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Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup?

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On 2016-11-05, Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> wrote:
> In article <e84e11FasqhU1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> > In my case, it did not just delete a few old files.  It is no longer 
>> > possible to go to dates prior to the date of the fresh backup.  
>> 
>> What are the specific circumstances that led to the fresh backup?
>
> Normally Time Machine does its backups automatically.  One day a message 
> popped up saying it wanted to do a complete backup (or something like 
> that).

The cause of the problem can vary depending on the verbatim message. So
unless you can remember it, you're not going to figure much out.

> I was worried that it might wipe out the old stuff, so I 
> declined.  When I found it was no longer possible to access the Time 
> Machine data, I went ahead with the new backup.  (There was no problem 
> accessing the Laptop's data.)

What exactly do you mean by "it was no longer possible to access the
Time Machine data"?

>> If there is a problem with the drive, the Time Capsule LED will not be
>> green after restarting
>
> It is flashing yellow.  It looks like I need to do some Airport Utility 
> work.

Yep. I posted a link to instructions from Apple showing how to check the
disk in a previous reply.

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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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