Time machine/capsule not working - Error 111.

I love my mac...

But right now I'm ready to throw it off the balcony!

Even since upgrading to lion, I've been having small issues arise, but they normally seem to sort themselves out.
HOWEVER, for some reason, my computer won't connect to the time capsule to back up (can still use it to connect to the internet though)

This is the error message I get:

"The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/computernamehere.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error 111)"

Any ideas?? I can't find anything on these support forums about this problem.
I'm not overly techno-language literate, and I am sorry for that, but I really need to get this fixed, because I'm sick of seeing that message pop up every 5 minutes!!!

Thanks in advance

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Aug 13, 2011 10:23 PM

33 replies

Jul 26, 2012 4:54 PM in response to John E. Howe

Same thing here. I had to drop the old lion backup after upgrading to Snow and start a new one. Going to tke several hours.

Jaro876

Level 1

16 points

Aug 5, 2012 1:06 PM in response to Glennef93

I have a 2012 MacBook Pro 13 that came with OS X Lion. I have been using it wirh my brand new Time Capsule I got in May of this year and it has been working perfectly until my last back up on Aug 2nd.

The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/computername.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error 111).

That's the message I get. Oh not to mention that this MBP did not come with a recovery drive and I found out the other day that I need to do disk repairs, which is another headache by itself.

Apple needs to proivde some support solutions for this immediately!!!!

Pondini

Level 8

38,863 points

Aug 5, 2012 1:21 PM in response to Jaro876

Jaro876 wrote:

. . .

The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/computername.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error 111).

See #C17 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting

this MBP did not come with a recovery drive

If it came with Lion, it should have come with a recovery HD (on your internal HD). Are you sure you don't have one? See Using the Recovery HD for details.

If it really doesn't, you should be able to download a fresh copy of Lion, which will also install one. See OS X: About OS X Recovery

Apple needs to proivde some support solutions for this immediately!!!!

You're not talking to Apple here; this is a user-to-user forum.

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Time machine/capsule not working - Error 111.