When Time Machine attempts to do a backup update the following message appears: "Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup folder".
Any suggestions, please?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
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☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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Thanks for your input.
As I also had a problem in Aperture - I was not able to create a new Vault - it occurred to me that there was a more widespread problem in the operating system. I had run Apple's Disk Utility which had reported that everything was ok. I have now run Disk Doctor (which I should have done sooner) which came up with a lenghty list of broken links which it repaired.
Time Machine updates are now working properly.
Should have tried it sooner - my apologies.
Time Machine Backup Failed
