Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Date: 5 Nov 2016 22:11:58 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <1mw8eqz.es3lh6pkgbmhN%nj_kruse@me.com> <1mw9gmx.1dqkwg019fqdc9N%nj_kruse@me.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net C8HMRi/7uf4RerlomGsg8Q45HScyXXikw2CuRcEW3siFKaD3VZ Cancel-Lock: sha1:AwYH82cOCBtd7ABvbB2qRbTTr3s= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:96532 On 2016-11-05, Niels Jørgen Kruse wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> Niels Jørgen Kruse wrote: >>> Fred McKenzie wrote: >>> >>>> I am worried that there may be a bad spot on the Time Capsule's >>>> drive. After all, it has been running continuously for several >>>> years. Maybe getting a new Time Capsule would be worthwhile. >>> >>> I am also having problems with time machine backups being started >>> over. This happens every 3 days or so on a 10.12.1 iMac. An older >>> 10.11.6 iMac has no problems backing up to the same Time Capsule. I >>> have wiped the drive of the Time Capsule without effect. The >>> problems started after the upgrade from 10.12.0 to 10.12.1. >> >> When it happens you should see a message. It would be helpful to know >> what that message says (verbatim). >> >> Also, if you make note of the time the message appears, there should >> be messages with time stamps on or near that time in the >> /var/log/system.log file giving more detail about the cause of the >> issue. >> >> Post both here for diagnosis. > > The message is in Danish, so wouldn't be of much use to you. Yes it would. Verbatim error messages are *always* better than nebulous "it said something about blah" hints. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR