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Time Machine: Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup directory

Time Machine: Unable to complete backup. An error occurred while creating the backup directory

I recently started getting this error message in Time Machine:

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Guest [Entry]

"What is in your Console log, if you filter for ""Backupd"". Can you post the last dozen or so lines, that will give us some more information to make an educated decision on.

Please keep in mind, failure messages in Time Machine could simply be that a document was unable to be copied. Time Machine is very binary, the backup either completed 100% or failed. So an archive file from NetNewswire (*.html) page not being backed up, means that it failed..."
Guest [Entry]

"Do you repair permissions often?

If not try it: Disk Utility -> Repair Permissions."