TimeMachine keeps restarting backup

[Kc2npu]

Hi Rene --

Frequently I keep getting errors from TimeMachine telling me that it has to start fresh and do a whole new backup and goes back to start all over.

I have TimeMachine backing up to my WDMyCloud on my local network.

Any suggestion on why this keeps happening as I keep losing all the backup data when it has to start fresh.

 

[Rene Ritchie]

Yeah, ugh. So annoying. I've had that happen as well, though not recently. I was hoping it was a bug.

Is the drive always plugged in or just occasionally?

 

[Kc2npu]

It is available on my network so when ever the MacBook Pro is on at home it has access via wifi. When I work at my "network" desk with large files I plug Ethernet in.

 

[selovell]

I do not have a solution but the same thing has happened to me twice in the last 6 months. I am backing up an iMac to a 1 TB Airport Time Capsule. It seems to be performing the backups (I can restore files) but it is frustrating to have it start fresh and thus lose all the old backups.

 

[Rene Ritchie]

That sucks. I wonder if it's somehow losing connection to, and hence identity of, the backup bundle?

 

[alleycat228]

Same problem here. My 1TB Airport Time Capsule is always plugged in and connected to wi-fi. Happens every couple months with no regularity.