Time machine makes a full backup every time

I had a 1tb external drive that I was using for Time Machine backups. Fine. No problem. But it got filled up.
I bought a new external drive - 1Tb. Iwas surprised that within a couple of wweeks, it was filled up.
I bought a new 2Tb drive.
Now as I observe what it's doing, it appears ot meaking a FULL BACKUP of my entire hard drive over and over again. I though it was only supposed to do incremental backups? This is nuts! At this rate my 2Tb drive will be filled up in no time. And becasue it's continually backing up many Gb of data it makes the machine run slowly. It is driviing me crazy!!! How do I stop this behaviour? Why is it making a full backup every time? I can't see any preferences to change this. Help!

Thanks but I think maybe I didn't explain the problem clearly
My understanding is that Time Machine backs up only the fiels that have changed each time it does a backup. Thi sis how it USED to work. So each hourly backup would take a few minutes, usually, and a 1TB drive lasted well over a year.
Now it seems to be making a FULL backup of the COMPLETE internal drive EVERY HOUR! So it is currently backing up 135Gb of data and my Time Machine drive is almost half full,, even though I only installed it two days ago!
When it gets to the point where it needs to start deleting old backups, I would get a new drive and start afresh, saving the old one for reference. I can't buuy a new backup drive every week!
How do I get it to behave like it used to?

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Time Machine doing a full backup every time it runs

My Time Machine seems to be doing a full backup every time it runs on the hour. The backup size is about 19GB. Shouldn't hourly and daily backups be much smaller after you run Time Machine for the first time?
I remember a while back, my hourly backups were a couple of minutes.....now they are 30 minutes.
John

Hi Steve,
http://pondini.org/TM/12.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3687285?start=0&tstart=0
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

Time machine does a full backup every time I reconnect my portable drive to my macbook pro

How do I stop time machine from doing a full backup every time I disconnect & reconnect my backup portable drive to my macbook pro. It doesn't recognize the old backups.

Hi Steve,
http://pondini.org/TM/12.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3687285?start=0&tstart=0
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

Time Machine randomly performing full backups instead of incremental

I've been using a Time Capsule since October 2009 with my 13" MBP running Snow Leopard with no issues.
A few weeks ago, I noticed Time Machine decided to do a full 160GB backup, which then filled the Time Capsule and then deleted older backups. It then kept trying to do full backups every single time, resulting in the error 'Not enough space'.
I archived the backups from the Time Capsule, disabled Time Machine and completely erased the Time Capsule.
I set up Time Machine again and it's been working for about a week, but it's doing the same thing again - trying to do another large HD sized backup of 160GB or so (the amount of data my drive has).
I have noticed in the logs the following line
*17/02/2010 13:36:16 com.apple.backupd[946] Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: HD*
Which seems to appear as Time Machine starts to do it's full backup.
Any ideas? It's getting to the point that Time Machine is becoming unusable as I can't rely on it.

Cool, I'll give that a try.
Log files are here. I did rename my machine to remove spaces and punctuation but haven't backed up since then (only a few hours ago).
Should I resume this backup or erase the TC and start again? (I've also renamed the TC network and drive)
Feb 20 00:16:14 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Starting standard backup
Feb 20 00:16:14 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Time%20Machine
Feb 20 00:16:22 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Mounted network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Time%20Machine
Feb 20 00:16:32 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Disk image /Volumes/Time Machine/Jordan’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Feb 20 00:16:32 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Feb 20 00:16:38 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.13 GB requested (including padding), 264.22 GB available
Feb 20 00:16:47 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Copied 8 files (15 KB) from volume HD.
Feb 20 00:16:47 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Starting post-backup thinning
Feb 20 00:16:48 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Marty/2010-02-18-234422: 264.22 GB now available
Feb 20 00:16:48 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Marty/2010-02-18-225109: 264.22 GB now available
Feb 20 00:16:48 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Post-back up thinning complete: 2 expired backups removed
Feb 20 00:16:48 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Backup completed successfully.
Feb 20 00:16:50 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Feb 20 00:16:51 marty com.apple.backupd[8919]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
Feb 20 00:23:42 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Starting standard backup
Feb 20 00:23:42 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Time%20Machine
Feb 20 00:23:52 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Mounted network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Time%20Machine
Feb 20 00:24:11 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Disk image /Volumes/Time Machine/Jordan’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Feb 20 00:24:11 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Feb 20 00:24:11 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Backup canceled.
Feb 20 00:24:14 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Feb 20 00:24:14 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.
Feb 20 00:25:24 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Starting standard backup
Feb 20 00:25:24 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Time%20Machine
Feb 20 00:25:25 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Mounted network destination using URL: afp://[email protected]/Time%20Machine
Feb 20 00:25:30 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Disk image /Volumes/Time Machine/Jordan’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Feb 20 00:25:32 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
Feb 20 00:34:44 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 200.38 GB requested (including padding), 264.22 GB available
Feb 20 00:35:46 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Copied 283 files (6.5 MB) from volume HD.
Feb 20 00:35:46 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Backup canceled.
Feb 20 00:35:49 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Feb 20 00:35:50 marty com.apple.backupd[9017]: Ejected Time Machine network volume.

Full Backups Every Time?

My time machine setup is doing full backups every hour! I've excluded a ton of folders I don't want, such as Fusion Virtual Machines, but it's still backing my Users folder in full every time. All 20gb...
Anybody else seen this? I saw some other posts about checking the Console for particular errors during the backup, but I don't get any errors whatsoever.
thanks in advance!

Greetings,
Time Machine will only back up what has changed, each hour, after the completion of the first full backup. If nothing has changed you'll see no change for that hour.
I use a Firewire 400 drive and my first full backup took 1 hr and 40 minutes, or right at 42 Gig an hour - I don't use USB drives any more than I have to. I always use the GUID partition scheme and Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
The subsequent backups take from a second or two to a few minutes, depending on the changes to the drives/partitions that I back up since that initial Time Machine backup.
Check your consumed space by going to each drive icon on your desktop and do a "Get Info" and note the drive space used and what's left.
I use TM on four different machines, each with their own Firewire drive and they all work as advertised.
Good Luck my friend.
Cheers,
M.

How to make a full backup of my iPad without using iTunes

I need to make a full backup of my iPad. I am using the Vudu app and have many movies downloaded to my iPad. I have performed a backup of my iPad from iTunes onto my Macbook Pro. The mobile backup files on my laptop are not nearly big enough for the 20+ movies (at lease 1/2 to1 GB each). Because of this I do not believe iTunes has made a full backup including the movies. I want to avoid having to re-download all the movies if/when the iPad drive fails. I want a complete backup such as Time Machine or using some other external hard drive or app on my MacBook Pro.
I bought a Seagate Wireless Plus 1TB Mobile Cloud Storage with Built-in WiFi Streaming (STCK1000100) external hard drive and installed the Seagate Media App. I can, via the app on the iPad, see the device and copy to and from it. But, it only allows access to music, movies in iTunes (not any movies in Vudu), and things like documents on my iPad. It does not allow access to all the files inclding system files stored on the iPad. I also tried another Seagate non wireless external drive that I connected directly to the iPad but the Seagate Media app does not communicate with or recognize the device from the iPad.
I also bought DiskAid software that supposedly will make a complete backup of an App on a mobile device and installed it on my laptop. I was able to make a complete backup of the Vudu app from the iPad onto my laptop, but in a test could not restore it to my iPad. The backup file, though, was the right size, about 26 GB. The DiskAid techs are looking into that. I was able to use DiskAid to backup another app in a test (Hertz). That app made a backup of the Hertz app onto my laptop, I deleted the app on my iPad, then I was able to restore it. But right now the restore option is not working for Vudu.
Another option would be to copy the movie files off of the iPad onto my Laptop, but the iPad does not appear in the finder window on the Laptop.
I have about decided my MacBook Pro laptop will have to be the main repository for all the downloaded movies, since I can make a Time Machine backup of everything.
It is very frustrating to not be able to make a full backup of everything on my iPad.
Anyone else have any ideas? Apple - when are you going to provide a way to make a full backup of an iPad?

I recommend Super Duper as well. I use it batch mode to automatically back up my iMAC every night at 2 am. It's saved my life a couple of times- once my disk crashed (under warranty)and what could have been a disaster (1000's of irreplaceable photos) was a 2 day inconvenience.
Now and then I boot up from my backup on my firewire drive, wipe, check and reformat my internal hard disk, copy back all my files and I'm good to go

Time Machine Does Excessive Full Backups

Time Machine used to just backup changed material on a hourly basis. It seems that recently every time I look at the progress indicator it is trying to do a full backup of my entire hard drive. Any ideas why?

Have you recently done a restore?
I have the same problem. I did a full restore, and TM did a full backup afterwards. This is a "documented feature". Then it did skims every hour. However, if I reboot, it does a full backup the first time after the reboot. It's done 5 full backups (50 GB each) in the past 5 days. I can't afford to shut down my Mac until I figure this out. I only have 170GB of free space on my Time Machine drive.
Is there any way to see how big each backup is, and delete un-needed ones?
I'd really like to figure out what causes this problem, before Time Machine starts deleting old stuff I want backed up to make room for all these wasteful new backups.

Time Machine repeatedly does full backups, including FileVault while logged in

So let me preface this - for months I'd hoped for a way that Time Machine could backup my FileVault encrypted account without logging out. Last night Snow Leopard spontaneously started doing this. I know many may think that I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth, but read further and hopefully someone can help me make sense of this.
Last night I attached my external 1TB USB hard drove to my 15" MBP (spring 2010 model) running OS X 10.6.7. It started doing a Time Machine backup automatically, as usual. Since I was logged into my account that uses FileVault (a massive home folder - 220GB) I expected a fast backup of things only outside my home folder. As i looked at the details, however, i quickly realized that it was backing up all 270GB of data on my hard drive - including my FileVault account while still logged in!
At first i thought i just got lucky - i'd been craving this feature for years and it just happened to me without even doing anything. Curious guy that i am, i logged out of my acct with my USB drive still attached to see what would happen. After FileVault cleared out space in my home folder, it did _another_ backup, that took about 10 minutes to complete. This seemed strange so i logged back in and started another backup manually. To my utter shock, it started doing the whole 270GB over again!
I even cleared out my TM drive, erased, reformatted, checked permissions, etc etc and did the same on my system drive, hoping that it was just a matter of broken permissions. No change.
So there's two things going on here and i'm pretty concerned about both:
1) Why is TM backing up my entire encrypted home folder while i'm still logged in??? Apple has clearly designed TM and FV to NOT work this way for data integrity reasons and the fact that it's happening has me freaked out a bit over the reliability of my backups.
2) Why is TM doing full backups after each time i login to my account? If i stay logged in, it appears to only do incremental (normal) backups but if i logout, then re-login and allow the hour to pass and let a backup start on its own, it starts the whole 270GB again.
I'm getting to the point of wiping the system and starting from scratch but since i presently live in a country with no Apple store and extremely poor internet access, that prospect horrifies me
any ideas?
many thanks,
-Tim

Thanks for the input Pondini -
I tried deleting the file as mentioned in #A4 and it still had the problem. Last weekend i finally got a brand new hard drive and reinstalled OSX 10.6.3 from scratch, then promptly applied the 10.6.7 combo update. I purposely chose to NOT import my old user from backup and instead set up everything again manually (royal pain, but the only way i could be sure that i wouldn't bring the problem with me). Today i whipped out my TimeMachine drive and set it up for backups. I crossed my fingers and it AGAIN started backing up all 250+GB of my system from within my FileVault protected account.
My wife's MBP is still running 10.6.4 and i'm beginning to wonder if his is an issue with 10.6.7 since i'm relatively certain i didn't experience this before that upgrade.
I've checked my wife's exclusions under Options and her home folder is NOT in that list, yet her TM is not attempting to backup everything until she logs out of her FV acct.
In response to Linc Davis, _yes_ it was backing up my info into a sparsebundle file, not just the raw unencrypted data, which is extremely strange.
If i DO add my home folder to the exclude list, will it still be backed up when i log out?
At this point, i'm thinking my next steps are:
1) try a different TM backup drive, even though i've wiped and checked my current drive numerous times
2) downgrade to an older version of Snow Leopard to see if 10.6.7 is the culprit
Any other ideas?

Will time machine do a full backup of external volume (extra storage) after new logic board?

I have a MacBook Pro running leopard, that just had the logic board replaced. I haven't picked it up yet, but I am told that my hard drive and data were not touched.
I have read Pondini's very helpfull info/site, so I know that time machine will want to start a new set of backups.
Here is my question, based on my setup: in addition to the internal HD, I have a firewire drive for additional storage of files. Time machine backs up both volumes to another, larger, FireWire drive
Now, after the new logic board, will time machine make a whole new copy of the external storage drive as well as the internal? Or just the internal?
Basically, I know time machine will think it's on a new machine, but will it treat the external storage as if it were new as well?
I would appreciate any help or advice you can give me. Thanks.

Still no answer? I do have the same trouble on my iMac G5 PPC with 10.5.8: I just replaced the MOB and Time Machine insists to create a new bkup! Attempted with "tmutil" command but doesn't work on my OS...it is really impossible to tell the machine to learn the new address? I DON'T want to believe it!
Tks for any help

Time Machine gives different full backup sizes

After this recent Time Machine update I am no longer able to back up. When Time Machine computes the backup it tells me that it is 320GB, which is larger than my backup drive, so it can't back up. However, when I go into the Time Machine preferences it computes the estimated backup size as 272.52GB. Before this Time Machine update was applied my backups were happening with no issues.

Mark Trolley wrote:
Thank you. They must have changed the amount of extra space required with this latest patch
It's been 20% since the early days of Leopard.
because it was working fine up until that point.
It may be a combination of things: the drive is clearly too small; while it varies widely depending on how you use your Mac, our general "rule of thumb" is that TM needs at least twice the space of the data it's backing-up.
If you're like most of us, the amount of data on your system has been growing.
And apparently Time Machine is doing a full backup, so it just got beyond the capacity of the disk to hold it all.
Looks like I need a larger Time Machine disk.
Yup. The good thing is, they continue to get less and less expensive.

Time Machine Repeatedly Does Full Backup

I have five volumes with about 3.7TB of data backing up to Time Machine on a four drive Drobo with 4.9TB available. I've excluded troublesome files such as the Aperture Library. I've only two internal drives, one SSD and another two SSD raid. All other drives work via USB, USB 3.0, Firewire 800 (Drobo) and a proprietary 3waresidecar raid drive. The external drives are not always present.
It takes days to do a fresh backup of 3.7TB and then things work fine for a few days and then, once again, a full backup is started.
I've not changed the computer name, done a restore, or done any service to any drives.
I would be appreciative of any suggestions as to what I must do in order to get Time Machine functioning.
Thanks...

Thanks for the input Pondini -
I tried deleting the file as mentioned in #A4 and it still had the problem. Last weekend i finally got a brand new hard drive and reinstalled OSX 10.6.3 from scratch, then promptly applied the 10.6.7 combo update. I purposely chose to NOT import my old user from backup and instead set up everything again manually (royal pain, but the only way i could be sure that i wouldn't bring the problem with me). Today i whipped out my TimeMachine drive and set it up for backups. I crossed my fingers and it AGAIN started backing up all 250+GB of my system from within my FileVault protected account.
My wife's MBP is still running 10.6.4 and i'm beginning to wonder if his is an issue with 10.6.7 since i'm relatively certain i didn't experience this before that upgrade.
I've checked my wife's exclusions under Options and her home folder is NOT in that list, yet her TM is not attempting to backup everything until she logs out of her FV acct.
In response to Linc Davis, _yes_ it was backing up my info into a sparsebundle file, not just the raw unencrypted data, which is extremely strange.
If i DO add my home folder to the exclude list, will it still be backed up when i log out?
At this point, i'm thinking my next steps are:
1) try a different TM backup drive, even though i've wiped and checked my current drive numerous times
2) downgrade to an older version of Snow Leopard to see if 10.6.7 is the culprit
Any other ideas?

Time machine makes new complete backup sometimes

Anyone knows why Time Machine sometimes makes a complete backup (even if no files have changed)? I'm backing up to a Time Capsule via wifi.

See:
See User Tips for Time Machine for help with TM problems. Also you can select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "time machine" to locate articles on how to use TM. See also Mac 101- Time Machine.

Time Machine Freezes during full backup

I just got a new MacBook Pro. I am trying to create an initial Time Machine full backup.
The process freezes after processing 6.39GB out of 462.76GB. Further, Time Machine
also globally freezes after the following steps:
Reboot
Try full backup
-- it freezes
Stop backup
-- backup stops
Try to start backup again
TimeMachine is now completely frozen. Further, all the top-right menus seem frozen.
Try to restart machine
Machine cannot completely shutdown -- it stays in a zombie state trying to shutdown forever
Force shutdown (pressing power button continously until the machine shuts down).
I've tried this process about 10 times.
Same behavior using 4 different types of backup disks.
(network attached via afs, direct usb, direct fire-wire).
Here's the console output is below.
The "freezing" seems to coincide with the output of:
"kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)"
Does anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this problem?
Thanks!
Luis.
====== Console output======
10/23/12 12:14:48.677 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
10/23/12 12:14:48.700 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Ownership is disabled on the backup destination volume. Enabling.
10/23/12 12:14:49.283 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Forcing deep traversal on source: "Macintosh HD" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 6C558E68-8F4B-337F-8BB6-6721988887F1 eventDBUUID: 54A53EDD-B4AA-4C26-830B-37AE17F0CA69)
10/23/12 12:14:53.278 AM coreservicesd[24]: Received request to reset fmod watch. Latest received id is 14820719323154. Latest sent id is 14820719323154
10/23/12 12:14:53.463 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Backup content size: 440.85 GB excluded items size: 20.16 GB for volume Macintosh HD
10/23/12 12:14:53.464 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Found 1095112 files (420.69 GB) needing backup
10/23/12 12:14:53.465 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: 504.83 GB required (including padding), 7.41 TB available
10/23/12 12:14:53.471 AM com.apple.backupd[1052]: Waiting for index to be ready (100)
10/23/12 12:15:31.916 AM mdworker[1136]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:15:31.977 AM sandboxd[1137]: ([1136]) mdworker(1136) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:15:32.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1137) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
10/23/12 12:16:01.962 AM mdworker[1142]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:16:02.019 AM sandboxd[1143]: ([1142]) mdworker(1142) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:16:02.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1143) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
10/23/12 12:17:03.350 AM mdworker[1153]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:17:03.355 AM mdworker[1154]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:17:03.433 AM sandboxd[1155]: ([1153]) mdworker(1153) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:17:03.441 AM sandboxd[1155]: ([1154]) mdworker(1154) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:17:03.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1155) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:17.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (512)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (463)
10/23/12 12:18:18.000 AM kernel[0]: AppleVTD: waiting space (128)
10/23/12 12:19:04.717 AM mdworker[1168]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:19:04.721 AM mdworker[1167]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
10/23/12 12:19:04.782 AM sandboxd[1169]: ([1168]) mdworker(1168) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:19:04.788 AM sandboxd[1169]: ([1167]) mdworker(1167) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
10/23/12 12:19:04.000 AM kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(1169) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
=====

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
*Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

Time machine keeps performing full backup to my new time capsule

After years of perfect time machine function to a local usb drive, I bought a time capsule and reconfigured time machine to backup there for my wife's macbook air and my macbook pro.
The macbook air time machine is running perfectly. However after a week or so the time machine on my macbook pro has repeatedly performed a full backup and lost all the backup history. I clearly cannot keep on like this and find it very worrying that this piece of technology, even if it loses connection for some reason, is not robust enough to recover the incremental backup?
Is this a weakness of time machine design? or is there something obvious I need to check?

try if this user tip helps.

Time Machine does a full backup after a full restore

Hi,
To test Time Machine (as you should always do with any backup system) I decided to do a full restore of one of my Macs. This went fine (after figuring out how to mount my remote backup disk).
However I noticed that when the restored machine did its first scheduled Time Machine backup after being restored it did what pretty much amounted to a full backup (taking ages).
I believe Time Machine should be clever enough to know that the restored files are the same as the backed up ones, and there is no need to copy new versions.
Cheers, Ed.

Indeed not unexpected, however it would be easy to fix this in the future by linking the restore into the existing baseline (given that it is a direct copy of it) as it writes the files.
It is worth mentioning because if you have a smallish backup disk (I don't) then writing the second baseline may flush out a number of your older weekly backups that you would rather have retained. It will also eventually mean that you will always have those two baselines and therefore restrict the number of valid backups that you can keep.
Cheers, Ed.

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