Time Machine ignoring migrated Photos library

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Time Machine ignoring migrated Photos library

Five years ago I upgraded my iMac to High Sierra and in doing so was prompted to migrate my iPhotos library to Photos. Since then I've been using my iMac as before, with Time Machine as my only backup.

Last night I added 12GB to my Photos library from another source and noticed that when Time Machine ran only a few MB were updated. After further investigation it seems that Time Machine completely ignores my updated Photos library! Not a single backup of it exists in Time Machine. Also, the Photos library is NOT in the Time Machine exclusions area under "options". Anyone seen this before?!?

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 25, 2020 8:13 AM

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BDAqua

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Feb 25, 2020 8:35 AM in response to adamfromlouisville

In the Finder, do a Get info on your Home Folder, then look at the bottom of that window for Ownership & Pemrissions, expand the Details triangle, unlock the Lock, then make sure the Owner is the New You with R&W privileges, hit the Apply to enclosed items...

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Mar 2, 2020 7:59 AM in response to BDAqua

Clicking the "Apply to enclosed items" did indeed fix my issue. I immediately saw the increased backup in the Time Machine indicator window.

When entering Time Machine, however, I didn't see the copied file. To fix, I also applied the privileges as described above on the Time Machine drive and began seeing my updated library.

Thank you for the help!

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Feb 25, 2020 8:38 AM in response to BDAqua

I'll check that when I'm back in my home office. However, everything else in my home folder gets backed up by Time Machine (new documents, new music, etc...)

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