Harry, I would think so, not sure the cutoff on TimeMachine but I have always understood it to truncate the old when the drive gets full, so a 1 TB drive would do the same as a 4 TB, the larger would have longer dated backups but they both would fill…maybe others know better, I would like to know.
John > On Jun 30, 2016, at 6:38 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <harr...@me.com> wrote: > > The drive is used for Time Machine. If I get a bigger drive won’t it > eventually fill up and the same problems occur? > > >> On Jun 30, 2016, at 5:27 PM, Lee Larson <leelar...@me.com> wrote: >> >> On Jun 30, 2016, at 2:21 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <harr...@me.com> wondered: >> >>> Do I want to install TechTool Protection in system preferences? >> >> I have it installed. It keeps an eye on the hard drives in a pretty benign >> manner. You can set it to periodically run SMART checks and watch for free >> space. Mine is set to do a SMART check every four hours and to make sure the >> drive is less than 85% full. It will automatically email me when either >> check has a problem. >> >> It also keeps a backup of the volume directory, which can make it easier to >> restore a nuked volume. >> >>> I also learned >>> I have used 488.56 GB >>> 11.2 GB Free Space >>> Largest Contiguous Free Space is 523.07 MB >>> Free Space Fragmentation 95.33% >>> 0 fragmented files. >> >> >> I’d say you are walking on the edge with that drive. There’s only about 2% >> of free space, so I’m not surprised there are problems optimizing it. If you >> can’t throw out a bunch of stuff, I think you ought to splurge on a bigger >> drive. >> >> L^2 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
