On 30/09/2010, at 8:19 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > On 30/09/2010, at 1:08 AM, Steven Knowles wrote: > >> My Macbook Pro isn't backing up to Time Capsule. >> >> From this page .... >> >> http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7059555 >> >> ... Glenn Carter refers to the following string for Terminal ... >> >> sudo rm -ri /path_to_volume/.Spotlight-V100 >> >> where /path_to_volume is the path of the volume in question. >> >> >> To replace 'path_to_volume' I've tried .... >> >> Volumes/Time Machine Backups >> Volumes/Data >> Volumes/Data/afp://Time Capsule._afpovertcp._tcp.local/Data/MacBook >> Pro.sparsebundle >> >> ...but all give me "No such file or directory". >> >> Can anyone please suggest what I should be using as the Terminal command? >> >> Cheers, Steven > > This is extremely difficult to answer without having direct access to your > system. One way of sorting out the "/path_to_volume" is to open a Terminal > window, then type "cd " at the prompt (note: include the space character > after cd) then drag the icon of your Time Capsule disk onto the Terminal > Window, and press return. If you then type "pwd" you will see the correct > path to the Time Capsule device. > > The command you supply is puzzling. It literally says "recursively remove all > files with the name '.Spotlight-V100' from the volume in question, and ask me > each time before deleting". I'm not sure how this will help.
Hi Steven, I agree with Peter, I fail to see this command helping. We need some more information to be able to give any constructive assistance. Have you been able to backup to Time Capsule initially? Does Time Capsule appear in Disk Utility or in Finder? Have you been able to 'select disk' in System Preferences > Time Machine? Do Attempts to back up get "backup disk is not available" message? Or is your problem "Time Capsule gets stuck at "Preparing Backup…" ? Are you using Airport Utility v5.5.1? Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
