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10.5: Disable Spotlight during Time Machine backups
Authored by: Dr. T on Oct 28, '08 11:38:17AM

I agree with Allen Marcus that there probably is a Spotlight indexing problem. My preferred solution is to use TinkerTool System to disable Spotlight indexing of the backup volume and to remove all Spotlight data and preferences. If this does not work, then a repair utility such as DiskWarrior should be used on the backup drive.

Alternately, reformatting the backup drive would probably fix the problem. Spotlight indexing should be turned off as soon as the reformatted drive is mounted, and Time Machine may need to be relinked to the backup drive.



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