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Time Machine error 11 with 10.6.8

I finally upgraded to Snow Leopard. I have some older software and everything was working fine, so I delayed. I have an Intel 2 x 2.66 Dual Core. Now, I keep getting an error whenever I try to run Time Machine. So far, this is what I have done: Used disk Utility, Disk Warrior, then disk utility again (erased back up drive), then downloaded and reinstalled using the 10.6.8 combo update. Disk Utility again. Tried to backup and got the same error: The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk.


After reading online I downloaded and installed backup buddy (I think) Anyway, this is the error that it gives:



Starting standard backup

Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb

Backup content size: 91.4 GB excluded items size: 65.6 MB for volume Knight/Freelance

No pre-backup thinning needed: 109.60 GB requested (including padding), 364.91 GB available

Error: (2) setxattr for key:com.apple.backupd.SnapshotVolumeUUID path:/Volumes/Backup/Backups.backupdb/Cris Chapin’s Mac Pro/2012-04-24-150718.inProgress/79588860-5BD3-4E5D-BFB6-43E7F02A9BCA/Knight/Fr eelance size:37

Stopping backup.

Copied 0 files (15 KB) from volume Knight/Freelance.

Copy stage failed with error:11

Backup failed with error: 11


Any suggestions? Help would be appreciated. Thanks.


Mac Intel-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Apr 25, 2012 12:01 PM

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Apr 25, 2012 1:45 PM in response to cchapin

So your up and well on your boot drive right, and now TM Is giving you headaches,


Just go get a couple of new drives and let 10.6 TM start fresh with the new drive.


Also make a option key bootable clone.



First Zero Erase both new drives to eliminate a lot of bad sectors


Reducing bad sectors effect on hard drives


then you know how ot set up TM on one, now set up a clone on the other


Most commonly used backup methods explained

Time Machine error 11 with 10.6.8

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