Time Machine Problem since 10.5.2 upgrade

gday21 · 10th March 2008, 09:54

Hi,

Ever since I upgraded to 10.5.2 I have not been able to use Time Machine as it keeps bombing out half way through a back up with an error message

Anyone else experiencing that problem?
Tried to delete old back up and start anew but without success.
Any pointers anyone?

Rgds

gday

Magnus · 10th March 2008, 09:57

It's worked fine for me... what's the error message?

gday21 · 10th March 2008, 10:04

Not very descriptive I'm afraid:
Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume.

I just searched the web and a few people are having this problem, but I can't find a link to solution.
I'm going to try via a USB cable instead of FW and see if that fixes it.
MacBook Pro, 500 GB La Cie drive worked fine up until the upgrade.

Rgds

Gday

MacUAE · 10th March 2008, 12:17

You might want to check the available space in the backup drive. I noticed in my system, a Mac Pro with 1TB drive, Time Machine hourly backups can reach upto 400GB with little drive changes done from my side.

So check the available space and monitor the menu bar icon for Time Machine to see the amount backed up. It should delete old obsolete records.

MacUAE · 10th March 2008, 12:23

One more thing... since you're using a notebook, try connecting the power adapter to eliminate power management issues (if any). Just for check.

gday21 · 15th March 2008, 07:19

Hi All,

Okay find I wasn't the only one having this problem. It appears Time Machine isn't all it's cracked up to be. So I have gone back to good old Back Up.
Example I ran TM with the console window open and found it got stuck on certain files which caused the error. Once deleted or excluded the TM carried on till it hit another file it didn't like and so on.
This was confirmed by other users having the same problem with TM.
Some reckoned that TM in 10.5.1 was not really backing up everything, which is worrying, and was corrected in the upgrade to 10.5.2, but resulted in the above errors.
Plus others reported external drive problems with continuos use of TM. So I have gone back to .Mac BackUp until it's cured.

Rgds

Gday

10th March 2008, 09:54	#1 (permalink)
gday21 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 30	Time Machine Problem since 10.5.2 upgrade Hi, Ever since I upgraded to 10.5.2 I have not been able to use Time Machine as it keeps bombing out half way through a back up with an error message Anyone else experiencing that problem? Tried to delete old back up and start anew but without success. Any pointers anyone? Rgds gday

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10th March 2008, 09:57	#2 (permalink)
Magnus Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dubai Posts: 8,394	It's worked fine for me... what's the error message?

10th March 2008, 10:04	#3 (permalink)
gday21 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 30	Not very descriptive I'm afraid: Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while copying files to the backup volume. I just searched the web and a few people are having this problem, but I can't find a link to solution. I'm going to try via a USB cable instead of FW and see if that fixes it. MacBook Pro, 500 GB La Cie drive worked fine up until the upgrade. Rgds Gday

10th March 2008, 12:17	#4 (permalink)
MacUAE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 353	You might want to check the available space in the backup drive. I noticed in my system, a Mac Pro with 1TB drive, Time Machine hourly backups can reach upto 400GB with little drive changes done from my side. So check the available space and monitor the menu bar icon for Time Machine to see the amount backed up. It should delete old obsolete records.

10th March 2008, 12:23	#5 (permalink)
MacUAE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 353	One more thing... since you're using a notebook, try connecting the power adapter to eliminate power management issues (if any). Just for check.

15th March 2008, 07:19	#6 (permalink)
gday21 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 30	Hi All, Okay find I wasn't the only one having this problem. It appears Time Machine isn't all it's cracked up to be. So I have gone back to good old Back Up. Example I ran TM with the console window open and found it got stuck on certain files which caused the error. Once deleted or excluded the TM carried on till it hit another file it didn't like and so on. This was confirmed by other users having the same problem with TM. Some reckoned that TM in 10.5.1 was not really backing up everything, which is worrying, and was corrected in the upgrade to 10.5.2, but resulted in the above errors. Plus others reported external drive problems with continuos use of TM. So I have gone back to .Mac BackUp until it's cured. Rgds Gday