Understood, tomorrow night job now. Thanks I have interrupted the Pacifist!
Regards Pete > On 8 Sep 2014, at 9:57 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > -- 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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