I get a pop up that says the application backupd-helper canceled logout. Where does this come from and what does it mean? I don't have much software other than Lion and MS Office, but can't seem to find what is generating this and why.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
This process is part of Time Machine.
charlie
This process is part of Time Machine.
charlie
Backupd-helper is part of Time Machine.
Could you please provide additional information about how you have Time Machine configured? It sounds like you may being having problems with TM. Have you ever tested or monitored TM to be sure it is working correctly?
Allan
I have TM on an external drive that I infrequently use. I rarely use TM but it seems to be working. Would I be better off turning TM off and back on when I want to update it ?
thanks
You stated; "I have TM on an external drive that I infrequently use."
What do you mean. Is it the disk or TM that you use infregently?
If you are using the external disk for your data, I would suggest that the best method to do that is to partition the disk. Then have TM use one partition and put your data in the other.
It is your call about backup and how you do them. Personally I think my data is important so I actually backup up two different way to two different disk drives.
What I was saying was that the error message at the start of this thread indicate that something is wrong with the way you have TM configured. I was not trying to suggest you give up on TM. What I was trying to suggest was you fix it so that the error goes away and then test it to be sure it working correctly.
Allan
Launch the Console application by entering the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select "system.log" from the file list. Enter "backupd" (without the quotes) in the filtering text box. Post the messages from the last backup, beginning with "Starting standard backup." Post the log text, please, not a screenshot. Edit out excessive repeats, if any. Some personal information, such as the names of your files, may be included -- edit that out, too, but don’t remove the context.
TM is on a partitioned external drive. I use TM infrequently and have my data backed up a number of ways. I don't know the correct way to test TM. I have retrieved some data from this particular TM in the past successfully. The external drive is hooked up to the mac 1x/week
I am finished guessing here.
You are going to have to provide the data that Linc is asking for before we can be of any further help.
Allan
Dec 2401:13:55 MACBOOC com.apple.backupd[5494]: Starting standard backup
Dec 2401:13:55 MACBOOC com.apple.backupd[5494]: Error -35 while resolving alias tobackup target
Dec 2401:14:06 MACBOOC com.apple.backupd[5494]: Backup failed with error: 19
Dec 2402:06:29 MACBOOC com.apple.backupd[5543]: Starting standard backup
Dec 2402:06:29 MACBOOC com.apple.backupd[5543]: Error -35 while resolving alias tobackup target
Dec 2402:06:39 MACBOOC com.apple.backupd[5543]: Backup failed with error: 19
Dec 2408:55:46 MACBOOC com.apple.backupd[5543]: Starting standard backup
Dec 2408:55:46 MACBOOC com.apple.backupd[5543]: Error -35 while resolving alias tobackup target
Your backup destination is not mounted. If you don't intend to back up regularly, I suggest you turn TM off in the preference pane. You'll still get local snapshots. Turn TM on when you're ready to back up.
OS X Lion: About Time Machine's "local snapshots" on portable Macs
Help, non tech savvy person. Please explain
Dec 20 17:55:10 localhost com.apple.backupd-helper[71]: Not starting scheduled Time Machine backup - computer is on battery power.
Dec 20 17:55:28 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd-helper[214]: Not starting scheduled Time Machine backup - computer is on battery power.
Dec 20 18:08:12 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd-helper[308]: Not starting scheduled Time Machine backup - computer is on battery power.
Dec 20 18:55:16 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd-helper[384]: Not starting scheduled Time Machine backup - computer is on battery power.
Dec 20 19:34:19 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd-helper[398]: Not starting Time Machine backup after wake - failed to resolve alias to backup volume.
Dec 20 19:34:32 Daniels-MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[137] ([0x0-0x59059].backupd-helper[398]): Exited: Terminated: 15
Dec 20 19:39:29 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd-helper[232]: Not starting scheduled Time Machine backup - computer is on battery power.
Dec 20 19:41:44 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd-helper[261]: Not starting scheduled Time Machine backup - computer is on battery power.
Dec 20 19:51:51 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd[342]: Starting automatic backup
Dec 20 19:51:52 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd[342]: Backing up to: /Volumes/External/Backups.backupdb
Dec 20 19:51:54 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd[342]: Using file event preflight for MacBook Pro
Dec 20 19:52:02 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd[342]: Will copy (10.49 GB) from MacBook Pro
Dec 20 19:52:02 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd[342]: Found 4970 files (11.49 GB) needing backup
Dec 20 19:52:02 Daniels-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.backupd[342]: 14.48 GB required (including padding), 400.34 GB available
What is backupd-helper ?
