Scheduled backup while external not available
 

Please help, i am new to this.

My imac local HD available free space suddenly depleted by 80+gig. The cause I believe is I have super duper scheduled backup every sundays, and last sunday I took off my WD external.
So did super duper still make the scheduled backup but create the image in the local HD? If it did, I couldnt find the image.
One more remark, super duper seemed to have created My Book 2 and 3, but i cant locate them.

please help, I need to restore my 80+gig. Many thanks

rony

It shouldn't have, rony; do you have the log from the last scheduled copy? I'd like to see it, if you could copy/paste it in (or send it to me via email).

Thank you for the speedy reply dnanian. How do I find the log? thanks

Open the scheduled copies window (Window > Scheduled Copies), click the schedule, then "Show Log".

| 10:34:34 PM | Info | SuperDuper!, 2.5 (84), path: /Applications/SuperDuper!.app, Mac OS 10.5.3 build 9D34 (i386)
| 10:34:34 PM | Info | Started on Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:34 PM
| 10:34:34 PM | Info | Source Volume: Macintosh HD, mount: /, device: /dev/disk0s2, media: ST3250820AS Q, interconnect: Internal SATA, file system: "Journaled HFS+", OS: 10.5.3 (9D34), capacity: 200.88 GB, used: 56.61 GB, directories: 175992, files: 745682, ejectable: NO, ACLs: Enabled
| 10:34:34 PM | Info | Target Image: /Volumes/My Book 2/iMac Backup.sparseimage, name: iMac Backup
| 10:34:34 PM | Info | Copy Mode : Smart Update
| 10:34:34 PM | Info | Copy Script : Restore - all files.dset
| 10:34:34 PM | Info | Transcript : BuildTranscript.plist
| 10:34:34 PM | Info | PHASE: 1. Prepare to Copy Files
| 10:34:34 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Preparing Macintosh HD
| 10:34:34 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying the integrity of volinfo.database
| 10:34:35 PM | Info | volinfo.database OK
| 10:34:35 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Enabling permissions on Macintosh HD
| 10:34:35 PM | Info | Refreshing Disk Arbitration ...
| 10:34:35 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying that permissions are enabled for Macintosh HD
| 10:34:35 PM | Info | Permissions on '/' are enabled.
| 10:34:35 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Mounting iMac Backup
| 10:34:35 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Preparing iMac Backup
| 10:34:35 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Setting ownership and access modes for '/Volumes/My Book 2/iMac Backup.sparseimage'
| 10:34:35 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Mounting iMac Backup
| 10:36:04 PM | Info | /dev/disk2 GUID_partition_scheme /dev/disk2s1 EFI /dev/disk2s2 Apple_HFS /Volumes/iMac Backup
| 10:36:04 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Mounting iMac Backup
| 10:36:04 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Preparing iMac Backup
| 10:36:04 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Enabling permissions on iMac Backup
| 10:36:04 PM | Info | Refreshing Disk Arbitration ...
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying that permissions are enabled for iMac Backup
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | Permissions on '/Volumes/iMac Backup' are enabled.
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Verifying that iMac Backup ACL support matches Macintosh HD
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Preserving Spotlight state on iMac Backup
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Disabling Spotlight search indexing on iMac Backup
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | PHASE: 2. Copy Files
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Copying files from Macintosh HD to iMac Backup using Smart Update
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Cloning Macintosh HD to iMac Backup
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | Copying copy files with delete using script: /Users/CIELO/Library/Application Support/SuperDuper!/Copy Scripts/Standard Scripts/Restore - all files.dset
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | Loading 22 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude system temporary files.dset
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | Loading 6 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude system cache files.dset
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | Loading 1 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude Norton FileSaver files.dset
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | Loading 1 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude Google Desktop Index files.dset
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | Loading 1 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Exclude iTunes Temporary files.dset
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | Loading 0 commands from copy script /Applications/SuperDuper!.app/Contents/Resources/Copy Scripts/Backup - all files.dset
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | Loading 1 commands from copy script /Users/CIELO/Library/Application Support/SuperDuper!/Copy Scripts/Standard Scripts/Restore - all files.dset
| 10:36:05 PM | Info | /
| 10:36:11 PM | Info | /cores
| 10:36:11 PM | Info | /.vol
| 10:36:11 PM | Info | Ignoring /.vol
| 10:36:11 PM | Info | /.Trashes
| 10:36:11 PM | Info | /private
| 10:36:14 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/vm/app_profile
| 10:36:14 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/vm/swapfile0
| 10:36:14 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/db/BootCache.playlist
| 10:36:14 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/db/volinfo.database
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/com.apple.speech.synthesis.globals
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/folders.501
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/com.WD.WDDrvSvc
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/afpserver_0
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/launchd
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/krb5kdc_rcache
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/tmp/mds
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/syslog.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/configd.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/DirectoryService.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/pcscd.pub
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/virusbarrierl.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/vbsm.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/mds.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/diskarbitrationd.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/appfwd.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/com.apple.blued.launchd

THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF PREVIOUS MESSAGE

| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/automount.initialized
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/virusbarrierb.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/vbsb.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/resolv.conf
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/mach.sym
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/ntpd.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/pvsnatd.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/mds
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/nmbd.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/llipdaemon.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/cron.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/utmpx
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/AppleVNCServer.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/var/run/hdiejectd.pid
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launchd-20.f3RSIL
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/hsperfdata_nobody
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launchd-93.gJ2HbK
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/encyclopedia.shmsize
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launchd-147.vcAO6L
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launch-Rv6lVQ
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launch-Pre09a
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launch-8Vb367
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/hsperfdata_CIELO
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/launchd-234.SVcvrL
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/SDTargetImageDevice
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /private/tmp/target.indexState
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /mach.sym
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /Desktop DF
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Ignoring /Desktop DB
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | /Network
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | /.Spotlight-V100
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Preserving /.Spotlight-V100
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | Preserving /.VolumeIcon.icns
| 10:36:15 PM | Info | /Users
| 10:42:14 PM | Info | /bin
| 10:42:14 PM | Info | /sbin
| 10:42:14 PM | Info | /System
| 10:45:05 PM | Info | /Library
| 10:45:23 PM | Info | Ignoring /Library/Google/Google Desktop/Index
| 10:48:45 PM | Info | Ignoring /.hotfiles.btree
| 10:48:45 PM | Info | /Applications
| 10:52:40 PM | Info | /usr
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | /Developer
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | /dev
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | /.fseventsd
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Preserving /.fseventsd
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | /net
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | /home
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | /Volumes
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/RON500G
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/TIGER
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/My Book
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/My Book 1
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/Untitled
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/My Book 2
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/Macintosh HD
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Ignoring /Volumes/iMac Backup
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Evaluated 905622 items occupying 55.93 GB (175992 directories, 707256 files, 22374 symlinks)
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Copied 7274 items totaling 10.83 GB (1319 directories, 5719 files, 236 symlinks)
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Cloned 55.74 GB of data in 1053 seconds at an effective transfer rate of 54.20 MB/s
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Resetting Custom Icon bit on iMac Backup
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | PHASE: 3. After Successful Copy
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Making iMac Backup bootable
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Blessing OS X System Folder
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Successfully blessed Mac OS X folder on iMac Backup
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Blessing OS 9 System Folder
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | Did not bless Mac OS 9 System Folder on iMac Backup because it does not exist.
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Restoring Spotlight state on iMac Backup
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Restoring Spotlight search indexing state on iMac Backup
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | ...ACTION: Unmounting iMac Backup
| 10:53:38 PM | Info | ......COMMAND => Unmounting '/Volumes/My Book 2/iMac Backup.sparseimage'
| 10:53:41 PM | Info | "disk2" unmounted.
| 10:53:41 PM | Info | "disk2" ejected.
| 10:53:41 PM | Info | Copy complete.

OK. Please use Finder's "Go To Folder" command and open

/Volumes

In there, look for folders (NOT links or aliases). Delete those to recover the space.

Note that they'd only be there if the external drive had failed... which it must have in the past...

dnanian, thank you thank you.

I found the extra sparseimage and deleted it and i recovered my 80gig back. If you dot mind me asking again, I found My book, my book 1,2, and 3 in there. The content of My Book 3 is the one that represent my actual ext drive. But my ext on the desktop is called just My Book, while the "volume" My Book is empty. So wht do I do now? Do I have to set my super duper again? Thank you again for your help.

Once you delete the folders and restart, it'll go back to just "MyBook".