Time Machine very slow

[SimonMW]

I've noticed a bit of an issue with Time Machine being very slow. Is anyone else experiencing this?

For example I can activate TM when I am using Mail, but it takes absolutely ages (and I mean *ages*) before it will allow me to scroll through the different backup times/dates.

Doesn't look very good when I'm trying to demo this function to my Windows owning friends as it looks like it has frozen and doesn't work!

 

[Fallinangel]

What are the specs of your mac?
If you have an older G5, or even a G4, TM might be quite slow, because it needs a pretty fast CPU and quite a bit RAM power.

I have a 1.8 GHz G5 with 2G GB of memory! TM runs decently, but I can imagine that lower specs may cause issues like freezing.
You could upgrade your memory for a better performance!

Furthermore, the rotational speed of your TM-harddrive might play a role.
There's a considerable difference in speed and performance, between 5400 and 7200 rpm! It's also better to have two drives with the same speed.

 

[SimonMW]

It's a 2007 Intel quad core Mac Pro with 4GB of memory. It is mainly used for video editing so my harddrives and memory specs are all high performance.