Time Capsule still active after backing up.

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Time Capsule still active after backing up.

I've noticed lately when Time Machine completes a backup, the Disk icon is still present on my desktop and I can hear Disk activity even though the preference pane shows backup completed.
Previously the Disk image would disappear a few seconds after completion but now I have to manually eject from the sidebar.
This happens whether backups are scheduled or done manually.

Mac OS X (10.6.5), iMac 3.06 24"-Touch 32GB-Nano 8GB-TC 500GB

Posted on Nov 29, 2010 9:34 AM

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Pondini

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Nov 29, 2010 11:36 AM in response to jimimac 60

Are you running any anti-virus software? If so, be sure your TC/sparse bundle is excluded.

Also try excluding it from Spotlight Indexing, via +System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.+

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jimimac 60 Author

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Nov 29, 2010 12:57 PM in response to jimimac 60

No anti-virus software on my Mac.

I did as you suggested and excluded the TC from Spotlight searches but still no go I'm afraid.

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Pondini

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Nov 29, 2010 1:02 PM in response to jimimac 60

You should be able to eject it, unless some other process is using it.

This does happen on occasion; it's not clear just why.

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jimimac 60 Author

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Nov 29, 2010 1:18 PM in response to jimimac 60

Thanks for that!

Yes, I can eject manually but I thought I'd raise the matter as TC & TM have performed flawlessly for 2 years. I can't be 100% sure but I think the TC disk activity continuing long after the backup had been completed occurred after the SL 10.6.5 update.

Thanks anyway.

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Nov 29, 2010 1:34 PM in response to jimimac 60

jimimac 60 wrote:
I think the TC disk activity continuing long after the backup had been completed occurred after the SL 10.6.5 update.

If you're willing to use a command in a Terminal session to learn more about what's happening, when Time Machine seems to be inactive, launch the Terminal utility, then type this command:

sudo lsof | grep "nameofyourTMvolume"

The letter "l" in "lsof" is a lower-case letter "L". Replace the value in quotes with the name of your Time Capsule's Time Machine volume, which in my case is "Data". If that volume name contains a space you'll need the quotes, otherwise you can omit them. You'll be prompted for your administrative password. In the resulting output the first "word" is the process that has open a file on your Time Machine volume. If you don't know what it is, do a Web search or ask here.

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jimimac 60 Author

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Nov 30, 2010 6:57 AM in response to William-Boyd-Jr

I backed up my MBP and TC performed as it should, so it was a case of going through my downloads on my iMac and isolating the items not present on my MBP........laborious!

I updated RealPlayer and RealPlayer Converter to the latest version and having now carried out 3 scheduled backups without any issues, I declare the problem solved!

Thanks for your contributions.

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