Thanks Sam.
The backup is roughly 25GB but there is literally about 10GB left on the disk.
There are other non time machine folders and files on the disk. I think what I
will do is buy another passport drive and use it solely for time machine.
Probably the wiser move, especially as the current
Hi Jonathan
How much data is there to be backed up? If you have a 2TB disk and (for
example) 1.5TB data, the backup drive will soon fill up with dated versions of
your files. Time Machine will automatically remove older backups but it won’t
remove the last version of a file.
If you’ve got plen
Good morning all.
I have a WD 2TB passport external drive that I use as my time machine backup
drive. I have been successfully backing up to it for several years.
For the past few weeks, time machine begins a backup and then abandons the
process saying there is not enough room on the disk - t
eem a longwinded way of recovery a disc for use
regards Brian
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From: Toby Leighton
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Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine backup
The second problem first because thats an easy one - radiation
The second problem first because thats an easy one - radiation logo. That
represents some files waiting to be burned to a blank cd or dvd. Lion
handles these a bit differently now, but from memory you can just drag the
"untitled cd" folder off the finder window to the left and let go, it
should d
Two problems
I have a terabyte disc that I use as backup.
It now tell me that I have only about 11.95 gb available and will not complete
a backup,it does not make room for any new backups
I cannot find a way to empty the disc.
next problem
in the rhs of the finder window under favorites(sic) th
Hello all,
Having connected up my existing TM backup drive to my new iMac it's now run out
of space attempting to complete the backup from my new iMac.
The TM disk is 500GB. The data on my new iMac - transferred from my old iMac -
is 164GB so there should be plenty of space with 90GB remaining.
