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Time machine failing to backup as sparsebundle is already in use
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Mar 15, 20268405 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have an airport extreme with a drive connected, and use it for backing up snow leopard macs. I have an occasional problem with one of them that says "the backup disk image ... is already in use" and it fails to backup. Any ideas?
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Fix for: Time machine failing to backup as sparsebundle is already in use
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What worked for me in the end was to "disconnect all users" from the Airport Utility - and then unplug/plugin the drive again (remount it) - it was then able to backup successfully.
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