Time Machine is backing up things that haven't changed
Discussion in 'Mac Basics and Help' started by DisplacedMic, Jun
4, 2013.    1. macrumors 65816      May 1, 2009     Hi guys,
I can't figure out why time machine is backing up random (and
huge) files that haven't changed at all.      I have the
exclusions set up for things that i know i don't want backed up.
But for some reason my backups are all 50ish gigs each.      for
example, my applications are ALL being updated - even those that
i never use, like the 500meg iMovie app that i hasn't been
modified in over a year.      there's a 12 gig phone backup
folder on my desktop that hasn't been modified in since march
2012 that gets backed up every time.      i have excluded my
download folder, the library where i store my VM files and a few
other things - but obviously something screwy is happening.
anyone have any ideas?      I am running 10.6.8 on a unibody
2009ish macbook 2.4 ghz & 4gig RAM      thanks :)   2. thread
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