Time Machine Speed ?

Apologies for starting yet another Time Machine/Time Capsule thread/post.
I am wondering if there is any way of increasing the speed of Time Machine, using Time Capsule.
When I enter Time Machine it seems ok, kinda takes a mo to getting everything into gear, but when I select a date, or use the arrows it kinda locks up and then takes ages to navigate etc... I'm not sure if it's a connection problem, or just the software - wondered if anyone else had the same problem and fixed it ?

I have previously re-installed the Time Capsule, Erased the contents, using Airport Utility then done a Factory Reset (Holding down the reset button) I then got everything going as before, initial back up, Internet settings etc. so that I was at the stage of the Time Capsule being fresh in terms of usage.
I then connected via Ethernet, but not using the WAN port, because my internet connection is in there.
- I then entered Time Machine... but I still get this disappointing lag once I enter Time Machine, I can sometimes hear the hard drive in the TC writing/or performing (basically making a noise) So I presume it's going to work, as in, gets itself into gear but it seems to be a lazy TC - I have to wait a considerable amount of time, (if not forever) between backup points (when in Time Machine)
I thought I would ask for any advice, on using the TC both as a hard drive and internet router, and also if I am using the WAN incorrectly or anything else anyone may know to advise.
Thanks in advance.

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Time Machine Speed after Bootcamp

I'm sure this topic has been discussed before but none of them tend to have the solution that works for me so I'm gonna see what I can get on my own.
Hi!
So recently I have been backing up my Mid 2010 Macbook Pro to a 500 GB SeaGate external HDD for Time Machine purposes due to recent data loss. I've been doing this since about July-August and it's been going smoothly. Recently as well I have decided to put a Windows 7 Ultimate Edition on my MacBook as-well so I could run some necessary applications. Sometimes I tend to slack on my backups as my Time Machine is stationed on my desk which I rarely use since I am on the go almost 24/7.
It had been about 19 days a few days ago since my last backup and I decided time to backup so I put my computer at my desk while I was working in Microsoft Word for about an hour and a half and I decided to check on the backup status, and it was at about 200 KBs after almost 2 hours. I was shocked by this considering my backups usually are 30-40 gigs + as data comes and goes off my computer and normally it takes just about an hour to fully back it up. Well I decided maybe my computer might need a restart so I did so and got side-tracked.
It has now been 21 days and I decided OKAY time for a backup immediatley. I had restart my computer and plugged in my Time Machine and left it for about 45 minutes. I came back just now, and it is currently at 219.7 MB / 214.36 GB (which is strangely large) which is a signifigant increase in data transfer than last time. I was wondering if since I have installed *Bootcamp with Windows on my computer that it will backup data from there as-well and if it will take up more time to do this than before.
I wish it would go faster as I can't ALWAYS be stationed at my desk. I may leave my computer running overnight and let it backup as much as it can before I have to use it agian. I was wondering if the Apple Communtiy could help me out. I have specs for my computer and my Time Machine. Thanks guys.
- Brandon S.
Time Machine Specs:
Seagate FreeAgent Desk w/ 500 GB of Storage and USB 2.0
238 GB of 499 GB avalible, encrypted
Oldest backup: August 23, 2012
*My exclude list is:
BOOTCAMP - 30.58 GB
Time Machine 261.37 GB
Macintosh Specs:
15-inch Mid 2010
MacBook Pro
2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
8GB DDR3 RAM (2 - 4 GB Sticks)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 MB
OS X. 10.8.2
Macintosh HD - 176.4 GB Free of 399 GB
BOOTCAMP - 70.18 GB Free out of 100.76

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Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left.
Enter the word "Starting" (without the quotes) in the String Matching text field. You should now see log messages with the words "Starting * backup," where * represents any of the words "automatic," "manual," or "standard." Note the timestamp of the last such message. Clear the text field and scroll back in the log to that time. Post the messages timestamped from then until the end of the backup, or the end of the log if that's not clear.
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Time Machine remains very slow despite October 5th update - Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63)

I just updated my BMP with OS X Lion update (10.7.5). The update says that it fixes the Time Machine speed (very very slow). Well, despite this patch I still have 18.6 MB backuped in 5 minutes, among 4.16 GB... Still have to wait for.
Who is facing the same issue ?
Regards,
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Finally, the backup accelerated and came back to a more usual speed.

Does backing up my hard drive to time machine gain me more space/speed on my iMac?

I have an iMac. here are the specs:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:    iMac
Model Identifier:    iMac8,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:    6 MB
Memory:    4 GB
Bus Speed:    1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:    IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system):    1.30f1
Serial Number (system):    QP921090ZE4
Hardware UUID:    20AE2D9A-DB71-54DF-95F7-DAEFEE167723
I have a TON of art/photos on this computer. I'm wondering if backing my hard drive up with time machine gains me more space and processing speed-or if it only slows my computer down? is it better to house my files on a seperate drive from the drive i am using for backing up with time machine?

Just to add a little, Time Machine is not a storage drive. Backups on there are not in a form you can use as you would from your normal internal. If you delete your pics etc. after backup, they won't be backed up on subsequent runs, and will eventually be lost when the TM drive gets near full and starts deleting the oldest backups. Have a read of Pondini's TM articles; http://pondini.org/TM/Home.html
To do what you want, you need another drive to which you can simply copy your pics etc and open from there while booted to your internal. (this is a basic storage drive)
The storage drive can then also be backed up to TM (provided the TM disc is big enough).

Time Machine backup to Drobo seems slow. What is normal write speed?

I just got a Drobo with Firewire 800. I'm using it exclusively for Time Machine backups. The write speed to the Drobo appears to be about 3 to 4 mb/s. Is that normal? Anyone getting the same or similar speed? I used to backup to a LaCie drive (which, of course, died) and it was way faster.
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Chr!x wrote:
* iMac hard drive size occuped : 160 Go (658.000 files)
* Backup made with CCC in 4 hours.
* First Time Machine backup still in progress (actually, 90 Go in 9hours...)
That's much too slow. Try the things in #D2 of the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum.
I don't understand with CCC is so fast comparing Time Machine initial backup. I hope incremental TM backup faster...
Some of the difference is that CCC is most likely doing a "block copy;" whatever's in each block on the internal is copied to the external; no checking, no indexing, etc. It assumes everything is in order.
Time Machine is making all the directory entries, hard links, etc., file by file, and indexing each file. Overall, it shouldn't take much longer than CCC (I use both), so one or more of the things in #D2 should greatly reduce the TM backup time.

How Can I Speed Up My MacBook When Time Machine is running on Time Capsule

My Macbook starts to run really slow and I consistenly get the color wheel when trying to do other tasks when Time Machine is running in the background. I am connected to Time Machine on a Time Capsule. Given this runs every hour its really annoying.

Plus to pondini..
If possible you can use ethernet.. that speeds things up greatly.
If you are close to the TC make sure it is connecting via the 5ghz wireless.. Check the actual wireless link speed. And transfer rates.. if rates are too slow.. then look at relocating the wireless or putting in some sort of wireless extender.
I guess the other question is what is slow.. the disk on the computer, internet, just overall feel of the computer.. perhaps give a specific.. what is slow.

Internet speeds and time machine

I have recently connected an external hard drive and I am using it as a time machine. However, when I do not use the hard drive and unplug it, my internet connection speed crawls to next to nothing - download speed is less than 1Mpbs, if the hard drive is fired up, then the download speed increases to the normwl rate of 25 to 30 Mbps which is what it was achieving before I connected the external hard drive. So I can only get normal internet connection when the hard drive is running.
Anyone know how I can get my old speeds without the external hard drive running?
Thanks

Hi, testing in recovery mode now. Results with hard drive:
esults of last test 18.05.2014 12:44
IP (hostname):
92.21.101.227 (host-92-21-101-227.as13285.net)
Date and time:
18.05.2014 12:44
Download speed:
21 060,05 kbit/s (2 632,51 kB/s)
Upload speed:
1 704,00 kbit/s (213,00 kB/s)
Ping:
20ms21.6ms24ms
Stability:
87.0 %
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Results with hard drive switched off:
Results of last test 18.05.2014 12:48
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92.21.101.227 (host-92-21-101-227.as13285.net)
Date and time:
18.05.2014 12:48
Download speed:
3 765,86 kbit/s (470,73 kB/s)
Upload speed:
1 708,18 kbit/s (213,52 kB/s)
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I am running my first time machine backup onto a Western Digital MyBook Live. It is taking forever. Is there antivirus software running in the background or any other settings I need to change to speed it up? Also I am on a wireless network.

I am running my first time machine backup onto a Western Digital MyBook Live. It is taking forever. Is there antivirus software running in the background or any other settings I need to change to speed it up? Also I am on a wireless network.

The initial Time Machine backup can certainly take a long time over wireless. Days, possibly. It's impossible for anyone here to be able to predict how long it will take, and wireless environmental conditions can change at any time.
Is there antivirus software running in the background
Only you can determine that. If you're using third party AV software, anything is possible.
NAS devices may not be compatible with Time Machine, regardless of what their manufacturers may claim. Even after the Time Machine backup completes, your backup may be unreliable. You may not discover that until you need to rely upon the backup for some reason, and corruption can occur months or years from now.
Time Machine supports the following backup configurations:
A locally mounted volume
Time Capsule
A volume resident on a USB hard disk connected directly to a Time Capsule or current production AirPort Extreme Base Station.
That's it. Any configuration other than the above list places you in an experimental category. If your backup fails, you're on your own.

Mavericks speed up time machine first backup.

to speed up time machine,(this worked for me.) just turn of firewall and turn off wifi and ry not to use anything. simple!

Oops! Just discovered that Time Machine was backing up the other half of the partitioned disk. I will add that to the list of things not to back up. PFL

How to speed up my system- reboot from time machine or increase free space?

I've just upgraded my system to 3GB ram and some actions are being quite sluggish still- this I would suspect is because I have only 3GB free on my 120GB hard drive.
Would rebooting the system from a time machine backup speed up the computer- in that all the files should be continuous or should I just aim to make more space on the hard drive?

Ouch! You need to delete files - it's not a fragmentation issue, but a lack of available space for virtual memory and swap files. You should always have 10-15% of your capacity free (so, for you, that means keeping 11-16 GB free space on your drive).
At this point, I'd recommend deleting files to free up space, then running Disk Utility > Verify Disk (and if errors are found, boot from the Install DVD and Repair Disk).
To find your largest files, use something like Disk Inventory X:
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Time Machine Router Speed

I use an Apple Time Machine for my wireless router. It is plugged into a Comcast modem. For many months my output speed to my office has been around 60MPS but lately the speed dropped to around 20MPS. A check with Comcast shows no problem with their cable. If I unplug the time machine and then plug it back in the speed goes back up to 60MPS. Is the Time machine beginning to fail? Is the new edition of the Airport Express a better option for the wireless router?

Your TC is not that old.
Gen4 could be just on 3years if you bought it when they first were released.. or only 1year old. The wireless should not change (degenerate) in that time. But remember wireless is voodoo technology.. and your next door neighbour could have purchased a new high power router that totally swamps your TC.
Do actual wireless survey around your house. The wireless diagnostics are built into the OS for Mountain Lion and Mavericks.
About Wireless Diagnostics
You can also download suitable apps for ipad etc. Open the utility and start from the room where the TC is located to get a base level.. then walk around where you are having issues and check the signal and noise levels.. particularly look for neighbours swamping your signal.
If you are expecting connections through a floor beneath the TC, that is the worst possible location. And buying a new TC will probably not help. The TC is designed with a flat metal plate under the rubber mat.. there is zero wireless therefore immediately below the TC. And getting signal through floors at acute angles can involve a lot of material. If it is the other way around and you are above the TC, then it is much better.. but range on 5ghz is still poor.. it will make very little difference unless you buy new AC wireless products.

First Backup on Time Machine - CPU temperature and fan speed

I attached my external WD drive and started Time Machine. Works just fine however I watched the cpu and temp and fan speed as reported by iStat.
During the hour long "first backup" I reached an incredible 160 degrees cpu temp and 6000 rpm fan speed. Cpu was 70 percent or so. When this temp was reached it looked like some limiter took over to reduce cpu consumption and temp. CPU dropped to 30 percent and the temp came down. Fan rpms reduced as temp did.
I don't know if iStat reports the feeds on a MacBook Air properly or not but if so......interesting.

160F is not very high - 160C would be a different matter.
Under sustained 100% load, my Macbook CPU is at about 190F, with the fan at about 6200 rpm, in a room at about 68F.

What is your wired ethernet connection speed during Time Machine backup

I am curious as to what transfer speeds everyone is getting with a wired ethernet connection. The problem I have is I am trying to use Time Capsule as my Time Machine storage. However, even with a Cat6 cable my average transfer rate is between 250 and 300kb/s. Once in a while that rate rockets up to 16mb/s but that burst only lasts a few seconds. At this rate I am backing up about 1GB an hour. This is going to take me 7 days just to do my initial backup which is nuts. Something has to be wrong with this thing. It just can't seem to sustain a decent transfer speed.

When connected by ethernet to my iMac, I checked the transfer speed to the TC several times by moving a 1GB file and it only took a little over a minute. The 1 GB per minute speed also was consistent with the time it took to backup of my iMac harddrive to the TC over ethernet. Don't know how to explain this difference from those experiencing much slower transfer rates. Could it be that when you are connected by ethernet your airport connection is still active and the transfer of data is taking place over the wireless connection instead?? Moving data between the TC and a connected USB drive, however, is very slow for me.

Time Machine Server backup speed

Has anyone used time machine on OS X 10.5.8 Server to backup 50+ client machines at one time?
We have a project where we will be binding 50 Macs to AD and migrating user data. We have a process for the migration and will have done extensive testing by the time the migration happens, so if I have any questions about that it will be in a different forum.
We would like to have a solid backup that is easy to restore if we run into issues. We have Retrospect backups yet the backup server is a Windows 2008 Server and sometimes even restoring small amounts of data can be troublesome. I would rather not restore a user's account using Retrospect if at all possible.
We don't want to goto each machine and use Carbon Copy Cloner if possible, yet we are looking into using CCC over the network for backups/restores.
One backup plan is to setup a Time Machine server on one of our OD masters with an external RAID.
Next we touch every machine and direct each client to the Time Machine Backup drive on the network and they all start backing up.
How long would you think it takes for 50+ machines averaging 10GB of data to backup using Time Machine on a new Gigabit LAN with CAT 5e cables and a Cisco managed switch setup?
Is there a way in ARD to send a command to set clients to choose a Time Machine Backup server?
If you were in my position and needed to backup 50+ machines in the shortest amount of time with the quickest/easiest restore process, how would you do it?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Well SAM
It actually worked. THANKS A BUNCH! I trying again as root, allthough I thought sudo did it.
I needed to first do some repairing (permissions and so on), change the host name and bind all the machines anew to server.
Anyway it finall works. The disk is available form startup prior to ANY login.
So aganin: thank you. I am sorry I can't find how to change the appraisal of your answer from 'helped' to 'solved' to give you more credit(s).
Francesco

Slow Transfer Speed Restoring from Time Machine Backup

Here's my setup - I have two external hard drives: 500 GB connected via Firewire (containing media files) and 1 TB connected via USB (used to back up 500 GB drive and 250 GB internal drive). Just the other day, my 500 GB drive started acting up, and after running Disk Utility, I was prompted to erase the drive and restore from a backup.
After wiping the drive, partitioning, and all that, I went into Time Machine to restore the files from the most recent backup, which total 312 GB. I realize that's a lot to transfer, but it's projecting ~90 hours to complete. Is that abnormally slow? Should I sit it out and wait 4 days for it to finish, or is there any way I can reconfigure the setup (e.g. daisy-chaining) to achieve a faster transfer rate?

A full restore of a drive should be roughly as fast as a full backup of the same drive, under similar circumstances. But daisy-chaining will be no faster than having each attached separately, and may well be slower (assuming both ports are operating correctly).
Try the things in #D2 of the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip,* also at the top of this forum, but alter them a bit.
That's written for slow backups, not restores. So turn off all anti-virus scanning; exclude the disk you're restoring to from Spotlight, etc.

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