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Time Machine problem - richorlin - 01-16-2010
I've been using Time Machine successfully since it became a part of Leopard. However, since upgrading to Snow Leopard 10.6.2, Time Machine has been a problem. The same external firewire drive that I have been using all along seems to unmount and the Time Machine backup fails. TM worked okay in Snow Leopard up until 10.6.2. I tried a different drive and am experiencing the same problem.
Re: Time Machine problem - MacArtist - 01-16-2010
The problem I have been experiencing with my external TM drive has been that when the computer is put to sleep, it will fail to mount and Time Machine fails.
If I unmount the drive before I put it to sleep (using the "sleep" command from the menu bar), it will mount correctly and go through the Time Machine process correctly.
This is a Firewire 800 drive. I did not have this problem before upgrading to Snow Leopard.
Re: Time Machine problem - Article Accelerator - 01-16-2010
It looks to me like an OS FireWire bug:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2136580&start=0&tstart=0
There may be a 'work-around' solution here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2156546&tstart=0
Hopefully, 10.6.3 will provide a permanent fix.
Re: Time Machine problem - MacArtist - 01-17-2010
Thanks for the info, AA.