As the person who wrote that suggestion mentions: "Unsetting the schg flag on /Applications/CrashPlan.app might be a permanent fix, but could in theory be unsafe, and CrashPlan would probably just reactivate the flag on the next autoupdate anyway."
Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 13 Apr 2016, at 2:30 PM, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Ronni, > I've been reading around. > > This was another suggestion > > sudo find /.MobileBackups.trash/ -flags +schg -exec chflags noschg {} \; > > from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5750388?tstart=0 > > Is this safe? > It has the virtue of being simpler. > > Cheers > Rosemary > > > Rosemary Spark > PO Box 781 > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia > Phone: + 61 8 94336609 > Mobile: 0414268043 > arkaysp...@gmail.com > > >> On 11 April 2016 at 19:01, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> Hi Rosemary, >> >>> On 11 Apr 2016, at 12:13 PM, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Ronni, >>> I found this discussion but I'm not that familiar with terminal >> >> After reading the complete log you sent in previous email, and knowing that >> you are not very familiar with using Terminal. >> The Terminal commands required are using sudo - and you need to be VERY >> careful when using the sudo command. >> You could type a command incorrectly and destroy the system! >> >> I would recommend you contact either Daniel or another consultant to come >> and carry out the necessary procedures to fix this CrashPlan.app problem in >> Time Machine backups. >> As I mentioned before seeing the complete log… >> /begin quote: >> Without seeing the complete log file of your TM backupd just the parts of >> the log below indicates to me CrashPlan is the problem. >> >> You would also see in the logs that TimeMachine is having issues thinning >> old backups on TimeCapsule, and worse yet, TimeMachine won't thin the >> MobileBackups on your Mac, meaning your SSD or hard drive will being filled >> up by backups that would never be deleted. >> >> It seems when you install CrashPlan, it sets file system attributes that do >> not allow itself to get deleted. With a bit of command-line wizardry, you >> can fix this problem. You need to remove the attributes from all instances >> of CrashPlan.app in all backed-up locations. >> AND then Exclude CrashPlan from TM backups >> >> This Apple discussion should help you with the terminal commands: >> <https://discussions.apple.com/message/29277434#29277434> >> /end quote: >> >> Or if you don’t wish to wait until you can get an appointment with a >> consultant, I would suggest you: >> Start Again: >> A) Erase the Data disk in Time Capsule (that will erase everything - both >> computer backups (yours & your husbands). >> 1. Open Airport Utility >> 2. Select Time Capsule >> 3. Then 'Edit' >> 4. Then 'Disks' >> 5. Then 'Erase Disk' button >> >> You will get a confirmation prompt, defaulted to "Quick Erase", which is >> fine for most purposes. >> >> B) Then Exclude CrashPlan from TM backups >> add /Applications/CrashPlan.app to the excluded list for TimeMachine backups >> so that it is not backed up again. >> >> System Preferences > Time Machine - click on Options >> exclude /Applications/CrashPlan.app from Time Machine. >> Otherwise you will continue to create more problematic snapshots in Time >> Machine. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) >> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz >> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM >> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage >> >> El Capitan OS X 10.11.4
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