That's evocative… In Time Machine's folders, there is always an alias (I think it's an alias, not a hard link) to the most recent backup, named something like Most Recent Backup. I wonder if your Time Machine "client" is somehow tripping over this and counting that backup twice.
> On Mar 7, 2018, at 11:42 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] > <di...@niehs.nih.gov> wrote: > > No, I do not do mobile backups with Time Machine. > > When I first wrote about this odd behavior, there was an appearance of pairs > of "simultaneous" backups through the day, but when I looked more recently, > only the latest hourly backup had a duplicate entry. If this does not extend > throughout the entire backup list, then I guess I won't worry about it, > though I still find it curious. > > Thanks, > > Gregg > > On 03/06/2018, 12:01 AM, "Michael" <keybou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 2018-03-05, at 12:43 PM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] > <di...@niehs.nih.gov> wrote: > >> That's a good idea. I just checked and, based on the names of the folders, >> there appears to be only one per hour. So, this suggests that the listing >> within the Time Machine app is reporting two backups per hour when in fact >> only one is being performed (or at least only one is being kept in the usual >> location). > > Do you have mobile backups? > >> >> Gregg >> >> On 03/05/2018, 12:55 PM, "Macs R We" <macs...@macsrwe.com> wrote: >> >> Why not examine the folder hierarchy on your backup drive and inspect the >> individual folder names, which will tell you when each backup set was >> actually taken. Then at least you will know which end of the process is >> misbehaving. >> >>> On Mar 5, 2018, at 9:26 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] >>> <di...@niehs.nih.gov> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am running MacOSX 10.12.6 on a mid-2010 Mac Pro tower. I just upgraded >>> from Yosemite to Sierra, so that may be related. >>> >>> I installed a "new" hard drive and dedicated it to Time Machine. It's only >>> been running for about a day. I opened the Time Machine app today and, as >>> usual, there are the tick marks along the right side of the screen that >>> show when the various backups were performed (when the mouse hovers over a >>> given tick mark). Ideally the backups are about an hour apart. In my >>> case, there are pairs of tick marks with the same time listed. That is, >>> the last two tick marks show exactly the same time, the next two tick marks >>> also show the exact same time (though an hour earlier), and so on. I don't >>> know if two backups are being performed each hour, or if the listing is >>> just messed up. Has anyone seen this? Does anyone know how to fix it? Is >>> there some preference file somewhere that is messed up? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me, >>> >>> Gregg >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > --- > Entertaining minecraft videos > http://YouTube.com/keybounce > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
