© Matteo Corti, 2018-2023
A simple script to summarize the Time Machine backup status.
Sample output (./tmstatus.sh --speed --log --today)
Backups for "Matteo’s MacBook Pro"
Volume (Local disk) "/Volumes/External Office": 1.0T (93G available, 9%)
Oldest: 2023-06-28 11:35:25 (23 days ago)
Last: 2023-07-21 13:36:34 (less than one day ago)
Number: 16
Volume (Local disk) "/Volumes/Time Machine Office": 6.0T (660G available, 10%)
Oldest: 2022-09-30 11:49:44 (294 days ago)
Last: 2023-07-21 13:36:34 (less than one day ago)
Number: 39
Local: 995G (138G available, 13%)
Local oldest: 2023-07-20 13:34:45 (1 day ago)
Local last: 2023-07-21 13:22:17 (less than one day ago)
Local number: 10
Status: Stopped
3 backups today (2023-07-21) on "/Volumes/External Office" at 09:22 (6.9 GB), 10:51 (3.59 GB), 13:36 (2.85 GB)
2 backups today (2023-07-21) on "/Volumes/Time Machine Office" at 09:57 (8.49 GB), 12:33 (3.53 GB)
Last log entries (last 20 entries in the last 3600m):
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bytes = 2845208576;
files = 6451;
sizingFreePreflight = 1;
totalBytes = 836630519808;
totalFiles = 3715161;
};
Running = 1;
"com.apple.backupd.SnapshotTotalBytesCopied" = 2845208576;
}
2023-07-21 13:36:34 Info General Found incomplete backups ready for deletion: (
"<APFSBackup: > (2023-07-21-105134.previous) baseline"
)
2023-07-21 13:36:42 Info BackupThinning Deleted incomplete backup '/Volumes/External Office/2023-07-21-105134.previous'
2023-07-21 13:36:42 Info General Creating APFS snapshot com.apple.TimeMachine.2023-07-21-133634.backup
2023-07-21 13:36:43 Info Manifest 17 backups: 2023-06-28-113525 to 2023-07-03-125401 (1hr,3d,4wk,9m) MΔ: 11.72 GB
2023-07-21 13:36:43 Info General Completed backup: 2023-07-21-133634.backup
2023-07-21 13:36:43 Info BackupThinning Thinning 1 backups using age-based thinning, expected free space: 92.9 GB actual free space: 92.9 GB trigger 50 GB thin 83.33 GB da
"2023-07-20-122943"
)
2023-07-21 13:36:43 Info General Unmounted '/Volumes/.timemachine/975AE10D-DA02-4EBF-B707-51680391E23A/2023-07-20-122943.backup'
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Usage: tmstatus.sh [OPTIONS]
Options:
-a,--all Show information for all the volumes
-h,--help,-? This help message
-l,--log [lines] Show the last log lines
-p,--progress Show a progress bar
-q,--quick Skip the backup listing
-s,--speed Show the speed of the running backup
-t,--today List today's backups
-v,--verbose Show all the available information
-V,--version Version
Report bugs to https://github.com/matteocorti/tmstatus.sh/issues
Report bugs to https://github.com/matteocorti/tmstatus.sh/issues
