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delm Author

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Why does a 1 day later backup take 10 gb? There is no way that many files changed?

Why does my backup 1 day later, take 10 gb? There is no way that many files changed each day.

iMac 27″, macOS 13.3

Posted on May 11, 2023 11:44 PM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on May 12, 2023 1:43 AM

That is about the size of MacTeX 2023 with all third-party packages installed and updated, or an operating system update that changed a bunch of System files. A new installation of Office 2021 for Mac (without a custom installation choice) could consume 5 GB or even more. Time Machine is not lying to you.

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