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The Backup disk image.sparsebundle is already in use”. As I am the only one using this backup, I hoped that just trying to do the Time Machine backup manually would help but it didn’t it returned the same error. A Sparsebundle is a disk image format introduced by Apple in OSX 10.5 as a method of effectively using space for backups on a disk. This is an expandable/retractable disk that will only take up as much room as the data inside of it up to a predefined limit (in the case of TM, the size of the partition). The disk image is read-only. Read/write: Allows you to add files to the disk image after it’s created. DVD/CD master: Can be used with third-party apps. It includes a copy of all sectors of the disk image, whether they’re used or not. When you use a master disk image to create other DVDs or CDs, all data is copied exactly.
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When Time Machine tried to backup today, it returned an error saying “Time Machine Error. The Backup disk image ….sparsebundle is already in use”. As I am the only one using this backup, I hoped that just trying to do the Time Machine backup manually would help… but it didn’t… it returned the same error…
Restarting my Mac didn’t help either…
How can I fix this ?
Answer :
The “sparsebundle already in use”-error occurs if something went wrong during the last backup (which could be because your Mac froze during the Time Machine backup). In that case your Mac did not properly disconnect from the Time Machine backup, so you will have to do so manually.
Fixing this is rather simple :
If you still have ‘the old’ Airport Utility 5.6 on your Mac (more info on this can be found here : https://macmanus.nl/2012/02/02/airport-utility-6-lost-the-option-to-configure-connected-printers/ ), you should do this :
Terex tc 35 service manual. – open Airport Utility 5.6 (which is in the Utilities folder inside your Applications folder)
– select your Time Machine backup drive on the left (e.g. your Time Capsule)
– click on the “Manual” button
– then select the “Disks” icon
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– and click on the “Disconnect All Users…” button
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– then exit AirPort Utility 5.6 and run Time Machine normally
– …and do not forget to check in the time Machine Preferences if Time Machine is switched ‘ON’
if you do not have AirPort Utility 5.6 (since your Mac has OSX 10.8 “Mountain Lion” in stalled, which only has the stripped-down AirPort Utility 6 without the “Disconnect All Users”-option), you could either download and install AirPort Utility version 5.6 (directly from Apple : http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482 ), or you should try this :
– shut down your Time Capsule a.k.a. “pull the power plug” (or other Time Machine backup drive)… and leave it disconnected for about 5 minutes or so
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– restart your Mac
– power up your Time Capsule a.k.a. “plug the power cord back in” (or if you have some other sort of Time Machine backup drive, turn it back on)
– go to the Time Machine icon in the Finder’s top menu bar and click “Back Up Now”
– …and do not forget to check in the time Machine Preferences if Time Machine is switched ‘ON’
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That’s it !