Re: Time Machine internals, anyone?
Re: Time Machine internals, anyone?
- Subject: Re: Time Machine internals, anyone?
- From: Michael Watson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:34:52 -0700
On 30 Jun, 2014, at 10:03, Thomas Tempelmann <email@hidden> wrote:
> Is there someone here with deep understanding of the TM workings?
>
> I have my TM backup in a state where it doesn't "see" changes in several folders, even after forcing a "deep scan". I found that changing the affected folder in any way, e.g. renaming or using "touch" on it, solves the issue.
>
> Since I still have lots of similarly problematic folders, I like to investigate the issue further, seeing what's causing this lock-up. So far, I have not found a reason for it. I suspect that there's some hidden database that stores information about the state that has gotten out of sync and isn't fixing itself.
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> Note, I do not worry about just getting my own backup fixed - I rather like to understand the issue so that I can assist others and maybe also provide a tool to handle this automatically, or help Apple to resolve it.
>
please file a radar so engineering can investigate what you're seeing. that is absolutely the best thing you can do.
when you file your bug, please include tmdiagnose data.
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