Time machine/capsule not working - Error 111.

Try re-starting your finder.

Apple menu/force quit/finder "Relaunch"

I have exactly the same annoying problem (error 111) and tried all obvious approaches : relaunching finder, restarting both Mac and TC, I even verified and repaired the sparsebundle volume with Disc Utility. That last action appeared to work but unfortunately after 25 minutes again there was the infamous error message.

I think this is a very annoying bug that needs to be resolved quickly! I totally depend on these backups for my work 😠

Ditto. I am having the same problem - same message, and ever since I upgraded to Lion. Nothing seems to work - maybe a complete erase and then backup? (I'll really concerned that this will leave me with no backup at all if it doesnt work?!)

Any help out there?

I have exactly the same problem too. Come on Apple.

I have exactly the same problem too. Not sure how to solve this issue.

I already had lion on my mbp and bought the 2tb time capsule this past weekend. It's backed up fine since Sunday, but all of a sudden today (3 days later) I get the same error 111. I hope a fix is forthcoming soon or I'll have to return this within the return period.

Frustrating.

We are having the same issue. Two Mac's. One with SL. The other upgraded to Lion. The one with SL is working fine. The other with Lion does not backup. Error 111.

I gave up, erased the Backup, restored default settings, updated firmware and turned off encryption. It's a bit extreme, but the TM has worked fine for a month now.

I have the same message, error 111, and same problem.

I have the same message, error 111, and same problem too.

Ditto... After upgrading to Lion both my Lion and SL laptops are getting the 111 error. Up until now my biggest selling point on MACs were they just simple work flawlessly as expected from a premium vendor.

Odd - - most posts show the same message, but with "error -1" not "error 111".

Try the things in #C17 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

Same problem here.

After some backups my Time Capsule (or my Time Machine, I don't know which one, really) stopped work fine. Then this message appears when I try do a backup: "The backup disk image could not be accessed (error -1)."

I think this happened after I did not make backup for a week. Before this, while I was backing up all day, I didn't have problem.

I believe that is a Time Machine software problem, and not a Time Capsule issue. Buth I can't solve it, like others. Any help will be very usefull for all of us that experiencing this problems.

I agree with rafael that it is a time machine issue. My Snow Leopard MB Pro is backing up to the Time Capsule just fine. This happened after my upgrade to Lion on my primary MB Pro.