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Time machine backup issues

I keep getting this notification when I use time machine to back up "The backup disk image “/Volumes/Time Machine-1/XXXX MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use."....what does this mean ?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Aug 22, 2012 1:12 AM

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Time machine backup issues

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