Time Machine has only 2 weeks of backups. What is wrong?

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• Time machine is unable to perform a backup. Not able to access the sparsebundle. Problem occurred first on snow leopard OS. Followed Dragon upgrade to El Capitan. Only difference has error code of 109 changed to null. What about someone?

  Time machine is unable to perform a backup. Not able to access the sparsebundle. First of all, there is problem with the Snow Leopard operating system. Dragon followed in the upgrade to El Capitan. Only difference was error code 109 changed to 'null '. What about someone?

  We need some info.

  You can access from the finder Time Capsule? If this isn't the case, then Time Machine will not work.

  You upgrade the computer snow to El Capo and keep the same name?

  If you want to backup, it is best to start again... clean the new backup any attempt to add a previous backup failed.

  I recommend that you actually erase the TC... do a complete factory reset and start again.

  The previous backup if necessary can be archived on a USB drive connected to the TC assuming that Airport utility can still access it. Airport utility accesses the TC?

  With update installs all sorts of things can go wrong... so tell me more if you can not get anywhere.

• Time Machine does not register the last backups

  In Time Machine preferences, it signals that the last backup is June 2, but when I go to Time Machine I don't see what

  which seems to be backups in recent days.  How do both to sync to declare the same data?

  

  • Assuming that your profile information is correct, OS X update to the latest version: How can I update to OS X and Mac apps - Apple Support.
  • If you do not already done, simply connect / again or restart your Mac.
  • If you back up the contents of the source that lies in the external devices, make sure they are all operational, mounted and available.
  • If the last time information and the date are still incorrect, continue with the steps below.
  1. Confirm that a backup is not already underway. Then, scroll down to 'Add or remove backup disk... '. "and select it. Choose 'Data' and then delete.
     • If everything works as it should, this will not affect your existing backup history. However, if you have done this until now it is not working as it should, and in an abundance of caution you should consider creating an additional, redundant backup first. If you work with the data that you just can't live without, that a backup is not enough in any case, even if everything works perfectly.
  2. Then select the drive again, connect you and choose 'Back Up Now' in the Time Machine menu bar icon.
     • If you have added previously any exclusion of the element (under the 'Options... button "), you will need to add.
  3. Time Machine will take a lot of time while it makes a 'deep event' scan to determine which files need to be backed up. Meanwhile "preparing backup...". ' appears in Time Machine preferences.
  4. When the "scan deep event" is over, Time Machine will perform a normal incremental backup, which will have the usual amount of time.

  That should correct the erroneous information.

• Time Machine has decided to completely replace the four years of TC backups

  I had four full backups Time Machine of my iMac to my Time Capsule. A couple of weeks ago, I replaced my iMac with a new. Transfer backups has been flawless, worked fine and regular backup recovery continued as before. Then yesterday...

  My iMac gave me a message that essentially says that a thorough examination showed my backups were OK, but they all had to be replaced by a completely new iMac backup everything. I said OK. That backup has taken from one day to the next. This morning, I found the new overall backup was available, and I could recover my files, so this seems OK. Now, however, Time Machine says that it's going to save 145 GB (almost all my storage) again. Unless it's just stuck, saying that it is done, but actually does nothing. Everyone knows this? Should I cancel this new full backup or it means that I'll lose the only backup made last night?

  Any suggestions will be appreciated.

  You should NOT have continued using the old backup once you have migrated your files to the new iMac.

  The current situation is that the backup is damaged or there simply is not enough space to do a new backup. Neither TM remove enough files to continue to operate.

  If you want to keep your old backups. Go to airport utility and use the archive function.

  

  You will need to plug a USB stick formatted properly capacity equal to TB. It will then copy the content of the TC on the disc.

  Then, you delete the drive... a quick erase is only a minute or two... and then start a new backup.

• Help! Time Machine has deleted my external hard drive iPhotos to make room for backups. I lost my birth iPhotos and the first 2 years of my baby!

  I'm next to me, I hope that there is a way to get back them.

  I was told my someone from tech apple to my iPhotos on an external hard disk to make more space on my MacBook Air, which seemed to work fine. We also have this same external hard drive my Time Machine.

  I noticed a small box from time to time come and say something like, Time Machine is running out of space to record new data, you want to delete things until March 2013 etc. He asked me a few times and I said yes, all the way until June 2014. Now just disappeared in my iPhotos to find some pictures of my daughter when she was a baby (in 2012) and there is nothing there before 2014. I'm completely panic, is there something I can do?

  Thank you, Kate

  PS

  This is the first time I've posted here, this is the right place to ask this question?

  Can specify you:

  You have time machine back ups and an iPhoto library on the same application - no time machine back ups of the library?

• My external hard drive (Time Machine) has not been saved for a month.

  A month ago I left town for a week. After coming back, I noticed my icon time machine backup constantly Menu bar, but I paid no attention until three days when he tried to save in vain, I noticed. I tried to disconnect and reconnect my external hard drive, but it still does not work. Nothing has really changed any other times where I was out of town and time machines worked perfectly well. The only thought I have, which could prevent the machine from time to work, is that I've been reluctant to do the software update. I heard terrible things about the captain, especially when it comes to iPhoto, and iPhoto is my main thing on my computer... so I had voluntarily decided to not update. Do you think that this is what is causing the problem? Thank you very much.

  You him have not said if you did all troubleshooting. Tell us what troubleshooting have you tried, and then we can give you an idea.

  Furthermore, El Capitan is very stable. However, you should not pass until your system is stable.

• Why the Time Machine has been slain in 'update' for the days?

  My time Machine apparently has been "frozen" in the update mode days.  The last update indicated was four days; for at least two days the backup flash drive was quickly / blinking constantly as it does by updating. Icon Time Machine on Finder devices activity showed the constantly rotating circle ("update"). Time Machine preferences update status bar has been frozen at about 2% of the way across.

  FYI, a few days ago, a break of a few seconds completely stops the iMac - this time could possibly coincide with the beginning of this "freeze".

  I cut and restarted does not.  Your advice will be welcomed-thanks

  a few things could have happened, but is not limited to a failure or a bad drive.

  I reboot, check the source disk and make all necessary repairs with disk utility.

  If the problem persists, you can also check the disk of destination for damage.

  On what your source disk to destination and how the destination disk is connected to your mac? If it's USB it's thanks to a keyboard or a hub? If so plug it directly into the built computers USB port and do not deviate in a chain of USB devices such as a hub or keyboard.

• Time machine does not see the existing backups

  When I tried to make a backup of TM to my doesn.t TM HD external see my existing backups and trying to do a new backup complete. Firstly, it said "preparing backup..." "that takes a long time before you go make a new backup full not not using the existing to make a differential.

  You're talking about two different things that above:

  • Create a new full backup
  • Recognizing the existence of previous backups

  You seem to be assuming that because Time Machine seems to be to create a new full backup, so should not recognize the existence of all the previous backups.  This assumption is wrong.  New full backups are created, for example, when the update of OS X.

  The way to check if the Time Machine recognizes the previous backups would be to use the Time Machine application to check if you can see previous versions of files.

• Time Machine - how to make 2 independent backups

  Hello

  How to use Time Machine to make 2 backups?

  Finally I replace an old, embarrassing Ext. firewire Raid 1 car ("two-in-one')

  with 2 independent drives Ext., both connected via USB3.

  Time Machine will NOT work constantly - at the end of the working day that I use "NTI Backup Now".

  What I always have to manually switch the disks?

  Thank you.

  It must alternate drives to each backup. I can't find the reference online. It might be in the help file.

• Time machine wants to inherit the last backup I did on the same computer

  I made a backup for a while (6 months).  At the start of time machine, I get a box asking if I want to inherit the history of backups from another computer.  The problem is that the backup was not made on another computer... earlier versions have been but not the last one...

  Do I need to worry about this? Something is wrong with my computer or the last backup or should I go ahead and inherit the backup?

  I am running 10.8.5 a macbook pro retina early 2013 model and want to update os soon...

  Click the menu drop-down and select the correct computer.

• Time Machine has not completed back upward after 4 days

  I'm using Time Machine (that I never liked).  I bought a new 27 "iMac and a 5 TB Seagate external hard drive.  I assigned the Seagate drive as the backup drive.  After 4 days, the wheel keeps spinning, but the backup of files are never finished.  I get no error message or indication of a problem.  Any ideas on what's going on?

  Format you the new hard drive (Mac OS X extended (journaled) and GUID partition scheme)?

  How the Seagate is attached to your iMac - USB, Thunderbolt or?

• Failures of Time machine

  I had failures where time machine has failed to create a backup.  I was able to work around the problem by rebooting my mac.  After I do it, I select the time machine icon on the line top of the machine and do a 'back up now '.  Then it's successful.  Three questions:

  1. What's happening here?

  2. do you have any suggestions?

  3. I don't have not tried "save now" without rebooting.  Would this work?

  Please do reset a SCM and reset the PRAM, it is possible your drive external hard is preparing to fail and must be replaced. If you have purchased an external hard drive of product mass as that of WD or Seagate, consider a higher quality (and prices) as an OWC Mercury Elite Pro external hard drive, you can find them at www.macsales.com

  If you don't know how to resets of the terms above, please click on iMac Intel SCM and reset the PRAM

• Time Machine periodically tells me it has not saved in two weeks

  I have an iMac and a time Capsule, which are the only three months old. For the most part, they work together seamlessly to provide backups Time Machine. However, twice now, even though I know that I had regular hourly Time Machine backups, my computer informs me that Time Machine has not backed up in two weeks. And no backup is available. Time Machine then immediately starts a backup on my Time Capsule that takes a few hours. Once that ends, everything is back to normal, and my story any backup is available for me that this is supposed to be. And resume regular backups as usual.

  What happens here? Is there anything I should do? Or stop doing? I'd appreciate any comments on this subject.

  The problem is the reliability of the system network Apple is not particularly good.

  Is the Mac directly related to TB by ethernet or wireless?

  Is the TC the main router of the network so this is to distribute IP addresses?

  The strange thing is that the internet still works, but the computer has lost the TC disk location and knows not where to find it again.

  For reliable TM backups on an iMac, I highly recommend using the USB... self powered 2.5 "1 TB or 2 TB drive can be connected behind the mac and invisible to the world... who will be always available for the local system... While his brother of network in the TC will fluctuate in and out of existence.

  Rather than flowing from my mouth (hand in this case)... Give me some screenshots of your configuration of TC airport utility.

  I would say that a weekly of abandonment is part modern equipment of domestic quality network. But every day, it's ridiculous. Back to life is a pain, restart the computer to do things.

  Tell us available to the entire network... this modem you have etc.

• Time Machine every few weeks stopped backup because it must create a new backup. 9 to on MY Cloud EX2 takes 4 full days. Crazy to keep losing all backup dates.

  Time Machine every few weeks stopped backup because it must create a new backup. 9 to on MY Cloud EX2 takes 4 full days.

  Crazy to keep losing all backup dates

  Message reads

  "Time Machine has conducted an audit of your backups on"WDMyCloudEX2". To improve the reliability,

  Time Machine must create a new backup for you"

  Click Start a new backup to create a new backup. This will remove your existing backup history. This may take several hours.

  Click Back Up later to be reminded tomorrow. Time Machine won't perform backups during this period.

  Is - this common, no way to stop it?

  Just take a brief look at WD for 'My Cloud EX2' site, they list El Capitan as an operating system supported. Mavericks is the latest OS listed. Probably you need to contact Western Digital support.

• Time Machine - backup is no longer, only 32 GB left 4 TB

  Time Machine is not delete the oldest backup files to make room for the new files to backup.

  What is the safest way to delete old backup files manually?

  External hard drive: WD (Western Digital) my book 4 TB

  MacBook Pro 13 "El Capitan 10.11.4 Version OS

  When you enter Time Machine, you see windows cascading over time. The foreground window represents the current state of the data and those behind it successive snapshots of data taken by Time Machine. Is there only a snapshot (i.e. one behind the windshield), or more than one?