The time machine is not working after the Mojave update.
The time machine is not working after the Mojave update.
After upgrading to Mojave, I connected my external HDD for backup purposes and encountered repeated failures during the process. The system would start writing data but consistently crash at the same location, reporting file copy errors. After several attempts—including restarting and re-running First Aid—I still faced issues. When I removed the problematic backup and tried again, it failed once more. Eventually, formatting the Time Machine partition seemed necessary, but even then, backing up to a clean partition failed. Disk Utility reported a file system repair failure while writing, suggesting a deeper issue. This pattern isn’t limited to individual drives; it appears to be a broader problem with Mojave and Time Machine. Anyone with similar experiences or knowledge of solutions would appreciate any guidance? Could a corrupted local snapshot be contributing to this, especially since other threads indicate a replicable issue? I’ve reviewed three relevant Apple support discussions so far: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8561149, https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8559943, and my own thread at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8562272.
Seems definitely a software issue. Just to be sure run fsck on that drive
Spoke with a senior tech who was running diagnostics while I was backing up. A forum user pointed out a possible problem I mentioned, which the senior tech found logical and noted it for further investigation. He plans to review my machine logs and his own tests in the /Shared/adi folder.
I noticed too, but I believed it was another matter. Shouldn’t that directory be elsewhere? It might be located by checking recently changed files with the find command.
We think Mojave altered the handling of the /adi folder, whether by design or mistake. If this is the reason behind the issue, fixing it should be straightforward.
I’d revert to version 10.12 or earlier. 13 caused many problems, and Mojave is even more problematic—it’s damaging the 5k LG monitors and creating other issues. Avoid using Mojave at all.
So far we haven’t managed to pinpoint it, but it seems likely related to APFS and HFS+, different storage types like SSDs versus HDDs, and some specific hardware setups. I’m looking forward to the Senior Tech’s update today.
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