New to Time Machine (Advice Needed)

[hayleywow]

Hi Guys

I'm completely new to the Apple world apart from owning an iPhone for years, I have finally brought a 13" MacBook Pro.

Im stuck with Time Machine backups, I am currently backing up to a NAS drive via time machine and its backing up 59.53GB see screenshot, isn't this a bit large?? I don't even have that much data on my MacBook at the moment.

I have excluded a few folders that friends have recommended, is there anything else I should exclude.

Any help for this newbie will be gratefully received.

Thanks

 

[Macman45]

Your first TM backup will be large, and will take a while...After that the process is quick and should not interfere with your work.

 

[hayleywow]

Your first TN backup will be large, and will take a while...After that the process is quick and should not interfere with your work.

Is there anything else I should add to the excluded list??

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Is there anything else I should add to the excluded list??

Not that I know of, but know, that excluding a folder excludes all sub folders (you excluded the iTunes folder, thus the podcasts folder is automatically excluded, as it is a sub folder of the iTunes folder, thus you do not need to exclude it again).

Time Machine FAQ

 

[hayleywow]

Not that I know of, but know, that excluding a folder excludes all sub folders (you excluded the iTunes folder, thus the podcasts folder is automatically excluded, as it is a sub folder of the iTunes folder, thus you do not need to exclude it again).

Time Machine FAQ

Doh! I just noticed that LOL!

Thanks for the advice guys

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OK a bit weird, TM said it was backing up 59.53GB, and has just finished.... But its actually only backed up 13.9GB..??

Confused....

 

[glenthompson]

For the first backup to a network device it's usually better to connect via ethernet instead of wifi. Goes a lot faster.

 

[snaky69]

Doh! I just noticed that LOL!

Thanks for the advice guys

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OK a bit weird, TM said it was backing up 59.53GB, and has just finished.... But its actually only backed up 13.9GB..??

Confused....

I don't know why you'd want to not backup your iTunes library, if your hard drive goes wonky do you have another copy elsewhere?

If not, I'd leave it there...