Question–backup systems/programs/whatevers

Are all auto-backup systems–Carbonite, Dropbox, etc–resource hogs? Currently using Time Machine to wirelessly back up to external HD, and at times the MacBook comes to a complete stop while the backup proceeds. I can’t open Chrome. I can’t open Mail. A few times, things stalled to the point that the MacBook stopped responding and I needed to shut down/restart. I was trying to open Chrome at these times.

Granted, the issue is dependent upon the size of the back-up required–MacBook is currently backing up 225MB–and the initial indexing seems to be what takes up the most resources. Some small intermediate backups take place w/o my even realizing. But every couple of days I get a stall, and I just wondered whether all back-up systems behave the same way.

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He was fine this morning, started slowing down around lunch, and took a turn for the worse around 6pm.

He’s bleeding in his belly. It could be his spleen. It could be rupture of a benign hematoma, but it could also be cancer. We won’t know until we know. He’s stable now. Spaced on pain meds. I’m here in the lobby with Gaby. I’ll probably stay until they’ve gone in and can see what we’re dealing with. We’ll go from there.

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