Backup failure: more space required than my HD's capacity!

Hi, I'm trying to backup a macbook pro with 250gb capacity HD to an external drive with 270gb free space.
Time Machine gives an error stating the backup is too large for the backup volume, requiring 339.3 GB.
I do have a virtual machine but have instructed Time Machine not to back up my virtual disks.
What's going on?!

poiuuiop wrote:
Backup content size: 294.9 GB excluded items size: 11.8 GB for volume HD
Starting pre-backup thinning: 339.71 GB requested (including padding), 309.81 GB available
Your TM partition is much too small. The general rule is, it should have roughly 2-3 times as much space as the data it's backing-up, since it keeps previous copies of items you've deleted or changed. See item #1 of the Frequently Asked Questions post at the top of this forum for more details.
Plus, TM needs free workspace (the "padding" in the message) on the destination (just as OSX does on it's boot volume). Thus the 295 GB of data (having already excluded 11.8 GB), plus 20% yields the 340 GB it needs.
While you might be able to squeeze most of your data into that partition, TM's not going to work well or for long unless it has a lot more space.
What else is on that drive? If you don't have backups of that, your best bet may be to get another, larger drive, big enough to back-up both your internal HD and the other data on the current drive.
If that's not possible, you might be able to use a "clone," such as CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper! in the existing partition, but even that would be very tight (295 GB in a 310 GB partition doesn't leave OSX much workspace), and anything changed or deleted in error, or corrupted, would be lost.

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8/6/14 11:36:46.781 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78843]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:36:46.781 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:36:46.800 PM ReportCrash[78833]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78843] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233646_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:36:56.814 PM ReportCrash[78845]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:36:56.936 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78844]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:36:56.936 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:36:56.997 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78844] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233656_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:07.081 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78846]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:07.081 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:07.099 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78846] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233707_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:17.224 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78847]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:17.224 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:17.243 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78847] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233717_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:27.361 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78849]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:27.361 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:27.379 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78849] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233727_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:35.193 PM com.apple.usbmuxd[40]: _SendAttachNotification Device fc:25:3f:70:c5:7c@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe70:c57c._apple-mobdev2._tcp.local. has already appeared on interface 4. Suppressing duplicate attach notification.
8/6/14 11:37:37.496 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78851]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:37.496 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:37.515 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78851] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233737_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:47.636 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78852]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:47.636 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:47.656 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78852] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233747_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:57.665 PM ReportCrash[78855]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:37:57.785 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78854]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:57.785 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:57.845 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78854] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233757_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:07.920 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78856]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:07.920 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:07.939 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78856] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233807_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:18.056 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78859]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:18.056 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:18.076 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78859] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233818_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:28.000 PM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=78861[GoogleSoftwareUp] final status 0x0, allowing (remove VALID) page
8/6/14 11:38:28.205 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78860]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:28.205 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:28.225 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78860] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233828_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:38.341 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78862]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:38.341 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:38.360 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78862] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233838_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:48.481 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78863]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:48.481 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:48.499 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78863] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233848_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:58.507 PM ReportCrash[78865]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:38:58.628 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78864]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:58.628 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:58.664 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78864] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233858_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:08.768 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78866]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:08.768 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:08.787 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78866] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233908_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:18.907 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78868]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:18.907 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:18.926 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78868] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233918_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:29.043 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78869]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:29.043 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:29.063 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78869] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233929_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:33.045 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deep event scan at path:/Volumes/Media reason:must scan subdirs|require scan|
8/6/14 11:39:33.046 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Finished scan
8/6/14 11:39:33.046 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Not using file event preflight for Media
8/6/14 11:39:35.803 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Found 70992 files (587.73 GB) needing backup
8/6/14 11:39:35.834 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: 611.31 GB required (including padding), 518.88 GB available
8/6/14 11:39:35.834 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:39.185 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78870]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:39.185 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:39.204 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78870] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233939_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:47.777 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-041205 containing 29.2 MB; 518.92 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:39:47.777 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 1 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:49.315 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78872]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:49.315 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:49.334 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78872] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233949_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:50.722 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-050217 containing 16.4 MB; 518.93 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:39:50.722 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 2 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:54.321 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-060415 containing 37.3 MB; 518.97 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:39:54.321 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 3 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:59.342 PM ReportCrash[78874]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:39:59.381 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-070639 containing 108.3 MB; 519.09 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:39:59.381 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 4 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:59.467 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78873]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:59.467 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:59.507 PM ReportCrash[78874]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78873] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233959_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:40:02.467 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-080909 containing 91.3 MB; 519.18 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:40:02.467 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 5 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:40:02.467 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted 5 backups containing 282.4 MB total; 519.18 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:40:02.467 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Backup date range was shortened: oldest backup is now Aug 6, 2014
8/6/14 11:40:03.163 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Backup failed with error 7: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
8/6/14 11:40:09.597 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78877]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:40:09.597 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:40:09.616 PM ReportCrash[78874]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78877] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-234009_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:40:19.731 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78878]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:40:19.731 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:40:19.749 PM ReportCrash[78874]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78878] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-234019_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:40:29.863 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78879]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:40:29.863 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:40:29.882 PM ReportCrash[78874]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78879] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-234029_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash

Time Machine requiring more space than necessary?

Hi all,
Since I only have a 60gb external drive (whereas my laptop has 250gb) I burned some files to DVDs and then excluded them from the Time Machine backup so the backup would fit in 60gb (~56gb, really).
Anyways, when I managed to reduce the size of my backup to around 51gb, I got a message saying that the backup would require 64.7gb. I thought it was okay, maybe TM needs a bit more space for whatever reason. But even after shrinking by backup to only 41gb, it still says 64.7gb are needed!
I'm desperate because I haven't been able to find a solution and thus I've been unable to backup my files.
Thanks in advance

Thanks for your replies, but I am perfectly aware of how TM works and that I need a bigger hard disk to back up.
A friend also has a computer with a 250 HDD and he backs up perfectly around 50gb of files in a 60gb hard disk.
I've formatted my disk and I'm doing this as my first backup, so I know there are no 'extra files' to be backed up besides those I've chosen not to exclude.
But my question is why does TM require exactly the same disk space (64.6GB) with different backup sizes (from 35GB to 53GB), it's ALWAYS the same space!
I really appreciate your replies, though. =)

Deleted TM backup to start over, now TM says it needs more space than avail

I deleted the backup image on my 500 GB Time Capsule to start over. Now Time Machine says it needs 700 GB of space and only 350 GB available. I only have 100 GB on my MacBook with OS 10.5.8. How do I let TM know that I want to start over and only backup the 100GB with today as a baseline? Thanks

YokoVP wrote:
TM says it needs more space (530 gig) for the backup that is actually on my IMAC (used 420 of 1 trb). Any ideas why TM will not back-up and why it requires 530 gig when my IMAC has only used 420 gig?
Because TM needs workspace on the TM drive, and yours is much too small. TM adds 20% to the estimated size of the backup when requesting space.
But to work well, TM usually needs 2-3 times the space of the data it's backing-up. See #1 in the Frequently Asked Questions *User Tip* at the top of this forum.
Short term, you may be able to "finagle" getting backed-up by excluding a lot of things temporarily, running a backup, then removing some exclusions and running another. That way, the 20% won't get applied to the total amount of data all at once.
That will work, for a short period of time, but not for long. You need a much bigger drive.

Firevault: "Your homefolder is using more space than required"

I would like to ask for some help. After every log-out, Firevault tells me that "Your homefolder is using more space than required" (or something between that lines). What can I do?
Thank you for the help.

Hi Morales,
Unless you have a need for military-level security, FileVault is overkill. It slows your computer because all sorts of cache and preference files are repeatedly encrypted and decrypted, and because filevault is saving all your files in a big "container file," disk and directory errors that would otherwise be minor can cause massive data loss on a filevault-ed computer.
To keep SOME files secure, an encrypted, password protected disk image is a better idea. You can make encrypted disk images with Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. Do File > New > Disk Image from Folder.
John

HT4847 iOS8 uses more space on iCloud for backup than before without changing anything other than upgrading to iOS8... why?

iOS8 uses more space on iCloud for backup than before without changing anything other than upgrading to iOS8... why?

Hello westbrkk,
this is an user-to-user forum, so unfortunately we won't be able to tell you why.

Doesn't Time Machine delete old backups when it needs more space?

I've had time machine running for a long time now. It worked flawlessly for quite some time.
Today it gave me the error that there was not enough free space on the disk to complete the backup (the error message says something like there is 360 GB of data on the Time Machine drive already, 140 GB of free space and it would require more than that to complete my backup). I have a 500 GB Time Machine disk and my Mac has a 500 GB hard drive, so I should technically never run out of space.
The Time Machine almost acts like this is the first time I've ever backed up, which is not true. Shouldn't Time Machine delete old backups to make space for the new? What's even weirder is that if I open the "Star Wars" window of Time Machine I only see one backup from March 31, 2011, but I have been running Time Machine for well over a year now. I'm totally confused as to what happened. Any advice on how to get my Time Machine back up and running (without buying a new drive) would help!

You see only one backup in the Time Machine window because Time Machine has deleted the older backups to make space to do the current backup.
Time machine needs some working space to do its backups, and so backing up a 500GB drive onto a 500GB time machine volume is not ideal.
However, I do essentially the same thing, and what I do, when I have this problem, is exclude things from the backup.
First off, figure out what you changed. If you moved things from one partition to another, then that will cause a backup of the size of the thing that was moved. This may be why you have a large backup.
When I have this problem, I exclude large things that have changed recently from the backup. This makes the backup smaller, and means that there is less working space needed. I do this until I get a successful backup. Then I remove things, one by one, from the exclusion list, and back up after each one.
So, for instance if you just put 4 new folders on your drive, each of which s 20GB of data and they are named A, B, C and D, add all four to the exclusion list, do a backup, then remove A from the exclusion list (leaving B, C & D on it) and do a backup, and continue like this, adding 20GB of backup data each time until none of the new data is on the exclusion list and you get a completed backup.
Another possible issue, if you use multiple partitions, is that Time Machine may be keeping an obsolete backup of a partition that you previously reformatted. To see if this is the case, go into time machine (The universe interface) and go back to the most recent backup it shows. Click on your computer and see what partitions show up-- are any of them old ones that have been reformatted and renamed? You may be storing a duplicate backup because Time Machine does not realize that the disk that went away isn't coming back (because it has been reformatted as a different partition)
You can right-click on these items and remove them from your backup by sleecting "Delete all backups of...." This will free up space as well.

I created an iCloud account and also had to get more space after I have done the purchase, I am unable to backup my phone! I have a stable wifi connection at home and all I see for hours and hours is "Backing Up .. Estimating time remaining"!!!!! Plz help

I created an iCloud account and also had to get more space so after I have made the purchase, I am unable to backup my phone! I have a stable wifi connection at home and all I see for hours and hours is "Backing Up .. Estimating time remaining"!!!!! Plz help I'm unable to make the backup as I need to transfer all my data on my new iPhone 5S

This may be caused by a corrupt existing backup that needs to be deleted, or by data on your device that is causing the backup to fail. To troubleshoot these, try deleting your last iCloud backup (if you have one) by turning off iCloud Backup in Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup, then tap Manage Storage, tap your device under Backups, then tap Delete Backup. Then go back and turn iCloud Backup back on and try backing up again.
If it still won't back up, you may have an app or something in your camera roll that is causing the backup to fail. To locate which one, go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage, tap the name of your device under Backups, under Backup Options tap Show All Apps, then turn them all to Off (including camera roll) and try backing up again. If the backup is successful, then the camera roll and/or one of your apps is causing the backup to fail and you'll have to located by process of elimination. Turn the camera roll On and try backing up again. If it succeeds, turn some of your apps to On and try backing up again. If it succeeds again, turn some more apps to On then try again; repeat this process until it fails. Eventually you'll be able to locate the problem app and exclude it from your backup.
In the meantime you can back up your phone to your computer by connect it, opening iTunes and going to File>Devices>Back Up. Also be sure to transfer your purchases (File>Devices>Transfer Purchases). Then set up your new phone and when given the option, choose Restore from iTunes Backup and follow the prompts to restore this backup to your new phone. This will be much faster than using iCloud anyway.

I'm running out of hd space on my MBP with Mavericks. How do I move my Photoshop 5 app off the computer for more space. How can I store the PS5 app on DVD or on my backup hd for a future reinstall on my next Mac?

I'm running out of hd space on my MBP with Mavericks OS. How do I move my Photoshop 5 app off the computer for more space, and store the PS5 app on DVD or on my backup hd for a future reinstall on my next Mac with larger hd?
Thanks

slaglejrp,
perhaps it would be less expensive to just install a new disk with a larger capacity on your current MacBook Pro, rather than plan on buying a new Mac with a larger disk? Once your current disk has been cloned to the new disk, and the new disk has been installed into your MacBook Pro, that would allow you to keep Photoshop 5 on your current MacBook Pro.

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