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  • Cleaning Up On Time Machine

    From Paul Goodman@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 31 15:28:51 2021
    I have a 15 inch Macbook Pro laptop (2016). Because it is a laptop and I move it around some, I don’t keep my Time Machine Disk constantly connected. I usually go through the backup process, twice a day, one in the morning and
    once before I go to bed. Since upgrading to12.0.1, the cleaning up process is taking longer than usual to complete. Sometimes takes 4 or 5 minutes, which
    is ok, but just not the way it used to be. What exactly does cleaning up do?
    Is a slightly longer period for this to complete a sign that the disk may be having some problems and I should replace it?

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Paul Goodman on Sun Oct 31 20:21:15 2021
    On 2021-10-31, Paul Goodman <[email protected]> wrote:

    I have a 15 inch Macbook Pro laptop (2016). Because it is a laptop and
    I move it around some, I don’t keep my Time Machine Disk constantly connected. I usually go through the backup process, twice a day, one
    in the morning and once before I go to bed. Since upgrading to12.0.1,
    the cleaning up process is taking longer than usual to complete.
    Sometimes takes 4 or 5 minutes, which is ok, but just not the way it
    used to be. What exactly does cleaning up do? Is a slightly longer
    period for this to complete a sign that the disk may be having some
    problems and I should replace it?

    How much space is available on the backup drive?

    Have you run Disk Utility on the backup drive?:

    <https://support.apple.com/HT210898>

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