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Re: Why is Time Machine doing a full backup?

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Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> wrote:
> In article <e845ngF8u75U2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>> Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> wrote:
>>> In article <nvg3ok$27j$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> 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? I just switched from El Capitan
>>>> to Sierra last night, and now TM is doing a completely fresh
>>>> backup instead of the minor changes I've made to my files in
>>>> the past few days.
>>> 
>>> Patty-
>>> 
>>> That happened here a few months ago, but not related to an upgrade.  
>>> After the fresh backup, files that had previously been deleted were no 
>>> longer available.
>> 
>> That can happen if there isn't much free space left on the backup volume
>> and Time Machine deletes old copies of files to make room for new ones.
> 
> 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?

> I have a 
> Two Terabyte Time Capsule which also contains a 180 GB Laptop backup.  
> The current "fresh" desktop backup is 840 GB with 978 GB available.

That's plenty of space.

> I am worried that there may be a bad spot on the Time Capsule's drive.  

If there is a problem with the drive, the Time Capsule LED will not be
green after restarting, as documented here:

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202174>

> After all, it has been running continuously for several years.  Maybe 
> getting a new Time Capsule would be worthwhile.

I wouldn't do that unless it was actually warranted.

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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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