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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1628455" data-attributes="member: 24098">I might be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure the TC does traffic prioritization and QoS to prevent extremely bandwidth intensive operations tramping on other network traffic.&nbsp; And if this is true, then backups are probably going to be fairly low priority and this would explain the extremely slow initial backup.&nbsp; Fortunately, subsequent backups will be incremental in nature and should be pretty quick.&nbsp; It's just this first one that will be particularly heinous.To tell you the truth, I have never had a need to go manually sifting through TM's backup files.&nbsp; I've always found what I wanted either via the Time Machine GUI or via a full system restore.&nbsp; So, I can't really comment on this piece, other than to say that you should keep in mind that Apple designed this system to be dead-simple to operate.&nbsp; The idea was to keep it as hand's off as possible.&nbsp; So, while old hands like you and I will tend to gravitate toward picking it apart, it's really meant to be a &quot;set it and forget it&quot; type of system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1628455, member: 24098"] I might be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure the TC does traffic prioritization and QoS to prevent extremely bandwidth intensive operations tramping on other network traffic. And if this is true, then backups are probably going to be fairly low priority and this would explain the extremely slow initial backup. Fortunately, subsequent backups will be incremental in nature and should be pretty quick. It's just this first one that will be particularly heinous. To tell you the truth, I have never had a need to go manually sifting through TM's backup files. I've always found what I wanted either via the Time Machine GUI or via a full system restore. So, I can't really comment on this piece, other than to say that you should keep in mind that Apple designed this system to be dead-simple to operate. The idea was to keep it as hand's off as possible. So, while old hands like you and I will tend to gravitate toward picking it apart, it's really meant to be a "set it and forget it" type of system. [/QUOTE]

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