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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Q: time machine slow in 10.7.5

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  • by hk700,

    hk700 hk700 Oct 4, 2012 5:25 AM in response to James Rothschild
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    Oct 4, 2012 5:25 AM in response to James Rothschild

    After getting messages like 1,155 days to back (after upgrading to 10.7.5),  I turned time machine off through the terminal and it took just 1.5 hours for a complete brand new time machine backup.

     

    I'd rather have all my data backed up than Spotlight.

     

    I will turn spotlight back on and see what effect it has in my next incremental update.

     

    If you haven't turned off Spotlight,  I'd strongly recommend it.  It takes a second to turn off,  at least you will have a good back just in case.

  • by tolochenaz,

    tolochenaz tolochenaz Oct 4, 2012 7:08 AM in response to peterpaulfromvenlo
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    Oct 4, 2012 7:08 AM in response to peterpaulfromvenlo

    thanks it worked, especially thanks for the tip with Houdini as I couldnt find the hidden files before!

  • by bvila,

    bvila bvila Oct 4, 2012 8:57 AM in response to Larry Nolan
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    Oct 4, 2012 8:57 AM in response to Larry Nolan

    I just want to confirm that Dr.Moe's solution of deleting all the folders in /var/folders/ and then rebooting worked for me.  You have to reveal hidden files/folders before doing so, which I did by using the freeware app Onyx. 

     

    None of the other suggestions in this thread worked for me.  However, turning Spotlight off did allow me to use Time Machine at normal speed, but I lost Spotlight functionality in the process.  I turned Spotlight back on, then followed Dr.Moe's procedure (delete the folders in /var/folders/, reboot) and I was back to normal.   Spotlight indexed my drive in about an hour (as opposed to 7+ days!) and Time Machine appears to be backing up as quickly as it did before the 10.7.5 update.

     

    Hopefully this works for others as well.  Thanks to Dr.Moe for posting this solution.  Now, can anyone explain why that worked?

  • by Ra_,

    Ra_ Ra_ Oct 4, 2012 9:04 AM in response to bvila
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    Oct 4, 2012 9:04 AM in response to bvila

    It didn't work for me.

  • by BrownBrady,

    BrownBrady BrownBrady Oct 4, 2012 9:10 AM in response to Larry Nolan
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    Oct 4, 2012 9:10 AM in response to Larry Nolan

    I have tried all of the solutions here, including the one that told me to erase my Time Machine drive so that I can no longer restore to the previous verison. So the accepted answer for me is to accept responsibility for agreeing to proceed with the upgrade. Meanwhile, I have turned off Time Machine and I will just wait for the next version which will hopefully fix this issue.

  • by jskeen,

    jskeen jskeen Oct 4, 2012 9:45 AM in response to peterpaulfromvenlo
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    Oct 4, 2012 9:45 AM in response to peterpaulfromvenlo

    This worked for me also.  Deleting all folders in /var/folders/* and then rebooting fixed the problem.  Since my upgrade to 10.7.5, my Spotlight indexing has been predicting to take weeks of time.  So then I narrowed (via Privacy) the indexed areas to my email and my personal account, but even so, the indexing was predicted to take 3 days+. 

     

    But after I deleted the above folders, not only did my Mac boot up just fine, the initial Spotlight indexing was done in 8 minutes.  Then I added back in in the balance of my drives, internal and external.  Spotlight now shows 58 minutes to complete indexing on them.  All this is normal.   This indexing also completed without problem, and my Time Machine backups run just fine too.

     

    Great suggestion!

  • by regdul,

    regdul regdul Oct 4, 2012 10:13 AM in response to bvila
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    Oct 4, 2012 10:13 AM in response to bvila

    Deleting /var/folders fixed the issue for me.

  • by Venares,

    Venares Venares Oct 4, 2012 10:22 AM in response to regdul
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    Oct 4, 2012 10:22 AM in response to regdul

    regdul wrote:

     

    Deleting /var/folders fixed the issue for me.

    No, not for me. I have deleted all folders but TM ist still very slow while spotlight ist running.

  • by KLang99,

    KLang99 KLang99 Oct 4, 2012 10:23 AM in response to regdul
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    Oct 4, 2012 10:23 AM in response to regdul

    Does anyone know what the data in /var/folders/ is?

  • by metalman213,

    metalman213 metalman213 Oct 4, 2012 10:25 AM in response to KLang99
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    Oct 4, 2012 10:25 AM in response to KLang99

    OMG will this thread ever end. Tried to stop email notifcations but im still getting them

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 4, 2012 10:28 AM in response to metalman213
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    Oct 4, 2012 10:28 AM in response to metalman213

    metalman213 wrote:

     

    OMG will this thread ever end. Tried to stop email notifcations but im still getting them

    Go to Your Stuff>Preferences>Email Notifications and set this one to No

     

    Screen Shot 2012-10-04 at 12.27.12 PM.png

  • by metalman213,

    metalman213 metalman213 Oct 4, 2012 10:34 AM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 4, 2012 10:34 AM in response to Csound1

    I did, all are checked. LOL I dont mind, just crabby today!!!

  • by Larry Nolan,

    Larry Nolan Larry Nolan Oct 4, 2012 10:34 AM in response to Larry Nolan
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    Oct 4, 2012 10:34 AM in response to Larry Nolan

    I noticed just now that the bug report I filed with Apple on Time Machine slowness and was Closed as being a duplicate, now shows that the master bug has also been CLOSED.  Hope they have a fix that will be released soon. 

     

    I continue to run daily by disabling Spotlight, run Time Machine, the reenable Spotlight.

     

    I can't find out what the resolution is for the bug no. 12136478 other than being closed.

  • by metalman213,

    metalman213 metalman213 Oct 4, 2012 10:37 AM in response to Csound1
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    Oct 4, 2012 10:37 AM in response to Csound1

    I think we should start another discussion on this problem with notifications hahaha

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 4, 2012 10:40 AM in response to metalman213
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    Oct 4, 2012 10:40 AM in response to metalman213

    metalman213 wrote:

     

    I think we should start another discussion on this problem with notifications hahaha

    You sir are a masochist

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