Time machine does not make hourly backups.

Hello,


I have the following situation:


  • MacBook Pro with Mojave 10.14.2 installed.
  • Did create hourly backups on an Apple Time Capsule and external USB drive.
  • Did a complete wipe of the internal hard
  • Clean install from Mojave from an USB stick (downloaded Mojave before and put it on the USB stick)
  • Used the Time Machine backup to only restored my data, but no applications, no settings, no other files
  • Used 'sudo tmutil inherit backup ...' and 'sudo tmutil associate disk -a ...' successfully on both the Time Capsule and external USB Time Machine backup drive.
  • Did a "backup now". The MacBook successfully made a backup to the Time Capsule.
  • Did a "backup now" again. This time the MacBook successfully made a backup to the external USB drive.
  • Configured Time Machine to automatically make hourly backups / snapshots.
  • Rebooted the MacBook.


Now I have been working approximately 6 hours on my MacBook and in that time created a folder in my home folder and put some pictures (.jpg) files and a .pdf file in it.


However, Time Machine has still not made a backup to either the Time Capsule nor the external USB drive.

Both are visible in the Finder and I can access them via the Finder.


Why isn't Time Machine making hourly backups now as it used to do and where it is configured to do so?

What am I missing and/or can I check?

There must be a reason but I'm a bit stuck at the moment.


Best regards,


emeu1

Posted on Dec 26, 2018 10:29 AM

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