Time Machine not backing up all content

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Time Machine not backing up all content

Time Machine is only backing up systems and apps, none of my files/content (docs, photos, iTunes). Nothing's been excluded. External drive works fine. What am I missing?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on May 15, 2013 10:23 AM

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Answer 1

norm123

Community Specialist

May 17, 2013 12:23 PM in response to greenesoni

Hello greenesoni,

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. If you are not seeing the back up being preformed properly, there are a few troubleshooting steps that you can follow in this article.

Time Machine: Troubleshooting backup issues

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3275

Another quick troubleshooting step is just to turn off Time Machine, then turn it back on again.

Regards,

-Norm G.

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Answer 2

Pondini

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May 17, 2013 8:26 PM in response to greenesoni

It's possible the preferences file that contains your instructions to Time Machine may be damaged. One thing you might want to try is a "full reset" of Time Machine, per #A4 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.

If that doesn't help, see if the problem also occurs in another user account (create one via System Preferences > Users & groups if you don't have one already.

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