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Time Machine is driving me friggin crazy!
Perhaps there's something wrong with my system, but lately Time Machine seems like it's dragging its butt. All last week I was working on some heavy graphic apps and frequently they would slow to a cr...
As I suggested above, can you go to Applications > Utilties > Console, selected "system.log" from the sidebar (if you don't see a sidebar select "Show Log List") and searched for "backupd" (no quotes)?
If you are doing Time Machine backups there will be entries there.
Alternatively if you're comfortable with the Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) you can try this:
Edit: The log isn't verbose, it simply provides a summary and indicates if there's a problem.
If you are doing Time Machine backups there will be entries there.
Alternatively if you're comfortable with the Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) you can try this:
cat /var/log/system.log | grep backupd
Edit: The log isn't verbose, it simply provides a summary and indicates if there's a problem.
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