Hi Simon, I first erased and partitioned the glyph 2 gig as 2 partitions 1 tb and the second was just about 1 tb. Thats when things started to time machine whack out! It said there wasn't enough space on one of those 1 tb partitions. my mac hd that i'm backing up has 621.04 GB on disk next i erased it again, and just left it as a 2 tb drive thinking this would solve the space issue and it still gave me that dialogue. It did say, do you want to use this disk for time machine I said yes and it started backing up and then got that error! I'm not sure if i should search out the plist for time machine and trash it or what? this is on my mac pro running snow leopard that this is happening, my el capitan box is backing up fine? Thanks again for the help. :) Chuck
On Aug 27, 2016, at 5:06 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Hi, > > It wont have the space if it hasn’t been partitioned correctly or formatted > to the correct file system. > > I would go into disk utilities and re partition the drive either as one or > two 2 gives you the option of other drive space for storage rather than > backup. > > And 2. Make sure the partition is set to mac os journaled > And once that is done the machine should tell you there is a ddrive plugged > in and it shold going by what I’ve had happen ask if you wish to use the > drive for time machine. > > Good luck and hope that helps., > > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of CHUCK REICHEL > Sent: Saturday, 27 August 2016 8:40 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: time machine "disc is to small" dialogue > > Hi List, > I'm getting a time machine dialogue saying the disc chosen is to small even > though its not! > The disc i'm using for the time machine back up, is a glyph 2 tb . in size > my mac hd that i'm backing up has 621.04 GB on disk > theres no way a 2 tb drive can't back up a 621.04 GB! > > This is happening on my pro tools studio work box which is a mac pro with > snow leopard. > My el capitan box is just fine. > any work arounds? > TIA > Chuck > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
