Larry Nolan
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Q: time machine slow in 10.7.5

Since updating to 10.7.5 using the Combo updater, Time Machine on my iMac seems much slower.  Anyone else seeing this behavior?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5), iMac 21.5 in.; i5; iPad 32Gb iOS 5.

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 7:23 AM

by Larry Nolan,Solvedanswer
Larry Nolan Larry Nolan
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A:

Well I installed the 10.7.5 supplement.  Here's my first backup (with Spotlight running) with Time Machine.  Noticed that the indexing took a little while and it wasn't as fast as usual.  After this first backup I duplicated a small JPEG file on the desktop and did another backup that went quickly.  So far so good.

 

 

10/4/12 4:37:07.796 PM com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup

10/4/12 4:37:07.916 PM com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/Larry Time Machine/Backups.backupdb

10/4/12 4:37:09.199 PM com.apple.backupd: Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD

10/4/12 4:37:09.343 PM com.apple.backupd: Deep event scan at path:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|

10/4/12 4:42:29.548 PM com.apple.backupd: Finished scan

10/4/12 4:43:31.075 PM com.apple.backupd: 1.51 GB required (including padding), 21.26 GB available

10/4/12 4:43:31.231 PM com.apple.backupd: Waiting for index to be ready (101)

10/4/12 4:47:15.871 PM com.apple.backupd: Copied 15059 files (369.3 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.

10/4/12 4:47:17.977 PM com.apple.backupd: 1004.6 MB required (including padding), 20.89 GB available

10/4/12 4:47:28.248 PM com.apple.backupd: Copied 2117 files (104 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.

10/4/12 4:47:34.621 PM com.apple.backupd: Starting post-backup thinning

10/4/12 4:48:16.940 PM com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/Larry Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Nolan iMac/2012-09-04-182017 (279.4 MB)

10/4/12 4:48:33.831 PM com.apple.backupd: Deleted /Volumes/Larry Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Nolan iMac/2012-10-02-173549 (27.2 MB)

10/4/12 4:48:33.831 PM com.apple.backupd: Post-back up thinning complete: 2 expired backups removed

10/4/12 4:48:33.958 PM com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.

10/4/12 4:49:03.708 PM com.apple.backupd: Starting standard backup

10/4/12 4:49:03.713 PM com.apple.backupd: Backing up to: /Volumes/Larry Time Machine/Backups.backupdb

10/4/12 4:49:04.521 PM com.apple.backupd: 1006.8 MB required (including padding), 21.19 GB available

10/4/12 4:49:09.709 PM com.apple.backupd: Copied 1102 files (1.5 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.

10/4/12 4:49:09.902 PM com.apple.backupd: 1005.0 MB required (including padding), 21.19 GB available

10/4/12 4:49:14.018 PM com.apple.backupd: Copied 955 files (8 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.

10/4/12 4:49:16.397 PM com.apple.backupd: Starting post-backup thinning

10/4/12 4:49:16.397 PM com.apple.backupd: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist

10/4/12 4:49:16.480 PM com.apple.backupd: Backup completed successfully.

Posted on Oct 4, 2012 2:53 PM

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  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Sep 25, 2012 5:51 PM in response to tmg2010
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    Sep 25, 2012 5:51 PM in response to tmg2010

    Thanks for the bug report link.

     

    The fact that others have related Apple "is aware of the problem" seems highly atypical to me, and suggests they may have a fix already in the works.

    4. If you decide to wait for an Apple solution "love the one you're with" - S. Stills (1970)

     

    Amen to that

  • by badga,

    badga badga Sep 25, 2012 5:51 PM in response to John Galt
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    Sep 25, 2012 5:51 PM in response to John Galt

    try this if you get fed up with it.

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/message/19758992#19758992

  • by Frustrated Fan,

    Frustrated Fan Frustrated Fan Sep 25, 2012 6:00 PM in response to badga
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    Sep 25, 2012 6:00 PM in response to badga

    Sounds like that worked great.

     

    However, according to the techincal support person I spoke with at Apple, there is a less "erasive" way to do this. They suggested:

     

    1.  Shutdown

    2.  Reboot while holding down the option key

    3.  Click on "Recover from HD"

    4.  Choose "Reinstall Mac OS X"

     

    That should take about an hour, and re-install your original OS X version that shipped with your computer.  They claim that this system re-install should occur without erasing data.  Still, if it were me (and I haven't tried this yet), I would backup any recent files that I know I haven't backed up anywhere (manually click and drag onto flash drive or external drive), to make certain no data is going to be lost.

     

    Knowing my luck, I'd lose data...I'm going wait for the apple fix.

  • by jeffhipfneryk,

    jeffhipfneryk jeffhipfneryk Sep 25, 2012 6:02 PM in response to Larry Nolan
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    Sep 25, 2012 6:02 PM in response to Larry Nolan

    The only way to temporarily fix this problem is to disable spotlight. I can't go back to 10.7.4 because I use Aperture and the new version requires 10.7.5. I wish I had know about the issue before. I'll just wait until a fix is out.

  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Sep 25, 2012 6:23 PM in response to Frustrated Fan
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    Sep 25, 2012 6:23 PM in response to Frustrated Fan

     

    Frustrated Fan wrote:

     

    … according to the techincal support person I spoke with at Apple, there is a less "erasive" way to do this.

     

     

    Reinstalling OS X will not erase any user data, no worries there.

     

    I am not certain exactly what point version of Lion OS X Recovery will install though. If it's prior to 10.7.5 that's great, so after that download and install the Combo updater for 10.7.4 here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1524

     

    Whether this is more or less cumbersome than restoring from an appropriate 10.7.4 Time Machine backup is a function of an individual user's backup practices.

  • by AnkurVNS,

    AnkurVNS AnkurVNS Sep 25, 2012 6:54 PM in response to badga
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    Sep 25, 2012 6:54 PM in response to badga

    Thanks for that. I am facing this same issue.

    I am fed up with Apple messing up is some way or another with every update

  • by malaco-blu,

    malaco-blu malaco-blu Sep 25, 2012 8:50 PM in response to Larry Nolan
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    Sep 25, 2012 8:50 PM in response to Larry Nolan

    +1 same issue

     

    no solution yet? ****...

  • by Venares,

    Venares Venares Sep 25, 2012 10:58 PM in response to malaco-blu
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    Sep 25, 2012 10:58 PM in response to malaco-blu

    I have left the indexing alone during the night - no progress in the status bar but the estimating time has changed from 5 to 8 days … Bildschirmfoto 2012-09-26 um 07.56.50.png

  • by norbertm,

    norbertm norbertm Sep 26, 2012 1:11 AM in response to Larry Nolan
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    Sep 26, 2012 1:11 AM in response to Larry Nolan

    same problem here - PLEASE FIX IT APPLE - I already lost hours of

    Screen Shot 2012-09-26 at 26.9. 10.07.09.jpg

    Screen Shot 2012-09-26 at 26.9. 10.07.27.jpg

     

  • by poflynn,

    poflynn poflynn Sep 26, 2012 2:27 AM in response to jeffhipfneryk
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    Sep 26, 2012 2:27 AM in response to jeffhipfneryk

    jeffhipfneryk wrote:

     

    The only way to temporarily fix this problem is to disable spotlight. I can't go back to 10.7.4 because I use Aperture and the new version requires 10.7.5. I wish I had know about the issue before. I'll just wait until a fix is out.

    How do I disable Spotlight?

  • by sttmjoc0,

    sttmjoc0 sttmjoc0 Sep 26, 2012 2:29 AM in response to poflynn
    Level 1 (30 points)
    Sep 26, 2012 2:29 AM in response to poflynn

    At the shell:

     

    $ sudo mdutil -s -a

     

    will print the Spotlight status for all your drives. To disable it on your local drive /, do

     

    $ sudo mdutil -d /

  • by anthony142,

    anthony142 anthony142 Sep 26, 2012 2:45 AM in response to Larry Nolan
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    Sep 26, 2012 2:45 AM in response to Larry Nolan

    SLOW backup after i upgraded to OS Lion 10.7.5.  It takes 9-12 HOURS to back up 3 GB.  This is killing me.

     

    Apple - are you listening?

     

    Anyone - can you tell me if there is a work-around, or am i stuck with this SLOW backup?  Help!

  • by sttmjoc0,

    sttmjoc0 sttmjoc0 Sep 26, 2012 2:50 AM in response to anthony142
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    Sep 26, 2012 2:50 AM in response to anthony142

    There is no workaround at the moment. I've disabled both Time Machine and Spotlight until Apple provides a fix.

     

    Carbon Copy Cloner with two additional external drives come in handy for situations like this :/

  • by poflynn,

    poflynn poflynn Sep 26, 2012 3:30 AM in response to sttmjoc0
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    Sep 26, 2012 3:30 AM in response to sttmjoc0

    sttmjoc0 wrote:

     

    At the shell:

     

    $ sudo mdutil -s -a

     

    will print the Spotlight status for all your drives. To disable it on your local drive /, do

     

    $ sudo mdutil -d /

    Say what? "At the shell"? I don't speak the language.

  • by sttmjoc0,

    sttmjoc0 sttmjoc0 Sep 26, 2012 3:48 AM in response to poflynn
    Level 1 (30 points)
    Sep 26, 2012 3:48 AM in response to poflynn

    Open the Terminal application from the Utilities.

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