Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk image “/Volumes/ELBs Time Ca/ELB’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use.

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Time Machine could not complete the backup. The backup disk image “/Volumes/ELBs Time Ca/ELB’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use.

For the past couple weeks, my Time Machine has not been backing up file from my MacBook Pro. I've had the Time Capsule for a couple years now. Entering the Time Machine I discovered that there are no files before "yesterday" yet there are only 161.0 GB of 998.06 GB available. A "Failed" message apprears with a popup message: "The backup disk image “/Volumes/ELBs Time Ca/ELB’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle” is already in use." How can it be in use when Time Machine takes hours looking for the device?

Another error code message also pops up from time to time: Finder error code -6584. What is that? And how is it fixed?

All software is up to date on this computer and Time Capsule.

MacBook Pro 15

Posted on Feb 17, 2013 12:08 PM

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Answer 1

mende1

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Feb 17, 2013 12:09 PM in response to Jed PMP

First, restart your MacBook Pro and your Time Capsule. In most of the cases, this will solve your problem.

If it doesn't work, see > http://pondini.org/TM/C12.html

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Answer 2

Feb 17, 2013 5:34 PM in response to mende1

thanks so much...I had the same problem and your recommendation solved it. cheers.

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Answer 3

Feb 18, 2013 9:33 AM in response to mende1

I'm seeing a similar error message, but it says my data sparsebundle "could not be accessed" (error -1)

The Time Capsule is still obviously working - since I'm using it as a router to the internet.

Same solution? Reboot Time Capsule?

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Jed PMP Author

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Feb 19, 2013 5:47 PM in response to Jed PMP

Further to my earlier response (system re-start and firmware update resulted in full Time Machine backup) I waited until the next scheduled backup to determine success.

As it has turned out, the Time Machine's next backup was for 48 kb and ran for eight hours! The progress bar was complete (solid blue) and I therefore stopped the backup. It has been "stopping backup" for the past hour.

What is wrong with this process?

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