HT3275 Time Capsule can no longer delete oldest files

My Time Machine/Capsule always used to delete the oldest files to make room when the Capsule needed more space. Recently it has stopped doing this and only gives me the options to 'change to a larger drive' or 'delete some file to make room'.
Could the problem be because I've recently upgraded my OS from 10.5.8 to 10.6.8?
Please advise me what I can do.

Yes, when you update the OS it cannot auto delete old files.. Good to see you are updating from 4th to 3rd last OS version.. I think some people consider the latest greatest OS to be essential. whereas on older computer the older OS may be better.
You can do exactly what is suggested.. buy a new external drive and use that.. External drive plugged into the iMac is no problem and much faster and better than TC.
Or you can plug the USB into the TC and archive the old backups if you want to keep them.. erase the drive of the TC then start again. A clean new backup is a good idea anyway.

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lumiere wrote:
"the current volume could not be mounted". Also "The Current Time Machine backup disk can;t be found".
Has this Mac had any problems since the last successful backup? Such as hardware repairs, especially a new logic board? A full restore?
Is the +sparse bundle+ currently mounted? If so, eject it and try again.
If not, or if that doesn't help, try a "full reset" of Time Machine, per #A4 of Troubleshooting.
Interesting to note that the final backup (7 weeks ago) failed - it looked like hourly backups worked and the final one failed ("says in progress" ?)
Yes, that's the partial, failed backup. Since it's incomplete, it won't appear in the "Star Wars" display, etc. Once Time Machine gets started, it will "recover" it, and convert it into a normal backup, with a new date & Time.
After that long without a backup, Time Machine will have a lot of work to do (including recovering the partial backup), so connect via Ethernet if at all possible. It will still take a while, but be 2-3 times faster than WIFI.

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Hi, My Time Capsule needs to backup 18.32 GB, but ther'e only 15.20 GB left on it, so it tells me that it couldn't complete the backup. It used to delete old backups automatically when it ran out of space, but, for whatever reason, it isn't doing that anymore.
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Unfortunately, the Time Capsule cannot delete enough information to be able to make room for the new backup.
It would take forever to try to manually delete backups...and might not be successful....so you really are faced with a decison on whether you want to:
1) Add a new Time Capsule and start with a new "master" backup and move forward from there. You can keep the old Time Capsule connected and go back to browse backups there if you need to do so.
2) Erase the Time Capsule and start over with a new "master" backup and move forward from there.
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I just did a full back up to my time capsule. There are a ton of pictures that I can delete to make room for more stuff on my computer. If they're all backed up to the time capsule, am I able to delete them from my computer then or will they delete from the time capsule as well? Thanks!

The following sentence contains a simple concept that many users cannot seem to grasp.
If you delete any file from your Mac....then you have no backup.
The file on the Time Capsule has just become your "master" or "original"
What will happen when....not if....the Time Capsule has a problem?
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I've been using my time capsule as a external hard drive to store some files, I have recently purchased a mirrored external hard drive to store them on, and in the transfer some of the files that were stored on the Time Capsule have gotten deleted, prior to being fully transfered. Is there a way to run a recovery software on the time capsule?

No, you cannot do anything as the disk is a network drive.. you have to remove the disk and plug it into the Mac using a USB to Sata holder for instance.. and use the recovery software there.

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I've installed Time Capsule and using Time Machine backed up all my files from my Mac Mini (mid 2010) and verified they're there, now, as nervous as I am to do this, I want to clean/delete all the files on my mac mini hard drive, is there an easier and faster way than just moving to trash and deleting them? Looks like that can take hours.
My intention is to use the Time Capsule as a Hard drive so I can clean my Mac Mini hd since it was reaching capacity.
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Ok, I just googled how to format my external hard drive to Mac OS extended (Journaled), no problem, understood.
Bear with me, I'm not too computer savvy, then connect to my mac mini, copy all my files to that ext. hd, then in system pref for the TC don't add to exclude?
I don't think I want to keep that also permanently connected to TC as then I'm backing two hardrives?

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I was using Time Machine to back up files to a WD Elements hard drive. Lately I started to get error messages the back-up failed. Previously Finder would list back-up files for that drive, but now it only shows empty folders. Get Info still shows 60 GB of used space on the external drive. Can I retrieve those files, or is all lost and I must reformat the hard drive?

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I have an external hard drive that is both Mac and Windows compatible and can no longer delete any files. I recently reformatted my Mac, does this have anything to do with it?

I've clicked on the 'get info' tab, but it says read only for all files.

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TS1253 Once I save my photos to the airport time capsule; can I delete them from the computer drive?

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Please think about this for a moment.
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dleted the files, and also gave time captule a new name, and pasword.
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I don't have 10.6.1 yet, but have noticed this happens very occasionally on my MacBook Pro, but not on my iMac. Simply resetting Time Machine on my laptop has done the trick.
Open System Preferences
Click on Time Machine
Click your Time Capsule to highlight it
Click Use for Backups
If that does not do it then delete the "com.apple.TimeMachine.plist" file. It's located as follows:
Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences
Restart your computer
Then perform the same steps as above to setup Time Machine again.
The resets will not affect any of your backups.

The item can't be moved because AirPort Time Capsule can't be modified

have just set up my new airport time capsule done a time machine back up but can not add any files to it to share when i try i get the following message
"The item can’t be moved because AirPort Time Capsule can’t be modified"
how do i change this
many thanks

pooldoc58 wrote:
have just set up my new airport time capsule done a time machine back up but can not add any files to it to share when i try i get the following message
"The item can’t be moved because AirPort Time Capsule can’t be modified"
how do i change this
many thanks
How are you trying to add files??
You cannot add them to the TM backup?
TM owns the sparsebundle and you should not add files to any sparsebundle.. do not even attempt to.
You can create a new directory in the Time Capsule and copy files to that.. as long as you have turned on file sharing and give correct access permissions.
Mixing data and backups does have consequences though.
See Q3 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/Time_Capsule.html

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I've had a Time Capsule for a year and a half. No problems until I installed Snow Leopard.
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I'm having the same problem. Internet connection is fine; backups work correctly. But I get a message telling me there's an update I should install for Time Capsule, and when I click to install it, it tells me it can't find the hard drive.
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Can I use my time capsule to back up or save files from my pc?

My time capsule works great with my 2 Macs. I just got a PC and would like to know if I can use the time capsule to back up or save files from my PC?

You can.. but obviously PC is missing TM.. so you will need to use a backup software.
Saving files to the TC is not really recommended.. but as long as you have lots of space is unlikely to cause problems.. the whole idea of TM though is to keep incremental backups on an hourly basis and will slowly fill the TC.. once space is short.. it can get messy.
Also read Pondini who is positively against using it for other files.
http://pondini.org/TM/TCQ3.html
I suggest you read .. skim at least the FAQ so you actually understand what TM - TC is all about.
A USB drive plugged into the PC makes a better backup
1. It is formatted NTFS, ie native format and readable by any windows computer. A TC is a network device.
2. USB drives are cheap. You can use 2 of them and store one offsite.
3. USB traffic is not on the network.
4. Storing files on the TC is bad as it is a backup target not itself backed up.
5. In a pc you can add drive after drive after drive.. (assuming a desktop since you didn't say laptop). Only a Mac Pro can do that in the Mac world.. internal drives are cheaper than a. USB drives, b. network drives. And they are 10x or more faster.

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