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--- docs:tips_n_tricks:max_os_x:fix_time_machine_sparsebundle_errors [20.04.2020 10:48 CEST] – peter
+++ docs:tips_n_tricks:max_os_x:fix_time_machine_sparsebundle_errors [25.06.2020 01:01 CEST] (current) – peter
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   - Start a shell (Terminal Window) with root permissions and recursively clear the //user immutable flag//:<code>
 ~ # chflags -v -R nouchg /Volumes/Backup_Volume/MyHostname_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.sparsebundle</code>
-  - attach the sparsebundle as volume without mounting<code>
+  - attach the sparsebundle as volume without mounting((it's been ''Apple_HFS'' instead of ''Apple_HFSX'' in my case))<code>
 ~ # hdiutil attach -nomount /Volumes/Backup_Volume/MyHostname_YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.sparsebundle
 /dev/disk1              Apple_partition_scheme
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 </code>(If something goes wrong and you have to start over, you need to clear the //user immutable flag// again.)\\ Most failures at this point were due to accidental unmount of the underlying ''/Volumes/Backup_Volume''. I believe the unmounts were caused by network errors while using WIFI.
 <note important>Therefore I recommend cabled network during the recovery process.</note>
-  - If this does not finish successfully or did a "QUICKCHECK ONLY", run disk repair again:<code>
+  - If this does not finish successfully or did a "QUICKCHECK ONLY", run disk repair again((The Disk Utility does not use ''-r'' which means to rebuild the catalog tree. Try again without it if you run into an “Disk Full” error during rebuilding the catalog B-tree)):<code>
 ~ # fsck_hfs -drfy /dev/rdisk1s2
 ** /dev/rdisk1s2
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 </WRAP>
-Now you can eject the network share((Use ''hdiutil eject /Volumes/Backup_Volume'' if you prefer the command line)) and have Time Machine give it another go. After the (long) verification step, backups should proceed once again.
+Now you can eject the network share((Use ''hdiutil eject /Volumes/Backup_Volume'' if you prefer the command line)) and have Time Machine give it another go.
+<note tip>Don't forget to enable backups again ((Might be done via ''tmutil enable'' at the command line)).</note>
+After the (long) verification step, backups should proceed once again.
 {{tag>OSX backup}}
 {{entry>OSX}}
 {{entry>backup}}