On 2018-03-05, at 12:43 PM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] <di...@niehs.nih.gov> wrote:
> That's a good idea. I just checked and, based on the names of the folders, > there appears to be only one per hour. So, this suggests that the listing > within the Time Machine app is reporting two backups per hour when in fact > only one is being performed (or at least only one is being kept in the usual > location). Do you have mobile backups? > > Gregg > > On 03/05/2018, 12:55 PM, "Macs R We" <macs...@macsrwe.com> wrote: > > Why not examine the folder hierarchy on your backup drive and inspect the > individual folder names, which will tell you when each backup set was > actually taken. Then at least you will know which end of the process is > misbehaving. > >> On Mar 5, 2018, at 9:26 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] >> <di...@niehs.nih.gov> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am running MacOSX 10.12.6 on a mid-2010 Mac Pro tower. I just upgraded >> from Yosemite to Sierra, so that may be related. >> >> I installed a "new" hard drive and dedicated it to Time Machine. It's only >> been running for about a day. I opened the Time Machine app today and, as >> usual, there are the tick marks along the right side of the screen that show >> when the various backups were performed (when the mouse hovers over a given >> tick mark). Ideally the backups are about an hour apart. In my case, there >> are pairs of tick marks with the same time listed. That is, the last two >> tick marks show exactly the same time, the next two tick marks also show the >> exact same time (though an hour earlier), and so on. I don't know if two >> backups are being performed each hour, or if the listing is just messed up. >> Has anyone seen this? Does anyone know how to fix it? Is there some >> preference file somewhere that is messed up? >> >> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me, >> >> Gregg > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
