Probably an obvious thing, but has anyone checked the hidden items in that specific folder - could be something weird. There's a 'Show/Hide All' script in my Public drop box at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27323799/Show%20All%20Script.zip - run it via Script Editor to Show everything, then run it again to hide hidden items.
On 8 June, 18:09, Stephen Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting to know that Matt - I said to Paul in Apple support that I'm sure > I wasn't the only person using TM with this problem but I wasn't expecting > another sufferer so close to home! > > He has just sent me an app called "Capture Data" which I ran, then ran my TM > backup, then stopped his app. It then took ages to do its stuff and generated > an 11MB file on the desktop which I've emailed to him and he is sending it to > Apple engineering. He's off for the week so no more reports until next week > but I'll keep the group posted with whatever I hear. > > Cheers, > > Stephen > > On 8 Jun 2011, at 14:13, Matt Healey wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Very interesting... I have this exact same issue with mine. A couple of > > folders wont back up. Nothing special about them, I just have to accept it. > > I spent a good couple of weeks going round in circles before I eventually > > started backing up one folder at a time, eventually ending up with the dodgy > > culprits (was an exciting time in my life!). > > > Be interested to hear what apple say when they get back to you. > > > On 08/06/2011 11:14, "Stephen Watson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hi All, > > >> I said some while back that I've been having problems with my TM backups > >> and > >> after spending easily over and hour on the phone yesterday with Apple > >> support > >> what we have found is that I have a folder that TM will never back up. It > >> can > >> be renamed, copied to the desktop and imported into another user's Public > >> drop > >> box and TM will refuse to back it up or its contents. The Finder is happy > >> with > >> it, it operates as normal in every way, works find in Open/Save dialogs > >> and it > >> looks just fine in terminal too. I zipped it up and emailed to the Apple > >> support guy and he found that his TM would not back it up either! Result. > > >> He is sending to Apple's engineers and will let me know - I will post back > >> any > >> results here for whatever use they may ben. We rely on TM to backup our > >> stuff > >> so we don't have to worry. Not fun to find out that you need a file only to > >> discover that, for reasons presently unkown, it's been excluded from your > >> backup for days, weeks, years ... > > >> Cheers, > > >> Stephen > > “Localisation stands, at best, at the limits of practical possibility, but it > has the decisive argument in its favour that there will be no alternative.” ~ > Dr David Fleming: 1940-2010. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
