I found that if I log in as Administrator I can view the TM log just fine and all appears well. It's backing up again as I write. Thanks again for the app suggestion Jason.
There are quite a few logs I can't see as my usual login as I don't have Admin rights for my normal user. It means that I do have do think before I do something silly ... :) Stephen On 22 Nov 2013, at 17:00, Jason Davies <ophioc...@me.com> wrote: > On 22 Nov 2013, at 16:25, itsagr...@mac.com wrote: > >> One question with TME: I'd switched off TM via its big switch and let TME do >> its thing. A short while ago the TM menu bar item showed it was backing up >> and it now agrees by giving the last backup time on its menu. However, TME's >> Window>Show Time Machine Logs window is empty after a refresh. Is this just >> because I'm an ordinary user rather than an administrator and so have no >> access to the log files? > > it changed recently. It used to change TM's preferences but now I think it > runs in the background and does it 'manually' in an automated way. In > practice, that means that TM seems to be switched OFF but does retain the > note of the last back-up time because TME made it update. I suspect your > answer is in there somewhere (ie it doesn't log it because TM is not doing it > automatcially. Maybe the log 'belongs' to TME now? Have a look and let us > know;) "I feel that staring at the net and reading more and more about what is coming [regarding our energy situation] is like staring into the lights of an oncoming car. You get more info about what is coming but you really should be getting out of the way." - Lastdrop -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
