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Time Machine could not complete the backup because the backup disk is not available. What do I do?

Time Machine could not complete the backup because the backup disk is not available. What do I do? I don't know how to select a disk... Time machine shows that it hasn't backed up for over a year! oops...

MacBook (13-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jun 13, 2013 11:58 AM

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Jun 13, 2013 3:55 PM in response to sophia805

Hello Sophia805,


There are several potential answers or links to answers in 'More like this' >>>>>>>

to the right of your initial post. You will also find Pondini's documents of immense help if you want to learn more about Time Machine. It gets a bit of flak from time to time (Not Pondini's work) but it can be a very useful facility. Check out the links below.



http://pondini.org/TM/ Troubleshooting.html Pondini FAQ

Time Machine could not complete the backup because the backup disk is not available. What do I do?

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