[muglo] Re: Time Capsule

  • From: Wayne Dobson <pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:39:53 -0400

Finder is chastising you for a reason... Are you unplugging the drive or 
shutting it off before Finder can say goodbye? Treat the backup drive as any 
other storage device, ie: un-mount properly before disconnecting.

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On Oct 31, 2011, at 2:56 PM, Mary Read <m.k.read@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At last I have something that's on-topic! Although I'm afraid it's not 
> commentary -- it's another request for help. I'm hoping someone in the group 
> will be familiar with the Time Capsule/external drive glitch I'm 
> experiencing, or be able to point me in the right direction to resolution. 
> I've already gone through Apple Care for assistance, but the problem 
> persists. 
> 
> I've got two backup systems in place: a Western Digital 2TB USB drive using 
> Carbon Copy Clone for archiving only my working files, plus a second HD 
> (Seagate USB 2TB) that uses Time Machine to back up my whole system. Both HDs 
> are plugged directly into main USB ports on my iMac 27", since I understand 
> that a hub can make externals unhappy.
> 
> The CCC backup works very well, but the Seagate drive with Time Machine sends 
> me an error message at least once every hour saying:
> 
>  "The disk was not ejected properly. If possible, always eject a disk before 
> unplugging it or turning it off." 
> 
> I check on my desktop and the icon for the HD is there, so it has not 
> unmounted. Time Machine completes its routine despite the warning -- although 
> not hourly as I've set its preferences, but here and there as it feels so 
> inclined. I take this to mean that sometimes it finds the external HD, and 
> sometimes does not. I can live with less frequent backups, but I am very keen 
> to get rid of that very pesky finder warning. It interrupts my work at the 
> most inopportune times.
> 
> I've reformatted the Seagate drive twice, just to see if that would help. 
> Nada. Any ideas?
> 
> Thank you,
> Mary
> 
> 
> 
> On 2011-10-31, at 12:56 PM, Frank BIrch wrote:
> 
>> Excuse me for butting in but:-
>> 
>> Remember that Time Capsule is a single point of failure. The odds your
>> system would go down with the Time Capsule are not great but if it was a
>> massive power spike, that your surge protector could not handle, then you
>> are toast.
> 
> 
> Mary Read
> http://www.maryread.com
> 

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