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M2 mini, MacOS Sonoma 14.4.1:
All of a sudden Time Machine "can't complete the backup" because of the same file, as in...
"Users/tonycort/Library/Containers/com.apple.shortcuts.Run-Workflow" could not be backed up.
If tried quitting and restarting, used CleanMyMac... always just the same failure.
How do solve this problem? TIA.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.7
Not exactly sure, but this kind of sounds like either a stalled iCloud sync, an iCloud ID issue or.. a more serious problem caused by using CleanMyMac.
To fix an iCloud ID Sync issue, see > Time Machine won't complete backups on So… - Apple Community
As for CleanMyMac, you should uninstall before it can do any more damage to your system.
"CleanMyMac" claims another victim.
I re-installed OS Sonoma 14.4.1 (on my M2 Pro mini) and still exactly the same couldn't complete messages:
I searched my system with Finder for this com.app...file and it doesn't seem to exist.
Also I created a new test txt file, ran Time Machine again, go exactly same "couldn't complete" message (around the 85% done point). But when I browsed Time Machine backups, the test txt file is there. So it is doing some amount of actual backup.
It's a mystery. Would really love to hear a suggestion/explanation/solution from someone.
Thanks In Advance.
Same Time Machine failure repeatedly
