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Re:Ask HN: How should I back up data on devices if I'm not s... by gnicholas on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @12:29PM (#28761661)
Even with a Time Capsule, Time Machine can be annoying. I had to turn automatic backups off because for some reason every backup was hundreds of MB. It took my 2017 MBP 15-30 mins to complete each backup, which meant that 25-50% of the time my computer was on, it was backing up. This meant the fan was going and the computer slowed down.
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Re:Ask HN: How should I back up data on devices if I'm not s... by ubermonkey on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @11:20AM (#28774212)
Review your backup config, because it sounds like you're accidentally picking up something you shouldn't be.

This happened to me at one point and the culprit ended up being that I had failed to exclude the folder holding my VMs.

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