NO Pacifist is completely another program... nothing to do with Time Tracker The link I sent below will download Time Tracker.
>> <http://www.charlessoft.com/TimeTracker.zip> Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage On 8 Sep 2014, at 9:51 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
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