My sincere condolences Ronni. > On 10 Feb 2019, at 3:54 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > Unfortunately I’ll have to leave this post for someone else to help as I’m > coping with a death in my family (My dear sister in Melbourne died this > morning). > —— > By default, Time Machine does not back up external drives, but you can change > this. > > You can ensure that external drives are backed up by following these steps: > > Open the Time Machine system preference pane. > Click the Options button. > Select any drive in the exclusion list that you want to have Time Machine > include. > Click the - (minus) button to remove it. (Repeat for additional drives.) > Click Save. > That’s all you have to do. > > The exclusions list is confusing, because you might want to only include > certain parts of an external drive. There’s no built-in way to make this > happen. Say you wanted to back up a Movies folder on an external drive, but > none of the five other top-level folders. You need to add each of those other > top-level folders in the Exclude list by clicking the + sign and then > selecting them one at a time. > > https://www.macworld.com/article/3153995/macs/how-to-make-sure-time-machine-backs-up-external-drives.html > > <https://www.macworld.com/article/3153995/macs/how-to-make-sure-time-machine-backs-up-external-drives.html> > > Kind regards, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > > On 10 Feb 2019, at 2:40 pm, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au > <mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote: > >> Hi Ronnie, this is a good little app. It takes the app a little while to >> retrieve the detail for each backup but eventually I was able to see what >> had happened very clearly. The large backup had included the new library >> (~2GB) and the old library as well (~400GB) plus a mobile synch back up as >> well. The backup of the old library as I suspected was in there but is a >> complete waste of space, there was nothing in it which changed (at least by >> me). >> >> Having now confirmed this, is there a way to delete this recent Photos >> library backup and hence release the space? >> >> I did note also that the TimeTracker only looks into the TC internal hard >> disc backups and not the additional hard drives plugged into the TC USB port >> for extra backup space. Is this a default setting and is there a way to look >> into the other drives containing backups? >> >> Regards >> >> >> Pete >> >> On 10 Feb 2019, at 12:54 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> TimeTracker 0.6.2 - 04 Dec 2018 >>> >>> Version 0.6.2 released Dec 04, 2018 >>> >>> Version : >>> Add workaround for Mojave issue resulting in permissions errors when >>> accessing the Time Machine preferences >>> Remove some erroneous captions on the toolbar buttons >>> Now notarized by Apple for Mojave >>> >>> <https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36691/timetracker/version-history >>> <https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36691/timetracker/version-history>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 >>> >>> >>>> On 10 Feb 2019, at 12:24 pm, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au >>>> <mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Ronni, thanks for asking this one and sorry I wasn’t a little clearer. >>>> The two Photos libraries are on a 1TB external drive attached to the MBP >>>> USB port. The two libraries are the only two files on the external drive >>>> (formatted OSX Extend Journaled). The TM Options panel is set to include >>>> the external drive in the backup of Jo’s MBP. >>>> >>>> The Time Machine Backup of Jo’s MBP is located on the Time Capsule (with >>>> 3TB internal drive) - so not sharing location with the Photos library. >>>> >>>> For many years this has worked faultlessly with the single library on the >>>> external drive, all I have done is created a new Photos library alongside >>>> the existing Jo’s Photos library. >>>> >>>> It’s a puzzle. I do remember many years ago you let the group know of an >>>> app or program that allowed one to look into the contents of previous >>>> backups. If you’re able to remind me of this program, I can look into it >>>> directly and find out what the contents of that back up last night were. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> Pete >>>> >>>> On 10 Feb 2019, at 11:43 am, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com >>>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Peter, >>>>> >>>>> I’m not sure if I understand your Time Machine Backup of these two Photos >>>>> Library’s? >>>>> >>>>> WARNING: If a Photos library is located on an external drive, don’t use >>>>> Time Machine to store a backup on that external drive. >>>>> The permissions for your Photos library may conflict with those for the >>>>> Time Machine backup. >>>>> >>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/photos/back-up-the-photos-library-pht6d60d10f/mac >>>>> >>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/photos/back-up-the-photos-library-pht6d60d10f/mac>> >>>>> >>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201517 >>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201517>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 >>>>> >>>>>> On 10 Feb 2019, at 10:47 am, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au >>>>>> <mailto:petercr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> HI, during Saturday i was consolidating the photos back up for my mother >>>>>> in law (she has no computer) using my wife’s MacBook Pro. My wife has >>>>>> her Photos library on an exclusive Photos only external 1TB drive. So I >>>>>> created a second library “Carol” on the external drive to import photos >>>>>> for my mother in law alongside the existing System library (420GB) for >>>>>> Jo. This import all went very successfully but the next time a TM backup >>>>>> came around, as expected it recognised the new library (~4GB) but the >>>>>> backup was ~460GB in size. Given that the original library was unchanged >>>>>> and nothing in particular was changed on the main SSD, why would TM >>>>>> decide the entire external drive plus other material it seems, needed >>>>>> backing up again. I connected it to the Ethernet to speed this process >>>>>> which finished during the night but I am puzzled why TM decided to >>>>>> apparently update such a large quantity of data. My TC 3TB drive is now >>>>>> down to 1.2TB remaining which is still plenty, but has copped 455GB it >>>>>> didn’t need to and reduced my balance unnecessarily. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any clues why this would happen and how can I undo this other than >>>>>> blowing away the whole backup file and redoing a full new backup? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Pete >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > -- 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>
Regards, Stephen Chape
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