Beta Error or just an everyday error? Time Machine Backup fail

[iGeneo]

Been working well forever... latest beta began throwing this error. It's quite possible that it is not beta related.

Any ideas?

Logs are not of much help

 

[0128672]

Is that the first time you've seen a TM error for that file? It's an odd file name and I wonder if that's part of the problem. If you exclude that file, does it back up successfully?

 

[gilby101]

Logs are not of much help

Consolation (by Howard Oakley) can hep you to extract just the TM relevant entries from the logs.

 

[D3ggy]

Been working well forever... latest beta began throwing this error. It's quite possible that it is not beta related.

Any ideas?

Logs are not of much help

Same error for me and I’m not the only one - Aghhh!!!

 

[maculi]

You're not alone ... I've had the same bug since this beta.
No file with the name "%@" found on the ssd. Waiting of next Beta.

 

[iGeneo]

Ok... well, at least it is confirmed I am not alone 😉

@gilby101 Thanks.. that looks like a nice utility

 

[LestâtMayfair]

Same problem here as well after the beta.

 

[PJGPerth]

Same error and managed to complete the Time Machine backup with success following a reboot.

 

[mainemini]

Had to create new TM backup due to failure with beta as well.

 

[j_maddison]

Same error for me. The current beta has been pretty much rock solid aside from this error and an inconsistent battery drain, which looks to be caused by spotlight doing something, and an inaccurate battery indicator when charging.

 

[retrospek]

I have the same error on this beta - and it even displays the same weird filename that you are seeing.

 

[77CAR]

For me this time machine bug unfortunately still appears on today's developer beta 4 release.

 

[lungbutter]

Same here. Using Backup Blaze and local mirroring, also but would like TM to work because, well you know...

 

[Howard Ellacott]

Booting into safe mode and running a backup fixed it for me

 

[lungbutter]

Hey, thanks. I'll have to try that. Can't hurt. Ah, the joys of running in clamshell mode...

 

[ctbritt]

yep. having the same issue on my end, as well. Same file name.

 

[gilby101]

Does anyone understand what causes this error? And why some (most?) Macs do not.

 

[CocoaNut]

Same error here. I was running Beta 3, and everything was running smoothly, but since updating to Beta 4, I'm also getting this.

I've gone through multiple web searches on finding this "%@" file but have not made any progress. Spotlight and Terminal will not return any useful results.

M1 Mac mini

 

[petterihiisila]

There's hope that this will be fixed in the next one or two betas. Feedback Assistant says:

Time Machine / backupd fail: The file "%@" could not be backed up.

Recent Similar Reports: More than 10
Resolution: Potential fix identified - In macOS 12

 

[TheBirch]

Hey guys, I just fixed this last week. I have OneDrive installed on my Mac, and I interrupted its sync once. Apparently it bumped some corrupted file, which leaded to this issue. Once I excluded OneDrive folder from TimeMachine the issue never happened again.

 

[andrel42]

Hey guys, I just fixed this last week. I have OneDrive installed on my Mac, and I interrupted its sync once. Apparently it bumped some corrupted file, which leaded to this issue. Once I excluded OneDrive folder from TimeMachine the issue never happened again.

Beautiful ! It worked for me too - thanks !

 

[77CAR]

Monterey Beta 5 appears to have fixed the issue for me.

 

[petterihiisila]

Monterey Beta 5 appears to have fixed the issue for me.

Same here.

 

[Howard Ellacott]

Not fixed for me. The error no longer comes up, but it just doesn't complete the backup and shows the previous successful backup time instead!

 

[jz0309]

Monterey Beta 5 appears to have fixed the issue for me.

I ran into this issue today, but a reboot fixed it for me