10-08-2011, 04:58 PM
Update:
I see the issue more clearly.
I moved the backup disk from having been directly connected to the MBP, to being on the network.
In the direct connection method, Time Machine doesn't create a sparsebundle, a unique mountable disc image. It just has a backup folder where the data is stored.
Now that the MBP's being directed to the same drive, but which is now connected on my home network, Time Machine is creating a sparsebundle.
Which means it's not using the same backup data as before, it's starting over, creating a new backup image.
Help!
I don't know how to solve this.
I see the issue more clearly.
I moved the backup disk from having been directly connected to the MBP, to being on the network.
In the direct connection method, Time Machine doesn't create a sparsebundle, a unique mountable disc image. It just has a backup folder where the data is stored.
Now that the MBP's being directed to the same drive, but which is now connected on my home network, Time Machine is creating a sparsebundle.
Which means it's not using the same backup data as before, it's starting over, creating a new backup image.
Help!
I don't know how to solve this.