Cheers Tony - it was a series of problems. A first installation and backup went o.k., although slowly. (I didn't know what true slowness was at this point....) I then received a message when automated backups took place saying there was a conflict between Time Machine Editor and Time Machine. I looked up TM editor and discovered that it was an App, but I don't have this App. The next message told me that the WD drive had carried out an audit and I needed to start a new backup. Time machine then stuck for several hours, with the message "Preparing backup". Eventually I unchecked Time Machine "ON" and instructed a backup "now". It's been backing up for 6 days now......
Phil On 4 Nov 2013, at 16:55, Tony Crooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 4 Nov 2013, at 15:40, Philip Tomlinson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Having trouble with Time Machine backups > > > You didn’t mention what the problem was that affects Time Machine. If it is > that your backup is interrupted by the disk drive not being available then > you should check the Energy Saver System preferences and uncheck ‘Put hard > disks to sleep when possible’ if it is checked. > > I discovered this with my Seagate drive and understand it can also apply to > WD drives as well. Once I’d unchecked the preference Time Machine has been > behaving itself. > > Regards, > > Tony > -- > Tony Crooks > ---------------------------------- > 53 Mendip Avenue • Eastbourne • BN23 8HP > Mob: 07428706227 > Tel: 01323-460789 > <mailto: [email protected]> > > > > Regards, > > Tony > -- > Tony Crooks > ---------------------------------- > 53 Mendip Avenue • Eastbourne • BN23 8HP > Mob: 07428706227 > Tel: 01323-460789 > <mailto: [email protected]> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
