July7Kiss1995

Q: Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.

This is the error I am receiving.

 

Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.

 

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

Click Back Up Later to be reminded tomorrow. Time Machine won’t perform backups during this time.

 

 

Can anyone tell me why?  The last back up was July24th.  I am afraid to start a new back up if I have to erase everything first.

My Mac OS X version is 10.7.4

 

Need help with this, as I am very confused why it stopped working.

Time Capsule 802.11n (4th Gen), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Aug 14, 2012 6:41 AM

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Q: Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you.

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  • by coocooforcocoapuffs,

    coocooforcocoapuffs coocooforcocoapuffs Jun 28, 2016 8:36 PM in response to lazy_atom
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    Jun 28, 2016 8:36 PM in response to lazy_atom

    Just say yes and let TM do it's thing. If you are lucky, the backup will be restored with all previous backups in place. If you are unlucky, TM will just start over. That is just the way it is with TM

  • by j-m-d,

    j-m-d j-m-d Jun 29, 2016 9:23 AM in response to July7Kiss1995
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    Jun 29, 2016 9:23 AM in response to July7Kiss1995
    yeah, I was screwed again last week, thanks for nothing Apple (but taking my money under false promises).   yes, Apple, I'd like a refund for funtionality you don't provide. you should not be charging people for TM until it works for more than a few months.
  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jun 29, 2016 9:47 AM in response to j-m-d
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    Jun 29, 2016 9:47 AM in response to j-m-d

    j-m-d wrote:

     

    yeah, I was screwed again last week, thanks for nothing Apple (but taking my money under false promises).   yes, Apple, I'd like a refund for funtionality you don't provide. you should not be charging people for TM until it works for more than a few months.

    How much money did you pay for TM?

  • by lazy_atom,

    lazy_atom lazy_atom Jun 30, 2016 6:40 AM in response to coocooforcocoapuffs
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    Jun 30, 2016 6:40 AM in response to coocooforcocoapuffs
    Just say yes and let TM do it's thing. If you are lucky, the backup will be restored with all previous backups in place. If you are unlucky, TM will just start over. That is just the way it is with TM

     

    Worst advice ever. Seriously. No doubt that was offered with a hefty degree of sarcasm. If so, kudos.

     

    If just saying yes was the answer there would not be 12 pages+ of comments on this issue. People like having history. The whole point of Time Machine is history.

     

    Starting over afresh (and the default message everyone is getting from TM on this thread states that it wipes everything and starts over) is the least successful outcome possible. This is a glitch. An error. A bug and a gremlin. And it has been around for years.

     

    There has to be a reason. And therefore a solution.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jun 30, 2016 7:32 AM in response to lazy_atom
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    Jun 30, 2016 7:32 AM in response to lazy_atom

    Replace the drive and start a new backup.

  • by A$X,

    A$X A$X Jul 10, 2016 11:23 AM in response to Csound1
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    Jul 10, 2016 11:23 AM in response to Csound1

    This is an absurdly ridiculous problem that plagues so many of us.  I'm assuming it's not been fixed since there would be discussions indicating that.  The following was suggested to me as a fix.  Has anyone tried it?

     

    http://www.garth.org/archives/2011,08,27,169,fix-time-machine-sparsebundle-nas-b ased-backup-errors.html

  • by bullfrogII,

    bullfrogII bullfrogII Jul 11, 2016 6:05 AM in response to July7Kiss1995
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    Jul 11, 2016 6:05 AM in response to July7Kiss1995

    Add my name to the list. 

     

    Running Airport Extreme sw 7.7.7 and OS X 10.11.5

     

    "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability, Time Machine must create a new backup for you"

     

    Happens about every month or two.  Very frustrating.  If it's a failing hard disk, just tell me and I will get it replaced.

     

    APPLE - What is causing this error????

  • by Duchy777,

    Duchy777 Duchy777 Jul 17, 2016 5:06 PM in response to bullfrogII
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    Jul 17, 2016 5:06 PM in response to bullfrogII

    Doubt it's a failing hard disc..... I completed (overnight) my first TM backup on my brand new Synology and was greeted by this error when I got up this morning.

     

    Very frustrating because I went for a NAS to allow the whole family to back up their devices in a central location that was self-protected. I didn't go for Drobo (my first choice) because I liked the idea of a "personal cloud".

     

    I'm beginning to think I've wasted my money

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jul 17, 2016 5:09 PM in response to Duchy777
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    Jul 17, 2016 5:09 PM in response to Duchy777

    NAS is not supported by Time Machine (unless it is a TC by Apple).

  • by Bob Timmons,

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Jul 17, 2016 5:37 PM in response to Csound1
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    Jul 17, 2016 5:37 PM in response to Csound1

    This is just not correct. You might want to check the facts in this Apple Support document.

     

    Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support


    You can use Time Machine with a drive connected to your Mac, a drive built into or connected to a Time Capsule, or a supported network volume.


    Time Machine can back up the data on your Mac to these backup disks:

    • An external USB, Thunderbolt, or FireWire drive connected to your Mac
    • An AirPort Time Capsule's built-in drive (any model)
    • An external USB drive connected to an AirPort Time Capsule (any model) or AirPort Extreme (802.11ac model only)
    • Network volumes connected using Apple File Protocol (AFP)

     

    In other words, if the NAS connects using AFP, Time Machine backups are supported.

  • by LaPastenague,

    LaPastenague LaPastenague Jul 17, 2016 5:41 PM in response to Csound1
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    Jul 17, 2016 5:41 PM in response to Csound1

    NAS is not supported by Time Machine (unless it is a TC by Apple).

    TM supports network backup to any suitable device. That includes a NAS that has AFP and suitable extensions. The cheapie NAS do have issues.. eg My Cloud.. But any of the better NAS support Time Machine..

     

    I am running synology and it has been stable since Nov 2014 when I started it.. (better than most TC I have owned) and I have backed up my main computer continually over that time plus a few others on ad hoc basis. Not a moments trouble.

     

    Very frustrating because I went for a NAS to allow the whole family to back up their devices in a central location that was self-protected. I didn't go for Drobo (my first choice) because I liked the idea of a "personal cloud".

     

    I'm beginning to think I've wasted my money

    It does depend on what you bought of course. But remember Time Machine is not the only show in town. It has always had issues with network drives.. and that includes Time Capsules.. TM is much better suited to a local disk.

     

    But you can buy a single license for Carbon Copy Cloner and it is allowed to be used on all the computers in your household. It has a lot better fault tolerance than TM and is more reliable in my experience. Chronosync is a also well recommended although I haven't tried it.

    I find running both CCC to a local drive so I have a bootable clone.. allowing instant fix for a computer with a bad drive .. plus TM on some network location works really well.

  • by Duchy777,

    Duchy777 Duchy777 Jul 17, 2016 6:00 PM in response to LaPastenague
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    Jul 17, 2016 6:00 PM in response to LaPastenague

    Thanks for the advice LP. I might just use Cloud Station (that comes with the Synology) ..... but not sure if that keeps copies of accidentally deleted files. I'll look at the others you mentioned.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jul 17, 2016 6:08 PM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Jul 17, 2016 6:08 PM in response to Bob Timmons

    Is that a recent change?

  • by Bob Timmons,

    Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Jul 17, 2016 6:45 PM in response to Csound1
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    Jul 17, 2016 6:45 PM in response to Csound1

    It is not a change at all. Every document that I've ever seen from Apple says NAS is supported if AFP is used and the drive appears as a destination for Time Machine backups.

     

    Are you looking at another Apple support document that says otherwise?  Please post a link in that case.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jul 17, 2016 6:47 PM in response to Bob Timmons
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    Jul 17, 2016 6:47 PM in response to Bob Timmons

    No, not looking at any document, just from experience with them. Do all NAS support AFP? most I have seen seen seem to be restricted to SMB

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