The sam problem here. Large 6GB backups, no windows installation ... tried trashing .plist + fresh backup.
After two days same problem.
Did fresh Mavericks instalation with new SSD ... after two days again 6 GB TM backups?
I have late 2008 iMac 24".
Here is mine:
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27/03/14 17:56:11,305 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Starting manual backup
27/03/14 17:56:14,024 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Backing up to /dev/disk1s2: /Volumes/500TB/Backups.backupdb
27/03/14 17:56:16,474 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Will copy (7,94 GB) from Macintosh HD
27/03/14 17:56:16,475 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Found 373 files (7,94 GB) needing backup
27/03/14 17:56:16,479 com.apple.backupd[3264]: 10,47 GB required (including padding), 235,74 GB available
27/03/14 17:57:41,483 firefox[2901]: CGSNewCIFilterByName
27/03/14 17:57:41,483 WindowServer[111]: CGXSetCIFilterValues: Invalid filter 0
27/03/14 17:57:41,483 WindowServer[111]: CGXSetWindowFilter: Invalid filter 0
27/03/14 17:57:44,208 firefox[2901]: CGSNewCIFilterByName
27/03/14 17:57:44,208 WindowServer[111]: CGXSetCIFilterValues: Invalid filter 0
27/03/14 17:57:44,209 WindowServer[111]: CGXSetWindowFilter: Invalid filter 0
27/03/14 17:59:37,477 Vox[1050]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_VNODE] delete: "Bad file descriptor" - 0x9
27/03/14 18:02:57,764 xpcproxy[3287]: assertion failed: 13C64: xpcproxy + 3438 [D559FC96-E6B1-363A-B850-C7AC9734F210]: 0x2
27/03/14 18:03:06,590 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Copied 584 items (7,93 GB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 1200.
27/03/14 18:03:16,000 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Will copy (30 MB) from Macintosh HD
27/03/14 18:03:16,000 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Found 53 files (30 MB) needing backup
27/03/14 18:03:16,001 com.apple.backupd[3264]: 1,04 GB required (including padding), 227,74 GB available
27/03/14 18:03:28,768 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Copied 86 items (29,7 MB) from volume Macintosh HD. Linked 672.
27/03/14 18:03:36,029 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Created new backup: 2014-03-27-180335
27/03/14 18:03:40,076 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Starting post-backup thinning
27/03/14 18:03:40,262 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Error: Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-50 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (OSStatus error -50.)" (paramErr: error in user parameter list) deleting backup: /Volumes/500TB/Backups.backupdb/Klemen’s iMac/2014-03-27-175614.inProgress/A792C79F-0EC8-4C02-A0A5-086704D5EE39
27/03/14 18:03:43,289 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Deleted /Volumes/500TB/Backups.backupdb/Klemen’s iMac/2014-03-26-154533 (17,1 MB)
27/03/14 18:03:49,512 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Deleted /Volumes/500TB/Backups.backupdb/Klemen’s iMac/2014-03-26-131447 (6,88 GB)
27/03/14 18:03:49,512 com.apple.backupd[3264]: Post-backup thinning complete: 2 expired backups removed
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