Why Time Machine will not erase old backups when it needs more space for a new backup?

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• Time capsule will not recognize the backup from another mac

  Time machine will not recognize the backup from another mac

  Time Machine will never find "another" Mac backups unless you've been backup that 'different' Mac on the same Capsule you have there.

  So, we need more information and to try to understand what it is that you are trying to accomplish. Please assume that we know nothing about what you could have done in the past... (since we don't have).

• Time Machine could not complete the backup

  Since installing a Superdrive replacement, Time Machine is not back up.  I get an error message that says: 'Time Machine could not complete the backup "Time Machine backup disk. Full backup impossible. An error occurred during the creation of the backup folder. »

  I followed the instructions in the Time Machine error - backup failed, but none of the steps solved my problem.

  I suggest that visit you Time Machine FAQ of Pondini helps with Time Machine. It is a vast site with almost everything that you need for using Time Machine. You will not find a better resource for Time Machine in one place. Due to the disappearance of James Pondini is the site is no longer updated. Therefore, some information may be somewhat outdated.

• Time machine could not complete the backup of... The backup disk image could not be found (error (null))

  Running OS 10.11.3 on my early 2011 Macbook Pro 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 with 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, use Time Machine to back up to my Airport 802.11ac purchased 16/09/2014:

  Backup failed: Time Machine could not complete the backup of... Airport Time Capsule.   The backup disk image ' / Volume/Data/MacBookPro.sparsebundle ' could not be found (error (null)).   Last successful backup: yesterday at 12:17

  I can see the airport and the data file in my network.

  I immediately did a full time Machine backup on a USB key and it disconnected from my system.

  I unplugged the airport, let it rest for a minute and returned the power plug, let it settle for a green light.  I'm restarting Time Machine backup to the airport.

  I need to replace the airport?  The appliance starts to fail?  Or, it is more likely is a problem with winter static electricity that has damaged the image and reconstruction will fix all this.  Reconstruction will take about four hours with no guarantee that it will work.

  Please see #C17 in this document great support... http://pondini.org/TM/troubleshooting.html

• Time Machine could not complete the backup-backup drive is not found

  I get a message...

  "Time machine could not complete the backup to Time Capsule

  I can't find the backup disk. Make sure that the backup disk is connected, or select a different backup disk. »

  I have not had this problem before, it's all connected...

  If you have not already made a comprehensive network feeding cycle, it would be a good basic troubleshooting step.

  To turn off some appliances, you actually pull the plug on the appliance.

  Turn off all devices on your network, computers, routers, modem, printers, mobile devices, etc... in any order you want

  Wait a minute

  Turn on the modem and let it run for 2-3 minutes by itself

  Switch on the device connected to a modem and let run for a minute

  Keep turn on devices one at a time about a minute apart, until the entire network is back

  Try a backup

  Report on the results

• Return Time machine will not reinstall Yosemite.

  Model name: Mini Mac

  Model identifier: Macmini7, 1

  Processor name: Intel Core i5

  Processor speed: 2.6 GHz

  Number of processors: 1

  Total number of cores: 2

  (By heart) L2 Cache: 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 3 MB

  Memory: 8 GB

  1 TB HARD DRIVE

  I tried to reinstall my previous operating system which was Yosemite, on my Mac Mini, purchased in 2015.

  Return Time machine will not reinstall Yosemite.

  If I had an on. I would not upgrade!

  Hi danfromlittlerock,

  Thank you for using communities Support from Apple!

  I appreciate that you try to go back to OS X Yosemite using Time Machine. We know it can be frustrating when a process does not work the way you expect, but we are here to help.

  The following article explains how this process works. If this is the process that you have attempted to perform before, please let us know more your situation and what happens when you try the following steps.

  OS X El Capitan: revert to a previous version of OS X

  Best!

• Should what format I use for my external drive for time machine?  I have a WD 2 TB that is formatted for PC new drive.

  Should what format I use for my external drive for time machine?  I have a WD 2 TB that is formatted for PC new drive.  When I got to disk utilities to erase, and then reformat the options are

  1 mac OS extended (journaled)

  2 mac OS extended (journaled, encrypted)

  3 mac OS Extended (respect for case-sensitive, journaled)

  4 mac OS extended (case-sensitive, journaled, encrypted)

  See the information below If you can not back up or restore your Mac with the help of Time Machine - Apple Support

  When you select a drive to use with Time Machine, your Mac automatically prompts you if you need to reformat the drive.

  • If you are using an external drive connected to your Mac, use disk utility to make sure that your backup disk is formatted in HFS + extended (journaled) and is the partition type GUID Partition Table (GPT).
  • If you use a time Capsule, formatting the drive for Time Machine preferences automatically formats the drive as HFS + Extended (respect for case-sensitive, journaled) with a GUID Partition Table (GPT).

• Time machine will not be finished

  Time Machine won't complete a backup of 900 GB on my mid-2012 Mac Book Pro with 8 GB of RAM and 1 TB of disk. the OS is 10.11.2. The external drive is USB - 3 5 to Seagate and there is nothing else on the disk.

  24-hour backup. For the last three hours, I've seen 35 minutes remaining; There seems to be no progress. What could be wrong?

  

  Run the Console application - it's in your Utilities folder. You can find it by selecting utilities in the Finder go menu.

  If the list of newspapers on the left column is not already displayed, view journal list by selecting view list of newspapers on display menu of the Console. Select Show toolbar if it is not already displayed.

  Locate system.log in the list, and then select it. Many date and time-stamped entries will appear, hundreds of them, and you need to find the relevant entries to your Mac problem.

  Do that type backupd in the field of filter of the Console.

  One or more of these log entries may reveal the reason for the problem you describe.

  Copy and Paste the log entries in a response. If hundreds of same repetitive messages appear, please change them before posting. There should be no need of several journal entries.

  Most of the entries will be cryptic but will contain information that you consider personal as the name of your Mac. If you don't want the information to appear, delete or obscure when you post your answer. Leave enough information so that the Scriptures can be deciphered.

• Encrypted time machine will not go up

  Last night I "removed" my hard drive (a drive of my book), for some reason any instead of my usual path. I wanted to start over and encrypt my backup disk. I really didn't do this way. Now my drive will not mount! I've tried everything! It shows that if I open my drive utiliity. It shows both the physical disk and the logic of the os x extended volumes called 'time machine', however, that ghost. It cannot mount it through disk utility. If I try to run the first aid, the ghost volume disappears. I also tried these steps with the WD my book nothing helps utilities. I also tried to go through the restore and recovery mode, but it's just a turning wheel without end for hours and hours. Basically, it seems as if she is already encrypted. His is as if he started the process, because I chose, but he removed. But, he asks me the password during restart. A few tips on how to get back? I tried a direct contact with the computer and drive to the wall. I also tried different ports. As a last resort, I tried to erase the disc, but it also doesn't let me do. He said it is "impossible to delete the basic storage logical volume group."

  I read a few other threads here and so far, none have allowed... so I post separate in the hope of a miracle! The drive is new.

  No one is willing to answer to this?

  Of course it is a problem because of the "suppression" of the player. Because I just went out and bought a new drive. The same. Of course recognized the first and as soon as I chose encrypted and the process has started. The drive was missing and it gives the same message.

• Time Machine does not recognize the backups when you configure the external drive as a network drive

  I have a MyBook 5 to disk with a 1 TB partition that I used as a destination for Time Machine > 1 year now. I recently gathered the energy to connect the my book on my Airport Extreme Base Station (model 2014? the second model) to implement wireless backups. I plugged the MyBook on the base station, set up file sharing in AirPort Utility and created an account with access to the partition of TM on the MyBook under the section 'Sharing secured disk' utility.

  Now, when I open the time Machine, I choose this partition, but it does not seem to recognize that I have a string of backups already there. Then he tries to start a new backup. So a few questions.

  1. Should I abandon my old backups and start over? I don't think that I did nothing to my system in these last days that I would need to be careful, if I couldn't rely on a TM backup from that moment.
  2. Is there a way to get TM to recognize my old backups and start from there? I do not look down the barrel of a backup of time + 13.

  If 1, should I reformat the partition TM in order to start over? I don't see the older backups on disk when I look in the Finder, but I know that they are there and they are too much space. Help/suggestions appreciated!

  Inherit from a backup

  Inherit from a backup (2)

• E T5226 machine will not read the SD,.

  E T5226 machine will not read the SD card, is there a driver for this problem? If I use a USB drive, the computer will read the card but when the SD reader support it don't read nor even appear in my computer screen.

  Using Microsoft windows 7 Ultimate

  Hi Larry,

  Thanks for posting your query in the Microsoft community!

  I understand that this E T5226 machine won't read SD card. I will try to help you with this.

  (1) did you make any changes before the show?

  (2) you receive an error message/code?

  1. check if the device is detected in Device Manager. Follow the steps to go to the Device Manager

  i. click on start, type devmgmt.msc and then on enter.

  II. research the name of the device

  If the device is not detected in Device Manager, and check if it is the hidden device.

  i. click on view under view hidden devices

  II. develop all winks in Device Manager

  III. there would be multiple entries in the device in gray Manager uninstall all entries shaded under all the winks and then restart the computer and connect the external device to the computer and check if it works.

  2. install the latest drivers from the manufacturer's Web site and even ensure that the driver is compatible with the version of the operating system installed on your computer. check if it works.

  Downloads & Documents - Support Desk / series T / T5226

  http://support.gateway.com/us/en/EMAC/product/default.aspx?modelId=1626

  Link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work properly

  Installing the driver in compatibility mode:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

  3. check with any other card SD one another if it is get recognized or detected or you can even check if the same SD card becomes recognized or detected on the other computer.

  Please post back if you have any questions about Windows. I will be happy to provide you with the additional options that you can use to get the problem resolved.

• Backup Restore Time Machine does not see RAID external drive

  Hi all

  I have a problem with my iMac restore from a Time Machine backup, and I was wondering if anyone else had the same problem already.

  I had to reinstall OS X El Capitan from scratch, based on education, I received Support from Apple. That worked without problems and my iMac works fine. However, I wanted to restore it to how it was before, using Time Machine. I keep my backups on a LaCie 5big Thunderbolt 2 and never had any problems with it.

  To restore the system, I followed the instructions on the Support page. I restarted my system in recovery mode and selected the "restore from Time Machine backup". Unfortunately the LaCie 5big does not appear on the list of drives, so I'm stuck... When you use the system in normal mode, the external RAID is visible and Time Machine stores backups on it without any problem.

  Any of you are familiar with this problem? I would be very grateful if you could help me with this problem!

  Kind regards

  Valerio

  Hello

  -While the system is booted in recovery mode, confirm that the Lacie 5big network is visible in disk utility.   You will need to disconnect / reconnect the Thunderbolt cable to the Lacie 5big be detected.

  -Once seen, a new attempt to restore from Time Machine backup.

  See you soon

• 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 do not hourly backups on WD My Book for Mac new

  My 1 TB time capsule was too small for the full backup so I just bought a 6 new to WD "My Book for Mac" and have now a new back up, but it won't backup time as usual. I am running OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Can anyone who thinks that the reason for what I fear not having a reliable backup. The problem with the new hard drive external or is - a problem with EL Capitan?

  Hello Arnaud,.

  Thank you for using communities of Apple Support. It is my understanding that Time Machine was not back up as expected. I certainly understand how it is important to be able to back up your content. I'm happy to help you.

  There are several factors that could influence the automatic backup. Please follow the steps in the link below to fix this problem:

  If you cannot back up or restore your Mac with Time Machine

  In addition to these measures, hourly backups could be affected by your sleep Macs and power Nap settings, depending on which Mac you use. To ensure that your hourly backups are finished, set your Mac sleep to a longer period time. For testing purposes, try to set the duration of sleep at least 1 hour. You can do this in system preferences > energy saver.

  In addition, if you use a portable Mac, make sure that it is connected to power during the tests to see if hourly backups work. See the link below to view information on how Power Nap works and how it can affect Time Machine.

  How Power Nap works on your Mac

  Keep in mind, that Time Machine backs up only files that have changed since the last backup.

  Have an amazing day!

• Time Capsule does not remove older backups.

  Our 2 TB time capsule is full and no more deletes older backups so new back ups fail.  We have two Macs with El Capitan. What can we do for the capsule of time delete old backups?

  Unfortunately, when the proposed backup is too large, Time Machine can not delete older files to make room for new backups.

  Your options... in terms of more expensive down... are:

  (1) add an another Time Capsule and begin to go to backups

  (2) add a USB hard drive to your existing Time Capsule and start to go back up

  (3) erase the hard drive on the existing time Capsule and start backups