Hi Arno,

Thank you very much.  This is exactly what I was looking for.  I was hoping 
there was a fairly simple command line tool that I could use.

I compared two snapshot paths and I believe I found the culprit.  I have 
TechTool software installed.  I did not realize it, but apparently it was doing 
a Directory Backup to save "valuable directory structure information" every 4 
hours.  Time Machine was backing up the TechTool Protection directory in 
/Library/Application Support, which apparently involved over 2-GB of changes.

I have now excluded the /Library/Application Support directory, so hopefully 
that will solve my problem.  I hope this does not create any new problems by 
not backing up the /Library/Application Support directory.

Thanks for the help,

Gregg

> On Jun 12, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Arno Hautala <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> You can also use the command line "tmutil compare". Provide either two
> snapshot paths to compare or it'll compare the drive to the latest
> snapshot.
> 
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:12 AM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Jun 12, 2016, at 7:54 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] 
>> <[email protected]> asked:
>>> 
>>> Is there a (simple) way to see what was recently backed up in Time Machine? 
>>>  I'm curious.
>> 
>> http://www.soma-zone.com/BackupLoupe/
>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Gregg
> 
> -- 
> arno  s  hautala    /-|   [email protected]

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