If you are taking your MBP to Canberra for the Conference, I would suggest you 
repair the hard drive beforehand!

Sent from Ronni's iPad4


> On 20 Nov. 2016, at 9:22 pm, Rosemary Spark 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ronny,
> 1) Yes same Macbook that had Malware
> 2) Yes, crashplan has been excluded since last time
> 
> MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
> MacOS Sierra 10.12.1
> 
> I'll try your fix soon...though may have to be when I get back from 
> conference in Canberra in a couple of weeks.
> 
> Cheers
> Rosemary
> 
> Rosemary Spark
> [email protected]
> 
> 
>> On 20 November 2016 at 07:15, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello Rosemary,
>> 
>> Is this the same MacBook Pro that had Malware?
>> Also when you had previous problems with Time Capsule - Time Machine backup. 
>> CrashPlan was the cause.
>> CrashPlan must be 'Excluded from Time Machine backups'!
>> 
>> Repair the Hard Drive
>> A). Reboot the Mac and hold down Command+R (option key on some Macs)
>> B). Select “Recovery HD” from the boot menu
>> C). Choose “Disk Utility” from the Mac OS X Utilities screen
>> D). Click the hard drive, click the “First Aid” tab, and now click on 
>> “Repair Disk”
>> After Repair Disk has run successfully, boot as normal.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
>> 
>> 
>>> On 18 Nov. 2016, at 10:06 pm, Rosemary Spark <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm having problems with my Time Machine backup. 
>>> 
>>> It comes up with a message saying can't complete backup. Backup prepares, 
>>> then begins
>>> Messages say:
>>> network error
>>> or
>>> error in updating
>>> 
>>> I can't enter the sparsebundle from Finder, though I can from the Enter 
>>> Time Machine in the top menu.
>>> 
>>> When disk is connected (can see in Finder sidebar) Disk Utility will not 
>>> even load...just keeps with an empty grey box.
>>> 
>>> I think maybe there's something wrong with my Macbook Pro.
>>> 
>>> 3 samsung and 1 WD have frtized out in the last 6 months, after using 
>>> Carbon Copy Cloner to backup my drive..ie they no longer will mount and not 
>>> reparable.
>>> 
>>> The last was a new tiny fancy 500GB Samsung which has also died. [still 
>>> under warranty but in such short supply can't provide me with a replacement]
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions gratefully received.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> 
>>> Rosemary Spark
>>> PO Box 781
>>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
>>> Phone: + 61 8 94336609
>>> Mobile: 0414268043
>>> [email protected]
>>> 

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