TM has stopped working for 2 days now.
i was using the computer for short periods of time with often opening and closing of the laptop, maybe it is the numerous open/closed sessions that prevented it to do a proper back up?
it is now displaying: "the backup on AirPort BAse Station is already used"
anyone knows?
MacBook Pro 15″, 11.7
the verification took about one hour, but there was no error message, it posted that the verification was completed... only that... bizarre
So because there was no message error i tried to do another backup but this message came back again. translating into "INCOMPLETE BACKUP. the backup on "Lady Gaga Airport Base station is already used."
i hope this help to do diagnostic. thanks a lot again.
thanks i did not think of powering off the Air Port time capsule... i tried it and in your order
and it did not work... it was worth the try, thanks!
also can't access time machine older backups although i see all of them
There are more steps to perform.......
Hold down the option key on your Mac while you click on the Time Machine "clock" icon at the top of the Mac's screen
Select and run Verify Backups
The process might take anywhere from a few minutes to an hour or more depending on how much data is stored on the Time Capsule disk. Let the process run until it completes or until you see an error message.
If an error message appears, post back with the exact text of the message.
I believe that the message that you are seeing indicates that the Time Capsule is already in use. It is strange that the Verify Backups diagnostic check was able to run, because it cannot do this if the Time Capsule is already in use.
Try power off the Time Capsule again and leave if off for 15-20 minutes
Power the Time Capsule back up again
Hold down the Shift Key on your Mac while you click on the Time Machine "clock" icon at the top of the Mac's screen and run Back Up With Consistency Scan
This check might take anywhere from a few minutes to an hour or more.
Please post back on your results.
hello again
thank you veeeery much to help me.
I did a timemachine backup on another HardDrive, jsut in case, and it ran well. so the problem is with the airport base station for sure it seems.
i did as you asked, turned airport base off for 20minutes, and also turn my laptop off for 5 minutes, restarted the laptop and then the airport bas station.
i then did a back up with consistency scan... and everthing came bakc to normal, without any error messages....
maybe the long waiting period of time the power was off?... anyways... the airport works again now as an automatic back up
i thank you veryvery much Bob
it is very appreciated
tintin
Nice work! Glad that you got things working again. Now you will know what to do if the same kind of issue appears again.
Have you performed the basic troubleshooting steps listed below?
Power off the Time Capsule
Restart your Mac
Power the Time Capsule back up
Check to see if backups can run now
thanks again tons
tintin
time machine error with time capsule, after many successful backups
