Re: [WAMUG} Time Machine Backup - post Big Sur and full backup drive

[Peter Crisp]

Hi Ronni, thanks for that, I think I read this some years ago and will
use this when I do at some point go for a larger TM backup disc. Late
yesterday I looked at the status and it had in fact moved to the
backing up phase - so it had purged sufficient space from old backups
to permit the new backup to run. When I glanced at it, it had backed
up ~30GB of 230GB - so it is a substantial backup resulting from the
MS Office update and the Big Sur update combined. 
This confirms my confidence in TM as patience is important. When it
says it is doing something - it probably is doing something and to
leave it be to allow it to complete what it is doing. Around the time
of my earlier email here, I thought it might accelerate the process if
I plugged in my ethernet connection to the Time Capsule directly as
WiFi would probably have been slower than with an ethernet connection.
I watched the Network connection panel as I connected the ethernet and
it did connect so I assume the data processes between the MBP and the
TM backup disc (a 2TB portable drive attached via hub to the USB of
the TC). 

Kind Regards

Peter Crisp

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 Hi Peter,Have a read of my Tutorial 
http://www.ronnibrown.net/tutorials/migrate-to-a-larger-time/index.html
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Kind Regards,

Ronni

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

On 12 Apr 2021, at 12:31 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:

Hi folks, during last week following my plunge into getting my MS
Office 365 subscription in order - which was an inhibitor for moving
to Big Sur (as my MS Office 2011 was not compatible with Big Sur) - I
then have done the Big Sur update. I am pretty happy with it and no
gotchas for me yet with anything.
However, during all these significant updates I turn off my TM backup
so I can manage the timing for when the next TM Backup takes place -
as I knew it would be a substantial backup. So on Sunday morning I
turned it on, whereupon it goes searching for the drive - found no
problem, then “Preparing Backup” this took a number of hours, then
it starts the process of “Freeing space” as my 2TB backup drive
(dedicated to my Macbook) is full. No problem, this has been the case
for the last few months and while it has taken some time to purge the
oldest backups to make space for the new backup, I thought it will
take a good deal of time. But this has been 24 hours+ now. Does anyone
else have this same set of circumstances I have and timing. I am
inclined to allow it to continue like this for days if needed as it
doesn’t really bother me. Keen to hear others experiences or could
this be in an endless Big Sur loop I need to intervene?
Pete.

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Re: [WAMUG} Time Machine Backup - post Big Sur and full backup drive

[Ronni Brown]

Hi Peter,
Have a read of my Tutorial 

http://www.ronnibrown.net/tutorials/migrate-to-a-larger-time/index.html

Kind Regards,
Ronni

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


> On 12 Apr 2021, at 12:31 pm, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
> Hi folks, during last week following my plunge into getting my MS Office 365 
> subscription in order - which was an inhibitor for moving to Big Sur (as my 
> MS Office 2011 was not compatible with Big Sur) - I then have done the Big 
> Sur update. I am pretty happy with it and no gotchas for me yet with anything.
> 
> However, during all these significant updates I turn off my TM backup so I 
> can manage the timing for when the next TM Backup takes place - as I knew it 
> would be a substantial backup. So on Sunday morning I turned it on, whereupon 
> it goes searching for the drive - found no problem, then “Preparing Backup” 
> this took a number of hours, then it starts the process of “Freeing space” as 
> my 2TB backup drive (dedicated to my Macbook) is full. No problem, this has 
> been the case for the last few months and while it has taken some time to 
> purge the oldest backups to make space for the new backup, I thought it will 
> take a good deal of time. But this has been 24 hours+ now. Does anyone else 
> have this same set of circumstances I have and timing. I am inclined to allow 
> it to continue like this for days if needed as it doesn’t really bother me. 
> Keen to hear others experiences or could this be in an endless Big Sur loop I 
> need to intervene?
> 
> Pete.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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[WAMUG} Time Machine Backup - post Big Sur and full backup drive

[Peter Crisp]

Hi folks, during last week following my plunge into getting my MS Office 365 
subscription in order - which was an inhibitor for moving to Big Sur (as my MS 
Office 2011 was not compatible with Big Sur) - I then have done the Big Sur 
update. I am pretty happy with it and no gotchas for me yet with anything.

However, during all these significant updates I turn off my TM backup so I can 
manage the timing for when the next TM Backup takes place - as I knew it would 
be a substantial backup. So on Sunday morning I turned it on, whereupon it goes 
searching for the drive - found no problem, then “Preparing Backup” this took a 
number of hours, then it starts the process of “Freeing space” as my 2TB backup 
drive (dedicated to my Macbook) is full. No problem, this has been the case for 
the last few months and while it has taken some time to purge the oldest 
backups to make space for the new backup, I thought it will take a good deal of 
time. But this has been 24 hours+ now. Does anyone else have this same set of 
circumstances I have and timing. I am inclined to allow it to continue like 
this for days if needed as it doesn’t really bother me. Keen to hear others 
experiences or could this be in an endless Big Sur loop I need to intervene?

Pete.



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