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after the 10.5.6 update Time Machine stops working

After the Mac Os X 10.5.6 update Time Machine won't back up my Mac. In an effort fix the problem I deselected my Western Digital External Drive-My Book Essential Edition and then reselect it and I got the following message You do not have appropriate access privileges to save file “.001b63aae271” in folder “Time Machine External”. I also tried to repair permissions in Disk Utility, That didn't work. Then earlier today I found out I'm not the only one with these errors. How do I fix this?

MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.5.6), 2.2 GHz Intel Core Duo

Posted on Dec 19, 2008 5:05 PM

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Dec 20, 2008 7:24 AM in response to Twistert

Hello,

here is what I found on http://programminggems.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/mac-10-5-6/

"1. Click on the magnifying glass in the top right (Spotlight) of the menu bar.
2. In the text entry field type “Terminal” (in all these steps, type what is in the quotes, but not the quote characters themselves) and press Return.
3. In the new window that opens, type “cd /Volumes” and press Return [note the space in the command].
4. Type “ls -al” [the "l" is a lowercase "L"], press Return, and note the name of your backup volume.
5. Type “cd ” (no Return yet), type the first few letters of your backup volume name, and press the Tab key, then press Return.
6. Type “ls -alF” and press Return and note the file with a name that matches the error message.
7. Type “sudo rm ” (no Return yet), type the first few letters of the file name that is reported in the error and press Tab to get the full name on the command line, and then press Return. (Alternatively, you can change ownership as described in my comment #3.)
8. When asked for your password, enter it and press Return.
9. Type “ls -alF” and press Return and note that the file is gone.
10. Type “exit” and press Return to close Terminal (then use the menu to Quit).
11. Retry the Time Machine configuration."

It works fine for me, thanks Mr Foster!

Dec 20, 2008 9:51 AM in response to Twistert

I had a similar problem. I recently upgraded from OS 10.5.5 to 10.5.6 This may be a
coincidence but since then I have not been able to use a partition on my back up
external drive. I get this message when I attempt to back up.:

"You do not have appropriate access privileges to save file =93.
000a95c33b32=94 in folder =93Time Machine=94."

Did you get access yet?

Dec 22, 2008 1:22 AM in response to Twistert

Just incase some people are having issues with the instructions set out. It didn't work for me first time because I didn't type exactly what the instructions say. Type carefully, I did and it works as normal now. Thanks a lot people. I wish Apple Technicians from Apple support were this useful. One guy from Apple support told me that its a 3rd party software issue that conflicts with Apple software. I said to him so you expect all of us to use Apple only software do you??? Quick to lay the blame Apple I think.

Dec 22, 2008 7:18 AM in response to Al75013

I have the same problem w/TM after 10.5.6. Tried the fix and can't execute step 5. Is there a space after typing "cd"?. Why not type the full volume name? I have tried every combination I can think of but keep getting message "there is no such file name or directory". Thanks.

Message was edited by: Tim9607

Message was edited by: Tim9607 Disregard - I was able to get it to work.

after the 10.5.6 update Time Machine stops working

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