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There was a Problem connecting to the Server. Can anyone Help.

I'm get a Error. There was a problem connecting to the server. URLs with the type "file:" are not supported

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 8:08 PM

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Jul 21, 2011 4:27 AM in response to richardfromhamlin

I have the same problem.


Definitely related to time machine - maybe something to do with Lion's local snapshots? I don't get this message popping up when my external time machine HDD is plugged in. When my drive isn't plugged in, the message occassionally shows up. (Never had this message at all in Snow Leopard.)


The following shows up in console:

21/07/2011 12:14:41.273 com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup

21/07/2011 12:14:49.693 com.apple.backupd: Error -35 while resolving alias to backup target

21/07/2011 12:14:59.707 com.apple.backupd: Backup failed with error: 19

Jul 21, 2011 5:49 PM in response to richardfromhamlin

I had this issue as well. The error would also appear when I tried to access Versions on a TextEdit file while not connected to my Time Machine backup drive. Try resetting Time Machine by following the instructions here:


http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/A4.html


This will not delete any of your time machine data, nor will it cause you to do a complete backup once you reconnect the drive.


Now, I can access Versions while disconnected from my Time Machine drive without the error appearing. I hope this fixed the issue!

Jul 22, 2011 7:15 PM in response to richardfromhamlin

I had the same problem. We definitely traced it to Time Machine. The "Fix" was this: plugged in and designated different external HD as Backup volume. Then plugged in the original disc (after testing in in a different machine) and now the computer recognized it and error message stopped popping up. The Apple tech was as puzzled as I as to why this worked, but perhaps, forcing the machine to re-recognize it (or maybe even, gettting it recognized by a different machine first) somehow worked some magic. (Since posting this in another chat, several people have been successful. Good Luck!)

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