Both machines use an internal hard drive for the TM backups. Both TM backup drives still have a lot of empty space, though the TM drive at home is larger than the TM drive at work.
I certainly have a few files at home that are larger than those at work, such as videos, but I exclude the Movies, Music, and Pictures directories from my TM backups, so that should not be the problem. Any other thoughts? Gregg On 7 Mar 2012, at 12:36 PM, objectwerks inc wrote: > How big are your data sets (how full with how much data are your disks)? Is > the one at home using a local TM disk or a TM disk on your network? Is the > data set composed of LOTS of little files? > > On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [E] wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On my Mac Pro at home, Time Machine runs for about 30 minutes of each hour, >> even when I have not created any new files. I also have a Mac Pro at work >> and it does NOT exhibit this behavior. Both are running the latest version >> of Snow Leopard (10.6.8). Does anyone have an idea about why Time Machine >> is running so much on one of these? I expect Time Machine to run for a >> short period (maybe a minute or two), even without many files changing, >> since I assume it still has to search for possible changes, but 25-30 >> minutes seems really excessive when nothing much has changed. Any thoughts? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Gregg _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
