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can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. This discussion is locked terryfrommississauga Level 1 (0 points) Q: Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder. Unable to complete backup. An backing up with time machine on an external drive error occurred while creating the backup folder. iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2) Posted on
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Nov 26, 2011 8:24 AM I have this question too Close Q: Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating
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the backup folder. All replies Helpful answers Previous Page 2 of 3 last Next by jimchik2, jimchik2 Mar 17, 2012 3:41 PM in response to Ron Voss Level 1 (54 points) iPad Mar 17, 2012
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3:41 PM in response to Ron Voss @Ron: I'd like to try this. Can you tell me exactly where to put in this command line?Thanks in advance. Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by Ron Voss, Ron Voss Mar 19, 2012 10:54 PM in response to jimchik2 Level 1 (60 points) Mar 19, 2012 10:54 PM in response to jimchik2 Jim, sorry for the delay. In Terminal enter back in time machine website "crontab -e" to edit the "chronology" table and add the line* * * * * date > /Volumes/
Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more time machine back to the future about hiring developers or posting ads with us Ask Different Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask how to set up a time machine Question _ Ask Different is a question and answer site for power users of Apple hardware and software. Join them; it only takes time machine backup slow a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Time Machine Backup Failed up vote 3 down vote favorite Ive been https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3524877?start=15&tstart=0 using my Time Machine for almost 3 years without any problems. It's a 3 TB LaCie. This week it has decided to stop backing up my work. I tried repairing the disk and unmounting and remounting the disk a number of times but it's not working. After remounting the disk, it runs for about 10 minutes and then stops. Each time I then try to manually run a backup it immediately gives me an error message. The initial message http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/200272/time-machine-backup-failed I get is "Time Machine couldn't back up to 'LaCie'". When I click on the details it tells me that an error occurred whilst creating the 'backup folder'. It has suggested that I verify and repair the disk, but I have done this to no avail. I'm currently still running Mavericks on my Mac. Is there a solution to this? osx mavericks mac time-machine backup share|improve this question edited Feb 26 at 12:38 user3439894 9,50451024 asked Aug 14 '15 at 14:43 Nathan Thomas 12326 I should also note that I have 155 GB free on the disk so its not an error caused by a full disk –Nathan Thomas Aug 14 '15 at 14:47 I tried a few things but then the disk stopped responding completely. It's been running constantly for the past 3 years so it looks like it's reached the end of its life. I've now got a new disk and a paperweight/door stop –Nathan Thomas Dec 11 '15 at 12:19 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 3 down vote accepted I had an issue with backups not completing and I solved it by deleting the partially created backup folder. First turn time machine off (System Preferences > Time Machine > Off) Navigate to /Volumes/VOLUMENAME/Backups.backupdb/COMPUTERNAME/, where you will see a list of folders dated by when the backup was created. If y
topic provides some troubleshooting tips for common Time Machine errors and problems. It does not cover most problems specific to Time Capsules or other wireless backups. See Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule, and/or Apple’s Time Capsule forum, in the wireless section. Nor does it http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html include general information about Time Machine. For that, see Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. Section A. TOOLS and PROCEDURES YOU MAY NEED A1. Time Machine Buddy widget A2. Time Tracker and/or Backup Loupe A3. Tinker Tool A4. Full Reset of Time Machine A5. How to Repair or Verify Disk A6. Common Backup Messages time machine A7. How to Navigate to a file A8. Changing the maximum size or case-sensitivity of a sparse bundle A9. Information needed to diagnose a problem A10. Deleting an "inProgress" package A11. Navigating to your backups via the Finder Section B. SET - UP PROBLEMS B1. I can't select my drive for use with Time Machine B2. The Select Disk button time machine back doesn't work B3. No oldest or latest backup date shown B4. Wrong icon shown for TM drive/partition B5. Would you like to inherit (or re-use) the Backup . . .? B6. "Reconnecting" to your backups Section C. BACKUP FAILURES C1. Initial Backup Failed C2. Other Backup Fails C3. ". . . an error occurred while copying files . . . " or "Aborting backup because indexing a file failed" C4. "The backup disk is full" or ". . . almost full" or "This backup is too large . . ." C5. "You do not have appropriate . . . privileges to save file ".