{"id":939,"date":"2008-08-13T00:11:03","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T05:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=939"},"modified":"2008-08-13T00:11:03","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T05:11:03","slug":"fixing-time-machine-backup-failed-with-error-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/08\/13\/fixing-time-machine-backup-failed-with-error-11","title":{"rendered":"Fixing Time Machine: Backup failed with error: 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got the dreaded &#8220;Backup failed with error: 11&#8221; with Time Machine. Actually, I only got the dreaded message from the Console &#8211; the application itself, just kept failing silently with no suggestions (Apple, this is your cue to make Time Machine a little more useful). Nothing in Apple&#8217;s knowledgebase. Nothing seemingly useful come up in a Google search (i.e. something conclusive)<\/p>\n<p>Solution? Delete:<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\n\/Time Machine Backups\/Backups.backupdb\/nameOfComputer\/date.inProgress<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll ask for your password, and be gone with the file. Now the backups should start working again.<\/p>\n<p>An example of what the Console showed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><code><br \/>\n13\/08\/2008 12:51:57 \/System\/Library\/CoreServices\/backupd[4946] Error: (-43) copying \/Users\/byte\/Library\/Application Support\/Adium 2.0\/Users\/Default\/Logs\/AIM.bytebotdotnet to \/Volumes\/Time Machine Backups\/Backups.backupdb\/lovegood\/2008-08-13-125154.inProgress\/424A6617-37A5-4C20-8845-764D9167E317\/Macintosh HD\/Users\/byte\/Library\/Application Support\/Adium 2.0\/Users\/Default\/Logs<br \/>\n13\/08\/2008 12:51:57 \/System\/Library\/CoreServices\/backupd[4946] Copied 702 files (169 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.<br \/>\n13\/08\/2008 12:51:57 \/System\/Library\/CoreServices\/backupd[4946] Copy stage failed with error:11<br \/>\n13\/08\/2008 12:52:03 \/System\/Library\/CoreServices\/backupd[4946] Backup failed with error: 11<br \/>\n13\/08\/2008 12:55:31 com.apple.launchd[73] (0x10dbd0.Locum[4961]) Exited: Terminated<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Fixing%20Time%20Machine%3A%20Backup%20failed%20with%20error%3A%2011&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F08%2F13%2Ffixing-time-machine-backup-failed-with-error-11&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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