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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1947062" data-attributes="member: 396914">What makes you think that? That is NOT how TM works. Are you getting some message to that effect?Files change, even when the machine is idle. The system is constantly changing things as part of maintenance and operation. Even with TM set to the default hourly update, there will be changes EVERY hour. So, the answer is a clear &quot;no&quot; to that question.The error message is trying to tell you that a file TM thinks needs backing up is not available at the time of the backup. That is the sole issue.TM does not &quot;silently abort.&quot; It completes or fails. Completion is silent, any and all failures generate error messages.This thread is very long so I don't know if you have been told to try The Time Machine Mechanic (T2M2) from eclecticlight.co ( <a href="https://eclecticlight.co/consolation-t2m2-and-log-utilities/" target="_blank">XProCheck, T2M2, Ulbow, Consolation and log utilities</a> ) It's free and good.Your first post said:I didn't read all of the posts, but I did a quick skim and didn't see any exact post with the error message you are getting. My recommendation is to NOT log off, just let the machine go to sleep to see if that is the issue. In the morning, you open the case, or press a key and it wakes up. Mine makes backups overnight just fine with me logged on but asleep.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1947062, member: 396914"] What makes you think that? That is NOT how TM works. Are you getting some message to that effect? Files change, even when the machine is idle. The system is constantly changing things as part of maintenance and operation. Even with TM set to the default hourly update, there will be changes EVERY hour. So, the answer is a clear "no" to that question. The error message is trying to tell you that a file TM thinks needs backing up is not available at the time of the backup. That is the sole issue. TM does not "silently abort." It completes or fails. Completion is silent, any and all failures generate error messages. This thread is very long so I don't know if you have been told to try The Time Machine Mechanic (T2M2) from eclecticlight.co ( [URL="https://eclecticlight.co/consolation-t2m2-and-log-utilities/"]XProCheck, T2M2, Ulbow, Consolation and log utilities[/URL] ) It's free and good. Your first post said: I didn't read all of the posts, but I did a quick skim and didn't see any exact post with the error message you are getting. My recommendation is to NOT log off, just let the machine go to sleep to see if that is the issue. In the morning, you open the case, or press a key and it wakes up. Mine makes backups overnight just fine with me logged on but asleep. [/QUOTE]

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