Time Machine - mysteriously large ** attempt?!

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Time Machine - mysteriously large ** attempt?!

I use Time Machine for hourly backups to a TimeCapsule. The most recent ** seemed to be taking a long time (most of mine are far less than 1GB), and after checking the progress, found it was trying to do a 28GB **. I have no explanation for this, and checked the available space on my Mac's drive, but was about where I expected it to be (No additional mysterious 28 GB added to it).

Any ideas on what this could mean, or ways to investigate what the TimeMachine is attempting to **?

Thanks!

i Mac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 16G Touch • Nano5G • ATV40/160 • 500GB TC

Posted on May 8, 2011 2:51 PM

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rkaufmann87

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May 8, 2011 3:11 PM in response to carvermon

Hi,

There is a section of the Leopard forums specifically for Time Machine, you'll find it there because TM is part of Leopard and Snow Leopard. I'd recommend a couple of things first is reading both Time Machine FAQs & Pondini Time Machine Troubleshooting. If you still don't have luck you can find the forum by clicking Apple Support Communities, typing Leopard in the search box and narrowing your search by clicking the Refine this List box.

Roger

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