Ok, Still not getting there with terminal. step 3 - the word "Data" is not something I see in Finder. After selecting "Joannes Time Capsule" Finder presents "Time Capsule" and "Maxtor" being the USB connect 1TB drive at the Time Capsule. I don't see "Data". If I select "Time Capsule", I see the three sparesebundle files for each of the 3 Macbooks.
Notwithstanding that I went to Terminal and typed commands per below and I get "No such file or directory". Hmmm Pete. On 05/08/2012, at 12:55 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Pete, > > Sounds like a bit of a mess up. > Yes, Time Capsule does use the MAC Address of the computer not the computer > name. > > To delete the User's User.sparsebundle. > 1. Turn Off Time Machine in System > 2. In Finder under Shared select Time Capsule disk > 3. Then click "Data". > > 4.Launch Terminal, then type these commands: > > cd /Volumes/Data > ls > > That's a lower-case letter "L" at the beginning of that last command. > You should see all your "sparsebundle" volumes. > > Then type this command (including a trailing space) but do NOT yet press > "return": > > sudo rm -rf > > 5. Now open the "Data" volume. Drag the "sparsebundle" file you want to > delete from the "Data" volume's Finder window to the Terminal window. > > This should cause the path and name of the volume you want to delete to be > copied into the Terminal window. > 6. Now select the Terminal window. > Double-check that the correct "sparsebundle" file is in the command, then > press "return". > > You'll be prompted for your administrative password. > > As a general rule, if you are manipulating file/folder names with "special" > characters, the whole file/folder name should be double quoted. > > Dragging the file from a Finder window to the Terminal adds double quotes as > needed. > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 05/08/2012, at 12:36 PM, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > >> Hi Carlo, thanks for persevering with me. I did the Disk verify and >> permissions repair - there was one identified issue to do with a group code >> being wrong - not sure if that relates to my problem or not. In any case it >> is now repaired. At this point I have tried with Terminal to delete the >> User's.sparesbundle from all 3 MB's independently and each of them replies >> after step 2 below with "-bash: :$ command not found". So I can't delete >> with terminal at the moment. However, the order of steps is slightly altered >> when compared with your earlier instructions in that I did the OSX install >> prior to the disk verify/repair steps. Does this matter? >> >> Still unable to delete the sparesebundle and also unable to mount the time >> machine disc image. >> >> I think you indicated earlier there is an instal process to fix the "bash" >> issue I am having. >> >> Regards >> >> Pete... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 05/08/2012, at 12:05 PM, cm wrote: >> >>> Just for reference sake, here is the process you can try to delete the >>> sparse bundle. Note if you can't do this from your 9yo's computer you can >>> try it from one of the other computers. >>> >>> 1) In Finder mount the Time Capsule by clicking on it in the Finder >>> sidebar. Navigate to the Data directory but no need to do anything further >>> in Finder. >>> >>> 2) In Terminal now do the following >>> $ cd /Volumes/Data >>> >>> 3) At this point type >>> $ ls -l >>> >>> and you should see User's.sparsebundle or whatever it is called >>> >>> 4) Still in terminal type >>> $ sudo rm -rf <sparse bundle name> >>> Where <sparse bundle name> is the name from step 3) >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> Carlo >>> >>> >>> On 05/08/2012, at 11:56 , cm <cm200...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Pete, >>>> >>>> My hosting service seems to be temporarily offline so pardon the posting >>>> from a older email address. >>>> >>>> Things seem to have got away from you a little. You had successfully >>>> applied the update to 10.5.4. At that point you had a working computer >>>> with all your data! I personally would not have wiped the data as there is >>>> little benefit to a clean install if you intend to use data migration >>>> assistant to bring all the cruft back. >>>> >>>> To take stock, you now have a working computer albeit with no data an a >>>> non functioning Time Machine. So to try to get back on track, perhaps you >>>> could proceed as follows: >>>> >>>> 1) Attempt the earlier process where you use Terminal.app to delete the >>>> unused sparse bundle on your Time Capsule. >>>> >>>> 2) If that works and you get Time Machine functioning, do a Time Machine >>>> backup just to kick things off, even though none of your valuable data >>>> will be included in the backup at this point >>>> >>>> 3) Use data migration assistant to bring back your data. >>>> >>>> 4) Do another Time Machine backup -- this time with you data. >>>> >>>> Let us know what you choose to do and how it goes. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Carlo >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Re: Time Machine backup >>>>> Peter Crisp >>>>> Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:23:39 -0700 >>>>> >>>>> Ok, just about reached end of the line for options. >>>>> >>>>> What I did was load the OSX disc for System update only to 10.5.4 and >>>>> then test >>>>> to see if Time Machine could mount the volume- no go. >>>>> >>>>> Then my objective was to do a clean instal from the 10.5.4 OSX disc, but >>>>> as it >>>>> was already the same OSX version, I was not presented with the option to >>>>> do a >>>>> clean instal. So I did Software Update to up version to 10.5.8 which it >>>>> did but >>>>> took 5 hours through the night. >>>>> >>>>> I tried the Time Machine process again- no good. >>>>> >>>>> So, go the full Monty. Clean instal back to 10.5.4. Still no Time Machine >>>>> image >>>>> mount. Some observations though which might jog someone's memory. In the >>>>> Change >>>>> Disc dialogue box of TM I have 3 items. >>>>> >>>>> Item 1 is an icon of the Time Capsule with a green picture with an >>>>> analogue >>>>> clock face. >>>>> >>>>> Item 2 is an icon of the Time Capsule with a blue picture of 3 people >>>>> holding >>>>> hands. >>>>> >>>>> Item 3 says None but has a red circle with a red diagonal line through it. >>>>> >>>>> But item 3 has been there for ages, well before introducing Tim's MacBook >>>>> to >>>>> the TC. >>>>> >>>>> Item 2 is the one I pick normally on Jo's MacBook and it works fine. >>>>> >>>>> Another observation, when looking at Time Machine window on Tim's MacBook >>>>> it >>>>> states name as Name: Time Capsule and Available 525.4GB of 929.5GB. On >>>>> SWMBOs >>>>> MacBook, same window says Name: Time Capsule (Joannes-Time-Capsule) and >>>>> Available: 564.11GB of 998.06GB. >>>>> >>>>> It seems like there are 2 volumes or images, I really don't know what to >>>>> do >>>>> next. >>>>> >>>>> I haven't migrated Tim's data back in yet, to save me wasting time and to >>>>> protect it until its all settled. >>>>> >>>>> I had read somewhere that Time Capsule uses the MAC address to recognise >>>>> a >>>>> machine, in doing a clean instal the MAC address doesn't change (i think) >>>>> and >>>>> so it is still attempting to do the same as I was trying 3 days ago. As >>>>> same >>>>> MAC address means same machine to the TC. Can I change the MAC address? >>>>> Is >>>>> there a plist file somewhere I can blow away to kick start it from >>>>> scratch? >>>>> >>>>> WCE performance was icing on the cake last night but the rowers did a >>>>> great job! >>>>> >>>>> Any tips? >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Pete >>>>> >>>>> > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- 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> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
