I got a message saying my MackBook Air had not backed up for 90 days. The computer has been backing up regularly so I do not understand why I got this message. When I tried to connect to Time Machine I get the message "OSStatus error 5. Also the backlighting on the keyboard has started going on and off?
I had the same error when trying to backup a MacBook Pro to my Time Capsule. Contacted an Apple Tech. The problem turned out to be unexpected but simple. Open System Preferences, and then click on the Sharing icon. When the Sharing icon is open, make sure the File Sharing option is checked. If it is not, then do so. Ended up solving my problem.
I had the same error when trying to backup a MacBook Pro to my Time Capsule. Contacted an Apple Tech. The problem turned out to be unexpected but simple. Open System Preferences, and then click on the Sharing icon. When the Sharing icon is open, make sure the File Sharing option is checked. If it is not, then do so. Ended up solving my problem.
Actually the TC is simple to access.
There are three levels of reset. None of which, btw, will delete your data.
The first level, soft reset.. you just touch the reset button for between 1-2sec.. don't hold in longer or it will go to hard reset.
All passwords are returned to default for 5min. You can then access the TC and use show password function.
No other router in existence has a show passwords .. for all and sundry to see.. so there is no need to worry.. Apple has made it easy for you.
Same issiue: I used wifi password to secure time capsule on setup, wchich is much different to my regular passwords.
To resolve type correct password.
Anyway.... I bought this device 2-3 year ago, if i not recalled that password then what? Deleting all data?- bollox
I bought this device 2-3 year ago, if i not recalled that password then what? Deleting all data?
No, you can always reset the password(s) if needed and this will have no effect at all on your backup data. See the information about a Soft Reset in this Apple Support document:
(OsStatus Error 5) if u set a password for your time capsule, u are putting the wrong one to connect to the machine. That was my issue
The backlight on the keyboard is probably unrelated.. other than perhaps you need to start thinking about a new computer.
The error is network issue. Did you upgrade the OS on the MBA? What OS is it running?
The computer can do local backups to the hard disk when no network connection is available. So it can seem to continue to do backups but is really landing the backups on the internal disk.
I recommend you do a backup now to a USB drive plugged directly into your MBA.. that will make sure you at least have a backup if things go wrong.
What to do with the Time Capsule then depends on OS and age of the TC. How old is it?
I ended up talking to Apple support. After trying various things it turns out that the backup on the Time Capsule had become corrupted in some way. I had to delete it and do a new backup which worked fine.
as a side note, I have a TC from mid 2009, changed the HDD for a 4 TB professional drive, and all is working fine.
OSStatus Error 5 when trying to connect to time machine
