Time Machine no longer working after reinstalling OSX 10.5 w/TM backup

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Time Machine no longer working after reinstalling OSX 10.5 w/TM backup

About a week ago Disc Utility told me I had serious problems with my HD structure and a reinstall was necessary. Fortunately, restoring everything using Time Machine was flawless, however Time Machine has not done a single backup since. The Backup.backupdb file is still there on the external drive, along with 6 other folders created at the time I did the reinstall (same names as the 6 inside the subfolder, system, library, users...). If I try to manually do a TM backup it tells me I don't have enough HD space as though it wants to start from scratch, when the folders are all still there from before the reinstall.

Any ideas why Time Machine no longer recognizes the files it created 2 weeks ago?

20" Intel Imac / 15" Aluminum Powerbook, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Nov 13, 2007 7:42 AM

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Nov 17, 2007 6:23 PM in response to David Yellen

ditto. bump!

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Nov 17, 2007 6:55 PM in response to David Yellen

I had to reinstall Leopard and restore using TM. It also worked flawless for me. When I checked to see if it was backing up again, there was nothing. I also tried to manually back and that didn't work either. I went into System Preferences, Time Machine and had to choose my TM backup drive again. Once I did that it worked perfect.

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Nov 17, 2007 7:20 PM in response to Mary T. Carter

Yep - TM does ned a quick kick in the rear at times. I've had to do this as a workaround. Hopefully Apple will sort out these quirks in future updates. 😉

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