HT201250 what do I do if my passport for mac does not delete the old files when the disc is full

What do I do  if the time machine does not delete the oldest files on my passport for mac. I get the message backup failed not enough disc space available

See Pondini's TM FAQs, for starters.

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    i have macbook pro 10.9.2
    i plugged my WD passport in to time machine it for the month
    mac doesnt regnize it - but disk utility did
    i went in activity monitor and quit the process "fsck_hfs"   - this allowed eventually the pasport to show in finder -only with  read only
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    Hi since installing Mavericks yesterday my HDD is no longer recognised on my Mac Air. I can see it listed as My Passport 0748 when I look in Systems Support (for About my Mac function). It does not appear in Disk Utility or in Finder.
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    And, select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "time machine." There should be numerous help articles including how to restore files from a TM backup.

  • My USB port doesn't detect my external hard drive. What could be wrong? (WD My Passport for Mac)

    My Passport for Mac originally worked and I was easily able to download files. It even worked on my MacBook Pro. Now, when I attach this external hard drive and open Finder, the external drive is not there. I've run Disk Utility. I've shut down, hit alt+command+p+r and still, the USB port does not recognize the external drive. Can anyone help.
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    Even though it is dated, check through the steps discussed in this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1126326
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  • HT201250 I just did my first back up with TM and My Passport for Mac, when done adn went into the box ....options...to try and fidn how to delete trash. Then I went back to see if it was erady to do its next scheduled back up and it says there is an error

    I just did my initial back up to hard drive (My Passport for Mac 1TB) with TIme Machine on Snow Leopard. I had wanted to omit trash but couldn't find it. All went great and finished in an hour. Then said would restart at 6pm. I went into options about 20 minutes before (when it was done initially) to try and find how to delete trash from being backed up next time.. THis messed things up and now it doesn't recognize the disk and won't let me manually back up...says error. What do I do?
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    For all things Time Machine See Pondini's Excellent information here...
    http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html
    Start Here  >  http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    Also see the FAQs

  • Hi I bought 2TB WD my passport for mac but I do not know what I can delete from the original macbook air. Thank you.

    Hi I bought 2TB WD my passport for mac but I do not know what I can delete from the original macbook air. Thank you.

    That depends on what you have on the MBA...if you have videos, move the videos to the external drive.  If you have a lot of music, create a folder/library for the music and point iTunes there for the music.  If you have a lot of photos for iPhoto, make a new library on the external drive and move our photos over there and then select that library as the default library for iPhoto to use.
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  • Having trouble with disc space on my 120G mac air. I back up to a separate my passport for mac disc, but my mac is also holding 40G worth of back up when i check what is using space. Why is this?

    Having trouble with disc space on my 120G mac air. I back up to a separate " my passport for mac" disc , but my mac is also holding approx 40G of back ups as well when ive checked what is using space. Why is this?
    Ive started running iphoto from the separate passport to save space,
    and put all my music into the itunes match to save space as well
    but it is still saying it is almost full because of the back ups!
    I should of bought a bigger mac, but i need to make do at the moment, but it is hard when it constantly has only 10G or less space left.

    When you use TimeMachine to back up a Mac notebook the local backups feature is automatically enabled. The local backup is just like a TimeMachine backup but it is done to the internal drive rather than an external. The important thing about local backups is that the feature is smart - as you need more drive space for your own data and applications, TimeMachine automatically culls the local backup to give you that needed space. So yes, it will look like you have very little drive space left and that the backup is 'robbing' you of needed GBs. But it really isn't.

  • New MacBook Pro (first Mac). I need to move my itunes library from my pc to a networked external hd (wd passport for mac). I have an ipod with all my media (including video) and i have itunes match. What is the best way to do this? PC to Mac HD ...

    Can I just consolidate and copy to the journaled hard drive over the network?  Will a pc recognize a Mac formatted hard drive?  I have searchd the forum and online for hours and can't seem to find anything that specifically address this.  Does anyone know the best solution?
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    A PC cannot read a Mac formatted drive without using special software (MacDrive).
    iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
    Macworld - How to transfer iTunes libraries between PC and Mac - http://www.macworld.com/article/46248/2005/08/shiftitunes.html
    Move an iTunes library from a Windows PC to a Mac - http://www.macworld.com/article/1146958/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

  • My Passport for Mac external Hard drive is not recognized

    I recently had to purchase a new MacBook Pro, and when I tried to get files off of my Passport for Mac external hard drive.  I get an error stating "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer."  And when I try to initalize, and verify disk, I get this message "Partition map check failed because no slices were found.".  I have already updated firmware for the external hard drive.  One site I found stated that it could be that the USB port is not strong enough, and I would need a 2.0 Booster cable.  Does anyone know if this would work? 

    What did you old Macbook die from?  Likely the HD in it is still ok,  yes?
    You can remove the HD inside your old dead Mac and put it into a $20 HD enclosure or HD dock, and remove the photos that way, very easy.........IF your old Macbook died from something other than ALSO a bad HD.
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  • Two-fold question, can I export pictures from iphoto to an external drive? I have not been able to create volumes on My Passport for Mac when exporting photos, why is that?

    I have a Mac Book Pro that I use iphoto 6 for my pictures. However, I noticed my hard drive was filling up too rapidly so I purchased a WD My Passport for Mac 500GB. I select photos(the number does not matter), click File>export, and select the location(and yes, I specify the size of picture's maximum, and the file extension, and I click Export and the export initializes and then stops. Telling me that it is unable to create the volumes ont the My Passport. There is plenty of space on the hard drive. I don't know what I am doing wrong. It seems like the process should be very simple to MOVE, COPY, EXPORT photos. Why is this so difficult? What am I doing wrong?

    My photo library cumulative is maybe 1.3 GB tops, however I back it up to the external drive every upload. I don't think the issue is converting calculations because as I said in my previous post, sometimes when I stop transfer to the SD flash drive and restart the copying process it will complete the library of 60-80 photos in about 2 minutes like it should. The issue is that it will not proceed to copy most of the time, and the copying status bar says preparing for a long time

  • Is it possible possible to use a WD "My Passport for Mac" External HD with a Chromebook?

    Hello . . .
    I am a photographer who is seriously thinking of purchasing a Chromebook to utilize for both online and offline editing while in the field. I'm wondering if it is possible to use a Western Digital "My Passport for Mac" to store and retreive my images as an external drive for both storage and retrieval using a CB.
    Does any one know if I will have to do any special formatting to use this drive with a Chromebook? And, if so, what do I need to know/do to do it?
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    David
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    The "My Passport for Mac" is listed here (both the WDBLUZ0010BSL-NESN and the WDBZYL0020BSL-NESN).
       Chromebook compatible external drives 
    For other help with Chromebooks, it's best to visit the Chromebook Forum.
    -Jerry

  • Should I buy WD my passport for MAC or my passport ? for my mac book pro

    Hello, I have a mac book pro and prepare to buy a 2TB portable hard drive for it. Should I get Western Digital "my passport for MAC" or "my passport" ? Today I went to apple store and the represetative told me to buy any portable hard drive and format it as FAT 32, so it will be working on both pc and mac. So i am wondering if I should spend CA$199 for "my passport for MAC" or CA$159 for "my passport". If the representative was telling me the truth, so what is the point to purchase the "my passport for MAC" with extra $40 ? Please give me a hand on it and I really appreciate it !!

    The Apple store representative was correct about the format.
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    There are WD cheerleaders and detractors as is for all brands.  Being an inherently frugal person I would go for the less expensive one all other things being equal.  (Then the purchase of an Apple MBP is not act that a real frugal person would do.)
    You might look on the Internet for better prices for the exact same product.  OWC, Newegg and Amazon should be investigated.
    Ciao.

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