that would be right. it's worth ensuring that with time machine, both the time machine firmware and the time machine software including airport software are also up to date.
lew On 6 Jan 2012, at 20:08, Bill Holton wrote: > Did he format it with Mac Extended Journaling? I think TM requires the > extended journaling. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christina > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 12:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: can't get time machine to backup > > Greetings and happy 2012, > > I cannot get time machine to backup. It starts the process then somewhere > down the way I get a alert stating that time machine cannot backup. It also > says that the problem may be temporary. > > I am running the most updated version of snow leopard. I originally had > time machine backing up to a different external hard drive. However, in > November the external hard drive stopped working. So, I asked for a > external hard drive for Christmas and got one. My husband set it all up and > my mac book was backed up on December 25th. All day yesterday I tried to > get time machine to do the backup and it just would not do. The hard drive > is a one terabyte usb external hard drive. My hubby had to format the hard > drive when we first tried to use it on the 25th. > > Thanks for any help as to what the problem may be. I have tried all of the > simple things I can think of like restarting my mac. :) > > Christina > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Mr. L. Alexander. Free Macs For The Blind. E-Mail: [email protected] Direct line: 07936 877500 Twitter: @macsfortheblind Free Macs For The blind is a charity project supplying older but working apple macs for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK FOR FREE! Do you have an old unwanted mac, any hardware, software, old PC's, etc or a copy of outspoken 9.2 you would be willing to donate? please get in touch. Mac Access Dot Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network, we're here to help anybody disabled with anything Apple! http://www.mac-access.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
