Unable to start Time Machine

Hello,
I have a Mac Pro 2x2,66 Dual-Core Intel Xeon with 7GB RAM with Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 Have 4 HDS, Mac OS in HD 1 and disk 2 for Time Machine.
After configure Time Machine and begin the countdown it does not start.
Selector ON OFF is ON and
Oldest Backp: --
Latest Backup: --
Next backup: Automatic backup off
Trying to fix I throw the /Library/com.apple.timechine.plist file and the time machine files stored in /Library/LaunchDaemons/ and restart.
After this Time Machine does not work.
I think is like the service does not start.
Help will be appreciated.
Felix

Make sure that your external hard drive is set up properly for MacOS and TM to use. Most drives you buy online or at a store are set up for a MBR Partition Map Scheme. You can check your external drive by using Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. Click on the new drive and check the info at the bottom of the window.
Use Disk Utility to repartition it and choose the Option for GUID Partition Map Scheme for Intel processor Macs. After the Partition Map Scheme is proper, you format the partition using HFS+ Journaled and name the drive something like "Time Machine".
When the drive is set up properly, go to the System Preferences/Time Machine/ and change the drive it's trying to use to your new drive.

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*Time Machine-related messages:*
6/28/08 8:59:17 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2819] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 8:59:21 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2819] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
6/28/08 10:17:27 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3029] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 10:17:32 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3029] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
6/28/08 11:18:20 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3148] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 11:18:25 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3148] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
6/28/08 11:41:25 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3234] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 11:41:31 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3234] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
6/28/08 12:20:40 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3366] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 12:20:45 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3366] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
6/28/08 1:56:36 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3518] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 1:56:40 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3518] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
6/28/08 3:36:51 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3606] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 3:36:58 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3606] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
6/28/08 4:13:30 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3707] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 4:13:37 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3707] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
6/28/08 5:27:13 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3867] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 5:27:19 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3867] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
6/28/08 9:33:57 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4138] Ejected Time Machine disk image.
6/28/08 9:34:03 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4138] Ejected Time Machine network volume.
*Time Capsule-related messages:*
6/28/08 8:56:52 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule, pid 2730
6/28/08 8:56:53 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2819] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 8:56:56 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2819] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 8:59:21 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule, flags 0, pid 2835
6/28/08 9:05:34 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule, pid 2888
6/28/08 9:05:34 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2887] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 9:05:38 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[2887] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 9:47:12 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 9:47:12 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 9:47:12 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 65.
6/28/08 9:47:13 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 9:47:13 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 65.
6/28/08 9:47:15 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 9:47:15 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 65.
6/28/08 9:47:18 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_Reconnect: soft mounted and hidden volume so do not notify KEA for /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 9:47:19 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 9:47:19 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 9:47:19 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 10:14:49 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3029] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 10:14:50 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3029] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 10:17:32 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule, flags 0, pid 3048
6/28/08 11:16:21 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule, pid 3143
6/28/08 11:16:21 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3148] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 11:16:23 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3148] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 11:18:25 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule, flags 0, pid 3182
6/28/08 11:35:29 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule, pid 3207
6/28/08 11:38:12 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3234] Network mountpoint /Volumes/Time Capsule not owned by backupd... remounting
6/28/08 11:39:29 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, pid 3235
6/28/08 11:39:29 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3234] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 11:39:45 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3234] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 11:41:30 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, flags 0, pid 3264
6/28/08 11:51:07 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 11:51:07 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 11:51:07 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 65.
6/28/08 11:51:08 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 11:51:08 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 11:51:08 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 11:51:22 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3299] Network mountpoint /Volumes/Time Capsule not owned by backupd... remounting
6/28/08 11:52:37 AM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, pid 3300
6/28/08 11:52:37 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3299] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 11:52:53 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3299] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 12:19:01 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 12:19:01 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 12:19:01 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule-1 failed 65.
6/28/08 12:19:01 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 12:19:01 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 12:19:01 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 12:19:22 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 12:19:22 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 12:19:22 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 12:19:22 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 12:19:22 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3366] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 12:19:22 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: primary reconnect failed 5, trying secondary /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 12:19:23 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3366] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 12:20:45 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, flags 0, pid 3379
6/28/08 1:52:30 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 1:52:30 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 1:52:30 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 49.
6/28/08 1:52:30 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 1:52:30 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 65.
6/28/08 1:52:32 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 1:52:33 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 1:52:33 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 1:52:33 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3518] Network mountpoint /Volumes/Time Capsule not owned by backupd... remounting
6/28/08 1:53:49 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, pid 3519
6/28/08 1:53:49 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3518] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 1:54:08 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3518] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 1:56:40 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, flags 0, pid 3553
6/28/08 3:33:27 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 3:33:27 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 3:33:27 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 65.
6/28/08 3:33:28 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 3:33:28 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 65.
6/28/08 3:33:30 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 3:33:31 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 3:33:31 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 3:33:31 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3606] Network mountpoint /Volumes/Time Capsule not owned by backupd... remounting
6/28/08 3:34:46 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, pid 3607
6/28/08 3:34:46 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3606] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 3:35:04 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3606] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 3:36:58 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, flags 0, pid 3640
6/28/08 4:10:04 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3707] Network mountpoint /Volumes/Time Capsule not owned by backupd... remounting
6/28/08 4:11:19 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, pid 3708
6/28/08 4:11:20 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3707] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 4:11:38 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3707] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 4:13:36 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, flags 0, pid 3733
6/28/08 5:23:56 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 5:23:56 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 5:23:56 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 5:23:56 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 5:23:56 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3867] Network mountpoint /Volumes/Time Capsule not owned by backupd... remounting
6/28/08 5:25:11 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, pid 3868
6/28/08 5:25:11 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3867] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 5:25:27 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3867] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 5:27:15 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3867] Network mountpoint /Volumes/Time Capsule not owned by backupd... remounting
6/28/08 5:27:19 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, flags 0, pid 3893
6/28/08 5:28:30 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, pid 3892
6/28/08 5:28:30 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3867] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 5:28:32 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3867] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3923] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 65.
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 8:37:04 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
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6/28/08 8:37:07 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3923] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
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6/28/08 8:39:02 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[3959] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 9:30:12 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4138] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 9:30:13 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4138] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 9:34:03 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, flags 0, pid 4158
6/28/08 9:44:12 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4190] Network mountpoint /Volumes/Time Capsule not owned by backupd... remounting
6/28/08 9:45:28 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1, pid 4191
6/28/08 9:45:28 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4190] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 9:45:45 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4190] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer
6/28/08 10:07:39 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 10:07:39 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 10:07:39 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule-1 failed 65.
6/28/08 10:07:39 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 10:07:39 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 10:07:39 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule failed 65.
6/28/08 10:07:39 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 10:07:39 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect on /Volumes/Time Capsule-1 failed 65.
6/28/08 10:07:40 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 10:07:40 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 10:07:40 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule
6/28/08 10:07:42 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 10:07:43 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 10:07:43 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 10:07:43 PM kernel AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: primary reconnect failed 5, trying secondary /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 10:15:18 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4282] Network volume mounted at: /Volumes/Time Capsule-1
6/28/08 10:15:22 PM /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[4282] Disk image /Volumes/Time Capsule-1/My Name’s Computer_0016cb8a3d59.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of My Name’s Computer

Why full, rather than incremental, when re-starting TIme Machine

I had to stop Time Machine a couple of weeks ago, and remove the dedicated external drive. Yesterday, on reconnecting the drive and re-starting Time Machine it appeared to try to make a full backup (which I had to abort after two and a half hours) rather than the incremental I assumed it would make. Does this mean that each time one turns Time Machine off, it will make a full back up the next time it is restarted and an external drive connected? This seems to make irrelevant the backups already on the drive.

V.K. wrote:
I'm not completely sure but I think if you don't do a TM backup for ten days TM gives you a warning that you haven't backed up in 10 days and if you ignore it, it erases TM history. this makes it start a new series of backups once you reconnect.
I use my G5 rarely, sometimes not for weeks and I have never had a TM warning about a "stale" backup. When I turn it on, it simply schedules the next backup, which is incremental, as always, and proceeds about an hour later.
I have never seen that "Ten Day" warning.
I think I have also let my other MBP sit unused for over 10 days and have never seen the warning.
However, I always start up these machines with the TM drive connected. Running them with the drive disconnected may be a completely different situation. In oher words, when I start these two rarely used computers, there is really nothing new to backup. That may be the difference. If you use the computer for 10 days or more with the TM drive disconnected that may cause the warning flag to be raised.
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Lion unresponsive after starting Time Machine

I accidentally deleted a file so I started Time Machine to restore it. The machine seems to be hung. There is no title bar and no dock. I can see the application windows and I can move the mouse pointer but I can't click on it. The machine has been in this state for over 90 minutes. The screen saver didn't start but I can see dialogs that have popped up. Unfortunately, I can't click on any of these dialogs.
How do I get out of this? Do I have to pull the plug? How do I prevent this from happening in the future?

I tapped the power button in anticipation of powering down the whole machine. This closed Time Machine without powering the machine down. I closed a bunch of applications and restarted Time Machine. I restored the file successfully. I wish I did this two hours ago.

Unable to access time machine back up

HELP PLEASE! It appears I have lost my iPhoto library due to Time Machine preparing for new back up and I am unable to access the last back up. The sequence of events is below:
1. copied iphoto library from iMac to External Network Drive (WD 1.5TB White). Created a new folder called Pictures on the external drive and kept iphoto library there.
2. Mapped iphoto to the new location of the iphoto library. Imported more photos from a DVD.
3. Deleted iphoto library from the iMac harddrive.
4. iphoto throws error that there is no iphoto libraray. selects the same path again to map the iphoto library but to my horror I dont find iphoto library on the network drive.
5. browse the folders on the network drive using finder to see if I can find the iphoto library but I see that the folder is empty.
6. I checked other folders on the network drive which I had created same time as the pictures folder for iphoto library and had kept sizeable amount of data (mostly pictures to be imported into iphoto at a later stage), but find nothing in these folders as well.
7. I have been using the same drive for keeping time machine back ups and I had the last back up before I copied iphoto library onto the network drive (steps 1 and 2 above), so I went into Time Machine Backup to restore the data.
8. I get an error message that Time Machine cant access the back up. The information on time machine icon shows that last back up was on 16 July 2013 and oldest back up was on 03 April 2013 but both are greyed out so I cant click them. Furthermore Timemachine wants me to start a new backup but I am reluctant to start a new back up till I am able to access my back up on 16th July 2013 to get iphoto library back.
As of now I have no access to iphoto library and time machine back means I have lost ALL of my photos! it is very scary thought. I am sure there should be a way out. Any help is greatly appreciated!

That means the disk image is corrupt, which is to be expected, because the network storage device isn't suitable for use with Time Machine, whatever the manufacturer says. You may have lost your data.
The first thing you should do is protect yourself from further data loss by starting a new backup on a locally-attached external hard drive, not a network drive.
You can then try to retrieve the data in the Finder by descending into the folder named "Backups.backupdb" on the disk image. It may or may not be possible. If not, you need the services of data-recovery consultant. I don't recommend that you try to repair the volume, because that could easily ruin whatever chance there is for recovery if the repair fails.

Unable to use Time Machine after Snow Leopard upgrade

This may be answered in other threads, if so I'd appreciate a pointer to them. I couldn't find an appropriate one in my searches.
I have a MBA and recently installed Snow plus the 10.6.1 update. I was having various issues and reinstalled Snow, leaving me at 10.6.0.
I had deleted some applications to free up some space, and decided to restore them with Time Machine (TM). The first time I opened TM, it seemed normal and I restored one of the applications.
Then my external drive where TM backs up to began to backup. Later I tried to open up TM and my desktop froze. After several reboots still had the same issue, I did a Safe Boot. Then rebooted as normal.
Now TM asks if I want to start backing up, net new. It doesn't appear to see the old backups anymore.

Ok, right after reading your response I checked the logs, and I got the following things that seemed relevant:
At the very start of the backup the following message appeared several times:
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Esperanza%[email protected] /Esperanza%20Brizuela-Garcia'
Error loading /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin: dlopen(/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:\n /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
Cannot find function pointer VRPreviewCFPlugInFactory for factory 20D1C6B2-6A02-11D7-B5A6-000393D45566 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x100123320 </Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded)
Then, at the very end of the log the next things appeared:
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
Forcing deep traversal on source: "Macintosh HD" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 3625EDCE-0845-3846-8922-A92C14C65168 eventDBUUID: BE29DED5-F7FF-4170-BABA-3C4564F1B04B), {1, 1, 1, 0}
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
I checked the formatting of my TM machine partition and it did in fact did not match the formatting of my hard disk. I erased and reformatted it. I also excluded the partition from spotlight and from virus scanning. I tried to backup again. It went almost half way through when it hung and the entire system froze with it. I had to unplug and plug again, I could not even restart.
Once it restarted I looked at the logs, I kept getting the first part posted above, but not the second group of errors. The only other suspicious thing I found was:
Oct 11 21:53:55 esperanza-brizuela-garcias-imac com.apple.backupd[1216]: CoreEndianFlipData: error -4940 returned for rsrc type open (id 128, length 12, native = no)
I tried to backup again. It started where it left, but it hung within a few minutes. I checked the logs and this is what I found that looked suspicious:
Oct 11 23:16:58 esperanza-brizuela-garcias-imac diskimages-helper[259]: Cannot find function pointer VRPreviewCFPlugInFactory for factory 20D1C6B2-6A02-11D7-B5A6-000393D45566 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x100115d80 </Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded)
Oct 11 23:16:58 esperanza-brizuela-garcias-imac com.apple.backupd[255]: 2009-10-11 23:16:58.920 diskimages-helper[259:2103] Error loading /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin: dlopen(/Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin, 262): no suitable image found. Did find:
Oct 11 23:16:58 esperanza-brizuela-garcias-imac com.apple.backupd[255]: /Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NUMPlugin: mach-o, but wrong architecture
Oct 11 23:16:58 esperanza-brizuela-garcias-imac com.apple.backupd[255]: 2009-10-11 23:16:58.921 diskimages-helper[259:2103] Cannot find function pointer VRPreviewCFPlugInFactory for factory 20D1C6B2-6A02-11D7-B5A6-000393D45566 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x100115d80 </Library/Plug-ins/DiskImages/NUMPlugin.bundle> (bundle, not loaded)
Oct 11 23:17:20 esperanza-brizuela-garcias-imac fseventsd[34]: event logs in /Volumes/Backup of Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia’s iMac/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (3323 20 6823)
Oct 11 23:17:21 esperanza-brizuela-garcias-imac com.apple.backupd[255]: Disk image /Volumes/Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia'-1/Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia’s iMac_00254bb26ec6.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Backup of Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia’s iMac
Oct 11 23:17:28 esperanza-brizuela-garcias-imac fseventsd[34]: log dir: /Volumes/Backup of Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia’s iMac/.fseventsd getting new uuid: FC97BFD1-C6A0-4E01-A35F-6E2EE480AB11
So. it seems like we solved something, but I am still unable to backup without freezing my whole computer.
Any ideas will be greatly appreciated

Unable to access time machine backup

Due to a crashed disk I am unable to restore from my backup and have lost everything. I can look at the data but I can't restore. I believe it has to do with the user account.
in the account section I am logged in as Administrator with the name Daniel McCarter which appears to have a space between the first and last name.
Underneath that is my correct email address.
when I look at the Backup the name of it is Daniel's iMac
Any help with straightening the out would be appreciated
Dan

The right thing to do would have been to use Setup Assistant to restore the data: Move your data to a new Mac - Apple Support
If you have some reason not to want to do that, see below.
While in Time Machine, press the key combination shift-command-C. The front window will show all mounted volumes. All snapshots should now be accessible. Select the one you want and navigate to the files you want to restore.
If you need to restore from a backup of the hidden user Library folder, first select a snapshot, then press shift-command-G. A Go to Folder dialog will open. In it, you'll enter the path to the folder. The dialog will help you by automatically completing the parts of the path when you start to type them.
The path begins with slash character ("/"). Enter that. The rest of the parts will be separated by slashes.
The next part is the date and time of the current snapshot. Enter a "2", and the rest of the date should be filled in automatically. Press the right-arrow key to jump to the end of the path. Enter a slash to start the next part.
Next is the name of the volume (usually "Macintosh HD" unless you gave it a different name.) Start to type that, then jump to the end and enter a slash.
The next part is "Users", followed by a slash.
Next is your (short) user name, which is also the name of your home folder.
Finally, enter "Library", then press return. You should now be in the Library folder. From there you can get around as in the Finder.

Automatically Start Time Machine

Since upgrading to OS X Mavericks over a month ago, I have to open Time Machine Preferences and select my external HD/disk EVERY time that I reboot my iMac. Otherwise, Time Machine will not start despite the TM slide being "On." I was talking with an Apple Care representative about an Aperture 3.5 issue this morning and mentioned this. (I originally thought that it was something new with Mavericks. He said that it should not be doing this, but was not an expert in TM.)
Thank you in advance for any help!

Hi there oozie1982,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
Time Machine: Troubleshooting backup issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3275
-Griff W.

Using Automator to start Time Machine backup then eject?

I've been fooling around with Automator because I want to create an application so when I mount my Time Machine disk and I run the application, the Time Machine backup with start and once it's finished it will automatically eject the volume.
I used the following shell script to begin the TM backup:
/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper &
I used the following Applescript to eject the volumes:
tell application "Finder"
eject (every disk)
end tell
The problem is, when I save it as an application and I run it, I can see TM backup starts but it immediately ejects the disk. What can I add so it will eject the disk AFTER the TM backup has completed?
I have a MBP (late 2011) with OS X 10.7.4

Two comments:
1) Try removing the ampersand ("&") from the end of that command. The ampersand causes the command to continue in the background while the script continues to the next step. You want the script to wait until that command is complete.
2) You posted your question in a section for Apple's Time Capsule Wi-Fi router. Presumably you want support for the Time Machine backup hardware. Such a question should be posted in the section for the OS X version you're running.

Unable to access time machine backups after creating new user profile

Hi,
I had visited the Genius Bar with some problems with iTunes not opening. The Genius had indicated that I likely had some corrupt files and that the easiest fix would be to create a new user profile... So we did...
After transferring all my data over to the new profile and setting everything back up as I like I deleted the old (presumably corrupt) user profile. To my dismay I no longer have access to any of my time machine backups that were created prior to setting up my new user profile... They appear to still all be there. However, I am unable to select any of the dates prior to the new user profile's creation and the deletion of the old profile...
Please help...
Thank in advance,
Des

desbiss wrote:
After transferring all my data over to the new profile and setting everything back up as I like I deleted the old (presumably corrupt) user profile. To my dismay I no longer have access to any of my time machine backups that were created prior to setting up my new user profile... They appear to still all be there. However, I am unable to select any of the dates prior to the new user profile's creation and the deletion of the old profile...
That's correct. What you see in Time Machine's "Star Wars" display depends on what you have the Finder window set to. While looking at the new profile, you can't see any backups that were done before it existed.
You're right, they're still there, for now, but are grayed-out in the timeline at the right, because what's in the Finder window wasn't backed-up then.
If you select your internal HD or Computer Name in the sidebar, you'll be able to see those backups.
But since they're for a different user, you won't be able to view inside that home folder or restore from it -- one user, even an Admin user, doesn't normally have access to a different user's data.
It's doubtful, but you might be able to create a new user with exactly the same name as the one you deleted, log on to it, and see if the old backups appear.

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