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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1649832" data-attributes="member: 204485">I can confirm what everyone else has said, your TM backups are not behaving like mine. Even though I did not have my TM backup plugged in last night now that I have I can see the hourly changes created by incremental snapshots of two folders, all other content remains complete and the same.So even though the external drive tests ok and providing you are sure you will not need any recently trashed files or changes I would be tempted to erase and reformat the external and do a new full TM backup. After all If you cant rely on it completely it's worse than useless.Keep an eye on it or create a second one if you are uncertain, it would be $100.00 well spent, especially if you are not using cloud type backups.&nbsp; A Carbon Copy or SuperDuper clone as well as TM would not be overkill, I have both.&nbsp; The Carbon Copy Cloner copy is bootable and the files are easy to navigate with the finder plus you get options on what, when and how often to store data.I have just finished replying to a post where an OP waited till their HD effectively crashed ignoring error messages before trying to back up their 500Gb + of iPhoto files and guess what?&nbsp; No TM backup.&nbsp; At least you have one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1649832, member: 204485"] I can confirm what everyone else has said, your TM backups are not behaving like mine. Even though I did not have my TM backup plugged in last night now that I have I can see the hourly changes created by incremental snapshots of two folders, all other content remains complete and the same. So even though the external drive tests ok and providing you are sure you will not need any recently trashed files or changes I would be tempted to erase and reformat the external and do a new full TM backup. After all If you cant rely on it completely it's worse than useless. Keep an eye on it or create a second one if you are uncertain, it would be $100.00 well spent, especially if you are not using cloud type backups. A Carbon Copy or SuperDuper clone as well as TM would not be overkill, I have both. The Carbon Copy Cloner copy is bootable and the files are easy to navigate with the finder plus you get options on what, when and how often to store data. I have just finished replying to a post where an OP waited till their HD effectively crashed ignoring error messages before trying to back up their 500Gb + of iPhoto files and guess what? No TM backup. At least you have one. [/QUOTE]

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