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Subject: [Leica] OT - Time Machine problems
From: gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:28:32 +0000
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Thanks everyone. I think I have solved the problem by following the advice 
of a friend and long-time Mac user. I turned everything off and on again, 
and the time is now down to 14 hours and dropping. Thanks agian to all those 
who tried to help.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
+44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
+44 (0)797 287 7932
www.gwpics.com

On 13 Dec 2012, at 20:10, Spencer Cheng <spencer at aotera.org> wrote:

> Gerry,
> 
> Firewall 800 should be pretty fast, much less than 56 days. Much faster 
> than backing up to a NAS gigabit Ethernet. Over a gigabit Ethernet 
> connection to my home-built NAS, I've seen backups as fast as 80-100 MB/s 
> in bursts. Bigger (RAW) files makes the backups go much faster. If you 
> have lots of little files, it's gonna to take longer.
> 
> When I backup my laptop (about 1TB of storage) to a new Time Machine over 
> gigabit Ethernet, it takes about 12 hours. I am lazy and just let it run 
> overnight.
> 
> Regards,
> Spencer
> 
> On Dec 13, 2012, at 13:19, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> Tarek
>> 
>> I am on Firewire 800. I am going to leave it overnight tonight and see 
>> how it comes down. The new disk is working the whole time so it is doing 
>> something.
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>> Gerry Walden
>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>> www.gwpics.com
> 
> 
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