How to tell how big one time machine backup is from another?

[Mindflux]

I can't seem to find anything that shows me how big each backup is. If they are supposed to be incremental or differential how do I tell? They all look like full backups to me.

[/dev/toaster]

Inside each snapshot, there is a file named .Backup.log ... inside there, you will see the size of each snapshot.

Look for something that says:
Space needed for this backup: 676.1 MB (173088 blocks of size 4096)

Looking on the filesystem level is only possible with some scripting, since it makes very heavy use of hard links.

[cornerdealy]

go to time machine preferences when it's doing a backup...it'll show you a progress bar and how big the backup is.

[Mindflux]

Inside each snapshot, there is a file named .Backup.log ... inside there, you will see the size of each snapshot.

Look for something that says:
Space needed for this backup: 676.1 MB (173088 blocks of size 4096)

Looking on the filesystem level is only possible with some scripting, since it makes very heavy use of hard links.

Ah alright. I found it. Had to do it in terminal.

Can i see those via finder?

[/dev/toaster]

Not to my knowledge

[idearat]

You can view the log in Time Machine itself, just open Time Machine, locate any backup finder you like, and select your machine in the browser. You should see a short list of entries, the first of which is likely Backup.log. Double click to read the log for that backup.