Steve, If you have a huge iPhoto library, that could be a main part of the problem. The latest versions of iPhoto stores everything in what appears to the OS as one single file - iPhoto Library - which lives in ~Home/Pictures.
The problem is that just opening iPhoto, even by accident, flags iPhoto Library as 'Changed' so TimeMachine will backup the entire item again. Personally, I store my iPhoto and iTunes Libraries on an external drive which backs up separately. Chris Webb . Principal MacService Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL t: 01580 881212 f: 01580 881313 m: 07770 960632 e: [email protected] w: www.macservice.co.uk On 30 May 2012, at 11:44, Steve Davies wrote: > Cheers John, I am looking at what to exclude next, thanks for the > suggestions, (I had not thought about dropbox!) > Unfortunately I have huge iPhoto and iTunes libraries, and a growing number > of iMovie projects, these three are by far my largest libraries. > I think I am going to have to get this suff onto a Drobo or something similar > in the not to distant future. > > Steve. > > On 30 May 2012, at 11:37, John Patrick wrote: > >> I've got several directories that I don't care if I lose, either are >> just working temp folders, require manual backups or can easily >> download again. >> >> Currently I'm excluding ~100GB, of which 25GB might totally change in >> 24 hrs. These are mMainly virtual machines as whilst developing and >> testing lost of files are created, modified and deleted and I only >> care the about the source/config/test files are backed up. >> >> I exclude the following types: >> BBC iPlayer Cache (can re-download, don't require long term backup) >> iTunes PodCasts (can re-download, don't require long term backup) >> Dropbox (backup handled by dropbox) >> Downloads (forces me to organise downloads) >> Virtual Machines (Prefer manual backups as restoring to a running vm >> state has cause me issues before) >> >> Won't fix the backup drive issue, but might reduce the total backup >> size, but your the only person who knows what directories you care >> about. >> >> John >> >> On 30 May 2012 10:52, Steve Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi John, >>> >>> Interesting point, as it happens the scratch is the second partition and I >>> am seeing exactly what you describe. >>> >>> I mat back up the contents of the scratch disk, delete that partition then >>> start again. >>> >>> Steve. >>> >>> On 30 May 2012, at 10:48, John Patrick wrote: >>> >>>> Is the scratch partition the 1st or 2nd partition. >>>> >>>> The reason I ask is because I've had experiences where I reduced the >>>> 1st partition but the 2nd partition would still not increase as it >>>> would only extend from the end. i.e. you can't extend it into the >>>> space before the current partition, but it will extend into space >>>> after the current partition. >>>> >>>> Not sure if that was issue with Mac, that disk or something else. So >>>> might be red herring. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> On 30 May 2012 10:41, Steve Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi Toby, >>>>> >>>>> Tried reducing the scratch partition as there is not much on there, that >>>>> was >>>>> easy, but disk utility will not let me increase the size of the back up >>>>> volume. >>>>> >>>>> Beats me, >>>>> >>>>> Steve. >>>>> >>>>> On 30 May 2012, at 10:34, Toby Leighton wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You can in a fiddly kind of way, You'll have to make one smaller first, >>>>> and >>>>> then the other one bigger. >>>>> >>>>> You are limited to a degree by how much data is saved in each partition. >>>>> If >>>>> the partitions are empty you can set them to be almost any size, if they >>>>> are >>>>> full of data then the partition boundarys have to be "around" the data. >>>>> >>>>> On 30 May 2012 10:21, Steve Davies <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am running Snow Leopard and have run out of space on my stand alone >>>>>> hard >>>>>> drive for running time machine back ups. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a 1TB drive which was partitioned roughly 50/50 one partition for >>>>>> back ups, the other as a scratch disk. >>>>>> >>>>>> However, since increasing the size of my iMac drive a few moths ago and >>>>>> adding more software, time machine is now telling me I need over 500 GB >>>>>> in >>>>>> order to back up. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have been into disk utility to look at changing the size of the >>>>>> partitions and while I can make either partition smaller, it will not >>>>>> let me >>>>>> increase the size of a partition. >>>>>> >>>>>> Q: Is there a way to do this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Steve. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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