Hi Ronni, I simply hit the link you sent me and it took me to "Pacifist". It's by Charlessoft so is it the right thing by another name?
Regards Pete > On 8 Sep 2014, at 9:46 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > Why did you download Pacifist? I didn't mention Pacifist, you don't want > Pacifist! > I said to download 'Time Tracker' > TimeTracker > > TimeTracker is a quick-and-dirty application that displays the contents of > your Time Machine backups, and shows what's changed since the previous > backup. TimeTracker is in an extremely early state, and is as such very > unpolished. > > Download TimeTracker (prerelease), which works with 64-bit Intel Macs running > OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) or greater. > <http://www.charlessoft.com/TimeTracker.zip> > > Cheers, > Ronni > >> On 8 Sep 2014, at 9:29 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Ronni, I have downloaded the Pacifist software and in the process of >> "Loading Pete's Macbook" (ie Macbook Sparsebundle file). I don't have a >> Thunderbolt to Ethernet connection so I've gotta do it wirelessly (but I >> just ordered one) so I expect it will take ages to 'Load'. Oh well, >> hopefully it will present the culprit taking up huge data volume from my TC >> backup disc. I have stopped routine TC backups for now - nothing to loose. >> >> Whatever is the cause for this I can do one of two things. Either I >> understand from this exercise what is the cause of this huge data >> consumption and just leave the sparesebundle alone OR I blow away the >> sparesebundle and do a complete backup from scratch again and manage the >> cause of why this all happened so that I can keep the freeboard I had prior >> to this. >> >> Regards >> >> >> Pete >> >>> On 7 Sep 2014, at 7:20 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> Time Tracker is free; it is pretty basic but usually works well. It only >>> shows backups on the current backup destination, though, so if you've got >>> more than one, you have to select the one you want (if you're using >>> "rotating backups," it's the set most recently backed-up to). >>> Time Tracker works by comparing a completed backup you select to the one >>> before it. >>> >>> So if you select a large backup, it’s going to take a while to determine, >>> calculate, and display the items. >>> If your backups are on a network, connect via Ethernet if possible. >>> It will still take a while, but be 2-3 times faster than WI-FI. >>> >>> That also means that, after 24 hours, you're not really looking at what was >>> backed-up on a particular backup, but all the backups since the previous >>> one. >>> >>> And you can’t select the oldest backup, since there’s nothing to compare it >>> to, or one that’s running, failed, or was cancelled. >>> >>> The Time Tracker display is similar to a Finder window in "List View" >>> The dated backups will show 0 bytes until you select one, then the app will >>> calculate the size, so may take a while. >>> You can click the disclosure triangles to see the items in that folder that >>> were backed-up. >>> >>> Time Tracker will only show backups on the volume currently selected for >>> backups (or most recently backed-up to) in Time Machine preferences. >>> >>> The recent version of Time Tracker may give you a permissions error on >>> network backups; if it does, try double-clicking the sparse bundle via the >>> Finder to mount the disk image. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>>> On 7 Sep 2014, at 5:36 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, I have a MacBook Pro Retina 13" 256GB with a 2TB attached external >>>> drive (currently with around 550GB on the external drive). I have the >>>> external drive INCLUDED in my TC backups and the backup size (according to >>>> the TM Options panel) is 659GB. It has been backed up for many months now >>>> and routinely has been doing the updates hourly per the normal schedule. >>>> The backup drive is 1TB attached via the USB with a powered hub to the 3TB >>>> TC. >>>> >>>> I know some might think having only 1TB is small for a machine capable of >>>> being around 2.25TB (on board Mac Pro drive + the 2TB external) but for >>>> the moment the held memory is well inside the 1TB limit. >>>> >>>> Last night i took a video with my iPhone and then imported it to the >>>> MacBook Pro to iPhoto. The video file was ~330MB only 2 minutes worth. >>>> >>>> Last night I also tried to push the video file up to my Dropbox and it >>>> said around 1 hour to complete which was fine so I just let it go. This >>>> morning when I woke up the Macbook, it still hadn't completed and it said >>>> it had 10 minutes remaining. Then I noticed it commencing a routine backup >>>> and I often check the size of the backups just to keep a mental track of >>>> data backup size. The Backup is 174.92GB (yes GB)!! >>>> >>>> I was very surprised to see this as normal backups are in the order of >>>> ~50MB or maybe 1 or 2GB if I have imported some photos but I have never >>>> had a routine backup this size. >>>> >>>> Is there a way that I can interrogate what files are being backed up so I >>>> can see what has caused this? It will significantly reduce the freeboard I >>>> had to the 1TB for what appears to be for a meaningless reason. Maybe it >>>> was the Dropbox activity that's caused this. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> Pete > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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