Re: Time Machine backup content

[Peter Crisp]

Hi Ronni, sorry for taking so long to respond to your kind note. Last
night (with "backupd" in the search window) I had a look and made sure
"All Messages" (top left) was selected and "Macbook Pro" was selected
in the devices panel. I see a range of line items in the main panel
which provides information which I cannot interpret what it is
actually saying. It is in 'computer speak' but notwithstanding that,
with Timetracker, I have been able to see exactly what content (and
how many MB for each component part of it) was included in these
backups.
So much stuff being backed up for seemingly no good reason, but then I
am sure it is only doing what it has been programmed to do. Invaluable
to recover from a HDD loss (which I have had once). 
Kind Regards

Peter Crisp

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Subject:Re: Time Machine backup content

 Hi Peter,
Do you have “All Messages” selected under the log database in the
left column?

Kind Regards,

Ronni

 Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB 

On 10 Jun 2020, at 12:22 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:

Thanks for that Ronni. I had a look in there using Console on my
wifes MBP (2011) and when I type in "backupd" i get a blank panel on
the right side. Does it depend on the selection on the left side
panel?
I also went looking for the application I was thinking of and I found
it (on my MBP). It is called TimeTracker. A third party app. I used it
many years ago from similar curiosities about huge backups happening
with little or no activity on the MBP. 
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36691/timetracker [1]
I don't have this on my wifes MBP so when I get time I'll install and
have a look at the backup content report. 

Kind Regards

Peter Crisp

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Sent:Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:53:54 +0800
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Hi Peter,
Everything that Time Machine does is logged to the system log, so it
is possible to get more detailed reports on its activities. Open
Console in Applications/Utilities
To find the activity for Time Machine, you only need to know that the
Time Machine process is called backupd. Click in the search box at
the top right of the window (or just press Command-Option-F),
then type backupd as you type, Console will filter the results to
only show those entries related to the backupd process. 
The filtered output results are shown in three columns and it’s the
Message column that’s most useful. The messages reveal how much data
was backed up, what older backups were removed, and other general
information about the backup run.
Kind regards,
Ronni

On 10 Jun 2020, at 9:32 am, Peter Crisp  wrote:
Hi folks, I did a search in the WAMUG archives and couldn't find the
thread which shows how to interrogate the actual backed up content for
each hourly backup for TM. 
Reason I ask is that I am bringing my wifes TM backup up to date as it
had been manually stopped for a short period, then forgotten about (a
few months!!!) and now back in business. So yesterday I set it off
again (used the Ethernet connection as I knew it would be a large
backup). She also had clear out a LOT of photos off her iphone which
meant it would be huge. So yesterday it set off (75GB) and by this
morning it was finished. I've been monitoring it through this morning
and I have seen subsequent hourly backups SINCE completing
successfully the 75GB backup and the subsequent hourly backups have
been 745MB and 220MB each. There was zero activity on the MBP since
waking it this morning.
Why would there be subsequent backups of such size with no specific
activity on the keyboard. Obviously there is something being backed up
and I'd like to investigate.
How do I do this?

Kind Regards

Peter Crisp
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Re: Ext drive connectivity

[John Thompson]

Thanks again to all for their inputs.  Following Daniel’s instructions, Time 
Machine now appears to be working as it should.  I do not recall whjere I 
received the information regarding Catalina and Firewire but apparently it was 
false.

Kind Regrdes


John Thompson
jetj...@optusnet.com.au



> On 16 Jun 2020, at 7:52 am, Peter Hinchliffe  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 15 Jun 2020, at 12:43 pm, Neil Houghton  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Peter,
>> 
>> Not directly relevant, but I found this article on the CCC website, 
>> regarding Catalina Issues, interesting  
>> https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-catalina-known-issues
>> 
>> Remember when "it just works" was uttered with a (relatively) straight face 
>> - though never completely accurate  ;o)
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> Neil
>> 
>> 
> 
> Thanks Neil. There are enough workarounds and mentions of fixes in upcoming 
> Catalina “betas” to give room for help to create room for hope with the next 
> version.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948
> 
> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
> 
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Re: Ext drive connectivity

[Peter Hinchliffe]

> On 15 Jun 2020, at 12:43 pm, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Not directly relevant, but I found this article on the CCC website, regarding 
> Catalina Issues, interesting  
> https://bombich.com/kb/ccc5/macos-catalina-known-issues
> 
> Remember when "it just works" was uttered with a (relatively) straight face - 
> though never completely accurate  ;o)
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Neil
> 
> 

Thanks Neil. There are enough workarounds and mentions of fixes in upcoming 
Catalina “betas” to give room for help to create room for hope with the next 
version.

Kind regards,

Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.

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Computer dying...or not?

[Pat]

Hi, Neil,

It worked! Thank you very much! I followed the instructions for the inbuilt Mac 
hardware testing diagnostics.  It was  very strange,  because the software 
responded, but seldom in the way the instructions said said they would.. Almost 
everything was different. I used the June 2013 Apple Diagnostics. I don’t have 
a mouse, just Wacom pens, and they couldn’t be moved to select a language. But 
it didn't seem to matter.  And a few other deviations. But everything seems in 
order now. I’m crossing my fingers hoping that it will still be working 
tomorrow morning.

Cheers!  Pat
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