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Repair TimeMachine Backup
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Repair TimeMachine Backup

  1. Mount timemachine volume from Finder.
  2. Unlock Target Machine's Backup sparsebundle.
    sudo chflags -R nouchg /Volumes/{TimeMachine Volume Name}/{Target Machine's Name}.sparsebundle
  3. Attach sparsebundle then Listing Backup Volume.
    hdiutil attach -nomount -noverify -noautofsck /Volumes/{TimeMachine Volume Name}/{Target Machine's Name}.sparsebundle
  4. Repair backup volume.
    fsck_hfs -drfy /dev/disk2s2
  5. Detach backup sparsebundle.
    hdiutil detach /dev/disk2s2
  6. Fix TimeMachine state flag at /Volumes/{TimeMachine Volume Name}/{Target Machine's Name}.sparsebundle/com.apple.TimeMachine.MachineID.plist
    • Delete following lines.

RecoveryBackupDeclinedDate {Date}

  * Replace following lines.

VerificationState 2

　 to

VerificationState 0

7. That's all!
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