Backing up xxxgb of xxxgb?

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I’ve used 226gb of my Mac’s 1tb internal HD.  When time machine is backing up it states “Backing up [amount currently backed up]gb of 995.43gb”.

Why is it stating “of 995.43gb” when only 226bgb have been used?  I would assume it would show “Backing up xxxgb of 226gb”??

Is this just because it’s a first back up or is there something untoward?

Thanks for reading :slight_smile:

See if the following thread helps. 

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3975679?start=0&tstart=0