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How can I know what files and folders is Apple's Time Machine backing up when it's making a backup?
I tried to exclude all the folders that are likely to contain big files, change often and are not really needed, as are P2P downloads, movies, music, and the like, which often make a bad choice for a backup.
But sometimes I realize I forgot an important folder and see Time Machine "Backing up ** of 1.45 GB" so I'd like to know what's that so I can exclude it, if it's not worth the space in the time capsule.

PS: is it safe to manually delete folders inside the time capsule? because using time machine's option Delete all backups of... is taking fckn' for ever :(

Petruza
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BackupLoupe will let you inspect past backups to see what's taking up so much space. You can then change your exclusions and/or go into the Time Machine interface and delete files from the backup to free up space (see "Deleting data from a Time Machine backup" here).

Gordon Davisson
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