Yosemite will not backup to timecapsule

Hi JoeyMikey,
Please see if your issue with Yosemite backing up to Time Capsule is listed in this article.
OS X Yosemite: Time Machine problems
Take care,
Nubz

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I lost all my backups today.
Doesn't sound like it... sounds like you simply can't back up any further. You can still enter Time Machine to restore files, right?
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Mickmannock wrote:
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