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upgraded recently to Mavericks, and am setting up Time Machine on this system for the first time (it wasn't set up with the earlier OS, Mountain Lion.) Time Machine successfully backs up once after I boot the laptop. However, every time it tries to back up again while the laptop is running (I don't normally perform a full shutdown and reboot very often!) it fails with the error message: "An error occurred while creating the backup folder." I would like to eject time machine stops backing up to external disk the drive and plug it in again to see if this helps, but clicking the Eject button in Finder shows this message: and I have not wanted to do a Force Eject. I have rebooted, and Time Machine successfully backed up once after that, only to fail again the next time it tried. I do sometimes close the laptop lid or put it to sleep with the disk still plugged in, and it is still there when it wakes. I searched the Console for Time Machine-related errors but could not see any. (The Console won't display system.log saying I don't have permissions, but running syslog -C in the Terminal and scanning the output doesn't show anything either.) How do I: Solve the issue, so it successfully create the backup folder Perhaps, see if it is Time Machine or another app that is preventing the disk eject? Details: An early 2011 Macbook Pro, which was running Mountain Lion for a week on a new internal hard drive, now Mavericks The drive is a 2TB Toshiba USB drive. I formatted it at as Mac OS X Journaled. Running Disk Utility and verifying the disk shows no errors. The drive has about 800GB free space. I am running from a normal (non-admin) user account. time-machine backup mavericks external-disk share|improve this question asked Nov 2 '13 at 18:43 David M 4154822 What partition system did you use prior to formatting the filesystem? –stuffe♦ Dec 10 '13 at 16:16
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14, 2014 9:40PM Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), 2TB, 16GB RAM When ever I try to do a 'back-up' to my Time Capsule I get the following message: "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder." Unfortunately there is no actual Error Code or number given for the error. Any advice or suggestions would be helpful, thanx. Also, unrelated, why is my version of Google Drive only in Spanish and not English... how do I change it? Receive Notifications Like Reply to Original Post Response from AppleClubSupport: To Pakawala, Apr 15, 2014 8:36AM Hello Pakawala, A few things to try: First, reboot your Mac (go to > Restart). Then try to initiate a new backup from the Time Machine icon in the menu bar at the top. Next, if that does not work, try unplugging the Time Capsule (make sure no other Macs are in the middle of backing up first), waiting 20 seconds, then plugging it back in. Like Reply Response from Pakawala: To AppleClubSupport, Apr 16, 2014 3:38AM Thank you, thank you, thank you. I had tried both suggestions previously but this time I just turned off the Mac and unplugged the Time Capsule and took a 1/2 day off (played golf and had dinner with some friends). When I came back, I (cautiously) restarted the Mac and plugged in the Time Capsule… AND EVERYTHING WORKS!!! I truly appreciate your help. Like Reply Response from AppleClubSupport: To Pakawala, Apr 16, 2014 7:46AM Glad to be of service. 😊 Like Reply Response from Pakawala: To AppleClubSupport, Apr 16, 2014 8:09AM It truly saddens me to report that I was too quick with my positive response. After allowing my computer to operate for an extended period of time I find my Time Capsule is NOT functioning properly. I’m once again getting the same message as before: “Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder.” So, I’m right back to square one but I do appreciate your offer of help. Cheers. Like Reply Response from AppleClubSupport: To Pakawala, Apr 16, 2014 8:28AM OK, looks like we'll have to try some more advanced troubleshooting. First, while holding down the "option" key, click the Time Machine icon in the menu bar, and see if you get the option to "Verify Backups." Let it do