Thanks Paul. I had since got round the issue anyway ... Eventually. However, my main concern as I said when I first posted my experience is that until you actually go to retrieve a file from a TM backup you would have no idea that there was a problem. My problem was in a high use folder where I keep dev projects and I wanted to get an earlier revision of my source code only to find that it was all missing. If it had been a far less used folder I may not have discovered anything for over a year or more! :-(
I think I need to dust off my UNIX command line skills and write a shell script that scans every folder looking for these files and another that fixes them. I will pass it on to the Apple support guy too. Stephen We See things not as they are, but as we are - The Talmud On 21 Jun 2011, at 17:45, Paul Russell <pruss...@sonic.net> wrote: > OK - do this - first cd into the problem directory and: > > $ xattr -d com.apple.metadata:com_apple_backup_excludeItem . > > (Note the "." at the end.) > > Paul > > On 21 Jun 2011, at 17:42, Paul Russell wrote: > >> Don't worry about the quarantined attribute - it's the >> com_apple_backup_excludeItem attribute on "." that you need to get rid of. >> I'll be back in a sec with instructions... >> >> On 21 Jun 2011, at 16:48, Stephen Watson wrote: >> >>> Well, well Paul, well inferred - you should be working for Apple! :-) >>> >>> This is what I got: >>> >>> >>> >>> It was created by Xcode (which makes sense) but it's been "Quarantined", so >>> it seems ... what is that all about? >>> >>> Curiouser and curiouser. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> On 21 Jun 2011, at 16:19, Paul Russell wrote: >>> >>>> You have some extended attributes on that directory. Try this: >>>> >>>> $ ls -la@ >>>> >>>> If you see something like this: >>>> >>>> com.apple.metadata:com_apple_backup_excludeItem 61 >>>> >>>> then that might explain why the directory is not getting backed up. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> On 21 Jun 2011, at 14:43, Stephen Watson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Using ls -la in Terminal, I get this for the contents of the empty folder >>>>> that TM will not backup: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Which looks just fine for an empty folder to me. >>>>> >>>>> I had a call from Apple support today to say that a) The guy originally >>>>> dealing with my issue is still on holdiay and that b) They have not heard >>>>> back yet from Apple engineering. Nice that they are keeping in touch. >>>>> >>>>> If only the iTunes support were as good - they are currently racking up >>>>> 'customer service' almost the equal of my broadband experiences with NTL, >>>>> which is to say horrendously and monumentally bad! :-( >>>>> >>>>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> "XL Lynx Cool Metal - a unique silver shower gel with fine quartz and zinc >>> to give men the feeling of cool liquid metal all over, leaving them >>> physically and mentally ready for anything." - There you are guys, it's all >>> you need! >>> >>> <Screen shot 2011-06-21 at 16.44.27.png>-- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
