Hello, This problem was caused by Mac HD containing an empty folder called Backup. This folder had been there for some time and I have no idea how it got there. However deleting this folder fixed the problem. Maverick is now successfully installed!!
I must say that the Maverick install was pretty nerve racking. After the first restart my iMac took almost one hour to do the install with no voice feedback. I had to keep listening to the hard disk to ensure that the iMac was doing something. The second restart was a real relief! Best regards.... Paul Hopewell --------------- On 24 Oct 2013, at 17:28, g...@tznet.com wrote: > > > Original email: > ----------------- > From: Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk > Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:50:39 +0100 > To: mac-access@mac-access.net > Subject: How to stop Maverick installer incorrectly thinking the target > diskis used for time machine backups > > > Hello, > As per prior posts I am having problems installing Maverick because the > Maverick installer thinks that the target disk (Mac HD) is being used for > time machine backups. > > Yesterday Mac HD did somehow get marked as the time machine target disk. I > think this happened because before installing Maverick I did a SuperDuper! > backup to my external hard disk (Mac Backup) so that I could re-install > Mountain Lion if Maverick proved troublesome. TOo check that all was OK wit > the SuperDuper! backup I rebooted my iMac from the external hard disk. I > suspect that caused Mac HD to be marked as a time machine disk. > > I have now hopefully set time machine preferences to no time machine > backups but alas the Maverick installer still thinks that Mac HD is being > used for time machine backups. > > Any ideas? > > Many thanks. > > Paul Hopewell > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum > at either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure > that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
