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Nutdotnet

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Jan 15, 2004
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Is anyone else running into this issue with PowerNap & Time Machine?

"Time Machine could not back up because the drive was not formatted correctly."

I'm using a Time Capsule and it is definitely formatted correctly. Backups work just fine when the computer is not "napping".

Was just curious if anyone ran into a solution before I contact support.

15" rMPB.
 

Trey M

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Jul 25, 2011
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I'm not getting the same error, but my time machine won't back up at all in Powernap. In fact, on my Retina I haven't yet noticed anything working in Powernap. I have done the update, and on my 2011 MBA I notice Powernap working, but I have yet to experience anything working successfully in Powernap for my rMBP.
 

The "Dude"

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Sep 29, 2011
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I did notice that my Time Machine backed up properly last night at around midnight when the lid was closed. But I know it didn't earlier that evening when it was supposed to.

Wondering if Power Nap only applies to the once a day nightly backups and not the hourly ones. Who knows.
 

Nozuka

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Jul 3, 2012
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Was working fine when i checked it.

"Time Machine backups are attempted hourly until a successful backup has been completed."
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5394

It's possible that it really makes the Backup after napping for an hour and doesnt use the "next scheduled backup time" you can see in osx - which might cause some confusion. but i'm not 100% sure it works like that. i just know, that mine was closed for like 1h 30m.
 
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