It runs in the family! After installing Yosemite, my backup has increased from 630GB to 1.3TB! Severin Crisp
> On 21 Oct 2014, at 1:20 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > >> I then shut down iTunes in readiness for kicking off the backup. When I >> switched on TM, it commences by "Preparing Backup", I expected this to take >> a while and it did. A while later I got an error message saying backup drive >> too small for this backup. I was expecting an incremental backup not a full >> backup of the ~720GB of data I have all over again. I thought here we go >> again. >> >> I took a look in Finder at the Sparesebundle file and there was a 4.5GB >> sparsebundle file there and no sign of the previous ~630GB Mavericks based >> Sparesebundle. > > I've never known anyone to have so many problems/issues with Time Machine > backups / Time Capsule as you're experienced. > I have used Time Machine first on a 2TB Time Capsule before changing to a 3TB > Time Capsule with my current backups history going back to January 2012. > I've never had any problems with my 'Simultaneous Dual-Band 802.11n Wi-Fi > Network' or 'Time Machine backups' to either Time Capsule. > > I did a final SD Bootable Backup & a TM Backup prior to installing Yosemite > (as I always do before any upgrade of the OS). > I kept TWO copies of the 5.17GB "Install OS X Yosemite.app" - one on my > Desktop that I used to install Yosemite and another copy in my "Installers > Folder". > After installation completed I went through the normal steps of signing in to > Apple ID/iCloud/Messages etc - updating databases (by opening all Apple > Apps), upgrading applications, repairing permissions, and testing that > everything worked correctly for a couple of days before turning on Time > Machine to backup. > > Time Machine 'Preparing Backup' took a bit longer than normal (as expected) > as it read the new operating system, plus TM had not backed up for two days. > The backup went ahead and completed without any problem. The backup was > 31.90GB (which is what I expected). > I tested the backup to see the changes I had made working for two days and > all was correct. > > So I don't have any idea 'why' or 'how' your previous ~630GB Mavericks Time > Machine backup 'Sparsebundle' was deleted... A Sparsebundle does not delete > itself!! > And what the heck is the 4.5GB Sparsebundle? .... did you have anything > connected to your Mac? > > Your son's 13GB sounds fair - the Yosemite operating system is 8-10GB, I > noticed my HD 'Used': space had increased quite significantly after the > installation. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.10 Yosemite > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > >> On 20 Oct 2014, at 3:08 pm, [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, across the weekend I did the Yosemite upgrade and it all went seamlessly >> onto my 2014 MBP 13" Retina. As some may recall, I have previously had a >> couple of issues with Time Machine backups during non-related activities. >> Prior to doing the upgrade to Yosemite, I forced a backup with the TC which >> completed successfully. I then turned off Time Machine. >> >> Then I did the Update process with the machine connected via my recently >> acquired Ethernet adapter. All this went fine. After the download and prior >> to doing the install, I dragged the dmg file to my desktop so it wouldn't >> auto delete and then copied the dmg to a drive connected via my USB hub >> attached to my TC. All ok to here, no issues. Then did the update of the MBP >> to Yosemite, this also ran with no issues (backup still turned off). Sign in >> to iCloud all went fine too. Then i did the iTunes update, a nice new front >> end UI, long overdue though. >> >> Then I trashed the Yosemite dmg from the desktop so as not to have a further >> 5GB included in the backup when I had held over another copy of it >> independently. >> >> I then shut down iTunes in readiness for kicking off the backup. When I >> switched on TM, it commences by "Preparing Backup", I expected this to take >> a while and it did. A while later I got an error message saying backup drive >> too small for this backup. I was expecting an incremental backup not a full >> backup of the ~720GB of data I have all over again. I thought here we go >> again. >> >> I took a look in Finder at the Sparesebundle file and there was a 4.5GB >> sparsebundle file there and no sign of the previous ~630GB Mavericks based >> Sparesebundle. >> >> I probably did something wrong but wasn't too bothered as the Sparsebundle >> was only a month old having previously deleted the Sparesebundle and rebuilt >> from scratch just a month ago when I had the previous problem following a >> Dropbox/Backup clash I caused. >> >> I am curious to know if there is anyone else who had a similar experience >> with the Yosemite backup or might have a clue as to what I did wrong. . >> >> By contrast my 11yo son, did his update (on his 2012,13" MBP non-retina) and >> then TM update was ~13GB without issue. Still a big backup. >> >> 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> ____________________________________________________ Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) mail to: [email protected] ____________________________________________________
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