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

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Larry Nolan

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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

Q: time machine slow in 10.7.5

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by Ra_,

Ra_ Oct 5, 2012 1:51 AM in response to Larry Nolan
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Oct 5, 2012 1:51 AM in response to Larry Nolan

How long can the Spotlight estimation time can be?
In my memory, the estimation is short and then the database build itself can be long, with a progress bar, etc.
But being on this estimation thing for a very long time is not normal, right?
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Ra_ Oct 5, 2012 2:03 AM in response to Ra_
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Oct 5, 2012 2:03 AM in response to Ra_

Ok, an "interresting" fact: on my Macbook the indexing went from the infamous time estimation directly to done. No progression bar or anything.
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by jc0,

jc0 Oct 5, 2012 3:11 AM in response to Ra_
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Oct 5, 2012 3:11 AM in response to Ra_

Same here... 6 hours to finished in an instant.
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by Alf Megson,

Alf Megson Oct 5, 2012 3:17 AM in response to Larry Nolan
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Oct 5, 2012 3:17 AM in response to Larry Nolan

After 10.7.5 Supplemental update, Time Machine is as slow as before, I think. It's just taken an hour and a half to backup 320MB. It was stuck on 70MB for about half an hour. Now it says preparing backup again!

Bah!
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by Ra_,

Ra_ Oct 5, 2012 3:23 AM in response to jc0
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Oct 5, 2012 3:23 AM in response to jc0

Ah, and do TimeMachine works ok after this long estimating/indexing?
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by James Rothschild,

James Rothschild Oct 5, 2012 3:32 AM in response to Ra_
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Oct 5, 2012 3:32 AM in response to Ra_

Well I'm in Silicone Heaven :-)

It's ALL working great here, on all my Macs and Servers.
261.43GB IS going to backup in the 4 hours it says.
I'm off to iron Mr Listers underpants :-O
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by PieroF,

PieroF Oct 5, 2012 4:55 AM in response to PieroF
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Oct 5, 2012 4:55 AM in response to PieroF

Now also Spotlight is up and running at normal speed, after Supplemental update fixed Time Machine.
I just had to delete the "entire index directory" using Spotless on my startup disk.

Thanks for the help from this thread

Piero
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by Ra_,

Ra_ Oct 5, 2012 5:00 AM in response to PieroF
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Oct 5, 2012 5:00 AM in response to PieroF

It doesn't seem to work for me, Spotlight is still estimating after a few hours…
I'm not sure what can I do now.
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by PieroF,

PieroF Oct 5, 2012 5:11 AM in response to Ra_
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Oct 5, 2012 5:11 AM in response to Ra_

Try: download Spotless 4.0.0 (you don't need to register now), select the disk in its window and Delete entire index directory. When asked click on Delete and Enable. Spotless cleans up the index and starts Spotlight again from scratch. It worked with me; it takes a while (couple hours for me) but you can see it progressing...

Piero
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by BrownBrady,

BrownBrady Oct 5, 2012 5:25 AM in response to Larry Nolan
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Oct 5, 2012 5:25 AM in response to Larry Nolan

The Supplemental Update has fixed my Time Machine and Spotlight issues. Signing out of this thread now.
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by Ra_,

Ra_ Oct 5, 2012 5:26 AM in response to PieroF
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Oct 5, 2012 5:26 AM in response to PieroF

Thanks but I allready tryed this.
I'm giving more hours to see if it's going somewhere before I'm trying again.
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by Ra_,

Ra_ Oct 5, 2012 5:28 AM in response to PieroF
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Oct 5, 2012 5:28 AM in response to PieroF

Spotless reads that my startup drive index size is 8,5 megs… after 2 or 3 hours of work…
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by Ra_,

Ra_ Oct 5, 2012 5:38 AM in response to Ra_
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Oct 5, 2012 5:38 AM in response to Ra_

Ok apparently it stops at 8+ mega every time.

I tryed everything, I don't get it.
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by Ra_,

Ra_ Oct 5, 2012 5:59 AM in response to Ra_
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Oct 5, 2012 5:59 AM in response to Ra_

Ok after restarting and rebuilding the index again and again, rebooting in safe mode, trying stuff here and there, apparently the index is building up normally now (it passed 8 megs and doing ok now).
So, if anyone is having the same problem as I did, well I don't know what to say, I don't understand how I fixed it.
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by Roberto Avanzi,

Roberto Avanzi Oct 5, 2012 6:07 AM in response to Ra_
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Oct 5, 2012 6:07 AM in response to Ra_

Try here

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4397410?tstart=0

there are suggestions on how to "clean up" in order for the repaired frameworks to work better.

Roberto
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