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<blockquote data-quote="jmac0408" data-source="post: 1835851" data-attributes="member: 400946">Hi MacInWin:Again, many thanks for your input!!&nbsp; I still don't thoroughly understand the concept that backup files within/created by TM are only links but I'll do my best to improve my understanding/knowledge of the concept.I still don't know how to actually VERIFY that a backup is a good one/capable of being restored yet! Can't do it from within OPTION + TM in that the &quot;Verify Backup&quot; option is &quot;greyed out&quot;!I should let you know that the present reason for ensuring that I have VERIFIED backup(s) is because I'm considering moving from High Sierra to either Mojave or Catalina.&nbsp; BTW, do you have a preference one over the other??Just this morning, I used TM to &quot;Backup Now&quot; and the file showing in the list of my backups was an .inprogress type and the KIND was &quot;Package&quot; and not &quot;Folder&quot;. Is this normal or do I have a problem with TM? On several occasions over the past few weeks these .inprogress files have been 6 - 13 GB's in size and take far far longer than normal to completion (if at all, at what point I send them to TRASH)!!Hoping you may provide more insight!Sincerely appreciate all your effort thus far.John A.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmac0408, post: 1835851, member: 400946"] Hi MacInWin: Again, many thanks for your input!! I still don't thoroughly understand the concept that backup files within/created by TM are only links but I'll do my best to improve my understanding/knowledge of the concept. I still don't know how to actually VERIFY that a backup is a good one/capable of being restored yet! Can't do it from within OPTION + TM in that the "Verify Backup" option is "greyed out"! I should let you know that the present reason for ensuring that I have VERIFIED backup(s) is because I'm considering moving from High Sierra to either Mojave or Catalina. BTW, do you have a preference one over the other?? Just this morning, I used TM to "Backup Now" and the file showing in the list of my backups was an [B].inprogress[/B] type and the KIND was "Package" and not "Folder". Is this normal or do I have a problem with TM? On several occasions over the past few weeks these [B].inprogress[/B] files have been 6 - 13 GB's in size and take far far longer than normal to completion (if at all, at what point I send them to TRASH)!! Hoping you may provide more insight! Sincerely appreciate all your effort thus far. John A. [/QUOTE]

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