Time Machine

Fixing: Time Machine couldn‘t complete backup

by Gee Are Pabst
April 30, 2021April 30, 2021
macOS

Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “XYZ.local”. The backup disk image “XYZ.sparsebundle” is already in use. If the Time Machine backup fails, this is a common error message in macOS, especially since the introduction of macOS Big Sur 11 in 2020. Resolve the Time Machine Backup failing by adding… Read More »Fixing: Time Machine couldn‘t complete backup

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How To Fix ‘Cannot Delete Time Machine Backup Files From Trash’

by Gee Are Pabst
September 29, 2017October 29, 2017
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macOS

Deleted Time Machine Backups in the trash cannot be emptied because of System Integrity Protection (SIP), introduced in Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. If a Time Machine backup fails or gets interrupted then incomplete backups can result. The Time Machine will be unable to successfully complete a backup until this corrupted… Read More »How To Fix ‘Cannot Delete Time Machine Backup Files From Trash’