Large backup takes more than 1 hour - time machine kicks in again!
I have just watched my Time Machine backup while it's been going.
It was a large backup and took over 1 hour. However, as time machine backups up "every hour" - the original backup was still going when it then stopped, and started the new backup (as the original backup had been going for 1 hour already).
The original backup had over 1GB left - yet the new backup only backed up 14MB.
And, there is no way of telling what happened or what was or was not backed up.
Anyone got any suggestions?
Snapper
SnapperNZ wrote:
I have just watched my Time Machine backup while it's been going.
It was a large backup and took over 1 hour. However, as time machine backups up "every hour" - the original backup was still going when it then stopped,
It probably finished ok. The amount to be backed-up is an estimate, usually pretty close, but sometimes not.
and started the new backup (as the original backup had been going for 1 hour already).
The original backup had over 1GB left - yet the new backup only backed up 14MB.
And, there is no way of telling what happened or what was or was not backed up.
Yes, there are.
See #A1 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum) for a handy widget that will display the backup messages from your logs.
See #A2 there for a couple of apps that will show exactly what was backed-up each time.
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