"Time Machine completed a verification of your backups."

As far as I know GoFlex software simply provides the interface that allows the drive to be recognized across the LAN. It also has some unique features that allow it to be accessed from a web site from anywhere you have a connection.

I'm not sure if my mac would find the network drive without it. Or at least I don't know how to make it find that drive without it.

http://www.seagate.com/support/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/goflex- for-mac/

Good point of clarification. I just assumed LAN means ethernet connection and WLAN mean wireless WIFI connection.

hansolo415 wrote:

As far as I know GoFlex software simply provides the interface that allows the drive to be recognized across the LAN.

I don't see that in the link. Most NASs don't require special apps to work with a computer, although many include their own backup software and/or other stuff.

The first thing mentioned on the web site is that it "helps optimize the drive." Depending on what that's doing, it may actually interfere with Time Machine.

Apparently there is an uninstaller. You might want to uninstall it and see what, if anything, changes.

I doubt it's a problem, or we'd have heard about it before, but if it's a relatively new model, or one that isn't used with Time Machine on Lion a lot, you never know.

I haven't used Time Machine in about 2 months awaiting a solution to this problem...thought I'd check back in to see if anything has been resolved or not? Looks like there hasn't been a post on this thread since June 1....did something get fixed?

Obviously it has not been fixed. I just got the same error message. I did occure right after rather serious thunder storm if that could have anything to do with it..

EbkoTurpeinen wrote:

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I did occure right after rather serious thunder storm if that could have anything to do with it..

Yes, that's entirely possible. What are you backing-up to?

Is it (and any router involved) on a U.P.S. (battery backup) system? If not, a power loss, even a momentary one, can corrupt data.

If you're backing-up wirelessly, interference is certainly possible.

I´m Backing up to Time Capsule and I do not have UPS. It appears that there were some momentary power loss during the storm so it is most probably the reason for this.

Well at least it didn´t kill the TC it self and I have another back up if everything would go wrong somehow during new full back up to the TC.

I don´t use it as an archive for old files so there should be nothing lost even if I do a new back up.

Christof Birkenmaier May 1, 2012 3:30 AM

Great procedure - just works like this.

I think mine got screwed up when my Macbook ran out of battery so I choose to backup only when battery on power.

Ah, what I wanted to add:

it is really a good idea to connect as fast as possible to your medium.

And: ... be patient, this procedure takes some time ;-)