Time Machine stops backing up

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I’ve done my initial backup to the MyCloud via Time Machine, and there have been several since. The last successful backup was earlier this afternoon, and the next time I opened my mac from its sleep mode, I got an error message: The backup disk image “/Volumes/TimeMachineBackup/Mac.sparsebundle” is already in use.

Does anyone know what I can do to fix this? And please note that I’m not tech savvy and need instructions that are as basic as possible.

Thanks!

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Reboot the NAS and try again. Does it clear the lock on the file?

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It’s backing up again, so it looks like the reboot did the trick! 

Do you know why the original error happens–is it just glitchy that way? I guess as long as I can periodically reboot it to correct it, that’s not such a big deal, but it’s still annoying.

At any rate, thanks so much for your quick and simple help!

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I am using TimeMachine regularly without any hitch. Some other files got mysteriously locked, like my iTunes library file, but very seldomly.