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sparsebundle problem-unable to mount - OSStatus error -6602
Okay - Hi all, A few weeks ago my Timemachine backup stopped working and i couldn't access the other files on my ReadyNAS Duo either. Long story short, disk 1 had failed. Managed to get the mirrored...
.timemachine is a hidden share. If you login to "smb://ip.address.of.nas/c/.timemachine" as "admin" (e.g. via Finder > Go > Connect to server) you can see the sparsebundle to delete.
If you are comfortable with SSH then you may wish to not bother with CIFS, as SSH would be much faster:
Change the working directory and check for the sparsebundles
Then do e.g.
to delete all the sparsebundles.
If a sparsebundle has ended up in the admin home share you may need to change the working directory to the admin home share and delete the sparsebundle there as well.
If you are comfortable with SSH then you may wish to not bother with CIFS, as SSH would be much faster:
Change the working directory and check for the sparsebundles
cd /c/.timemachine
ls -la
Then do e.g.
rm -rf *.sparsebundle
to delete all the sparsebundles.
If a sparsebundle has ended up in the admin home share you may need to change the working directory to the admin home share and delete the sparsebundle there as well.
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