Time Machine/ very slow now on few KBs... Backup finishing took ages

I've set up Time Capsule two days ago (very timeconsuming with weirdnesses (several times I had to unplug TC and plug in again so that it got recongnized by AirPort and configured). Nevertheless it worked after all (I really don't like it when I don't know why it suddenly worked and why not earlier)...
The first backup of 210 GB took two days (15 and 14 hours, which is roughly 7GB/hour)but was not finished completely (message 'Backup abschliessen/finishing' stayed there for ages,until I switched off my Mac)
Now on the third day a backup of 441 KBs is shown in Progress bar and I am not sure if this the little bit left from yesterday or the new backup of files changed yesterday (I did not do real work on it yesterday so it might be really less)
Anyway, the speed is crawling ... 30KB in 20 minutes...
How does this come? Are those special files?
Has anybody experienced this harsh decrease in speed as well?
Shall I stop and start again?

further observation:
after those 441 KB (which took more than an hour to back up) another 420 MB were done in few minutes only.
now that the hourly backup takes place again, I get shown those 441 KB once again which backups slowly as a snail.
what could be so special about these - assumable system's files (as it needs a backup after an hour and I have not changed anything that in the last two hours that could have exactly that same size of 441KB and contains 49.035 objects...) - that it takes them so long to backup?
it would be nice if the progress bar showed what files it is currently updating (or at least in the backup volumen's folder this could be shown in the 'modified dates' column)

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Time Machine Very Slow (321 Days) Please Help!

Hi all, I've got a 2012 MBP and have had problems with TM since day one.
I'm running all the latest software with a brand new Time Capsule and it states that it will take over 300 days to back up.
I originally used a NAS and TM was very very slow along with having to reformat and start again every few weeks so I gave in and got a TC thinking it would solve my problems but it's returned again.
I've tried reformatting, disabling spotlight, wired and wireless connections, different hard drives and still the problem persists. Occasionally it also fails to find the backup disk so I have to reformat and start again.
It's driving me absolutely insane because despite messing and messing, trying different solutions the problem always seems to return at random. It will work great for a week or 2 then it's back to square one.
Can someone please restore my sanity and help?

To update, I got up this morning and it was still stating some 22 days after copying a few gb in 18 hours so I restarted (again). TM then stated it couldn't find the back up disk so I again pointed it to the right disk and it now appears to be stuck again after doing over a gb in a minute or two.
Here's the info requested.
31/01/2013 09:53:34.380 com.apple.backupd[398]: Starting manual backup
31/01/2013 09:53:46.000 kernel[0]: nfs server localhost:/jiWSkBZ-Y-Uq-EgHJVYVPN: not responding
31/01/2013 09:53:47.000 kernel[0]: nfs server localhost:/jiWSkBZ-Y-Uq-EgHJVYVPN: can not connect, error 61
31/01/2013 09:54:16.262 KernelEventAgent[46]: tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_DEAD (32)
31/01/2013 09:54:16.263 KernelEventAgent[46]: tid 00000000 type 'mtmfs', mounted on '/Volumes/MobileBackups', from 'localhost:/jiWSkBZ-Y-Uq-EgHJVYVPN', dead
31/01/2013 09:54:16.000 kernel[0]: nfs server localhost:/jiWSkBZ-Y-Uq-EgHJVYVPN: dead
31/01/2013 09:54:16.263 KernelEventAgent[46]: tid 00000000 force unmount localhost:/jiWSkBZ-Y-Uq-EgHJVYVPN from /Volumes/MobileBackups
31/01/2013 09:54:16.263 KernelEventAgent[46]: tid 00000000 found 1 filesystem(s) with problem(s)
31/01/2013 09:54:22.198 com.apple.backupd[398]: Failed to get NSURLVolumeURLForRemountingKey for /Volumes/MobileBackups, error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file “MobileBackups” doesn’t exist." UserInfo=0x7f9934a04da0 {NSURL=file://localhost/Volumes/MobileBackups/, NSFilePath=/Volumes/MobileBackups}
31/01/2013 09:54:22.198 com.apple.backupd[398]: Attempting to mount network destination URL: afp://Dave%[email protected]/AirPort%20Disk
31/01/2013 09:54:23.036 com.apple.backupd[398]: Mounted network destination at mount point: /Volumes/AirPort Disk using URL: afp://Dave%[email protected]/AirPort%20Disk
31/01/2013 09:54:23.000 kernel[0]: ASP_TCP asp_tcp_usr_control: invalid kernelUseCount 0
31/01/2013 09:54:23.000 kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount: /Volumes/AirPort Disk, pid 435
31/01/2013 09:54:23.000 kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount : succeeded on volume 0xffffff80946e1008 /Volumes/AirPort Disk (error = 0, retval = 0)
31/01/2013 09:54:48.061 mdworker[434]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
31/01/2013 09:54:48.000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(442) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
31/01/2013 09:54:51.281 sandboxd[442]: ([434]) mdworker(434) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
31/01/2013 09:54:51.000 kernel[0]: nspace-handler-set-snapshot-time: 1359626093
31/01/2013 09:55:28.923 mds[40]: (Error) Volume: Root store set to FSOnly with matching create! (loaded:1)
31/01/2013 09:55:29.892 com.apple.backupd[398]: Disk image /Volumes/AirPort Disk/Dave’s MacBook Pro.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
31/01/2013 09:55:29.937 com.apple.backupd[398]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
31/01/2013 09:55:30.908 com.apple.backupd[398]: Forcing deep traversal on source: "Macintosh HD" (mount: '/' fsUUID: 74A87C50-39EA-3B75-AACA-0647768C78F6 eventDBUUID: 539B3BBD-544C-444D-9C2C-14001A19F631)
31/01/2013 09:55:32.032 com.apple.backupd[398]: Didn't get valid migration dates.
31/01/2013 09:55:32.040 com.apple.backupd[398]: Found 806587 files (286.4 GB) needing backup
31/01/2013 09:55:32.041 com.apple.backupd[398]: 343.68 GB required (including padding), 1.99 TB available
31/01/2013 09:56:15.000 kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_allocate_cluster - send HI_WAT_ALERT
31/01/2013 09:56:15.000 kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
31/01/2013 09:56:43.954 com.apple.usbmuxd[27]: _handle_timer heartbeat detected detach for device 0x1b-192.168.0.13:0!
31/01/2013 09:56:51.626 mdworker[488]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
31/01/2013 09:56:51.746 sandboxd[489]: ([488]) mdworker(488) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
31/01/2013 09:56:52.000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(489) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
31/01/2013 09:57:06.212 CVMServer[83]: Check-in to the service com.apple.cvmsCompAgent_x86_64 failed. This is likely because you have either unloaded the job or the MachService has the ResetAtClose attribute specified in the launchd.plist. If present, this attribute should be removed.
31/01/2013 09:57:06.406 launchctl[493]: launchctl: Dubious ownership on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/com.davdaerve.UpdatePodcastsAgent.plist
31/01/2013 09:57:07.174 CVMServer[83]: Check-in to the service com.apple.cvmsCompAgent_x86_64 failed. This is likely because you have either unloaded the job or the MachService has the ResetAtClose attribute specified in the launchd.plist. If present, this attribute should be removed.
31/01/2013 09:57:14.580 Folder Sync[495]: Growl.framework loaded
31/01/2013 09:57:14.645 Folder Sync[495]: Using existing log dir: /Users/davedaerve/Library/com.destek.foldersync
31/01/2013 09:57:20.128 Folder Sync[495]: Scheduler: Run Check for 9:57
31/01/2013 09:57:26.027 mDNSResponder[41]: ERROR: handle_resolve_request bad interfaceIndex 1
31/01/2013 09:57:26.129 mDNSResponder[41]: ERROR: handle_resolve_request bad interfaceIndex 15
31/01/2013 09:57:26.258 mDNSResponderHelper[497]: do_mDNSSendWakeupPacket write failed Device not configured
31/01/2013 09:57:26.259 mDNSResponderHelper[497]: do_mDNSSendWakeupPacket write failed Device not configured
31/01/2013 09:57:26.261 mDNSResponder[41]: ERROR: handle_resolve_request bad interfaceIndex 16
31/01/2013 09:57:26.285 mDNSResponder[41]: ERROR: handle_resolve_request bad interfaceIndex 24
31/01/2013 09:57:27.132 mDNSResponderHelper[497]: do_mDNSSendWakeupPacket write failed Device not configured
31/01/2013 09:57:37.838 iTunes[496]: AVF KeyExchange Version from driver for Certificates 1
31/01/2013 09:57:46.991 Twitter[498]: font ChicagoBold loaded
31/01/2013 09:57:47.054 Twitter[498]: font pixChicago loaded
31/01/2013 09:57:48.244 Twitter[498]: could not fetch oAuthTokenSecret, this account will get removed
31/01/2013 09:57:51.623 Mail[499]: Using V2 Layout
31/01/2013 09:57:52.921 com.apple.SecurityServer[16]: Session 100012 created
31/01/2013 09:57:56.499 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.qtkitserver[258]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 09:57:56.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 258 [com.apple.qtkits]
31/01/2013 09:57:57.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 242 [cfprefsd]
31/01/2013 09:57:58.338 librariand[500]: MMe quota status changed: under quota
31/01/2013 09:57:58.350 com.apple.usbmuxd[27]: _handle_timer heartbeat detected detach for device 0x1c-192.168.0.6:0!
31/01/2013 09:57:58.998 com.apple.usbmuxd[27]: _handle_timer heartbeat detected detach for device 0x1d-192.168.0.5:0!
31/01/2013 09:57:59.088 Mail[499]: *** -[IADomainCache init]: IA domains cache is out of date.
31/01/2013 09:58:00.137 Folder Sync[495]: Scheduler: Run Check for 9:58
31/01/2013 09:58:00.147 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141]: ([0x0-0x14014].com.apple.inputmethod.ironwood[223]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 09:58:00.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 223 [DictationIM]
31/01/2013 09:58:19.718 Mail[499]: Couldn't contact spell checker for Multilingual
31/01/2013 09:58:48.777 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.iCloudHelper[232]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 09:58:48.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 232 [com.apple.iCloud]
31/01/2013 09:58:49.895 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141]: (com.apple.tccd[213]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 09:58:49.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 213 [tccd]
31/01/2013 09:58:49.937 WindowServer[106]: CGXRegisterWindowWithSystemStatusBar: window b already registered
31/01/2013 09:58:50.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 211 [xpcd]
31/01/2013 09:58:50.453 com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpcd.F5010000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000[211]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 09:58:54.351 com.apple.launchd.peruser.0[278]: (com.apple.distnoted.xpc.agent[300]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 09:58:54.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 300 [distnoted]
31/01/2013 09:58:54.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 240 [distnoted]
31/01/2013 09:58:54.920 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141]: (com.apple.accountsd[210]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 09:58:55.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 210 [accountsd]
31/01/2013 09:58:55.559 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141]: (com.apple.CalendarAgent[187]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 09:58:55.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 187 [CalendarAgent]
31/01/2013 09:58:58.000 kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
31/01/2013 09:58:58.000 kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
31/01/2013 09:59:00.149 Folder Sync[495]: Scheduler: Run Check for 9:59
31/01/2013 09:59:06.000 kernel[0]: (default pager): [KERNEL]: ps_select_segment - send HI_WAT_ALERT
31/01/2013 09:59:06.000 kernel[0]: macx_swapon SUCCESS
31/01/2013 09:59:08.759 launchctl[512]: launchctl: Dubious ownership on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/com.davdaerve.UpdatePodcastsAgent.plist
31/01/2013 10:00:00.158 Folder Sync[495]: Scheduler: Run Check for 10:00
31/01/2013 10:00:01.180 launchctl[525]: launchctl: Dubious ownership on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/com.davdaerve.UpdatePodcastsAgent.plist
31/01/2013 10:00:09.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 515 [cfprefsd]
31/01/2013 10:00:33.665 mdworker[639]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
31/01/2013 10:00:34.000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(640) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
31/01/2013 10:00:34.311 sandboxd[640]: ([639]) mdworker(639) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
31/01/2013 10:01:00.171 Folder Sync[495]: Scheduler: Run Check for 10:01
31/01/2013 10:01:10.060 Folder Sync[495]: objc[495]: Object 0x10bc05ab0 of class NSUserDefaults autoreleased with no pool in place - just leaking - break on objc_autoreleaseNoPool() to debug
31/01/2013 10:01:14.200 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141]: (com.apple.tccd[647]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 10:01:14.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 647 [tccd]
31/01/2013 10:01:31.206 lsboxd[228]: @AE relay 4755524c:4755524c
31/01/2013 10:01:31.502 WindowServer[106]: CGXRegisterWindowWithSystemStatusBar: window b already registered
31/01/2013 10:01:57.362 CalendarAgent[660]: *** -[IADomainCache init]: IA domains cache is out of date.
31/01/2013 10:02:00.182 Folder Sync[495]: Scheduler: Run Check for 10:02
31/01/2013 10:02:14.579 CalendarAgent[660]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Account refresh failed with error: Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=503 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 503.)" UserInfo=0x7fc9524481d0 {AccountName=Yahoo!, CalDAVErrFromRefresh=YES, CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x7fc9520cc0c0 [0x10aa25fd0]>{type = immutable dict, count = 11,
entries =>
          0 : Case Insensitive Key: Connection = <CFString 0x7fc9520b7470 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "keep-alive"}
          1 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Type = <CFString 0x7fc9520bc410 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "text/html; charset=UTF-8"}
          2 : Case Insensitive Key: Retry-After = <CFString 0x7fc952086140 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "3600"}
          3 : Case Insensitive Key: Via = <CFString 0x7fc9520cb850 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "HTTP/1.1 calgate003.cal.ac4.yahoo.com (YahooTrafficServer/1.19.11 [c s f ])"}
          4 : Case Insensitive Key: Age = <CFString 0x10a9fa110 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "0"}
          5 : Case Insensitive Key: P3P = <CFString 0x7fc952086050 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "policyref="http://info.yahoo.com/w3c/p3p.xml", CP="CAO DSP COR CUR ADM DEV TAI PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi TELo OTPi OUR DELi SAMi OTRi UNRi PUBi IND PHY ONL UNI PUR FIN COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA POL HEA PRE LOC GOV""}
          6 : Case Insensitive Key: Date = <CFString 0x7fc95209e440 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:02:14 GMT"}
          7 : Case Insensitive Key: Server = <CFString 0x7fc9520b7490 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "YTS/1.19.11"}
          8 : Case Insensitive Key: Transfer-Encoding = <CFString 0x10bf826f8 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "Identity"}
          11 : Case Insensitive Key: Cache-Control = <CFString 0x7fc9520cff40 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "private"}
          12 : Case Insensitive Key: Vary = <CFString 0x7fc9520b67f0 [0x10aa25fd0]>{contents = "Accept-Encoding"}
31/01/2013 10:03:00.193 Folder Sync[495]: Scheduler: Run Check for 10:03
31/01/2013 10:03:23.921 iTunes[496]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x10717e180): Unexpected connection closure...
31/01/2013 10:03:23.923 ath[665]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x101b21180): Unexpected connection closure...
31/01/2013 10:03:25.439 mds[40]: (Warning) FMW: event:1 had an arg mismatch. ac:2 am:51
31/01/2013 10:03:29.551 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[141]: (com.apple.CalendarAgent[660]) Exited: Killed: 9
31/01/2013 10:03:29.000 kernel[0]: memorystatus_thread: idle exiting pid 660 [CalendarAgent]
31/01/2013 10:03:45.425 iTunes[496]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x10717e180): Unexpected connection closure...
31/01/2013 10:03:45.427 ath[665]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x101b21180): Unexpected connection closure...
31/01/2013 10:04:00.203 Folder Sync[495]: Scheduler: Run Check for 10:04
31/01/2013 10:04:13.627 CalendarAgent[673]: *** -[IADomainCache init]: IA domains cache is out of date.
31/01/2013 10:04:16.750 Twitter[498]: will terminate
31/01/2013 10:04:16.789 Twitter[498]: Error: no oAuthTokenSecret set for account
31/01/2013 10:04:23.078 CalendarAgent[673]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Account refresh failed with error: Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=401 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 401.)" UserInfo=0x7fca11285a50 {AccountName=Yahoo!, CalDAVErrFromRefresh=YES, CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x7fca1160a910 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{type = immutable dict, count = 11,
entries =>
          0 : Case Insensitive Key: Connection = <CFString 0x7fca13581410 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "keep-alive"}
          1 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Type = <CFString 0x7fca11607420 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "text/html; charset=UTF-8"}
          2 : Case Insensitive Key: Server = <CFString 0x7fca11607450 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "YTS/1.19.11"}
          3 : Case Insensitive Key: Via = <CFString 0x7fca1160a8b0 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "HTTP/1.1 calgate007.cal.ac4.yahoo.com (YahooTrafficServer/1.19.11 [c s f ])"}
          4 : Case Insensitive Key: Age = <CFString 0x10f58b110 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "0"}
          5 : Case Insensitive Key: P3P = <CFString 0x7fca11610b00 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "policyref="http://info.yahoo.com/w3c/p3p.xml", CP="CAO DSP COR CUR ADM DEV TAI PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi TELo OTPi OUR DELi SAMi OTRi UNRi PUBi IND PHY ONL UNI PUR FIN COM NAV INT DEM CNT STA POL HEA PRE LOC GOV""}
          6 : Case Insensitive Key: Date = <CFString 0x7fca135f2890 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:04:22 GMT"}
          7 : Case Insensitive Key: Transfer-Encoding = <CFString 0x110b206f8 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "Identity"}
          9 : Case Insensitive Key: Www-Authenticate = <CFString 0x7fca135f28c0 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "Basic realm="Zimbra""}
          11 : Case Insensitive Key: Cache-Control = <CFString 0x7fca116d2810 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "private"}
          12 : Case Insensitive Key: Vary = <CFString 0x7fca135f28f0 [0x10f5b6fd0]>{contents = "Accept-Encoding"}
31/01/2013 10:04:27.512 iTunes[496]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x10717e180): Unexpected connection closure...
31/01/2013 10:04:27.514 ath[665]: _NotificationSocketReadCallbackGCD (thread 0x101b21180): Unexpected connection closure...
31/01/2013 10:04:27.851 Dock[156]: trying to take pid 499 out of fullscreen but it is not the current space
31/01/2013 10:04:27.972 Mail[499]: CGSGetWindowTags: Invalid window 0x0
31/01/2013 10:04:27.972 Mail[499]: void _NSMoveWindowToSpaceUnlessSticky(NSInteger, CGSSpaceID): CGSGetWindowTags(cid, win, tags, kCGSRealMaximumTagSize) returned CGError 1000 on line 1247
31/01/2013 10:04:27.977 WindowServer[106]: CGXSetWindowListTags: Invalid window 0
31/01/2013 10:04:33.945 iTunes[496]: 2013-01-31 10:04:33.944722 AM [AVSystemController] Stopping AirPlay
31/01/2013 10:04:34.218 WindowServer[106]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 82119
31/01/2013 10:04:34.218 WindowServer[106]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 82119
31/01/2013 10:04:34.219 WindowServer[106]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 82119
31/01/2013 10:05:07.671 mdworker[671]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
31/01/2013 10:05:08.000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(680) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
31/01/2013 10:05:08.457 sandboxd[680]: ([671]) mdworker(671) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd
31/01/2013 10:05:21.289 com.apple.SecurityServer[16]: Killing auth hosts
31/01/2013 10:05:21.289 com.apple.SecurityServer[16]: Session 100012 destroyed
31/01/2013 10:09:59.228 WindowServer[106]: CGXRegisterWindowWithSystemStatusBar: window b already registered
31/01/2013 10:10:15.787 mdworker[697]: Unable to talk to lsboxd
31/01/2013 10:10:16.000 kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(810) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd
31/01/2013 10:10:16.708 sandboxd[810]: ([697]) mdworker(697) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd

Time Machine Very Slow

I hope somebody can help with this. I'm about out of ideas.
The problem -- Time Machine is taking anywhere from 30 min to 1 hr or more to do an incremental backup. It takes so long that as soon as a backup ends, another begins.
The source disk is my system disk. Macbook Pro circa 2007. OSX 10.6.8
The destination is a 1.5T OtherWorld Computing external drive, partitioned into four parts, one reserved for Time Machine. Working fine in other ways.
The backup always happens in two steps, always the same, the first is about 147,000 files, the second, about 84,000.
The size of these files is tiny -- 147,000 files can equal as little 5 mb. That is essentially meaningless -- it would mean that each file is just a few bytes.
And it takes a LONG time to back up these tiny files. Several SECONDS per kilobyte.
I've done all the steps listed here
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/D2.html
http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/A4.html
I finally ran Disk Warrior and, low and behold, that seemed to solve the problem. But then I upgraded to 10.6.8 and things are now moving at a crawl again. I ran DW again, and formatted the destination partion and started over. No good. Same thing. Maybe worse.
Help! Anybody have any ideas? I'm about ready to give up on TM. Would it be worth starting up in safe mode and running a backup from there as a test? I'll try anything at this point.
Steve

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
That is quite slow, but as other posts say, might not indicate a problem.
A couple of things you can do that might speed it up:
Exclude your TM disk/partition from any anti-virus scanning.
Also exclude it, at least temporarily, from Spotlight via System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.
There might be a clue in your logs. download the +Time Machine Buddy+ widget from: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/timemachinebuddy.html. It shows the messages from your logs for one TM backup run at a time, in a small window. If you see something there that seems suspicious, copy and post the messages here (be sure to get them all, as sometimes they overflow the small window).

Time Machine very slow when backup disk almost full

My Time Machine backups on a Time Capsule (first generation, 1 TB) have become extremely slow recently. The disk is almost full, but I don't think that should be a problem as Time Machine deletes the oldest backups by itself. It has been, so I don't think that in itself should cause a problem.
This becomes particularly annoying because whenever backups are going on, the system doesn't allow me to access the "Open" or "Save" dialogues - probably because it wants to check the Time Machine disk, but can't, or only can very slowly. Whenever I do this, the app in question just freezes.
Anyone else has this problem, and does anyone know a fix? I don't want to start a new backup if I can avoid it.

Florian M. wrote:
Thank you. Did that, and it seems to be working now - though it actually seemed to have got better even before I ran Disk Utility. Before, even rebooting didn't help.
Yes, if there's a problem inside he sparse bundle, rebooting (the Mac and/or TC) won't help.
Time Machine is a great technology, but it seems to have strange quirks sometimes
It does indeed!
Once again, thank you.
You're quite welcome, and thanks for the star!

Time machine very slow with mountain lion

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Same problem here. I just upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion. I only got 19 GB of space, but Time Machine wants 10 hours, whereas in OSX Lion a full backup would take just under an hour, and incremental updates were lightning fast.
I even sat it up to do it overnight, but on 8 hours it was only half way through only 10 GB. I can't live with that in the future.
Im trying to backup on a SD card which seems to work very good in Lion. Im on a 2012 Macbook Air using a SSD.
My bite of the apple has been somewhat sour. I tried reformatting the SD card, well knowing that I would lose old backups. But still the backup is extremely slow. Now I can't install Lion or Mountain Lion from scratch without having to wait 10 hours for TM backup or installing tons of applications and settings again. Bummer. I'm never going to early adobt a OSX upgrade again.

Time Machine very slow, Safari and iTunes have to Force Quit

Anyone else having these issues after Mavericks "upgrade"?
Time Machine is so slow as to be ineffective of useless, symtoms:
     - takes hours to prepare and run a backup of a couple of GB to the Time Capsule, anything up to 20 hrs!
     - constantly revising the amount to be backed up, up and down
     - seems to freeze periodically ad stick part way through with no change to the backed amount for hours, then speeds up, freezes, speeds up
     - time remaining estimate alternates between "casculating, estimates of hours and seconds! wildly inaccurate
              - it's been saying 5 seconds remaining for the last 2 hrs.
     - have done two backup verifications to check for Time Capsule problems - none
     - only two successful backups achieved since the Maverisks "upgrade" due to the time it takes
     - both Time Capsule and Airport Express have the latest firmware and software
Coincident with this, both Safari and iTunes (the latest Mavericks compatible versions) both freeze when trying to quit them - have to force quit. Both experience random slow downs and with the spinning rainbow beachball.
Looks like a Mavericks problem with the Wifi and Timemachine?
Using a late 2008 aluminium unibody Macbook with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, 100Gb of free space o the SSD. Connecting via Wifi to Time Capsule (2TB, with 1.8TB free) and Airport Express (both n Wifi).

Check whether there is a crash report:
Go to your Applications Folder and open your Utilities Folder. Open the application Console.
In the left-hand column, click on Crash Reporter.
Click on the small triangle under Crash Reporter in the l/h column and they will all be listed.
Scroll down to the latest Safari report and click on it.
Now click on the r/h column (which now only shows THAT crash report and then Command-a to copy it all.
Come back here and Command-v it to post it here!

Connection with iMac and Time Machine VERY slow

People
For the past of couple of days the connection with my iMac and Time Capsule has gone askew. The iMac shows the wireless connection at 5GHz with a transmit rate over 200. However, internet is slow and backing up about 300mb is in its 24th hour and it's only reached 180mb.
I don't understand what may have happened. The two machines have been best mates for a long time and now something's gone wrong. The only thing I did a couple of days ago is install the Update for the Apple Magic Mouse.
On the other hand, my MacBook, which also have the Magic Mouse update, has not trouble with internet speed - wireless, once again - and the Time Machine backups are happening without a hitch.
I bit the bullet and turned off the Time Machine and rebooted it. Unfortunately, it's made no difference.
Does anybody have any suggestions?

Both your 5 GHz band and the guest band have the same SSID unless you have assigned separate names to them. I think it's much easier to identify them if they have separate names of your choice.
If you have a separate name for the guest 2.4 GHz band, click on the Airport icon at the top of your screen and then click "Join other network". The 2.4 GHz band should appear as a choice and you can connect to it.
I'm using Leopard, not Snow Leopard so I don't know if things display the same way on our operating system. If you want your computer to connect to a given network:
Click System Preferences, then Network.
Click the AirPort connection on the left and then click the Advanced button at the lower right. You can drag the network that you want your computer to connect to first to the top of the list.

Time Machine freezes/stalls now that I have a new external HD

I have been using a LaCie HD for years to back up my computer with Time Machine. All has been fine. I have an iMac/OS 10.5.8. But a few months ago, I got an EZQ 1 TB external HD to store my video. The Time Machine is still set to store my backup on the LaCie. But now, every so often, Time Machine will freeze up and stall while trying to back things up. I can't force quit anything, so I need to do a hard restart of the computer. It takes forever to reboot, and when it does, it can't find my EZQ HD. What's going on? Thanks for the info.

Kyrak21 wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried all of them, but I'm still having problems. Could the new hard drive be messing up Time Machine, even though they are not connected?
Possibly, directly or indirectly.
Is Time Machine backing-up anything on the EZQ drive? If so, exclude it for a while and see if the problems stop.
How are these drives connected to your Mac? If they're not on separate ports, try that if at all possible, at least temporarily. If a hub or daisy-chaining is involved, try connecting directly if at all possible. Those should narrow down the possibilities.
If not, it's possible that OSX is having trouble with the EZQ, slowing things down, but not too badly until Time Machine also needs some resources. What happens if you eject and disconnect it -- do the problems stop?
Another way to see what's happening is to watch your CPU usage via the +Activity Monitor+ app (in your Applications/Utilities folder). When it starts, select either +All Processes+ or +Active Processes+ in the toolbar, and sort the list by the +% CPU+ column, so the highest numbers are on top, and select the CPU tab towards the bottom. For this purpose, also select +View > Update Frequency > Less Often+ or Normal from the Menubar.
Various processes will "spike" up and down normally as they do things, then are idle, so you need to watch it for a while and get a feel for the processes that are using the most CPU, and the +% Idle+ at the bottom.
Let it run; try to keep at least the first few lines visible at all times, so you'll be able to see them when your Mac slows down or freezes. When that happens, see what process(es) are using the most CPU.
If the process(es) involved aren't familiar to you, post their names here (and or check this out: http://triviaware.com/macprocess/all)

Time Machine WIFI slows down and Fine after I unplug it?

My Time Machine WIFI slows down to an absolute crawl and then after I unplug it and plug it back in, it's back to normal. Can someone help me?

My Time Machine WIFI slows down to an absolute crawl and then after I unplug it and plug it back in, it's back to normal.
This is a classic case of the effects of wireless interference from other networks around you. See the link at the bottom for more information about this.
It might first help to understand why things improve when you unplug the Time Capsule and then power it back up. When you do this, the Time Capsule will scan to find the best available wireless channels to use at the time.
Unfortunately, other wireless routers are doing the same thing all the time, so after a few hours or a day or two, the channel(s) that the Time Capsule was using become overcrowded and the wireless slows down to a crawl. Cordless phones can also create interference issues for a wireless network as well as any number of other electronic devices.
Unless you can convince other users around you to turn off their wireless routers, there is not much that you are going to be able to do to come up with a permanent fix. For now, locate the Time Capsule as far away from any outside walls in your home as possible and use the 5 GHz band for as many connections as you can.
A friend of mine who recently moved into a new apartment complex has the same problem. He has to restart his wireless router at least twice a day, sometimes more on the weekends. Too many wireless networks.....not enough channels.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: Potential sources of wireless interference - Apple Support

My all reports are running very slow now, I am using Reports 6i?

Dear Friends,
My all reports are running very slow now, I am using Reports 6i. A few months ago there speed is better. Please suggest me the solution of this problem.
Best regards,
Shahzad

Get statspack/AWR running against your database and analyze the reports. 15 minutes interval between snaps should be enough.
That should give you a clue as to what is going wrong in your database.
Since you are saying that the reports speed was better a few months ago, it is possible that you are suffering from "data growth".

Hi there,I was using MacPro with older snow leopard just now i install OS X LION,before install i backup all deta to time machines about 70GB,now when i connect i dont know how can backup the old deta to OS X LION,but it just backup the recent deta to tim

Hi there,
I was using MacPro with older snow leopard just now i install OS X LION,before install i backup all deta to time machines about 70GB,now when i connect i dont know how can backup the old deta to OS X LION,but it just backup the recent deta to time machine,pls guide me how i can backup my old deta to my computer??
Will be much appreciated !!
Thanks.

>Step 1. Backup existing data using time machine.
Time Machine is nice, but you have very little in terms of ability to verify that your data is all backed up. I find Time Machine is better for the occasional recovery of previously written data at specific times. A good backup solution that survives an erase and install (there is no clean install in Mac OS X), is a clone, and preferably TWO clones. See my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
Time Machine can work as good as a clone, and in fact I once had to rely on it because my hard drive died. Thankfully it did recover everything. But I had my clone just in case it didn't work. Now I feel more comfortable since clones allow you to boot themselves, and thus prove all the important system information got saved, and not just the user data.
Clones are also easier to import with the migration assistant.

Time machine extreme slow

since i updated to maverics, the timemachine and the finder are extremly slowly, i mean realy much slowlier than "microsoft-speed". But i checked it again, i closed my MBP an found the white apple on it´s top..... its an apple. In different forums i read, that its a problem with spotlight. The backup with 4.87 GB is now, after 3 hours an 44 minutes at 3.84 GB.
Even Microsoft is faster.
can anyone help me?

Hello Bastlbeda,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
OS X Mavericks: If Time Machine is slow
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14169?viewlocale=en_US
Have a nice day,
Mario

I went to Mac Store and had replaced hard drive because I encountered 4HDD ERROR(hard drive failure). I had backed up my old hard drive by TIME MACHINE regularly. Now how can I restore everything I had?

I went to Mac Store and had replaced hard drive because I encountered 4HDD ERROR(hard drive failure). I had backed up my old hard drive by TIME MACHINE regularly. Now how can I restore everything I had?

Thanks for your response.
I had tried COMMAND+ALT+R which led me to directly to INTERNET RECOVERY via wifi. After 1 hour or so it dropped me at the same point.
I've tried MIGRANT ASSISTANCE as well, it kept on LOOKING FOR OTHER COMPUTERS even though I clicked on TIME MACHINE BACK UP USING EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE
so what to do now?
P.S. Guys at MacStore were so careless to even listen to me when I asked them about retrieving back up :(
Please help

Just got a new MacMini. Migrated files using Time Machine. However, now, on Launchpad, I see several Firmware updates that were relevant for the old machine, but not for the new one. How do I get rid of these updates? They won't delete!

Just got a new MacMini. Migrated files using Time Machine. However, now, on Launchpad, I see several Firmware updates that were relevant for the old machine, but not for the new one. How do I get rid of these updates? They won't delete!

Only thing I can think of is trying this Lion trick...
http://www.cultofmac.com/106030/how-to-nuke-lions-launchpad-and-start-over/10603 0/

Time machine works slow

After updating to Mavericks the finder started working really slowly, bugging and I also hava problems with time machine - the sistem starts to make a backup copy it goes too slow... for a night it can copy only 1-2mb of 500gb?
any ideas how to solve that problem?

Hello stoyanvassev,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
OS X Mavericks: If Time Machine is slow
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14169
Best of luck,
Mario

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