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From: Woody on 28 Apr 2010 05:31 So the iMac is fixed and good with its new disk. Problem is, as soon as I switched time machine on, it wants to back up the whole disk again, even though the only files on it were the files it put there in the first place, becsue the disk has changed. I found a hint on MacOSXHints.com, but it relates to 10.5 and doesnt seem to work on 10.6. I thought I would let it back up the disk anyway as it was a faff otherwise, but after leaving it 7 hours last night it had still only done a quarter of it. Anyone know how to tell it to treat the disk the same as the last one? -- Woody
From: James Jolley on 28 Apr 2010 07:21 On 2010-04-28 10:31:36 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > So the iMac is fixed and good with its new disk. Problem is, as soon as > I switched time machine on, it wants to back up the whole disk again, > even though the only files on it were the files it put there in the > first place, becsue the disk has changed. > > I found a hint on MacOSXHints.com, but it relates to 10.5 and doesnt > seem to work on 10.6. > I thought I would let it back up the disk anyway as it was a faff > otherwise, but after leaving it 7 hours last night it had still only > done a quarter of it. > > Anyone know how to tell it to treat the disk the same as the last one? No I actually don't but i'm amazed it would take 7 plus hours. When I was testing this at the time, Time Machine was always fast at backing up the install but I wonder if the drive is full? The backup one I mean.
From: Woody on 28 Apr 2010 07:25 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-28 10:31:36 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > > > So the iMac is fixed and good with its new disk. Problem is, as soon as > > I switched time machine on, it wants to back up the whole disk again, > > even though the only files on it were the files it put there in the > > first place, becsue the disk has changed. > > > > I found a hint on MacOSXHints.com, but it relates to 10.5 and doesnt > > seem to work on 10.6. > > I thought I would let it back up the disk anyway as it was a faff > > otherwise, but after leaving it 7 hours last night it had still only > > done a quarter of it. > > > > Anyone know how to tell it to treat the disk the same as the last one? > > No I actually don't but i'm amazed it would take 7 plus hours. When I > was testing this at the time, Time Machine was always fast at backing > up the install but I wonder if the drive is full? The backup one I mean. It is trying to backup 189 GB, and it has about 275GB free, so it shouldnt' have too much of a problem. -- Woody
From: James Jolley on 28 Apr 2010 07:28 On 2010-04-28 12:25:55 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-04-28 10:31:36 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: >> >>> So the iMac is fixed and good with its new disk. Problem is, as soon as >>> I switched time machine on, it wants to back up the whole disk again, >>> even though the only files on it were the files it put there in the >>> first place, becsue the disk has changed. >>> >>> I found a hint on MacOSXHints.com, but it relates to 10.5 and doesnt >>> seem to work on 10.6. >>> I thought I would let it back up the disk anyway as it was a faff >>> otherwise, but after leaving it 7 hours last night it had still only >>> done a quarter of it. >>> >>> Anyone know how to tell it to treat the disk the same as the last one? >> >> No I actually don't but i'm amazed it would take 7 plus hours. When I >> was testing this at the time, Time Machine was always fast at backing >> up the install but I wonder if the drive is full? The backup one I mean. > > It is trying to backup 189 GB, and it has about 275GB free, so it > shouldnt' have too much of a problem. No. Something's really gone wrong then because on my system here, there's a good 57 GB of audio dramas on there, plus the system and apps. It's only 100 or so GB of space used but that's not much of a difference. I'm not sure where this 7 plus hours comes from either. Is the drive internal?
From: Woody on 28 Apr 2010 07:31
James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-28 12:25:55 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > > > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > > > >> On 2010-04-28 10:31:36 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > >> > >>> So the iMac is fixed and good with its new disk. Problem is, as soon as > >>> I switched time machine on, it wants to back up the whole disk again, > >>> even though the only files on it were the files it put there in the > >>> first place, becsue the disk has changed. > >>> > >>> I found a hint on MacOSXHints.com, but it relates to 10.5 and doesnt > >>> seem to work on 10.6. > >>> I thought I would let it back up the disk anyway as it was a faff > >>> otherwise, but after leaving it 7 hours last night it had still only > >>> done a quarter of it. > >>> > >>> Anyone know how to tell it to treat the disk the same as the last one? > >> > >> No I actually don't but i'm amazed it would take 7 plus hours. When I > >> was testing this at the time, Time Machine was always fast at backing > >> up the install but I wonder if the drive is full? The backup one I mean. > > > > It is trying to backup 189 GB, and it has about 275GB free, so it > > shouldnt' have too much of a problem. > > No. Something's really gone wrong then because on my system here, > there's a good 57 GB of audio dramas on there, plus the system and > apps. It's only 100 or so GB of space used but that's not much of a > difference. I'm not sure where this 7 plus hours comes from either. Is > the drive internal? No, it is an external firewire drive. It has worked fine all the time until now, and it only took 2 hours to recover the whole disk when the disk was changed. -- Woody |