Time Machine v western digital my book live fail second backup

HI I am using iMac 27 inch, running Lion.
I used Western Digital Mybook live as my time machine backup.
I follow the instrustion step by step, its work fine.
However, when I restarted my mac. Then its start fail to do continues backup.
I can't do any backup anymore. Its always show fail.
Anyone have idea how to deal with this?
Thanks.

Sorry, no answer from me.
I seem to have a similar problem with an WD drive.
TM says it cannot connect to the drive eventhough I can acces the drive and see the sparesbundles.
The problem started when using Mavericks.
i think I will set up another way to make back ups from my Mac's.

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Been trying to fix up western digital MY BOOK LIVE network attached storage to work with my MBP. But during time machine configuration, my network is not included in the backup disc available. This is even though my nas can be seen in my finder under shared.

Arken73 wrote:
Hi,
I already looked over several posts and forums without any success.. therefore I post my question here.
Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Yes, we've seen a few posts where some NAS devices are doing that. It appears that either they didn't follow the requirements correctly, but earlier versions of OSX let them work anyway; or the requirements have changed but the makers haven't updated their software.
That, unfortunately, is one of the downsides to using 3rd-party products -- Apple may say it's WD's fault, WD may say it's Apple's.
You might want to check with WD; 10.6.4 has been out for about 2 1/2 months, so they've probably heard of this by now, and may have an update or workaround.
Or, if your Mac is covered by AppleCare, it might be worth a call to them.
Sorry not to have better news.

I upgraded to Maverick and now Time Machine will not connect to the external hard drive to back up files. The external hard drive is a Western Digital "My Book Live" 2 TB. How do I solve problem?

I upgraded to Maverick and now Time Machine will not connect to the external hard drive to back up files. The external hard drive is a Western Digital "My Book Live" 2 TB. How do I solve problem?

I also had problem accessing my WD MyBookLive after upgrading to Maverick.
To resolve the problem, I used Connect To Server (Cmd K) to specify the IP address.
Then I enter a user id and password I created in the MyBookLive.
You can also verify that you have admin access to the MyBookLive using Safari or Chrome.
Just enter the MyBookLive IP address as the URL.

Hallo ,why is it that when I delete a photo ,which is backed up by time machine and western digital external hard drive , that I am able to restore the photo okay but not the titles and descriptions . I have a Macbook 4.1, mac osx 10.5.8 . Iphoto 7.1.5 ,

QUESTION.
Hallo , my question is ;whenever I delete a photo and restore it through Time machine and Western digital external hard drive , I am able to restore the photo but not the titles and descriptions . Western Digital inform me that it isn't their external hard drive problem and suggest that it is an Apple software problem ?
I am using a Macbook 4.1 , with Mac OSX 10.5.8 . I photo 7.1.5 , last modifie4d 01/05/2010 -universal . Should I be upgrading Iphoto ?
I hope that someone is able to help in this matter , as i have to restore 12000 photos !
Thanking you in anticipation.
Alan from Wigton

Hallo Kieth ,
I am not quite ready to restore the full iphoto library , as I have days of work re - imputting titles,descriptions and enhancement . I hope that your suggestion works , as I use my Macbook basically to work with digital photography. Through time , I will need to delete my library to recover more disc space and I would hate to have to spend more time re - imputting titles and descriptions all over again .
Thanks for your interest and advice.
regards - Alan

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Hello all and help please.
I have a Macbook pro and the new Apple TV. I am looking for a way to:
1. Wirelessly backup my Macbook Pro and
2. Use the device to hold my iTunes library, so I can stream music and films to my Apple TV.
Obviously I have been looking at the Apple Time Capsule 2GB version, but to be honest I'm a little worried about he number of users who have stated the the device has died after a year or so.
I have also been looking at the Western Digital My Book World Edition 2TB Home Network Storage and the Synology DS210j Disk Station - 2 Bay NAS Enclosure and a 2TB hard drive.
But reading different forums, i have read different reports of backing up and accessing music and video using the Western digital and Synology.
Can anyone out there give me any advise - has anyone got any experience of these devices???
At the moment the Western Digital My Book World Edition 2TB Home Network Storage at £186 looks the best value -but will it work to copy my entire itunes library to and stream it through my Apple TV?
Thnaks for your help in advance.

Thanks for the suggestions. I decided to return the WD My Book Drive, and not get another one.

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5/6/11 1:53:08 AM          configd[14]          network configuration changed.
5/6/11 2:53:22 AM          configd[14]          network configuration changed.
5/6/11 2:53:25 AM          configd[14]          network configuration changed.
5/6/11 3:53:41 AM          configd[14]          network configuration changed.
5/6/11 3:53:44 AM          configd[14]          network configuration changed.
The above happens with or without TM enabled and running.   With TM running it looks like:
5/5/11 9:42:16 AM          configd[15]          network configuration changed.
5/5/11 9:42:16 AM          kernel          ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0x83d651c
5/5/11 9:42:16 AM          kernel          AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/TimeMachine prevTrigger 0 currTrigger 1
5/5/11 9:42:16 AM          kernel          AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/TimeMachine
5/5/11 9:42:16 AM          kernel          AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: soft mounted and hidden volume so do not notify KEA for /Volumes/TimeMachine
5/5/11 9:42:16 AM          kernel          AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Max reconnect time: 30 secs, Connect timeout: 15 secs for /Volumes/TimeMachine
5/5/11 9:42:16 AM          kernel          AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
5/5/11 9:42:16 AM          kernel          ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
It seems that this network config change breaks the connection to the TM volume.   Any ideas on what's causing the network config change?
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Using a third-party network device with Time Machine is unsupported by Apple, and may be unsafe. If it doesn't work, your only recourse is to the device vendor, who will blame Apple. Apple will blame the vendor. I suggest you back up either to a locally-attached external hard drive, or to a Time Capsule, or to a shared volume hosted on another Mac.

Time Machine restore from WD my book live duo

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Hello Eric, not sure if this helps or is exactly what you are looking for as I am unfamiliar with the NAS issue you have. However, I recently restored my computer from Mavericks back to Snow Leopard using my WD mybook. At first I was unable to use the WD mybook for restore, as is was not recognized by the computer after the menu came up from pressing "command R" during start up. I attributed this to the WD software requiring a password to access the drive. This is the same password that you (anyone who owns a WD mybook) have to supply each time you want to use time machine to back up files. There is a simple remedy I found. You need to go to your applcations and select "WD SmartWare," type in your password, then select the "Settings" tab at the upper right hand conner. Then select "Set up drive." On the right side of the window there is the "Set Security Options," sign in using your password in the box displayed under "password," then select "Remove Security." The last step would be to save the security setting, and you are all set to use your WD mybook without a password for full system restoration. So when you restart your computer and hold (or as I found press many times) the "command R" to access the restore window at start up, you can select restore from time machine, and have your WD mybook now appear in the timemachine device window, as the device is not password protected anymore. Once your computer is restored you can follow the same steps outlined above to reinstate your password for your WD mybook. Best of luck,
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HT3275 message: "Your Time Machine backup disk can't be found." Mountain Lion. Western Digital "MY Book" "Home edition"

Intalled Mountain Lion. Now get message: "Time machine backup disk can't be found. Using Western Digital "My Book" "Home Edition"

Wow, I feel really stupid. I spent a couple of days trying to troubleshoot this problem.
1. Open TM prefs.
2. Click "Select Disk..."
3. Select "None" and apply changes.
4. Click "Select Disk..." Select your disk and apply changes.
*5. When the password prompt appears, MAKE SURE THE NAME IS THE NAME OF THE AIRPORT BASESTATION, and not the name of your Mac.
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Files not deleting on Western Digital My Book Mac

Hello,
I recently deleted some time machine backups on my western digital my book mac. Unfortunately these files was not been deleted from the drive (the remaining disk space has not gone up circa 300GB). I have looked online and the issues seems to be the afp connection rather than using the smb connection.
I have reconnected using this type, but I am still unable to see the files to delete. I have tried to connect using terminal, but to be honest I have no idea what I am doing. The file path is smb://WubberTimeCapsule.smb.tcp.local/My%20Book...
Has anybody else seem this problem also, does anybody know of a way of deleting these files?

leedern wrote:
Thanks, it is an external hdd (Western Digital My Book Mac) connected to my old time machine (too small to fit everything on way) via the usb cable. The time machine is connected wirelessly to my network. Unfortunately I can not see the sparse bundle files anymore.
Just for the sake of clarification, that's a +Time Capsule,+ Apple hardware combining a wireless router and hard drive. +Time Machine+ is the Apple software that does backups, to various destinations, including +Time Capsules.+
This originated because I originally created the time machine backup with the external hdd connected directly to the mac. When I transferred the disk to the old time machine, it did not reuse the previous backup but created a new one. Hence in my ignorance I deleted the old files.
Ah, yes, that's a different critter. Time Machine stores backups differently when they're done directly vs. over a network. The backups done directly were stored in a Backups.backupdb folder at the top level of the drive; the ones done over your network have that folder placed inside an odd container called a +sparse bundle.+ You cannot switch back and forth.
Which ones did you delete, and how?
It sounds like you deleted the Backups.backupdb folder, and didn't empty the trash, so they're still in the (hidden) trash folder on that drive. If so, disconnect it from your TC via +Airport Utility > Disks,+ connect it to your Mac, and empty the trash. That will take a very long time, as there are at least a few hundred thousand files there, perhaps many more.
A quick alternative would be to simply erase the drive, via Disk Utility, while it's connected to your Mac. That will erase all the new and old backups. If you just started the new set, that might be easiest.
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IMac crashes while making backup with TimeMachine to Western Digital My Book World

When I try to make a back up with TimeMachine to my Western Digital My Book World Edition II, after some time I get a kernel panic and everything freezes. This happens while the back up-process is well under way. Finding the back up disk and preparinf the bak up takes quite some time (more than 20 min.)
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Followed the directions on this page and it worked!
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1102423
Part One - Turn on SSH (in the admin panel)
[1] Go to to http://mybookworld.local
[2] login: username will be admin, password will be whatever you have setup. If you can't remember it should be in your Mac OS X keychain (Utilities > Keychain Access, search for "mybookworld"). If you have not changed if from the default the password will be admin as well.
[3] Switch to advanced mode.
[4] From the System tab, pick Advanced.
[5] Enable SSH Access, and click submit.
[6] Click on the network tab and then the LAN button
[7] Make a note of the IP address
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Part Two - Install netatalk2.2
[8] Open Terminal.app (Utilities > Terminal)
[9] Enter the following command (substitute in 127.0.0.1 for the actual IP address you noted down in step 7), then hit return:
Code:
ssh [email protected]
[10] When prompted, enter the ssh password (will be welc0me).
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Code:
wget http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/local--files/netatalk2-2-on-whitelight/install_netatalk.sh -O install_netatalk.sh
[12] Once completed, you will need to run the installer. Type:
Code:
sh install_netatalk.sh
[13] You will be asked a number of question during install, answer yes to all. When asked about the "DHX2 login process", I opted to install the modified version, so I can confirm it works.
[14] Once the box has restarted, you should be able to connect to your afp shares and continue to use Time Machine.

Western digital my book problem

Hi,
I am using a Macbook pro mid 2010 with 10.8.5 for the past year I have had a 1 tb western digital my book work as my time machine and storage drive. I partitioned the external hard drive. However, about two weeks ago the time machines stopped working. it failed the back up and all my back ups till then were deleted. i reformatted that partition and tried to create a new Time Machine but its giving the "an error ocurred while creating the backup folder." On the Time machine partition their is a folder called "Backups.backupdb" inside it is a folder with the mac books name on it. Insde that folder is a file called "2013-07-29-234258.InProgress" I can't delete that folder nor any of the files. i also can't reformat the partition because of it can't unmount error.
The second issue with the harddrive (might not be related to the time machine) is in my storage partition. I can copy and save files on it, however i can't delete stuff from it. When I try to delete a folder, it goes to the trash, however i can't empty the trash becasue of either a -8072 or a -50 error. I also can not eject the hard drive because files are in use. I am assuming that the files are those in the trash which cannot be emptied. I cannot move the files from the trash back to the partition because of a error code 50. However, I can copy them to my macbooks hard drive.
At this point is there any solution? or any way to force the hard drive to be deleted. i have already backed up all important files so I feel safe in wiping out my hard driving and starting anew.
Thank you

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html

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Installed OS Lion (not Mountain Lion) on my Mac Mini. When I re-attached my Western Digital My Book External Drive and turned time machine back on seems not to be working. Time Machine sees the drive but seem to get stuck in "preparing backup'. Anyone have similar problems????

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may not like to hear, but I'd skip on MyBook cases, nice looking as they are.
Get a 2nd drive case to recover to.
http://www.macsales.com/firewire
may need to play with the demo Data Rescue 3 from Prosoft
Backup/recover before repair is usually in order
never have one backup set. THREE sets of your data, minimum.
3rd party disk maintenance and repair should be a must and given rather than rely solely on Apple Disk Utility.
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I have a Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 250g that worked fine with my IMAC until
last week. Now, though, neither my IMAC or my Macbook reads the external drive at all. I do have
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No specific idea since your drive worked previously with the same system.
FWIW, though, I use two WD320GB MyBooks with no problems, even waking for a 1am backup. When setting up my new system (this is my first iMac), I did have some problems waking those drives. I replaced my cheapo $6 USB hub with a $30 Belkin and those problems went away even without external power to the hub.
I have had the occasional "hang" on waking. The last time, the only difference with the system was 1) my wife was also logged in, and 2) a WD 120GB Passport was attached. I suspect the problem was related to the Passport, but haven't checked into it.

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