Time Capsule Backup for MacAir

[wilkia61]

I have a MacAir which I am trying to back up to a Time Capsule.

The Time Capsule already holds back up for a desk Mac.

When I try and back up the MacAir I get the following message:

Time Machine could not complete the backup.

The backup disk image “/Volumes/Adrian Wilkinson's Time Cap/Adrian Wilkinson’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle” could not be accessed (error -1).


Can anyone help?

What does this mean?

Am I correct in assuming that I can back up more than one device to a Time Capsule?

Many thanks

 

[Weaselboy]

You might try turning off Time Machine then go to the Finder and delete that sparse bundle file you noted. Then turn TM back on and try again.

Yes you can do multiple machine to the same Time Capsule.

 

[wilkia61]

Tx Weaselboy, but that didn't work.

I have even reinstalled Time Capsule and get same message

 

[skorpien]

Not sure if this will work, but back when I got my Time Capsule (first gen) there was an issue with long Time Capsule names with spaces and apostrophes. I had to rename my TC to something shorter without spaces or apostrophes for it to function properly. You may also try shortening the name of your MacBook Air.

 

[HazyCloud]

Here's Apple support link on TM backups. Hopefully something there can help you. I tried Googling for error -1 but didn't get any good results.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3275?viewlocale=fr_fr