Question–backup systems/programs/whatevers

[ksmith]

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.

Mirrored from Kristine Smith.

Comments

[difrancis.livejournal.com]

That's odd. I don't have that trouble with backing up on time machine. I have drop box, but I don't use it for backups of my system. I don't trust it that far. I am running a program called Clean My Mac, which has really helped with clearing out some stuff and running a little bit quicker.

I don't run Chrome. I run Firefox.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

It could be that I try to open Chrome at just the wrong time--say, when Time Machine is indexing--and overload my system. But I have noticed that the hard drive races more and more as of late, especially if I run You Tube clips or other video. It could simply be that the system is too old for current webpage bells and whistles.

I skip from browser to browser. Chrome ran well for a while. FF and Safari are just too slow. No, wait--FF is slow. Safari is freaking impossible.

I use MacKeeper to clean up my system, and empty caches every few days. Like I said earlier, it could be that my system is just too old.