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Time Machine backup errors

While Time Machine is great for backing up your system, it does seem to run into a lot of issues. I'm always getting errors that Time Machine is unable to complete a backup. Yet if I try and backup again, it works fine.

The TM Error Logger (http://carnationsoftware.com/TM_Error_Log_WebPage.html) can give you some insight into what's going on with Time Machine when it has errors. Just run it after an error occurs and you'll get a report that tells you the name of the file or folder that Time Machine was not able to back up.
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Categories: Mac Time Machine backup errors
Added: on Feb 16, 2009 at 12:13 pm
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