TimeMachine backs up too much?
I just discovered the reason why TimeMachine was backing up so much data. I forgot to exclude my Maven and Ivy repositories :o)
Here is a good tip to discover which files are backed up. You need to have the Developer Tools installed.
When TimeMachine backs up
I wish there were a less geeky solution.
Here is a good tip to discover which files are backed up. You need to have the Developer Tools installed.
When TimeMachine backs up
- Launch /Developer/Applications/Instruments
- Select File Activity
- Open the default target combo box and attach the backupd process.
- Start recording
- Enjoy the list.
I wish there were a less geeky solution.
Labels: Mac OS X
posted by Emmanuel Bernard at
9:22 AM
2 Comments:
Shorter, put this in a "seebackup" shell script:
#!/bin/sh
opensnoop -n backupd | sed -ne '/\/Backups\.backupdb\// s,.*\.inProgress/[^/]*/,/Volumes/,p'
By
Efge, At
May 2, 2008 5:59 PM
Here's a simpler method:
% sudo fs_usage backupd
By
Achille, At
July 2, 2008 9:34 AM
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