Time machine super slow on Mac Pro, had to turn of Spotlight

I ran time machine on a external drive and had no problems for years. I swithed to a larger internal hardrive and the problems began. I read about turning off Spotlight and I did and everything worked fast. But do I need to turn it off with every back up? I'm on lion, did mountain lion fix the issue?

It would probably take 12 hrs to zero (long full format, zero all) a 2TB drive, and especially any that are green, that don't have 7.2k spindle speed.
The USB interface and some external cases when used with TimeMachine "drop off" and stop communicating and act as if they are no longer present. So interface like USB plus variable rpm and the fact that green drives will park the head and 'sleep' regularly, causes trouble.
Disk Utility : Help menu. Tells you how to use Erase or Secure Erase.
Use to be there was format or initialize. Now it is all just erase and erase options.
And even then zero all does not always find or map out a weak sector.
Internal would be native SATA interface and avoid the 'other' interface and the external drive bridge (has to have a bridge to talk to SATA over USB or FW interfaces).

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System-wide freeze when Time Machine begins back up - Mac Pro 10.7.5

I have recently upgraded my MacPro Intel Early 2008 to Lion 10.7.5 on an external drive. Overall this nice fresh install has been working very well. The problem is that every 2 hours Time Machine starts its automatic back up and then ...
A) Music playing on Spotify stops
B) Curser freezes
C) Application switching freezes
D) Current app stops working
This freeze typically lasts about 15 to 30 seconds, or until the small incremental back up is finished.
I have verified the cause using the Console and reading the activity. I read the log 4 times yesterday (it has been doing this since I upgraded a week ago) to confirm this activity. Usually the log reports the begin and finish of the backup with no activity in between, but in the freeze I just had there was activity in the middle relating to Spotify. That most recent log is shown below. For the record, nearly all of the log activity is something to do with Spotify unless I am doing some other system level process.
I have studied other threads, but the symptoms don't really match those, or I don't have the same suspect apps installed. I have run Disk Utility and Disk Warrior on the Time Machine internal drive, and it appears ok. In energy settings the hard drive disks are NOT set to sleep when possible, but the computer will sleep after an hour of inactivity.
My Time Machine is getting large and using some 90% of the disc. I think I need to redo it because the old (10.5.8 & 10.6) and new system (10.7) inadvertantly wrote to the same TM backup. Thoughts on that?
Here is the last freeze (I truncated the IP addresses) ... and thanks, I appreciate your help. L
7/12/13 10:54:14.857 AM [0x0-0x1c01c].com.spotify.client: 14:54 I [audio_streamer.cpp:538
] 64k-Latency: 2 ms. Play latency: 484 ms (ap)
7/12/13 10:58:35.743 AM com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup
7/12/13 10:58:35.771 AM com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/Mac Pro Time Machine/Backups.backupdb
7/12/13 10:58:44.850 AM com.apple.backupd: 6.00 GB required (including padding), 99.59 GB available
7/12/13 10:59:02.068 AM [0x0-0x1c01c].com.spotify.client: 14:59 E [watchdog.cpp:171
] Deadlock detected (Thread: gui)
7/12/13 10:59:07.386 AM [0x0-0x1c01c].com.spotify.client: 14:59 E [watchdog.cpp:191
] The deadlock was a lie! (gui, 10533)
7/12/13 10:59:09.749 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 64.55:9907 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:11.619 AM [0x0-0x1c01c].com.spotify.client: 14:59 E [watchdog.cpp:171
] Deadlock detected (Thread: gui)
7/12/13 10:59:12.739 AM [0x0-0x1c01c].com.spotify.client: 14:59 E [watchdog.cpp:191
] The deadlock was a lie! (gui, 5120)
7/12/13 10:59:16.753 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 184.17:65289 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:16.764 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 74.40.0:50925 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:16.765 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 68.41:58285 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:16.766 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 216.23.:1526 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:16.807 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 108.2:59770 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:16.959 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 64.203:62864 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:16.967 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 12.1747:3148 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:16.986 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 76.97.:52319 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:16.997 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 70.114:60921 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:17.020 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 66.214:62861 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 10:59:46.808 AM [0x0-0x1c01c].com.spotify.client: 14:59 I [audio_streamer.cpp:538
] 64k-Latency: 2 ms. Play latency: 31 ms (ap)
7/12/13 11:00:03.592 AM [0x0-0x13013].com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX.helper: DFX: Finder query returned error -1701
7/12/13 11:00:12.784 AM Firewall: Allow Spotify connecting from 76.14.156.134:55682 to port 64429 proto=6
7/12/13 11:00:32.831 AM [0x0-0x3a03a].org.mozilla.firefox: NOTE: child process received `Goodbye', closing down
7/12/13 11:00:58.261 AM com.apple.backupd: Copied 2527 files (130.0 MB) from volume OSX Upgrades HD.
7/12/13 11:00:58.779 AM com.apple.backupd: 5.85 GB required (including padding), 99.46 GB available
7/12/13 11:01:04.028 AM com.apple.backupd: Copied 1265 files (2.3 MB) from volume OSX Upgrades HD.
7/12/13 11:01:05.428 AM mds: (Error) Volume: Could not find requested backup type:2 for volume
7/12/13 11:01:05.429 AM com.apple.backupd: Starting post-backup thinning
7/12/13 11:01:05.429 AM com.apple.backupd: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
7/12/13 11:01:05.771 AM com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.

Hi Hatter - thanks for the info, interesting. When making these upgrades, which I resisted for as long as possible, I needed to make it as quick and painless, with "minimal" disruption in my work. It still took three weeks to plan and execute, plus it has been a week of fiddling - that is a lot of time to devote to computer maintenance. I kept the original system as a back-up in case things really went south. Also I need 10.5 because I have several active legacy client web sites in GoLive CS2, which I tried in 10.6, but it did not run well.
I agree that doing things off the internal drives is faster to operate, but my approach was prudent. Later I can swap those around. My external 10.7 drive is a WD My Passport Studio, and has had no problems (except the sucker runs pretty hot). I considered the SSD but the price is still high: NewEgg, internal 500GB regular drive today is $60 - 75, 500GB SSD is $340-370. That is a pretty big difference in a small business. I am maxed out on RAM, so that helps a lot.
One last thing though, for the Adobe Creative Suite the scratch discs are the internal drives, so it still runs fast in that sense. Fast is relative ya know, I remember programs taking 40 and 50 seconds to launch, now Photoshop is 19, barely time to drink some coffee.
I have bought a number of UPS over the years, including replacement batteries. It has been expensive frustration, because in a real emergency they seldom do what they promise. In Colorado there are big thunderstorms every summer, and I field tested them a number of times - but was never happy with the protection. Dollar for dollar, investing in a whole house (or whole office) surge arrester at the main utility panel offers protection for the equipment, with about the same amount of time to save your work (which in reality is about 1 second).
I had a ton of connection issues with Spotify working in 10.5, but I am happy to say those have completely gone away with this upgrade. I also like many of the refinements in Lion, such as the improved System Profiler.
Linc, I will will take a look at your suggestion, it is a little vaque. Am I looking for a perticular result ? I don't want to operate for too long with the firewall off.
I think my first step is getting the Time Machine figured out, that could be the whole issue.
Thanks guys for the input -- it is appreciated. L

Mavericks is Super Slow on Mac Pro...HELP!

Hi All, I just upgraded my Mac Pro to Mavericks and it's really slow. I've tried cleaning out a lot of the old applications etc but it's still having issues. Here are the EtreCheck results for normal and Safe Boot...Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated!!!
Normal Boot:
Hardware Information:
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Mac Pro - model: MacPro4,1
2 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPUs: 8 cores
6 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 1:2:40
Disk Information:
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
ST31000528AS disk1 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
MacPro HD2_010814 (disk1s2) /: 999.35 GB (569.37 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
ST31000528AS disk3 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Sessions (disk3s2) /Volumes/Sessions: 999.86 GB (98.51 GB free)
ST31000528AS disk2 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Sample Library (disk2s2) /Volumes/Sample Library: 999.86 GB (295.38 GB free)
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 disk0 : (2 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Time Machine 2TB (disk0s2) /Volumes/Time Machine 2TB: 2 TB (87.55 GB free)
USB Information:
M-Audio Axiom Pro 61
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Macally Macally iKey
iLok iLok
Macally Macally iKey
FireWire Information:
Universal_Audio UAD2_Audio_Apollo_Quad 800mbit - 800mbit max
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse (4.1.3 - SDK 10.7)
com.digidesign.iokit.DigiDal (10.3.7f41 - SDK 10.6)
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard (5.9.1 - SDK 10.6)
Startup Items:
DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.avid.bsd.DigiShoeTool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.avid.bsd.ShoeTool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist 3rd-Party support link
[failed] com.digidesign.elevenrack.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[failed] [email protected] 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
_CodeSignature
GobblerHelper
GrowlHelperApp
SnapperExpiryReminder
SteerMouse Manager
Dropbox
NIHardwareAgent
HPEventHandler
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126   - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 3rd-Party support link
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
iLokClientHelper: Version: 3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50401.0 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
Microsoft Language Register: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
MemServerUI: Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Kontakt 5/kxm/MemServerUI.app
Solver: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
/Library/Application Support/PACE Anti-Piracy
iLok Client Helper: Version: 3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
InterLok Helper: Version: 5.9.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
MemServerUI: Version: 1.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Kontakt 4/kxm/MemServerUI.app
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Document Connection: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Arturia
The Laboratory MIDI Control Center: Version: 1.0.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
CS-80V2: Version: 2.5.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Mini V: Version: 2.5.4 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Modular V: Version: 2.6.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Oberheim SEM V: Version: 1.1.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Prophet-V2: Version: 2.5.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
ARP2600 V2: Version: 2.5.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Wurlitzer V: Version: 1.0.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Jupiter-8V2: Version: 2.5.3 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Open XML for Excel: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Setup Assistant: Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Graph: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Reminders: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Upload Center: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Clip Gallery: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
ProToolsRegistration: Version: 2.03 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Avid/Pro Tools/ProToolsRegistration.app
AmpliTube 3: Version: 3.10 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Spotify: Version: 0.8.5.1333.g822e0de8 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SuperDuper!: Version: 2.7.1 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Authorization Manager: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft AutoUpdate: Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting: Version: 2.2.8 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts: Version: 1.1.3 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Uninstall Pro Tools: Version: 10.3.7.296 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Avid/Pro Tools/Pro Tools Utilities/Uninstall Pro Tools.app
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Sample Library: Disk size: 931.19 GB Disk used: 656.10 GB
Sessions: Disk size: 931.19 GB Disk used: 839.44 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine 2TB [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 2
Total number of backups: 46
Oldest backup: 2013-04-15 17:21:46 +0000
Last backup: 2014-01-13 17:32:44 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 2 < (Disk used 1 X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
    18% Finder
    10% FontCacheTool
    4% WindowServer
    2% fontd
    1% EtreCheck
Top Processes by Memory:
213 MB Finder
178 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
160 MB Dropbox
135 MB WindowServer
133 MB Activity Monitor
Virtual Memory Information:
1.35 GB Free RAM
2.63 GB Active RAM
1.27 GB Inactive RAM
758 MB Wired RAM
1.46 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Safe Boot:
Safe Mode
Hardware Information:
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Mac Pro - model: MacPro4,1
2 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPUs: 8 cores
6 GB RAM
Video Information:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 - VRAM: 512 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:6:22
Disk Information:
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
ST31000528AS disk2 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
MacPro HD2_010814 (disk2s2) /: 999.35 GB (569.78 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk2s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Sessions (disk0s2) /Volumes/Sessions: 999.86 GB (98.51 GB free)
ST31000528AS disk1 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Sample Library (disk1s2) /Volumes/Sample Library: 999.86 GB (295.38 GB free)
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 disk3 : (2 TB)
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Time Machine 2TB (disk3s2) /Volumes/Time Machine 2TB: 2 TB (87.55 GB free)
USB Information:
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
M-Audio Axiom Pro 61
Macally Macally iKey
iLok iLok
Macally Macally iKey
FireWire Information:
Universal_Audio UAD2_Audio_Apollo_Quad 800mbit - 800mbit max
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse (4.1.3 - SDK 10.7)
Startup Items:
DigidesignLoader: Path: /Library/StartupItems/DigidesignLoader
HP Trap Monitor: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP Trap Monitor
PACESupport: Path: /Library/StartupItems/PACESupport
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[not loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.avid.bsd.DigiShoeTool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.avid.bsd.ShoeTool.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.digidesign.elevenrack.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.paceap.eden.licensed.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] PACESupport.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
[not loaded] [email protected] 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
[not loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
_CodeSignature
GobblerHelper
GrowlHelperApp
SnapperExpiryReminder
SteerMouse Manager
Dropbox
NIHardwareAgent
HPEventHandler
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126   - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.8.0 - SDK 10.9 Outdated! Update
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 3rd-Party support link
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.6 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
iLokClientHelper: Version: 3.6 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.50401.0 3rd-Party support link
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
None
Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Sample Library: Disk size: 931.19 GB Disk used: 656.10 GB
Sessions: Disk size: 931.19 GB Disk used: 839.44 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine 2TB [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 2
Total number of backups: 46
Oldest backup: 2013-04-15 17:21:46 +0000
Last backup: 2014-01-13 17:32:44 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 2 < (Disk used 1 X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
    16% WindowServer
    4% mds
    2% Messages
    1% Finder
    1% EtreCheck
Top Processes by Memory:
172 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
160 MB com.apple.quicklook.satellite
129 MB Messages
104 MB Finder
104 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Information:
2.98 GB Free RAM
2.08 GB Active RAM
364 MB Inactive RAM
581 MB Wired RAM
194 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

things are hanging frequently
When you next have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.
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☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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from the menu bar.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above. Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first. Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
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Time Machine Super Slow

I have a MacBook with Lion and I just bought a new Seagate External for Mac to replace my dead external. I use Time Machine to backup, but it is going insanely slow. Like 10 GB in 8 hours. What's the issue?

Actually, there is more you can do. I found out yesterday that my Lion installation on my MacBook2,1, which will not run ML, was not right. It SHOULD have been a good install as it used the 10.7.5 Combo updater, but there was some kind of problem.
I downloaded and reinstalled 10.7.5 from the full up installer app and the problem vanished. I also have a Lion VM running in Parallels 8 on a ML machine that had the same issue. Reinstalling the OS in the VM also "fixed" it.
It would appear that there was some residual data or code that the Combo didn't fix, but the full up installer did fix.
Downloading a new Lion installer from the app store MAY not work but you can try it. It doesn't download on the MacBook but I can download it but not install it based on my Mac App Store purchase on my iMac.
A simpler way to get the 10.7.5 installer is to boot your Recovery Partition and select Install Mac OS X. This will download the whole 4+ GB installer, which can take considerable time depending on the speed of your internet connection) and run it. It will leave all your apps, user data and settings alone. When it is done, maybe 2 hours later, try TM again.

I have a mid2009 MacBook Pro for which I have been using a USB WD HD for Time Machine. I'd like to get a wireless HD and start a new Time Machine backup for this Mac and retire the 5 year old WD drive. Can I start over?

I have a mid2009 MacBook Pro running Mavericks for which I have been using a USB WD HD for Time Machine. I'd like to get a wireless HD and start a new Time Machine backup for this Mac and retire the 5 year old WD drive. Can I start over?

no archive/ backup is perfect, HD clones can be set to make incremental additions, same as time machine however, though they are more time involved in doing so.
See the + and - of all data backup/ archives below and "spread it around".... or the "dont put your eggs all in one basket" philosophy.
Peace
Data Storage Platforms; their Drawbacks & Advantages
#1. Time Machine / Time Capsule
Drawbacks:
1. Time Machine is not bootable, if your internal drive fails, you cannot access files or boot from TM directly from the dead computer.
2. Time machine is controlled by complex software, and while you can delve into the TM backup database for specific file(s) extraction, this is not ideal or desirable.
3. Time machine can and does have the potential for many error codes in which data corruption can occur and your important backup files may not be saved correctly, at all, or even damaged. This extra link of failure in placing software between your data and its recovery is a point of risk and failure. A HD clone is not subject to these errors.
4. Time machine mirrors your internal HD, in which cases of data corruption, this corruption can immediately spread to the backup as the two are linked. TM is perpetually connected (or often) to your computer, and corruption spread to corruption, without isolation, which TM lacks (usually), migrating errors or corruption is either automatic or extremely easy to unwittingly do.
5. Time Machine does not keep endless copies of changed or deleted data, and you are often not notified when it deletes them; likewise you may accidently delete files off your computer and this accident is mirrored on TM.
6. Restoring from TM is quite time intensive.
7. TM is a backup and not a data archive, and therefore by definition a low-level security of vital/important data.
8. TM working premise is a “black box” backup of OS, APPS, settings, and vital data that nearly 100% of users never verify until an emergency hits or their computers internal SSD or HD that is corrupt or dead and this is an extremely bad working premise on vital data.
9. Given that data created and stored is growing exponentially, the fact that TM operates as a “store-it-all” backup nexus makes TM inherently incapable to easily backup massive amounts of data, nor is doing so a good idea.
10. TM working premise is a backup of a users system and active working data, and NOT massive amounts of static data, yet most users never take this into consideration, making TM a high-risk locus of data “bloat”.
11. In the case of Time Capsule, wifi data storage is a less than ideal premise given possible wireless data corruption.
12. TM like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
13. *Level-1 security of your vital data.
Advantages:
1. TM is very easy to use either in automatic mode or in 1-click backups.
2. TM is a perfect novice level simplex backup single-layer security save against internal HD failure or corruption.
3. TM can easily provide a seamless no-gap policy of active data that is often not easily capable in HD clones or HD archives (only if the user is lazy is making data saves).
#2. HD archives
Drawbacks:
1. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
2. Unless the user ritually copies working active data to HD external archives, then there is a time-gap of potential missing data; as such users must be proactive in archiving data that is being worked on or recently saved or created.
Advantages:
1. Fills the gap left in a week or 2-week-old HD clone, as an example.
2. Simplex no-software data storage that is isolated and autonomous from the computer (in most cases).
3. HD archives are the best idealized storage source for storing huge and multi-terabytes of data.
4. Best-idealized 1st platform redundancy for data protection.
5. *Perfect primary tier and level-2 security of your vital data.
#3. HD clones (see below for full advantages / drawbacks)
Drawbacks:
1. HD clones can be incrementally updated to hourly or daily, however this is time consuming and HD clones are, often, a week or more old, in which case data between today and the most fresh HD clone can and would be lost (however this gap is filled by use of HD archives listed above or by a TM backup).
2. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
Advantages:
1. HD clones are the best, quickest way to get back to 100% full operation in mere seconds.
2. Once a HD clone is created, the creation software (Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper) is no longer needed whatsoever, and unlike TM, which requires complex software for its operational transference of data, a HD clone is its own bootable entity.
3. HD clones are unconnected and isolated from recent corruption.
4. HD clones allow a “portable copy” of your computer that you can likewise connect to another same Mac and have all your APPS and data at hand, which is extremely useful.
5. Rather than, as many users do, thinking of a HD clone as a “complimentary backup” to the use of TM, a HD clone is superior to TM both in ease of returning to 100% quickly, and its autonomous nature; while each has its place, TM can and does fill the gap in, say, a 2 week old clone. As an analogy, the HD clone itself is the brick wall of protection, whereas TM can be thought of as the mortar, which will fill any cracks in data on a week, 2-week, or 1-month old HD clone.
6. Best-idealized 2nd platform redundancy for data protection, and 1st level for system restore of your computers internal HD. (Time machine being 2nd level for system restore of the computer’s internal HD).
7. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
HD cloning software options:
1. SuperDuper HD cloning software APP (free)
2. Carbon Copy Cloner APP (will copy the recovery partition as well)
3. Disk utility HD bootable clone.
#4. Online archives
Drawbacks:
1. Subject to server failure or due to non-payment of your hosting account, it can be suspended.
2. Subject, due to lack of security on your part, to being attacked and hacked/erased.
Advantages:
1. In case of house fire, etc. your data is safe.
2. In travels, and propagating files to friends and likewise, a mere link by email is all that is needed and no large media needs to be sent across the net.
3. Online archives are the perfect and best-idealized 3rd platform redundancy for data protection.
4. Supremely useful in data isolation from backups and local archives in being online and offsite for long-distance security in isolation.
5. *Level-1.5 security of your vital data.
#5. DVD professional archival media
Drawbacks:
1. DVD single-layer disks are limited to 4.7Gigabytes of data.
2. DVD media are, given rough handling, prone to scratches and light-degradation if not stored correctly.
Advantages:
1. Archival DVD professional blank media is rated for in excess of 100+ years.
2. DVD is not subject to mechanical breakdown.
3. DVD archival media is not subject to ferromagnetic degradation.
4. DVD archival media correctly sleeved and stored is currently a supreme storage method of archiving vital data.
5. DVD media is once written and therefore free of data corruption if the write is correct.
6. DVD media is the perfect ideal for “freezing” and isolating old copies of data for reference in case newer generations of data become corrupted and an older copy is needed to revert to.
7. Best-idealized 4th platform redundancy for data protection.
8. *Level-3 (highest) security of your vital data.
[*Level-4 data security under development as once-written metallic plates and synthetic sapphire and likewise ultra-long-term data storage]
#6. Cloud based storage
Drawbacks:
1. Cloud storage can only be quasi-possessed.
2. No genuine true security and privacy of data.
3. Should never be considered for vital data storage or especially long-term.
4. *Level-0 security of your vital data.
Advantages:
1. Quick, easy and cheap storage location for simplex files for transfer to keep on hand and yet off the computer.
2. Easy source for small-file data sharing.

Imported old computer via time machine into new 2012 macbook pro, but its still running ilife 09 instead of 11?

imported old computer via time machine into new 2012 macbook pro, but its still running ilife 09 instead of 11?

I am assuming you had iLife 09 on the old computer - when you moved everything over, that came along with it.
I also have older versions of iLife (on install disks) and just recently got a new 2012 Macbook Pro. I noticed that iMovie 11, iPhoto and Garageband (I think) are listed in my Mac App Store Purchases with a notation to "accept". So you might want to check MAS to see if the apps are sitting there.
Now, I have chosen not to accept them for now for two reasons: I have iLife 11 on a disk and prefer that rather than having it tied to MAS/Apple ID and as long as I have my disk version installed, I also still have iDVD which I use a lot. I'm not sure if "accepting" those three from MAS would wipe out my iLife 11 installs including iDVD (which would be unacceptable for me). So, since I already have the latest version, I've opted to ignore the "accept" and, in fact, will leave it like that - if I ever sell this machine, the buyer can then accept them if they want with their own Apple ID. So before accepting the apps (if they are listed in MAS), you might want to check to make sure that your iLife install isn't wiped out - that is, if you have iDVD and want to keep it.

HT201250 Can I use Time Machine on two different Macs to back up to one external drive?

Can I use Time Machine on two different Macs to back up to one external drive?
I have one 1T Western Digital backup drive that works well with Time Machine and my MacBook Pro. I now want to back up my wife's MacBook Air using Time Machine on her Mac and want to know if I can use the same WD external drive or if I need to get a 2nd back up drive? If I can use one external drive for the two Macs do I need to do something special on the drive or will Time Machine do it automatically?

Yes. You will need to configure Time Machine preferences on each computer to backup to the same drive. Note that you cannot connect the backup drive to both machines at the same time.

How can I get Time Machine to back up an external hard drive (iPhotos) that is attached to airport extreme base station. Note: Time machine is usb to macbook pro and external drive with iphotos is usb to airport extreme base station. Help please. Thanks!

How can I get Time Machine to back up an external hard drive (iPhotos) that is attached to airport extreme base station. Note: Time machine is usb to macbook pro and external drive with iphotos is usb to airport extreme base station. Help please. Thanks!

Once you have the drive connected to your Mac, click System Preferences (gear icon) on the dock
Click Time Machine
Click Options
Be default, the hard drive will be Excluded from backups. Click the drive to highlight it, then click the "-" (minus) button at the bottom of the list to remove the drive from Excluded items.
The drive will be backed up on the next Time Machine pass
Everything above assumes that the hard drive has been formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as Time Machine will only backup drives in that format.

Restore Time Machine backup to another Mac

If I use time machine to backup my Macbook Pro to an external hard drive, then lose my Macbook Pro, can I restore my data to another Mac? Does anyone know the answer

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/timemachine.html
But every indication is that simply starting off the Leopard disk will ask you, if the device (backup) is hooked to the computer.

How to load time machine on a used macbook pro

I recently was given a used MacBook pro. My old MacBooks logic board was going and eventually went, but before it did I used time machine to back it up. I want to load my time machine macbook info onto the pro. I cant seem to do this, since TimeMachine just wants to create a new profile for the new Mac on the external. How can I do this? They are both running the OS X 10.8.2
Thanks,
Nate

Just startup in Recovery mode (Command and R keys held down whilst booting) and boot into your Recovery partition. Make sure that your TM backup is hooked up. In the utility menu, select 'restore from Time Machine' option. You'll be able to choose the drive and the latest TM backup.
Good luck,
Clinton

Restoring time machine on a different mac

I'm trying to help a friend. Hi macbookpro died. He can't afford a new one right now, but has an old g4 cube. So now he wants to move the data from the dead laptop to the old g4. Fortunately he ran Time Machine backups to an external firewire drive. So I thought it would be easy enough for me to restore this data for him in a format the g4 could read, but so far no luck.
My first thought was to use migration assistant to copy the accounts from his time machine backup to my mac. But when I select to use Time machine backup or another attached disk, it does not see his time machine backups!
So then I thought, I'll just use the OS install disks to restore his backup to an extra disk I had hanging around. When I do this it lists his disk as containing a Time Machine backup, but when I select it it tells me that no osx system backups found.
So now I'm not sure what to do. Perhaps he does not have a proper time machine backup (although apparently when he plugged the disk into his laptop he just selected the default which is to use it for a time machine backup.
There is a directory on the disk called Backups.backupdb which appears to contain his backups, but most of the stuff there is just links.
He also used this disk to backup files from his g4 (simple drag and drop),
could this somehow effect the time machine backups?
Any idea how to get the data out of his time machine backup - or confirm weather or not it is actually there?
I'm no familiar with time machine - I usually run 10.4, just installed 10.5 on a spare disk to try and help him out.
Thanks

dknightd wrote:
I'm trying to help a friend. Hi macbookpro died. He can't afford a new one right now, but has an old g4 cube. So now he wants to move the data from the dead laptop to the old g4. Fortunately he ran Time Machine backups to an external firewire drive. So I thought it would be easy enough for me to restore this data for him in a format the g4 could read, but so far no luck.
My first thought was to use migration assistant to copy the accounts from his time machine backup to my mac. But when I select to use Time machine backup or another attached disk, it does not see his time machine backups!
So then I thought, I'll just use the OS install disks to restore his backup to an extra disk I had hanging around. When I do this it lists his disk as containing a Time Machine backup, but when I select it it tells me that no osx system backups found.
It sounds like he may have excluded system files from backups.
don't use Full system restore to restore backups from one computer to a different one, especially if one computer is intel and another one a PPC. that will not work.
So now I'm not sure what to do. Perhaps he does not have a proper time machine backup (although apparently when he plugged the disk into his laptop he just selected the default which is to use it for a time machine backup.
There is a directory on the disk called Backups.backupdb which appears to contain his backups, but most of the stuff there is just links.
links? do you mean they look like alaises? that means that you are looking at it from a Tiger machine. You shouldn't. whatever migration option you are using you should migrate to a leopard one.
He also used this disk to backup files from his g4 (simple drag and drop),
could this somehow effect the time machine backups?
no, that shouldn't matter.
Any idea how to get the data out of his time machine backup - or confirm weather or not it is actually there?
as I mentioned you should look at the drive from a leopard machine. try this control-click on Time Machine in the dock and select "browse other TM disks". see if it lets you brows that TM disk.
I'm no familiar with time machine - I usually run 10.4, just installed 10.5 on a spare disk to try and help him out.
Thanks

Could not restore CS5 using Time Machine after changing to Mac OS8.3

Could not restore Photoshop CS5 using Time Machine after changing to Mac OS8.3 - the change was dictated by a power supply problem (now fixed) in my Macbook Pro - that has been fixed.

Restoring the Adobe application via Time machine is not a good practise and may cause other issues as well.
Please install the application properly rather restoring.

I recently did a full reinstall from my time machine and now my MacBook pro won't back up to the time machine. It starts a full backup ignoring the original back up, can anyone help?

I recently did a full reinstall from my time machine and now my MacBook pro won't back up to the time machine. It starts a full backup ignoring the original back up, can anyone help?

Did you follow the instructions on the page linked below?
OS X Yosemite: Recover your entire system

Restoring a time machine backup from a Mac mini to a new Mac mini server

Hi,
I just replaced a faulty Mac mini with a Mac mini server. I have a time machine backup of my Mac mini and want to transfer it over to the Mac mini. How do I do this?

This is a bit of a guess... But I Imagine you would have to start with the workstation OS install DVD first, and go from there at the appropriate point. Any chance you have or could make a CCC backup instead? I am assuming you could boot a mini server from a backup of mini non-server. Then you could copy it over. This is probably worth a phone call to Apple TAC

How do i install time machine backup from old mac to newer one

Hi, I know how to set up a brand new imac with full info and settings from an old mac from a time machine backup on a portable drive, BUT.... this time i have a 2011 imac in my studio already in use that we want to be completly swapped with full info and settings/software etc from an older 2009 imac, which we may sell on.
I have backup up via time machine the older 2009 mac, but when i plug this into the 2011 imac how do i completly wipe it and set up with info from the time machine?? it was easy doing it on a factoryt new mac but not this.
thanks
lee

If I have understood you properly, you want to migrate the data from the 2009 iMac onto the 2011 iMac but keeping the existing files on it.
To do this, use Migration Assistant > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889 It will create a new user with the transferred files from the old iMac.
If you want to wipe the 2011 iMac and restore everything from the 2009 iMac, the most reliable way is erasing the hard drive, reinstalling OS X and restoring the backup. If you are using the same OS X version on both iMacs, you can restore the Time Machine backup without having to reinstall OS X, just starting from the Mac OS X DVD (or Recovery HD, if you have OS X Lion or Mountain Lion)

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