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Re: Time Machine backup frequency

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On 6/18/18 4:44 PM, Robert Peirce wrote:
> The docs say this runs once an hour and backs up any files that have 
> changed.  That isn't happening on my machine.  I don't know when it 
> started but today I noticed I am getting two backups per hour always 
> within a couple of minutes.  For example, I have one at 4:08PM and 
> another at 4:10PM and that has been the case all day.  Older backups 
> seem to conform to the docs.
> 
> Clearly this isn't critical.  The older stuff is okay.  However, I am 
> curious about what is happening.


Looks like they are snapshots.  When I "Enter Time Machine" they all 
show up but a list of backups, or examining the directory itself, 
doesn't show the extra ones while

   tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

does.

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Time Machine backup frequency Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2018-06-18 16:44 -0400
  Re: Time Machine backup frequency Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-06-18 23:07 +0000
  Re: Time Machine backup frequency dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-06-19 12:57 +1200
  Re: Time Machine backup frequency Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> - 2018-06-19 11:18 -0400
  Re: Time Machine backup frequency Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-06-20 05:57 +0000

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