Time Machine Not Working Since Upgrade to Mountain Lion

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Time Machine Not Working Since Upgrade to Mountain Lion

Hi All,

Just upgraded a couple days ago from Lion to Mountain Lion...

Since the uprgrade Time Machine has not been able to run a back up. When I select "Back Up Now" I get the "Looking for Backup Disk" message for several minutes after which I get the following error message:

Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “The Hive”.

The backup disk image “/Volumes/Data/Keith Malarick’s MacBook (2).sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error 112).

Im using a late 2008 Aluminum MacBook and a 2nd Generation Time Capsule. In addition to not being able to run back ups I am unable to access my previous backups through Time Machine .

Sounds like others are having similar issues as well.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Best,

Keith

MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 28, 2012 1:33 PM

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Answer 1

peruesyo

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Jul 28, 2012 1:45 PM in response to Cozumel Keith

I received the same error and experienced the same issue that you have described but after performing a Time Capsule soft reset and then toggling the TM Off and then back On I was able issue a backup now and see my previous backups.

Here is the link to where I posted my fix; https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4143321?answerId=19069543022#19069543022. Someone else had success using a different method. The only comment / complaint that I have since the ML OS X upgrade is that TM now takes at least 20 to 30 seconds before I can click/select a backup.

I hope this helps.

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Answer 2

Jul 28, 2012 2:14 PM in response to peruesyo

Hey Perueyso,

Tried your fix to no avail. Still getting the same message...

Thanks anyway,

Keith

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Answer 3

Jul 29, 2012 6:06 AM in response to Cozumel Keith

Have the same problem too (error 112) since my update toe Mountain Lion yesterday. Still no good explanation for it...

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Answer 4

Jul 29, 2012 3:47 PM in response to Arbër Dhomi

I bit the bullet and wiped the Time Capsule. Currently doing the initial back up over Wi-Fi which will take forever but so far so good...

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Answer 5

sirhyll

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Jul 29, 2012 4:31 PM in response to Cozumel Keith

Hi,

check your wifi transmission speed as I did in this thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4154491

if you have the same "too slow" situation, we just have to wait from apple...

hope it helps

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Answer 6

Jul 30, 2012 5:00 PM in response to sirhyll

So it took about 9 hrs to backup 119 GB but finished without a problem. Time Machine functioning properly since. I think somehow the upgrade corrupted my backup.

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Answer 7

noilly

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Sep 18, 2012 8:53 PM in response to Cozumel Keith

I tried everything! The only thing that worked as your solution of deleting the existing backup file (sparsebundle.)

I have a Macbook Pro Retina (mid 2012) and use a ReadyNAS NV+ as my backup location.

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