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TimeMachine: how to identify which files are bloating the backups?

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Mar 15, 20262541 views
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I just started a TimeMachine backup after having only negligible changes to files on my HD (as far as I can tell). Yet the backup is shown to be of ~6GB (!!) Is there some easy way for me to see which files make up those 6GB that TM is trying to back up?

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You can use the GUI tool called TimeTracker (direct download link here): TimeTracker is a quick-and-dirty application that displays the contents of your Time Machine backups, and shows what's changed since the previous backup That should suffice to …

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