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Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup?

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup?
Date 2016-11-03 20:39 +0000
Message-ID <e81lkrFlah3U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
> 
> In article <e81j32Fkmj3U1@mid.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger  <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>>> Is it normal for Time Machine to do a full backup after the
>>> Mac has had a major OS upgrade? 
>> 
>> Time Machine backs up more than just user files. Upgrading your system
>> changes many system files on the startup volume. Those need to be backed up
>> after the upgrade.
> 
> Oh, okay. 12GB worth?

That seems reasonable considering the entire system has changed since the
last backup.

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Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-11-03 19:39 +0000
  Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-03 19:56 +0000
    Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-11-03 20:33 +0000
      Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-03 20:39 +0000
      Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-03 17:12 -0400
      Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2016-11-05 15:27 +0000
  Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2016-11-04 12:47 -0400
    Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-04 19:26 +0000
      Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2016-11-04 16:52 -0400
        Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-04 21:48 +0000
          Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2016-11-05 13:08 -0400
            Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-05 20:08 +0000
              Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2016-11-06 12:33 -0500
                Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-07 03:54 +0000
        Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? nj_kruse@me.com (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2016-11-05 08:16 +0100
          Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-05 19:05 +0000
            Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? nj_kruse@me.com (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2016-11-05 21:59 +0100
              Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-05 22:11 +0000
                Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? nj_kruse@me.com (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2016-11-06 13:00 +0100
                Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-06 16:08 +0000
            Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? nj_kruse@me.com (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2016-11-08 07:04 +0100
              Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Johnson <null@example.com> - 2016-11-08 08:16 +0000
                Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? nj_kruse@me.com (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2016-11-08 11:44 +0100
                Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-08 10:07 -0500
                Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-08 18:22 +0000

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