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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 7 May 2010 02:14
Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> This is only happening in the account I do all my normal work in, which
> is a non-admin account. I tried my admin account, and a vanilla test
> account, and TM works fine in both of them.
>
> This sounds like the kind of thing that might be fixed by trashing a
> preference file, but I don't see a file for Time Machine in
> ~/Library/Preferences.

Try deleting the Finder .plist. I have seen that kick the Time Machine
display back into action.


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K.

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From: Barry Margolin on 7 May 2010 23:30
In article <C8091E1D.5A6F7%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>,
Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

> In article barmar-81E5F2.23143206052010(a)news.eternal-september.org, Barry
> Margolin at barmar(a)alum.mit.edu wrote on 5/6/10 11:14 PM:
>
> > In article <C8085A15.5A66C%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>,
> > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >> In article jollyroger-DD505F.08460506052010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly
> >> Roger
> >> at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 5/6/10 9:46 AM:
> >>
> >>> In article
> >>> <barmar-DEFC42.00445406052010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>,
> >>> Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I haven't had to go into Time Machine in a long time, so I have no idea
> >>>> when this problem may have started.
> >>>>
> >>>> When I click on "Enter Time Machine" from the Time Machine menulet, a
> >>>> duplicate of the open Finder window appears, like it should, but the
> >>>> Time Machine "space" background never appears, nor does the scale you
> >>>> use to go back in time, or all the previous versions of the window. The
> >>>> menu bar, Dock, and other applications don't react to the mouse. I can
> >>>> navigate in this Finder window, and right-clicking on files brings up
> >>>> Time Machine's contextual menu. I can get out of this by pressing the
> >>>> Escape key.
> >>>>
> >>>> This is only happening in the account I do all my normal work in, which
> >>>> is a non-admin account. I tried my admin account, and a vanilla test
> >>>> account, and TM works fine in both of them.
> >>>>
> >>>> This sounds like the kind of thing that might be fixed by trashing a
> >>>> preference file, but I don't see a file for Time Machine in
> >>>> ~/Library/Preferences.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm running 10.6.3.
> >>>
> >>> I'd look at the console log and /var/log/system.log to see what, if any,
> >>> Time Machine-related error messages are displayed there, especially ones
> >>> with time stamps near the time you click the icon.
> >
> > No log messages when this happens.
> >
> >>>
> >>> Viewing Crash, Console, and System Logs
> >>>
> >>> 1. Open /Applications/Utilities/Console.
> >>>
> >>> 2. From the Console menu bar, select File > View System Log. Typically,
> >>> you must be logged into an administrator account to view the system log.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Or, maybe use this:
> >>
> >> http://carnationsoftware.com/TM_Error_Log_WebPage.html
> >
> > That appears to be for problems during the backups, not with going into
> > the Time Machine application.
>
> Anything unusual in or about the Time Machine volume itself?

It's a volume on an external Firewire drive, nothing special.

Remember, this only happens in one account, other accounts can get into
Time Machine just fine. And I haven't gotten any errors during backups.

I was able to recover the file I wanted by going into the TM volume
itself using normal Finder operations, and simply copying the file.

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Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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From: Barry Margolin on 7 May 2010 23:39
In article <xdOEn.3533$Z6.81(a)edtnps82>, me(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Kir�ly)
wrote:

> Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > This is only happening in the account I do all my normal work in, which
> > is a non-admin account. I tried my admin account, and a vanilla test
> > account, and TM works fine in both of them.
> >
> > This sounds like the kind of thing that might be fixed by trashing a
> > preference file, but I don't see a file for Time Machine in
> > ~/Library/Preferences.
>
> Try deleting the Finder .plist. I have seen that kick the Time Machine
> display back into action.

So I renamed the com.apple.finder.plist, relaunched Finder, and then
Time Machine worked properly. Then I copied the saved plist file back
and relaunched Finder, and it still worked properly.

I have a feeling it was just the Finder relaunch that did it, nothing to
do with the plist file.

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Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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