Hi folks, last week I raised about importing AVCHD video files from a Camcorder to my Macbook (10.6) and with some expert in person tuition from my father and reading some macrumours threads on the topic specific to my camcorder model, I was able to get it to recognise the camcorder and in turn import the whole 276 individual clips starting from back in 2008 when I first got the camcorder. Approx 5 hours of 'film' time. It ran overnight to import it all and successfully finished. The memory size of all this was around 36GB.
Now that I am successfully over this hurdle, the resultant 'need' for the Time Capsule to back it all up results in a huge back-up job which I had expected. What I couldn't understand was why the importing of 'only' 36GB into iMovie resulted in the need for the Macbook to decide the backup needed was 116GB! It had repeatedly failed through the day yesterday to complete the backup successfully. I thought it new best so off it went again around 5:30 yesterday evening - this time with me looking over it with the Time Machine window open showing the progress bar. By 9PM it had reached around 50GB through the backup and shortly after this I noticed it had appeared to have finished - but in fact it hadn't. Shortly after all this, the backup started all over again - right from zero having debited the space remaining on the Time Capsule by the 50GB from what it was 4 hours earlier! The only other program running was Mail. This morning again - it had just commenced yet another 116GB backup from about the 8MB point when I noted it. I have no doubt it will fail again. I fear that it will take many attempts before it will successfully complete the 116GB backup that it dearly wants to do for me. Questions I have are this. 1. Why would importing 36GB of iMovie files result in 116GB with no other significant traffic having occurred? 2. How long should a 116GB back up really take? 3. Maybe I should inhibit any further backups till an overnight operation when there is no other potential interruption to it - even though Time Machine should seamlessly work in the background 24/7? 4. Is it possible that the cycle for a monthly backup coincidentally occurred at the same time as my 36GB import resulting in such an extra large Backup needed? 5. What can I do here - it seems to be in a loop very difficult to break out of? Macbook 13" - 3 months old (Snow Leopard) Time Capsule - 1TB Thanks for any useful tips you may have. Regards Peter...... Kind Regards, Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech HATCH *Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 *Fax + 61 8 9428 5555 *Mob 0402 001 019 ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au Website <http://www.hatch.com.au/> ***************************** NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, "information") contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- 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> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
