNum: -106; status: -47; dissenting pid: 0)
Giving up after 3 retries.
Backup failed with error: 21
[SnapshotUtilities mountPointForVolumeRef] FSGetVolumeInfo returned: -35
Failed to eject volume (null) (FSVolumeRefNum: 0; status: -35; dissenting pid: -1)
Failed to eject Time Machine disk image: /Volumes/TimeCapsuleBackup/IntelMacMini.sparsebundle

Time Machine/Time Capsule problems - won't backup

Hi,
Hope someone can help! I have Time Machine working with a Time Capsule that also serves as my Wifi Access point (i.e. normal setup. Its been working perfectly since I bought it back in March. 2 days ago however its stopped working properly and every hour when it attempts to do a backup I get the following error message:
"Time Machine Error: Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume"
I therefore initiated another manual backup and recorded the following from the console. (I'm not techy in the slightest so can't interpret what this means, so can anyone help me please!!) :--
Tuesday, 15 July 2008 14:12:45 Europe/London
Jul 15 14:12:55 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Backup requested by user
Jul 15 14:12:55 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Starting standard backup
Jul 15 14:12:55 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Network mountpoint /Volumes/Data-1 not owned by backupd... remounting
Jul 15 14:12:56 Macintosh kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Data, pid 2125
Jul 15 14:12:56 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Data
Jul 15 14:13:08 Macintosh hdiejectd[2135]: running
Jul 15 14:13:12 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Disk image /Volumes/Data/Steve Gerrard’s iMac G5_000d934cdcde.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Steve Gerrard’s iMac G5
Jul 15 14:13:13 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of Steve Gerrard’s iMac G5/Backups.backupdb
Jul 15 14:13:44 Macintosh mds[21]: (Error) Server: machmsgdispatch: (ipc/send) invalid destination port [msgh_id 14016]
Jul 15 14:14:45 Macintosh mds[21]: (Error) Queue: _queueCount not zero (or retire > pushed)! journalRetire:7 total-pushed:0 total-retired:7 queueCount:0
Jul 15 14:14:56 Macintosh com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.netauth.sysagent[2125]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 2128 PPID 1 check_afp
Jul 15 14:16:06 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 326.3 MB requested (including padding), 304.42 GB available
Jul 15 14:17:13 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Stopping backup.
Jul 15 14:17:13 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Error: (-43) copying /Library/Mail to /Volumes/Backup of Steve Gerrard’s iMac G5/Backups.backupdb/Steve Gerrard’s iMac G5/2008-07-14-051449.inProgress/5F2C36F2-1F8B-44D4-84C9-113FF010560B/MAC HD/Library
Jul 15 14:17:13 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Copied 131 files (15 KB) from volume MAC HD.
Jul 15 14:17:13 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Copy stage failed with error:11
Jul 15 14:17:19 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Backup failed with error: 11
Jul 15 14:17:30 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[104]: StatusMonitor::volumesChangedCallBack returned -47
Jul 15 14:17:30 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Jul 15 14:17:31 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[104]: StatusMonitor::volumesChangedCallBack returned -47
Jul 15 14:17:31 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[326]: StatusMonitor::volumesChangedCallBack returned -47
Jul 15 14:17:34 Macintosh kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Data, flags 0, pid 2165
Jul 15 14:17:34 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[104]: StatusMonitor::volumesChangedCallBack returned -47
Jul 15 14:17:34 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder[326]: StatusMonitor::volumesChangedCallBack returned -47
Jul 15 14:17:34 Macintosh /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2054]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.

I'm not sure what all the Console messages mean, but try these things:
From Disk Utility, Repair Permissions on your startup drive and then Verify your startup drive. If errors are found you will need to reboot from Leopard Install DVD and repair using Disk Utility from there.
Also force a new Spotlight index for both your startup drive and Time Capsule. In System Prefs/Spotlight, select Privacy tab and add your startup drive and Time Capsule to "Prevent Spotlight from searching...". Then log out and log back in and go back to Spotlight prefs and remove those two items from the privacy list. Spotlight should now re-index those directories. It will take a while, but it will help.

Time Machine, Time Capsule and File Vault Profile Not Backing-up

Hi,
After the last update to 10.5.6 time machine is not backing up my filevaulted profile.. I know there is more people out there with the same problem and was wondering if anyone has found a fix?... I'm doing a clean backup with a brand new time capsule, called support spoke to 4 different people and no solution.. most of them are even surprise when they hear me say that I expect TM to back up my filevaulted profile when I log out.. they are sending it to their engineers .. could be a week before I hear from them.
Thanks.

Maybe this: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1550?viewlocale=en_US

USB Hard Drive with Time Machine/Time Capsule

Does a USB hard drive connected to a Time Machine volume or a Time Capsule become an extension of that volume for Time Machine's purposes, or does it become just a place to
copy what's already on the TM/TC, or both?
And if both, I hope that user procedures for choosing the option I
want to use is simple and foolproof.

fanboy512 wrote:
A USB hard drive if formatted correctly can be used as another source of Time Machine backup destination..or can be used as a networked HD but is not an extension of the the Time Capsule per say.
Message was edited by: fanboy512
I am sorry. I do not understand.
In a Time Machine (without Time Capsule) scenario, I would have Time Machine working with an external hard drive connected via FireWire 800. So, with a USB drive connected to the FireWire drive, would I then see two volumes? Or only one?
In a Time Capsule scenario, with a second USB drive connected to to the back of the Time Capsule, you say it becomes a networked HD. I have four questions.
What good is a networked HD to me?
I cannot use the second USB drive to make the Time Capsule volume bigger - True?/False?
I cannot use the second USB drive to make a backup copy of the Time Capsule volume - True?/False?
To backup the Time Capsule volume, I could simply do a Desktop copy/drag to an external FireWire hard drive - True?/False?
By the way, one objective is to first buy a 500 GB Time Capsule and then find a way to get more capacity later in time if I need it.

How do I get time machine/time capsule to back up my external hard drive?

I have been trying to find a way to back up my external hard drive (a Hitachi G-Drive from the Apple store) with time machine and my time capsule. I left it plugged in so it was visible on my MacBook Pro when I did the initial backup yesterday, but it's not showing when I enter time machine. Anyone have any ideas?

A few things to check.....
The external drive attached to your Mac must be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Check Time Machine Options to make sure that the drive is not excluded from Time Machine backups

Time Machine/ Time Capsule... worthless piece of doggie doo...

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