I have excluded every single folder and the “complete run now” works ok. the “backups completed” list gets updated.
Add wp-inlcudes (12.9Mb, 8Mb Zipped) and it works (the only way of making the spinner stop is to click away and come back (however the “calculating the size of your site…) remains. the “backup completed list” updates
the moment include wp-content (307Mb, 283Mb Zipped) is included the “completed backup list” no longer updates and the only way of stopping the spinner is to cancel which will delete the .zip file.
I hope this makes sense.
Lino