TimeMachine back-up file size

[TimeMachine1969]

Hi all

My MacBook hard drive has about 70GB of data on it but the corresponding TimeMachine-generated Backups.backupdb folder on my firewire-connected hard drive only shows up as 1.15GB. Has my computer backed up properly or am I having serious problems?

Thanks for your advice...

 

[mrkgoo]

Hi all

My MacBook hard drive has about 70GB of data on it but the corresponding TimeMachine-generated Backups.backupdb folder on my firewire-connected hard drive only shows up as 1.15GB. Has my computer backed up properly or am I having serious problems?

Thanks for your advice...

It should be AT LEAST as big as the data on your hard drive. First off, I suggest checking your Time Machine preferences to see if anything is being excluded from the backup.

 

[Chase R]

Ya Time Machine hasn't properly backed up your drive. My TM drive is over 200GB while the drive that it's backing up in my MacBook is noly 95GB. So something is definitely going on there!