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Time Machine fails most of the time on one Mac
Since updating to Lion and the new firmware (RAIDiator 4.1.8 [1.00a043] ) for my ReadyNAS duo one of my Macs, and only one, frequently fails to backup successfully. The error message Time Machine ulti...
Quick update:
This problem still exists for me and the work-arounds are as unreliable as my previous message. Something new, however, is that if I am not on Ethernet and on Wifi I have a higher success rate.
Otherwise, Time Machine Preferences just spins and spins on "Looking for backup disk..." before timing out with the message:
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Time Machine could not complete the backup.
The backup disk image "/Volumes/ReadyNAS-1/<name of my machine>.sparsebundle" could not be accessed (error -1)
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This happens even though I'm clearly connected to the <readynasnamehere> (AFP) and can see the sparse bundles when browsing through Finder.
My sparsebundlename is my full name (not give here) but like this: David K Lastname's Macbook Pro.
My ReadyNas is named deadmau5.
Vahn
This problem still exists for me and the work-arounds are as unreliable as my previous message. Something new, however, is that if I am not on Ethernet and on Wifi I have a higher success rate.
Otherwise, Time Machine Preferences just spins and spins on "Looking for backup disk..." before timing out with the message:
---
Time Machine could not complete the backup.
The backup disk image "/Volumes/ReadyNAS-1/<name of my machine>.sparsebundle" could not be accessed (error -1)
...
This happens even though I'm clearly connected to the <readynasnamehere> (AFP) and can see the sparse bundles when browsing through Finder.
My sparsebundlename is my full name (not give here) but like this: David K Lastname's Macbook Pro.
My ReadyNas is named deadmau5.
Vahn
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