No2 - Make sure you select (click on) the External Drive icon then you will see what Partition Map Scheme it is formatted as (not the second name (volume) of the external drive which is your TM volume)
Your Time Machine volume is in Step 3 and must be "Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Is your Time Machine volume named "Super drive" or is that the name of the external drive? The icons change as you have mentioned below, that is correct. When the USB Drive is connected the icon on the desktop will show as USB When TM works it will show as TM icon Do you mean there are TWO icons for the external drive showing on the Desktop? I need to know if the External Drive is formatted correctly. Once I know if the External Drive is formatted correctly for use with Time Machine, I can then help you sort the problem. Cheers, Ronni On 06/10/2012, at 5:18 PM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > I have been away from the computer for a while. The back up is running and > about 50% completed. > > Done 1,2 and 3. I do not see "Partition Map Scheme: GUID Partition Table". > the second level is called "Super drive but its greyed out. > > The back up that was going has now stopped with no error message and the icon > has reverted to to the to the Orange (USB? graphic) whereas the image on the > desktop is still Time Machine! > > Bill > On 06/10/2012, at 4:21 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: > >> Just to first make sure the external drive is Formatted and Partitioned >> correctly for Time Machine, please do this: >> 1. Connect the external drive to your computer >> 2. Open Disk Utility >> In the left hand column, click on the drive icon for the name of your >> external drive. >> (Make sure you click on the first icon, not the second level volume icon.) >> >> At the bottom do you see "Partition Map Scheme: GUID Partition Table"? >> >> 3. Then Select the second level volume (your TM volume) >> At the bottom do you have Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 06/10/2012, at 4:02 PM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >> >>> The ext Hd looks OK with Disk Utility and I see its icon on the desktop. >>> As soon as I connected it, it started the back-up ( as if there had never >>> been a back) Indeed I erased the disk some weeks ago, and only then did I >>> start seeing the DT icon. It was Orange without the Time Machine logo. >>> Once Time machine runs, the DT icon changes. >>> >>> >>> The error message (after transfer of about 100GB of 250 -or so) is "cannot >>> complete back-up." It shuts down Time Machine and then I get all sorts of >>> odd message saying "you didn't eject the disk correctly" ( I did). >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> On 06/10/2012, at 3:49 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: >>> >>>> I hope you have been backing up some other way, perhaps bootable backups. >>>> >>>> Ok, is the external drive is formatted correctly? >>>> >>>> Mac OS Extended (Journaled) >>>> Select the type of partition you want to use: >>>> GUID Partition Table - for Intel-based Macs >>>> >>>> If so: >>>> Can you select the drive in System Preferences > Time Machine? >>>> When you try to backup what error do you receive please? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> On 06/10/2012, at 3:41 PM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 06/10/2012, at 3:33 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Bill, >>>>>> >>>>>> A bit more information please. >>>>>> Were you successfully backing up using Time Machine to this external >>>>>> drive in Snow Leopard? >>>>> >>>>> I was. >>>>>> >>>>>> How long have since you installed Lion? >>>>> >>>>> When Mt Lion was issued. >>>>>> >>>>>> Are you saying you have NEVER successfully backed up using TM to this >>>>>> external drive in Lion? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 'Friad I am >>>>> >>>>> Bill >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> >>>>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>>>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>>>>> >>>>>> OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion >>>>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 06/10/2012, at 3:11 PM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Since I installed Lion, and now 10.7.5 and supp update I have not been >>>>>>> able to back up/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The ext. HD is a Seagate Goflex - about 15 months old. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I suspect the ext HD, but not sure. For a while before installing the >>>>>>> 10.7.4 to 5 update, the disk was not even recognised by the laptop. >>>>>>> Tried repair etc etc. No luck. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Bill >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dr Bill Parker >>>>>>> ren...@westnet.com.au >>>>>>> The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, >>>>>>> contrived and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, persuasive, and >>>>>>> unrealistic. -- 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>
