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In my own case, TM lost the ability to make new backups to an USB-connected HD. It doesn't report errors. It doesn't explain. Trying to find something useful in Console is a PITA. The only visible symptom is that a few minutes after each backup starts, it ends without copying all that it promised at the start of the process.

I suspect the root cause is some 3rd party software interaction. But since the 3rd party software I have is installed and required by my employer, it's hard to do an A/B comparison.




i had the same problem which was fixed by having more free space on my local drive.

I need + 15 gb free for TM swap stuff.

Apple is notorious for not giving ANY feedback so i only found out after sesrching for a long time on google.

Apple please stop silently failing without messages.


Thanks a lot for your contribution. You write:

"The only visible symptom is that a few minutes after each backup starts, it ends without copying all that it promised at the start of the process."

So you mean it ends "too quickly"? How can you tell if it missed some files?




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