Time Machine error -6584 can't run the programme, using new time capsule. Help please!

Do you mean the backups won't run, or hang, or fail? If any of those, start with Time Machine - Troubleshooting. It will show you how to locate the message(s) that describe the problem, then help you fix it. If that doesn't help, post back with details, including all the messages, your setup, what you've done, and the results.

If you mean a problem with the "Star Wars" display, see #E4 in that article.

What is "it" ? Backups or the "Star Wars" display?

Start with Time Machine - Troubleshooting. It will show you how to locate the message(s) that describe the problem, then help you fix it. If that doesn't help, post back with details, including all the messages, your setup, what you've done, and the results.

I am getting the same message.

Jeffwey wrote:

I am getting the same message.

Since the original poster won't supply any detail, I'll try you.

When do you get this? What are you doing (or trying to do)?

Can you post a screenshot?

And, in your case, is this a new TC?

Did it work under Snow Leopard?

Are other Macs backing-up to it? If so, with what results?

Didn't know what to do - couldn't fix it. A little later it just started the automatic backup. Backed everthing up in two hours and now it works.

Did have exactly the same error code when trying to launch Time Machine, after upgrading to Lion! However, I'd already problem with Time Capsuel not backing up and hoped Lion should fix this, but no.

Well, YES, it's actually working now and currently backing-up. Instead of launching the Time Machine, I used the TrackPad and clicked on the Time Machine icon with two fingers, and choose Settings, thus avoiding the error mode. From here I could then start the backup. Let's hope the Time Machine now is back on track and continues with the back-ups.

Yes I just discovered the same solution after the same error message, i.e Time Machine wouldn't even open. I dragged the icon into the dock and then used two fingers on the track pad to reveal the pop-up menu. I chose Open Time Machine Preferences and was able to adjust settings and start the backup. I hope this will work for you.

The problem seems to be common. Time Machine won't start: i.e. "it"... or the "Stars Wars" thing...

The following process eliminated the "error -6584"

Brand new out of the box, 2TB Time Capsule 4th Gen, backed up my iMac 24/4GB/10.7.2 over ethernet with no problems or errors. Time Machine did several incementals over night while I slept. When I returned from work, ready to reimage the OS, I discovered TC hung on an hourly incremental. When I tried to re-establish connection, no dice (error -6584) .

Several attempts to open the volume failed. I could manage all the preferences and configure the Time Capsule. I just couldn't open the back up or start Time Machine (app).

I dropped the %HOSTNAME file from the archive folder in Finder into the Disk Utilities image window to verify and repair, but received "file in use".

Restarting ("reset") the TC oddly resulted in renaming the volume label to "Unamed". I open Airport Utilities and renamed the archive folder to "Data" as before...

Now able to mount (login into) the volume... But it shows "--" in available volume space and no "Oldest" or "Latest" backups are displayed... Not a good sign. Waiting for backup to start..... Looking for backup....

Odd, instead of failing now, it started an incremental. Done!

I am now able to open Time Machine (or that cool Star Wars thingy that takes you off somewhere) and review all the backups starting with the first one I created before I went to bed last night.

The question seems to be what created the problem. I suspect my iMac went to sleep (shut down HDD) in the middle of an incremental. That may have set the "in use" flag on the archive and OS X didn't know how to handle that when I woke the machine up.

I hope this helps, and corrects my problem permanently.

Pondini,

I had the same problem as the initial poster. I believe that he gave adequate detail. Like me, he had a brand new, out of the box, Time Capsule. At some point, he clicked on the Time Capsule icon and got the error he describes. Very straight-forward. He didn't say anything about Star Wars...

The fix was simple and could be ascertained from some of the subsequent posts in this forum. You need to use a two-finger click on the Time Capsule and the select "Open Time Capsule Preferences..." The thing is, that's the only way to get to the preferences at the point you see this error.

As the last post in the thread questions: How did this happen if we, as users, did not change any configuration or do anything special to cause it to happen?

It would be helpful if Apple, whenever the Time Capsule program spits out this error, still allows users to access Time Capsule in some way. At the very least, a more helpful error message would be nice...

Regards,

Mike

i dont understand how nobody can solve this, or help us with this problem, that

Time Machine - Troubleshooting. doesn't say anything about... please some help with:

The operation can’t be completed.

An unexpected error occurred (error code -6584).

thanks

I had the same message -6584 in my time machine, then i realised that in my case was because i had changed the configuration of my time capsule (changing the pasword). So i go to the preferences of my time machine select again my time capsule and wrote the new pasword.... and all solved!!

Hope that this help someone!!

Did you do a hard reset or a soft reset?