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#1
Environment...OSX 10.7.5, Espionage 2.8.13

Recently shutdown and one of the folders under Espionage was open.  The expectation is the folder would be properly closed.
But once back up, none of the folders under Espionage will open.  Did remove one folder from Espionage but got the same error messages.  But the folder is gone from the list in Espionage and the folder on the os side is now .xxx.sparsebundle. 
There are backups of the folders but of course the one that was open will not be current.  Are those updates now lost?

Appears the info about Espionage 2 is no longer on your website, at least I could not find.  So really cannot work this out alone.  I've got the system message/console message is that would help.

Growl displayed messages are:
Critical Alert!
Failed to mount image for 'xxxxx'
Check the log (see Espionage Help menu) for more info.

Critical Alert!
Couldn't unlock 'xxxxx' because the image failed to mount!

Sample message from the console...
10/7/13 10:46:02.826 PM System Preferences:        mountable disk appeared: /Volumes/EspionageMounts/nb/3790953693/HiPri
10/7/13 10:46:02.828 PM System Preferences:        Disk Image found and ignored: disk6s2 /Volumes/EspionageMounts/nb/3790953693/HiPri
10/7/13 11:06:00.087 PM EspionageHelper: ERROR (-[NSFileManager(TEAdditions) moveFile:toDirectory:]:43): rename resulted in: 30
10/7/13 11:06:00.088 PM EspionageHelper: ERROR (mountImageForRecordWithPassword:702): couldn't move image: /Volumes/Exp/HiPri/.HiPri.sparsebundle
10/7/13 11:06:00.088 PM EspionageHelper: INFO: Posted critical message: Failed to mount image for 'HiPri'
Check the log (see Espionage Help menu) for more info.
10/7/13 11:06:00.139 PM EspionageHelper: ERROR (unlockRecordWithPassword:1682): failed to unlock (/Volumes/Exp/HiPri): Couldn't unlock 'HiPri' because the image failed to mount!
10/7/13 11:06:00.139 PM EspionageHelper: INFO: Posted critical message: Couldn't unlock 'HiPri' because the image failed to mount!
10/7/13 11:06:00.146 PM EspionageHelper: ERROR (-[UnlockRecordTask runTask]:77): Failed to unlock: /Volumes/Exp/HiPri
10/7/13 11:06:00.148 PM EspionageHelper: ERROR (event_handler:496): handler failed to unlock: /Volumes/Exp/HiPri

These messages are occurring for all folders under Espionage when attempting to open with password or remove from Espionage.

I did find, using the Terminal app, under the /Volumes/EspionageMounts/nb/3790953693 there are two folders still there.  Is that where my last updates would reside?

thanks.
#2
Espionage 2 / Disconnected HD, now folder gone
October 13, 2011, 05:32:00 PM
I was in a hurry this morning and with the Macbook, 10.6.8, asleep, I pulled the cables for all the external HD's.  On one of the HD's were various folders being managed by Espionage 2.8.12.  The folder, Art, was probably locked but not sure.  The external HD was then reconnected to the Macbook later in the day which was still asleep.  The Art folder is not showing on the HD and will not unlock.  The system messages indicate a renaming problem which makes sense with the folder Art missing from the HD.

I don't know what to do to recovery the folder.  There are backups via Espionage of the folder but not sure of the steps since this problem has not occurred before.
#3
I'm sitting here away from the desk working over wi-fi and notice the Espionage message "backups successful".  Then I realized the folder where the backups are sent is on an external hard drive which is not connected to the laptop via USB.  This sequence has happened many times.  Suddenly I had the thought "how could the backups be successful if the destination folder for the backups is not even connected to the laptop?"

Is the backup going somewhere within the application, which resides on the laptop, and then transferred later to the external hard drive when available?  Then I could see the "backups successful" message being correct.  Otherwise, backups should not be completing and a message indicating "destination folder not available, backups aborted" should be displayed.  Or some message indicating backups could not complete.

See where I'm going with this?  What is happening with the backups when the hard drive, containing the backup destination folder, is not available?

Environment Info:
SyncServices is unlocked at login. (this results in a backup being done every 3 hrs, see below).
Preferences/Backup -- When folder locked and every 3 hrs when folder is unlocked.
All folders on the unavailable external drive(s) are locked before disconnecting.
All other folders on the internal hard drive are locked during the above described event.
#4
Espionage 2 / iPhoto - photos gone after encrypt
May 19, 2011, 01:35:30 AM
Decided to encrypt the iPhoto library but not working.

Open Espionage.
Click "+" to add by choosing application template option.
Selected Application template iPhoto.
Create new password for iPhoto.
"Encrypting folder" message appears on main panel of Espionage.
Process finishes with message indicating encryption done.  No errors.
On some attempts, there is an    "alert! Got error 24 backing up iPhoto Library.  It's recommended to re-run backups for this folder to ensure backup integrity."    as a backup is attempted right after the encryption is finished.
Open iPhoto application.  
Password successful.
Then error from iPhoto...   "There is a problem accessing one or more files in your iPhoto library.  Do you want iPhoto to repair permissions for this library for you?"
Click on Repair.
Finishes with no errors.
But there are no photos.   All gone.
Close iPhoto.
Remove iPhoto from Espionage which indicates restoring files.  Finishes with no errors.
Open iPhoto.   no errors but no photos.
Close iPhoto.
Use Finder to locate iPhoto library location.  Move iPhoto folder from Trash to proper location in Finder.
Open iPhoto.  Photos are back.


SyncServices is unlocked all the time I'm logged in.
Mail and Mail Downloads are working ok under Espionage.
Locking/Unlocking iPhoto works but there are no photos.

I've repeated this process four times with the same results.  What am I missing?

Thanks.
Nancy
Mac OS 10.6.7
#5
Espionage 2 / iDrive as Cloud backup
April 09, 2011, 03:11:49 AM
For a couple of months I've been backing up to the cloud using JungleDisk with no known problems.  JungleDisk is Whitelisted and selected the EspionageBackup folder (the location of Espionage's regular backups).  As a side note, when I look at the listing of files for Restores, EspionageMounts is listed but this folder was not selected for backups.  I'm guessing Espionage knows to include the folder since it is a hidden file, right?

Now I'm trying out another cloud backup company, iDrive.  Added iDriveforMac and iDriveDaemon to Whitelisted and selected the EspionageBackup folder.  

So far nothing has worked to get the EspionageBackup folder to be backed up by iDrive.  Not sure what I'm doing wrong.  According to the backup log info, iDrive apparently sees the EspionageBackup folder as being a part of the excluded list which is true for hidden files.  I did try removing the exclusion for hidden files but that did not help.  Other files on the same external drive will backup to iDrive.

Thanks for your time.
#6
Greg,

Upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard.  Before the upgrade, shutdown MacBook, disconnected the external drives, rebooted and TimeMachine was turned off.  Upgrade of OS X completed without problems.

On the first open of Espionage, Espionage initiated a re-run of the Installer with no errors.

A couple of issues with Espionage since the OS X upgrade.  

Initially, when trying to open a folder in Espionage, there was no password prompt and the folder displayed the message saying the folder was encrypted.  I could only unlock the folders from the main Espionage window.  Tried resetting the password on one folder but that did not change the behavior.  After a couple of reboots, the problem has disappeared.  Folders are now back to prompting for their password when the folder is being opened and in a locked state.

The second problem, which still exists, is the SyncServices autologin request for the master password after login.  Mail was added to Espionage prior to the OS X upgrade which added the SyncServices to Espionage.  Prior to the OS X upgrade, SyncServices was not requesting the master password during login.   I specifically added an application, Mail in this case, to see the effect of the OS X upgrade on the application in Espionage.  SyncServices does have the autologin box checked.

What am I missing about the SyncServices login request for the master password or a password at all?

Thanks for your time and effort supporting this forum.
#7
Espionage 2 / Is the setup correct, backups included
December 17, 2010, 09:31:38 PM
I've started using Espionage and desire to know if all is setup correct, efficient.

mac osx 10.5.8
Espionage 2.8.7

Time Machine backups to external drive A
TM backups up macbook drive and external drive B
SuperDuper clones to external drive B

general folders in Espionage encrypted and password, blocked from TM, Espionage backups to external drive B, SuperDuper blacklisted.
general folders in Espionage are all on external drive B at this time.

No sure about the SuperDuper blacklisted setting since none of the current folders under Espionage are on the macbook drive.  When I add an application to Espionage, would the SuperDuper setting need to change to whitelisted?

Are there any special steps when I upgrade to 10.6?  What if an application is under Espionage?  What happens if I need to go back to 10.5.8 later?

Thanks.