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Originally Posted by dnanian
If they change at all, they're copied in full. And if Entourage is running while you're backing up, they could end up filling the backup drive then shrinking on a recopy.
Quit Entourage -- and any programs that might have large, active data files -- before backing up.
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Here's how it goes: One of those files is a "backup" that gets modified 5 times a day—never around the time SD! runs. The "main" file is the "active" one. (I have things set up so that the "main" file (which changes a lot during the day) is
excluded from my Time Machine backups, and only the "backup" version is included. This way, I maintain a relatively recent backup of my email files without having TM go crazy every hour.
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But I'll keep a closer eye on what's going on when SD! kicks in...and I'll make certain that I'm not actively using Entourage (sending or receiving any email) while SD! is running.