My TC backup file list seems corrupted
I have had to exclude numerous files from my TC backups to get it working without errors. Now the backup works ok and does all of the select folders but when the next backup happens an hour later then the list of files in the previous backup changes and most of the files that were there in the Now backup are now gone. Each subsequent backup seems to corrupt the file list from the previous backup.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?
It's not quite clear what's happening.
The Today (Now) display is not a backup; it's a representation of what's currently on your system.
Why did you have to exclude a lot of files? Were they damaged? If a lot of files seem to be damaged, the problem might actually be with your backups. See the pink box in #C3 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
Or do you mean that some items on the exclusion list in Time Machine Prefs > Options are no longer there? If you delete an item listed there, it will disappear from the list.
If you mean Time Machine does back up files that are listed, the file containing the exclusions may be damaged. If so, try a "full reset" of Time Machine, per #A4 in the above link.
If none of that helps, please clarify your situation.
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