Upon "Enter Time Machine", viewing of TM/TC backups freezes

When viewing TM/TC backups, after clicking on "Enter Time Machine", I have to "option/cmd/esc" out of TM/TC to get out of it -- once i've entered into it -- under the following conditions:
Configuration:
The freezing is seen in the following configuration: v10.5.4 with TC 7.3.2, APU 5.3.2 (532.8).
Notes: This is a brand new macbook and TC. I upgraded the OS on the macbook from 10.5.2 (that is what i got from the dealer a few days ago) to 10.5.4 and then applied the latest security patch for 10.5.4.
I sucessfully did my first full back up (22GB) to TC -- while running 10.5.2/TC 7.3.2/APU 5.3.2 (532.8) -- after I disabled energy saver and turned off airport and went via ethernet cable.
Note: My "VirusBarrier X5" anti virus software (on the mac os side) is turned off (it was part of the install with parallels/bitdefender).
I tested three times in each of the following scenarios:
Notes: (1) In all tests, the TC-to-macbook connection is via AirPort with the devices 12" away from each other. (2) Parrales is not running. (3) VirusBarrier X5 is not running.
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Test results:
1. If Time Machine preferences is set to OFF, then upon entering TC, then TC will freeze/hang immediately after clicking on "back up the hour before" (or any other back up or on the "back arrow"). The "cancel" option on the GUI will then not work. WORKAROUND TO GET OUT OF HUNG STATE: option/cmd/esc out of TC. -- FAIL.
1.1 After performing "option/cmd/esc", the Finder process in Activity Monitor, is seen to transition from "Not Responding" to 0% CPU. (intermittent) -- FAIL.
1.2 Control test: If Time Machine preferences is set to OFF, then upon entering TC, then TC will NOT freeze/hang if I immediately click on "cancel" in the GUI. -- PASS.
1.2.1 After clicking on "cancel", the Finder process in Activity Monitor, is seen to transition from 15% CPU to 0% CPU. -- PASS.
2. If Time Machine prefernces is set to ON, then upon entering TC, then TC will freeze/hang immediately after clicking on "back up the hour before" (or any other back up on the "back arrow"). The "cancel" option on the GUI will then not work. WORKAROUND TO GET OUT OF HUNG STATE: option/cmd/esc out of TC. -- FAIL.
2.1 After performing "option/cmd/esc", the Finder process in Activity Monitor, is seen to transition from "Not Responding" to 0% CPU. (intermittent) -- FAIL.
2.2 Control test: If Time Machine prefernces is set to ON, then upon entering TC, then TC will NOT freeze/hang if I immediately click on "cancel" in the GUI. -- PASS.
2.2.1 After clicking on "cancel", the Finder process in Activity Monitor, is seen to transition from 15% CPU to 0% CPU. -- PASS.
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Additional notes:
1. It is observed that when entering TC, the "back up of my macbook" Device is then mounted to the desktop. When clicking "cancel", while doing the control test mentioned above (or even in the failed tests), this Device does not then unmount itself. Is this expected behaviour?
1.1 The failed and passing test scenarios described above are the same regardless of whether or not the "back up of my macbook" Device is already mounted to the desktop.
2. In Finder, under SHARED, the "my Time Capsule" share appears to always be in the "Connection Failed" state -- whether or not "back up of my macbook" Device is mounted to the desktop.

For my issue, I solved it by going into the Preferences of my "VirusBarrier X5" program and adding the "TC" device to "trusted zone" under the "scanner" tab.
(Even though I made sure that the "VirusBarrier X5" program was closed/quitted -- as viewed from the doc, I still needed to add the "TC" device to "trusted zone" under the "scanner" tab).
Now, upon "Enter Time Machine", the viewing of TM/TC backups NO longer freezes. I also selected a file and then pressed the restore button and that worked as well.
Source:
Apple.com > Support > Discussions > Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard > Time Machine
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1227
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7538067&#7538067
* http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7259067&#7259067
* http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7317674&#7317674
* http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1222415&tstart=105

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Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mozy.backup.plist (checksum 35683335)
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   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.mozy.backup</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>Nice</key>
<integer>10</integer>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PreferencePanes/MozyHome.prefPane/Contents/Resources/MozyHomeB ackup</string>
</array>
<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<false/>
<key>UserName</key>
<string>root</string>
<key>GroupName</key>
<string>wheel</string>
<key>SoftResourceLimits</key>
<dict>
<key>NumberOfFiles</key>
   ...and 9 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.cloudpath.HelperTool.plist (checksum 1144074417)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>net.cloudpath.HelperTool</string>
<key>MachServices</key>
<dict>
<key>net.cloudpath.HelperTool</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/net.cloudpath.HelperTool</string>
</array>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (checksum 2883943871)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/privileged_startx</string>
<string>-d</string>
<string>/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/privileged_startx.d</string>
</array>
<key>MachServices</key>
<dict>
<key>org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>TimeOut</key>
<integer>120</integer>
<key>EnableTransactions</key>
<true/>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (checksum 4071182229)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
     <array>
<string>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility</string>
<string>-mode=scheduled</string>
     </array>

Hello Linc et al.,
I have been having Yosemite problems similar to those discussed elsewhere (e.g. iMac 27" late 2013 and Yosemite) (albeit with 10.10.1, Mid-2010 MacBook Pro): can't enter Time Machine, although it seems to be backing up; programs including Illustrator, EndNote, and Boinc don't start, or only after an hour or two (others, including Microsoft Office, seem okay). They will start normally in safe mode, but not for a newly created user. Many permission repairs carried out (seems okay except for a couple recurring printer-related messages), disk is okay, PRAM and SMC reset. Spent some time with various tech support, so most of these have been tried several times.
The solution here com.apple.xpc.launchd & com.apple.mdworker.bundles pollute logs with errors worked through one restart - there were two mystery uids, owning many files - but not through a second.
I have followed the permission repair procedure from another post (discussions.apple.com/message/27015992#27015992); the initial return was 639, and now it is 0. Restarted since then, nothing appeared to change.
Below is what I get from the test suggested in the first thread mentioned, I hope there is something informative here! I'll study it myself, but don't know what might or might not matter.
Thanks,
Barbara
Start time: 11:29:32 12/05/14
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
System Version: OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.0.0
Time since boot: 29 minutes
SATA
   HGST HTS541515A9E630
Diagnostic reports
   2014-12-05 mdworker32 crash x8
   2014-12-05 mdworker crash x14
   2014-12-05 plugin-container crash x2
   2014-12-05 xfig crash
Log
   Dec 5 11:14:35 com.adobe.illustrator.43768: Service exited due to signal: Terminated: 15
   Dec 5 11:14:38 WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.1 instead of 10.10.1. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number.
Call location:
   Dec 5 11:15:21 com.apple.quicklook: Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
   Dec 5 11:16:39 en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
   Dec 5 11:16:39 en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 149 153 157 161 165
   Dec 5 11:18:25 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:39 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:41 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:47 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:51 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:18:58 com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent: The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.
   Dec 5 11:19:04 Recieved EWS error: Error Domain=MFEWSErrorDomain Code=117 "Id is malformed." UserInfo=0x608000e6b4c0 {NSLocalizedDescription=Id is malformed.}
   Dec 5 11:19:04 Recieved EWS error: Error Domain=MFEWSErrorDomain Code=117 "Id is malformed." UserInfo=0x608000c6ba00 {NSLocalizedDescription=Id is malformed.}
   Dec 5 11:19:11 BUG in libdispatch client: dispatch_mig_server: mach_msg() failed (ipc/send) invalid memory - 0x1000000c
   Dec 5 11:19:11 CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFFFFFFFFFECC) from font server
   Dec 5 11:19:11 CoreText CopyFontsForRequest received mig IPC error (FFFFFFFFFFFFFECC) from font server
   Dec 5 11:22:58 Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
   Dec 5 11:23:09 Error: execSQLStatement:onConnection:toCompletionWithRetry - SQL=COMMIT;, error-code=1, error-message=cannot commit - no transaction is active
   Dec 5 11:26:00 [com.apple.calendar.store.log.persistent.operation] [CalOperationQueue (x-coredata://UUID/ExchangePrincipal/p3): <CalExchangeSyncAccountOperation: 0x7f92fbe96830> failed with error Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1003 "A server with the specified hostname could not be found." UserInfo=0x7f92fe1cbfa0 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7f92fe3021f0 "A server with the specified hostname could not be found.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://EMAIL/ews/exchange.asmx, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://EMAIL/ews/exchange.asmx, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=12, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=8, NSLocalizedDescription=A server with the specified hostname could not be found.}.]
   Dec 5 11:26:05 process WindowServer[150] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 3474; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 120600
   Dec 5 11:26:05 com.apple.ReportCrash.Root: Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash.DirectoryService
   Dec 5 11:26:06 Error loading dyld shared cache uuid UUID: 0x8
   Dec 5 11:29:38 process smcDiagnose[687] caught causing excessive wakeups. Observed wakeups rate (per sec): 49533; Maximum permitted wakeups rate (per sec): 150; Observation period: 300 seconds; Task lifetime number of wakeups: 48870
   Dec 5 11:29:38 com.apple.ReportCrash.Root: Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.ReportCrash.DirectoryService
kexts
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.1.18)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.1.18)
Daemons
com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
   com.adobe.versioncueCS4
com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool
   com.cloudpath.maccmd
   com.mozy.backup
   net.cloudpath.HelperTool
   com.adobe.fpsaud
   com.bombich.ccchelper
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
Agents
com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager
uk.co.markallan.clamxav.freshclam
com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud
uk.co.markallan.clamxav.clamscan
   com.mozy.status
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
   com.hp.printerAgent
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate
com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate
   com.adobe.ARM.UUID
com.google.keystone.user.agent
Startup items
/System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA/CUDA
/System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA/StartupParameters.plist
   /Library/StartupItems/HP IO/HP IO
   /Library/StartupItems/HP IO/Resources/version.plist
   /Library/StartupItems/HP IO/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr/HWNetCfg
/Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr/HWNetMgr
   /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect/HWPortCfg
/Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect/HWPortDetect
/Library/StartupItems/HWPortDetect/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/OpenAFS/OpenAFS
   /Library/StartupItems/OpenAFS/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser/rEFItBlesser
/Library/StartupItems/rEFItBlesser/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/StartupParameters.plist
/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/VirtualBox
App extensions
com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon
Apps
   /Applications/Dropbox.app
Contents of /etc/hosts (checksum 2520548989)
127.0.0.1    localhost
127.0.0.1    [name removed]-macbook-pro.local.
255.255.255.255    broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fe80::1%lo0    localhost
Contents of /etc/ssh_config (checksum 1281775184)
    Host *
      SendEnv LANG LC_*
   Host *
XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
Contents of /etc/sshd_config (checksum 2518667249)
   SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV
AuthorizedKeysFile    .ssh/authorized_keys
   UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox        # Default for new installations.
   AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
Subsystem    sftp    /usr/libexec/sftp-server
   XAuthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mozy.status.plist (checksum 976541881)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.mozy.status</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PreferencePanes/MozyHome.prefPane/Contents/Resources/MozyHome Status.app/Contents/MacOS/MozyHome Status</string>
</array>
<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
<string>Aqua</string>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist (checksum 572360244)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>COM_NVIDIA_CUDAPREF_FROM_LAUNCH_AGENT</key>
<string>TRUE</string>
</dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate</string>
<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
<array>
<string>Aqua</string>
</array>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/bin/open</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>open</string>
<string>file:///Library/PreferencePanes/CUDA%20Preferences.prefPane</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<false/>
   </dict>
   ...and 1 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (checksum 2403555562)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.oracle.java.Java-Updater</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Java Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Updater</string>
<string>-bgcheck</string>
</array>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/dev/null</string>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>23</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>50</integer>
<key>Weekday</key>
<integer>3</integer>
</dict>
   </dict>
   ...and 1 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (checksum 2451978492)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.macosforge.xquartz.startx</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/launchd_startx</string>
<string>/opt/X11/bin/startx</string>
<string>--</string>
<string>/opt/X11/bin/Xquartz</string>
</array>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
<key>org.macosforge.xquartz:0</key>
<dict>
<key>SecureSocketWithKey</key>
<string>DISPLAY</string>
</dict>
</dict>
<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<true/>
<key>EnableTransactions</key>
<true/>
   ...and 2 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.versioncueCS4.plist (checksum 1565429098)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>GroupName</key>
<string>wheel</string>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.adobe.versioncueCS4</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS4/Server/bin/VersionCueCS4d</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<false/>
<key>ServiceDescription</key>
<string>Adobe Version Cue CS4</string>
<key>UserName</key>
<string>root</string>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.bombich.ccchelper.plist (checksum 801575064)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.bombich.ccchelper</string>
<key>MachServices</key>
<dict>
<key>com.bombich.ccchelper</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.bombich.ccchelper</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist (checksum 810825832)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Disabled</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.cloudpath.maccmd</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<true/>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.cloudpath.maccmd</string>
</array>
<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<true/>
<key>Sockets</key>
<dict>
<key>MasterSocket</key>
<dict>
<key>SockFamily</key>
<string>Unix</string>
<key>SockPathMode</key>
<integer>438</integer>
<key>SockPathName</key>
   ...and 7 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mozy.backup.plist (checksum 35683335)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.mozy.backup</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>Nice</key>
<integer>10</integer>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PreferencePanes/MozyHome.prefPane/Contents/Resources/MozyHomeB ackup</string>
</array>
<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<false/>
<key>UserName</key>
<string>root</string>
<key>GroupName</key>
<string>wheel</string>
<key>SoftResourceLimits</key>
<dict>
<key>NumberOfFiles</key>
   ...and 9 more line(s)
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/net.cloudpath.HelperTool.plist (checksum 1144074417)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>net.cloudpath.HelperTool</string>
<key>MachServices</key>
<dict>
<key>net.cloudpath.HelperTool</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/net.cloudpath.HelperTool</string>
</array>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (checksum 2883943871)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/privileged_startx</string>
<string>-d</string>
<string>/opt/X11/lib/X11/xinit/privileged_startx.d</string>
</array>
<key>MachServices</key>
<dict>
<key>org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx</key>
<true/>
</dict>
<key>TimeOut</key>
<integer>120</integer>
<key>EnableTransactions</key>
<true/>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist (checksum 4071182229)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
     <array>
<string>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility</string>
<string>-mode=scheduled</string>
     </array>

External hard drive not appearing when entering time machine.

Why does my external hard drive back up on time machine ok, but when I enter time machine (and the external device isn't plugged in) i can't see it?
It appears in time machine fine when the external drive is plugged in, but just not if it's been ejected or
I want to have the ext drive backed up in case I lose it or it corrupts....and if that happens I won't be able to plug it in to see the drive in TM - does that make sense?
I am running OSX 10.9.3 on a Mid 2010 Mac Book Pro. The external drive is a samsung and is formatted to Mac OS Extended (journaled). Time Machine is a standard Apple one and has been working fine for a couple of years

Try holding down the Option Key when selecting the Time Machine menu, then select Brows Other Time Machine Disks. See if you can then browse the backup of that drive. The normal Time Machine display is kind of a “live” restore point thing, if that makes sense.
I’m not sure if there is anything in Pondini’s FAQ, but you might peruse it and see if he discusses that issue: http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

Cannot enter Time Machine after upgrading from Snow Leopard

Hi all,
I've had Lion installed for a few days now and am enjoying the changes to OSX.
Last night I wanted to delete a few redundant files out of my TimeMachine backup and found I could not open the application at all.
I can still backup to Time Machine successfully (so it indicates with preparing, backing up progress (xGB of yGB), finishing, etc). So for the last few days everything appeared to be functioning as expected until last night, when I tried to enter Time Machine.
My specs:
iMac (Oct 2010), 4GB, 1TB, 3.6GHz, backing up to a WD My Passport Essential (1TB) via USB 2.0 (25% full)
I can see the destination drive (and its contents) on my desktop, via Finder and can select it via TimeMachine System Preferences (Select drive). There are no issues 'seeing' or accessing the drive in normal use.
Trying to open the Time Machine application, I have tried via the TimeMachine icon in the TitleBar (ie 'Enter Time Machine'), via Mission Control (double-clicking on Time Machine), typing 'Time Machine' into Spotlight and selecting it from the resulting list, but in all scenarios, nothing happens. Nothing at all. And yet I can backup to Time Machine without a hitch.
I have seen a number of online conversations about the AFP spec having been changed by Apple and third party periphial manufacturers being slow to comply, but using USB, I'm not sure this applies to my case? I have used Macs at home for 8 years and have never heard of AFP until now... So I don't really know if I am impacted by this or not (don't think so).
There have been some troubleshooting solutions involving identifying and deleting the com.apple.timemachine.plist from the Library/Preferences folder (going from memory here) which I did (had to use PathFinder to find the file).
Unfortunately that did not help and Time Machine still refuses to open. There are no errors appearing as a result of trying to open TimeMachine. I have checked the Console, but nothing obvious appears there. I have read others are prompted with an error about AFP, but I get no such error. I can copy files to the drive okay so I can't see how it is the drive. Just Time Machine not wanting to play...
Can anyone suggest anything?
I do have Snow Leopard SuperDupered to another 320GB WD drive if I need to go back, but I don't really want to if I can help it...
Thanks,
Alex Makin

Well finally, after 2 days of trying to work out what was the issue, I have resolved the problem.
Its very strange given that I can successfully back up but not restore, as described in my original post.
One thing I neglected to mention was the fact I had set up my Time Machine backup to use 'sparsebundles'. This allows me to have the external drive plugged into my Airport Extreme and use much like Time Capsule.
It didn't seem relevant at the time since I could backup successfully (and still now, I can't understand why Time Machine knows where to back up to, but doesn't know where to restore from).
I didn't have the Time Machine icon sitting in my dock (never needed to since if I need to restore, I access TM from the TitleBar icon). So in putting the TM app in the dock I played a little around with it by clicking it (as you would normally for any other app in the dock) and eventually held down the mouse key to bring up the menu. Tried 'Enter Time Machine' a couple of times without luck, before trying a menu item along the lines of "Try another backup destination' and voila!! Time Machine opens, animated stars, vertical time line, etc.
Well hang on now... Why the heck can't TM have worked this out already?? Why do I need to look somewhere else for my Time Machine backup, when I've already told TM (in System Preferences) where the backup is?
Pretty darn odd, but there you have it. It was there the whole time, but according to TM, it wasn't...
I still have to select the menu item 'Try another backup destination' each time I want to enter TM, but at least I know where to find it...
I'm assumming its the sparsebundles setting (which I'm sticking with), but at least I know its not my iMac, its not the hard drive, its not Lion (well, it sort of is as Snow Leopard knew where to find it...)
Alex Makin

Solved: Mac appears to hang when "Enter Time Machine..."

I run TM and keep my sparse bundle on a Synology Diskstation NAS. Since the begining in March 2011, my Mac has always appeared to hang after trying to "Enter Time Machine...." I am now running Lion 10.7.2 and DSM 3.2-1944 and seeing the same issue. It turns out that this appears to be a bug in the fancy TM graphics interface.
TM uses a cascaded Finder window to allow you to brouse your backup history. If you run multiple "Spaces" and the existing(new) target Finder window does not reside(popup) on your current Space, you never get to see the cascaded display. Yet, if I ensure that there is only one Finder window open and it is displayed on my current desk top, then the fancy cascaded TM interface displays just fine.
Note, if you do happen to "Enter Time Machine..." on a secondary Space, just hit ESC. TM will exit and the current Space will pop over to the target Finder window. If you "Enter Time Machine..." a second time, it will work fine as the target Finder is now on the current Space. Looks like someone failed to issue "set current Space" before disabling the Spaces manager...
UPDATE:
Looks like I am rediscovering known bugs, #3: http://pondini.org/TM/E4.html but above is an alternate workaround to turning off "Spaces".

If you're really at 10.5.8, do you have the 10.5 Install disk to boot from & Install that... so we can get further?

Does anyone know why my finder window resizes when I enter time machine?

Can anyone explain why my finder changes size when I enter time machine? I'm pretty sure this didn't happen on Snow Leopard but it does since I installed Lion. It's only a small glitch but it's rather annoying since I have positioned and resized the finder window on my desktop to the place I want it - in the centre of the screen and showing all the folders in my sidebar list. When I enter time machine the finder window becomes shorter, therefore not showing all the sidebar folders. I wouldn't mind if when I exit time machine it reverts back to the way it was but it doesn't so I have to resize over again!
Anyone know why this happenes?

Take a snapshot of this issue and send it to Apple. I think it may be a small glitch.

Entering Time Machine using Screen Sharing

I use a G4 as a filserver, thus it does not need a monitor, and is just stacked under a desk. Now I want to use Time Machine backup for my files. That works.
To enter Time Machine to retrive a file, I need to use Screen Sharing. But Time Machine does not render correctly! I can see that its on - and trying, but no universe, and no buttons or stacked finder windows.. Anyone?

My Intel MacBookPro could run Time machine remotly on my PowerPC G5
But none could run it on the PowerPC G4.
So I wonder whats the logic..

When I "Enter Time Machine," nothing happens. Is there some way to fix this?

I wanted to replace a file with an older version, and when I tried to enter Time Machine from the menu bar, nothing happened. I restarted the computer and tried it again and still nothing.
I have a MacBook Pro with OS 10.7.5.
Thanks,
Erik Jurado

This excellent support article may help you with that:
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

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