TimeMachine stopped backing-up.
Hello I need to see if anyone here can help me.
I have an external 1T hard drive in a firewire case which is my TimeMachine. I've been using TimeMachine since it came out without a problems on any number of external drives including this one for the last few months.
Since I updated my MacBook Pro 17" 2008, to 10.6.4 update combo, TimeMachine seems to have stopped working. I DO NOT get an error message. It's just that when I start the back-up it runs for only about 5 seconds and stops. Nothing changes, no new files are backed up.
I have trouble shot it to this: I started in Safe Mode and then reboot and TimeMachine then seemed to work for a little longer, but when I checked new files where not written to the TimeMachine. I have repaired Permissions on my computer twice. and Checked it with the Disk utility for drive problems. Nothing seems to be wrong.
I also ran Disk utility on the TimeMachine. Everything checked out. I have no idea but I'm leary of depending on TimeMachine now.
I also clone my drive using SuperDuper so I have another backup.
However I want to have this working. I looked on the internet thinking I would find a solution but so far nothing.
Message was edited by: Philip Ayers
Forrest wrote:
It stopped working a few months ago,
Why? Do backups fail? If so, with what message(s)? See #C2 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). It will show you how to locate the message(s) that describe the problem, then help you fix it. If that doesn't help, post back with details, including all the messages, your setup (especially the destination for the backups), what you've done, and the results.
I have data on the disk outside of the TimeMachine backup that I cannot erase; otherwise, I'd just reformat the thing.
Not a good idea. When/if you can, you'll be much better off partitioning the drive, so TM has it's own, exclusive space. See #3 in [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).
Whenever TimeMachine runs, my system becomes very unstable - programs stop working, etc. Stopping the TimeMachine via the menu does not work; inevitably I have to reboot.
See #D6 in Troubleshooting.
My question is how can I successfully reset the TimeMachine without destroying the files outside of the backupdb? I read that the directory structure has an ACL on it, which would require me to use other commands to release them. I don't care about the old TimeMachine backup on there now, I am content to start that over.
Have you tried to repair the backups? See #A5 in Troubleshooting.
If the backups can't be repaired, you have two unfortunate choices:
Copy the "other" data somewhere temporarily, erase and reformat the drive (preferably into two partitions) per #5 in the FAQ, then copy the "other" data back.
Delete the Backups.backupdb folder and empty the trash. That will take a very long time, and you may have permissions/locked file problems.
If I follow the directions instruct to delete the file /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist and reboot - will that allow me to remove the old backup?
No.
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