Two Vaults - different sizes

I am puzzled by my vault sizes - I am a backup freak and use a second vault on an external drive (Apple format) for a backup of my primary vault. I updated my vaults yesterday but noticed the size and "date modified" are different yet I can't seem to update the vault on the external drive. If I select the vault on the external drive and click "update vault" I get a popup which says "your vaults are already up to date." If I check the Get Info on the two vaults after the update, both the size and "date modified" are different which concerns me since I use the external drive for backup of both the original Raw files (folders) and the vault. Obviously I can delete the vault on the external drive then recreate it but this seems to defeat the purpose of a simple backup. What am I doing wrong?

Hi kazjaz,
The 931.5 GB means the available space on your hard drive. Since the figure is the same for both vaults, that seems odd to me.
I would suggest creating a new vault on the external hard drive and deleting these.
If you are using Time Machine, the original libraries, if they are on your internal drive, will be backed up as well.
Page 399 of the Aperture User Guide may give you a better understanding of this important process:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Aperture_User_Manual.pdf
I hope this information helps!
- Judy

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[CODE]
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