Insufficient disk space time machine restore

I try to restore my complete system from a time machine backup, but I get an insufficient disk space error. What can I do?

The reason was that my iMac wouldn't startup after the 10.6.8 update. There was an error about a not good downloaded file (the 10.6.8 update package). After that message I only could press the restart button, but the system didn't restart anymore.
I checked also with the shift, cmd, v option, and there were missing io-thing files, and after that the system stopped.
Then I took my Snow Leopard DVD, and booted from that disk. I choosed for restoring from a Time Machine backup, and picked the latest version, the night before. At that moment the restore procedure told me that there was not enough space on the destination disk.
I have a 500 GB disk with 2 partitions, 1 350GB for Mac OS, 1 150 GB for Boot Camp.
I have a 600GB external for my Time Machine backups, and the size of that folder was about 450GB. 150Gb of that external disk was free.
At this moment I have my system up and running. I took a Time Machine backup from a couple of days older. That version I could restore. Finaly, I missed maybe a very little bit of data, but I can live with that.
But I think it is very strange that I couldn't restore my latest Time Machine Backup.

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How to limit the amount of disk space Time Machine will use?

On Yosemite, how do you limit the amount of disk space Time Machine will use?
I'm using a Seagate Goflex Home 2tb drive connected to my router as a Time Machine backup drive. I use this for three things 1)Time Machine 2) an occasional backup of windows document subdirectory 3) backup of music and photos for long term storage. Doing something like re-partioning the drive is not an option. I'll just go buy another drive for time machine's sole use. In addition, using software from Seagate is not an option. I don't want to use their software for different reasons (mainly the GoFlex home is really designed as a "media server" which I don't use. I, of course, use iTunes. ) On the Mac, I'm only using about 250GB total but time machine is rapidly using up space.
Apparently using a terminal command like below, used to work, but no longer works under Yosemite.
For a limit of 100gb the number below would be 100 x 1024
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine MaxSize 102400
To remove the limit, use the following command:
sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine MaxSize
Now, I'm not too familiar with terminal and I'm not about ready to issue a command without knowing exactly what it is going to do.
Is there an easier "switch" someplace or an app that does this?
If I don't limit the size, at some point there will not be any space left for windows backups and additional photo and music files.

Hmm- added "sudo" and there was no error reported:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine MaxSize xxxxxx
I guess we'll see.

Finder shows wrong disk space (Time Machine turned off)

Hi,
I have a disk space issue with my Mid '11 MacBook Air. The actual free space in my Hard Drive is much more than the space what Finder reports.
After trying almost everything i knew (Turned off Time Machine, used Disk Utility/DaisyDisk/OmniDiskSweeper), I have no success so it is starting to be annoying.
Here is the result of the du -chxd 1 / command (as root):
bash-3.2# du -chxd 1 /
258M          /.DocumentRevisions-V100
18M          /.fseventsd
577M          /.Spotlight-V100
0B          /.Trashes
0B          /.vol
8.3G          /Applications
2.6M          /bin
0B          /cores
4.5K          /dev
1.0K          /home
12K          /Incompatible Software
4.6G          /Library
8.0K          /lost+found
1.0K          /net
0B          /Network
185M          /opt
4.8G          /private
988K          /sbin
5.2G          /System
53G          /Users
437M          /usr
4.0K          /Volumes
77G          /
77G          total
The Finder says i have only 23 GB of free space:
If anyone have some idea what to check, please share it.
Thanks in advance
Peter

There may be a directory problem. Try Verifying your SSD, per #6 in Using Disk Utility.

Changing backup disk after time machine restore

I recently had to get a new harddrive and used my time machine back up to restore all the data i had. Now however when i plug the time machine in to do another back up it starts a new "time machine backup disk" instead of just using the disk that it was using. Is there any way to manually set it to update this older backup disk?

Not at this point. If you had used Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant to restore your data, you would have been given that option. TM will still do a full copy of all your files either way. The main difference is that old snapshots from the previous backup will never be automatically deleted. You'll have to do that yourself, through the TM interface, if necessary.

New hard disk after time machine restore doesn't boot, NEED HELP

Hi,
I just bought a new hard disk for my computer and it works fine if you just install the OS X, but every time I do a restore from my time machine I received a screen after the boot that tells the following:
"You need to restart your computer, hold on the power button until it turns off, then press the power button again."
This message appears in many languages, I do the restart and the same message comes again every time.
I already tried the disk utility when I boot with the OS X DVD and says that the disk is ok. I also tried a PRAM reset.
The result is the same message.
Does any body knows what I am doing wrong or why is this happens?
thanks for any help

This is a kernel panic. They are often, but not exclusively, hardware related. Some reading for you:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1392
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html
If this only happens after a full restore from TM, that might suggest something you are copying back over is causing the problem. You may want to ask in the Snow Leopard TM forums about how to identify the culprit, or do a partial restore that might skip the system files likely to cause a panic:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1342
Good luck!

New HD not recognized as startup disk after Time Machine restore

I installed a 320 GB seagate HD (original drive from my Mac Pro) into my wife's iMac G5 1.8Ghz replacing the stock 80 GB drive. Once I completed the installation, I used the "Restore from a Time Machine Backup" option on the OS X 10.5 installer disk to restore the old data onto the new drive. All went we but now the drive isn't recognized as a startup disk. It shows up in disk utility but not as a bootable device.
Any suggestions?

Good catch! That's exactly what the problem is. The G5's drive needs to be reformatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled), but before that is done, the data should be transferred to an external, so it can be reloaded onto the G5 afterwards.

Is it possible to boot or Time Machine restore from an external Thunderbolt disk drive?

(There are several questions - search for "?".)
I purchased a Seagate Backup Plus for Mac Desktop Drive 3 TByte with default USB 3.0 interface, and also acquired the Seagate Thunderbolt Adapter for Backup Plus Desktop Drives and Thunderbolt cable.
I do a redundant backup to the Seagate Drive using both Carbon Copy Cloner (nightly) and Time Machine (hourly) using its Thunderbolt adapter. BTW: One never knows when Time Machine will choke - see discussion titled, "UPDATED: Serious Time Machine bug on Mountain Lion", which I had; Rest In Peace Pondini (James Lewis Pond).
Booting from the external Seagate Backup Plus via Thunderbolt inteface from System Preferences -> Startup Disk:
I select the Time Machine OS X, 10.8.5 Startup Disk (Thunderbolt attached drive), click Restart, confirm my choice, the computer reboots, however, it reboots from the internal Macintosh HD OS X, 10.8.5, NOT the selected external Thunderbolt drive. The SSD drive was used as the Startup Drive, not the selected external Time Machine volume as indicated by the display free disk space command (df(1)) and seeing that the Macintosh HD OS X, 10.8.5 volume is mounted as root. That is very deceptive in that both the internal and external drives will appear in the same manner from a GUI point of view! OS X doesn't even inform me that it did not boot off the selected volume. This is the first half of the problem, that is, Is it possible to boot from an external Thunderbolt disk drive? In my case, the answer is deceptively No. Can anybody else boot off a Thuderbolt attached disk drive? Note that if I remove the Thunderbolt adapter, and attach the drive via its USB 3.0 cable, the MBP boots off the external Seagate Backup Plus just fine, as is expected.
Booting from the external Seagate Backup Plus via Thunderbolt inteface from boot-time "Option - Select startup disk" method:
When I restart the MBP using the startup Option key to select the startup volume, the externally connected Seagate drive ONLY SHOWS UP if it is attached with the USB 3.0 cable, not when it is attached with via the Thunderbolt interface. Can anyone else boot off a Thunderbolt drive with the startup Option key sequence? At least the MBP doesn't deceive me in this case - I know right away that the external Thunderbolt drive is not an option when connected as such.
Time Machine restore from the external Seagate Backup plus via Thunderbolt interface from the "command-R - Recovery Parition" method:
After booting from the recovery partition, I attempt to perform a Time Machine restore from the Thunderbolt connected Seagate Backup drive. When Time Machine attempts to present me with a viable backup Time Machine volume, the external Thunderbolt drive is never offered as an option. So I switch the Time Machine volume to use its USB 3.0 interface, and then Time Machine displays that drive as an option, and the MBP proceeds with the restoration as expected. The interesting thing to note is that while booted in the recovery partition via the Thuderbolt cable, the MBP Disk Utility may be selected, and the Thunderbolt attached drive may be operated on just fine. Can anybody else restore their MBP using Time Machine and the Recovery Partition via the Thunderbolt interface?
This is also a big problem for me in that I am forced to restore my MBP via Carbon Copy Cloner using the USB 3.0 interface, because I cannot even boot off that volume's Thunderbolt interface. Of course, the option may be that I could use yet another eternal USB 3.0 drive, boot from it, and then use Carbon Copy Cloner to restore the Macintosh HD via the aforementioned drive connected by a Thunderbolt cable, but that is less than ideal and not elegant, so I'm not going there.
Another side issue is that the commercially available program, TechTool Pro 7's eDrive, which I installed on the Time Machine volume, will not boot off that eDrive as advertised, but I won't got through those steps here, because that would be beyond the scope of this issue, however, I must say, It does not work either when the Time Machine volume is connected via the Thunderbolt interface, but works just fine when connected via the USB 3.0 interface.

If this helps anybody else make a decision about whether to consider Apple because of Apple's superior customer service:
Apple sells this entire line of drives right in their store, from 1TB to 4TB. I spent 1 and 1/2 hours, yesterday, confirming that the 3TB model IS NOT 100% Thunderbolt compliant. A MBP cannot boot, nor can it Time Machine restore from this drive, though EVERYTHING about the drive is normal.
Apple's South Coast Plaza store management had at least two responses to me personally about how to proceed:
1. Buy a different drive from another drive manufacturer, and to attempt to return the drive to COSTCO. A lead genius suggested going with GTech drives, for instance.
2. Wait for Seagate to fix their problem.
I told Apple management in the store that the drive is advertised as Mac Compatible (see picture) and that it is advertised as being a Thunderbolt drive (see picture). I pressed management that my purchasing decsion to get the best possible MBP Retina was based on the availablity of Inexpensive Devises (raID), and that not having this complete compatibility is a show-stopper for my needs, and that I wanted a refund. Their response? They needed to talk with "Merchendising" to see if they are on or off the hook for these kind of 3rd party assertions, and would get back to me.
I am not holding my breath.
Note: I do not hold this against the Geniuses that helped me, nor against the management I've dealt with, nor the upper level engineers that I've corresponded with through Apple Care - their problem solving skills were helpful - although I could have arrived at similar conclusions given enough $$$. (For instance, try a Lacie TB drive and see if that works - we did, and it did not work. Or, we have a different TB cable and a different TB adapter, let's try those - we did, and it did not work.) I blame myself for not doing enough homework before going with Apple's solutions.

Restore to different disk from Time Machine backup

Using Snow Leopard. I installed a larger hard disk in my Macbook Pro just over a week ago, and kept the old disk. Time Machine had worked before the update and continued to work after the update. So I did another week of work and created new documents, etc. hopefully all backed up.
Then the new larger hard disk crashed, so I had to revert to my old disk which still had the old data on it. The old disk was named xxx180 and the new disk large disk xxx500. The user name and account name were the same on both.
With the old disk now back, if I look into Time Machine, I can only see backups containing data from dates previous to the upgrade, but all of those files are already on my disk. The later dates are there in time machine, but they have no files.
I have tried migration assistant, but it says that I can't have 2 user accounts with the same name - I don't want to re-create the account, just restore a few files.
I have booted from the Snow Leopeard disk and gone into Disk Utility to 'restore from Time Machine', but it says that the large disk information is 475 GB and will not fit onto the old small disk. I know that I only added a few documents and that they shoud fit on the spare space on the old small disk. The difference is only a few days of important text documents.
Can I see the backup files on the Time Machine disk other than through the Time Machine application?

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FCP X does not recognize projects and events on USB drive after a time machine restore of the MBP macintosh disk

FCP X does not recognize projects and events on USB drive after a time machine restore of the MBP macintosh disk.
I upgraded from an i5 to an i7 15" MBP and restored my files using my time machine backup. All seemed to go ok, except I had to use the migration assistant because on the initial boot the MAC didn't recognize the backup database on the USB device. MAybe this is a hint.
Since when I start FCPX it too cannot finnd the project or event directories.
Before my upgrade, I had a choice of files either on the Macintosh disk or the 2TB USB disk.
Now only files on the Macintosh are accessible to FCPX. The USB drive is visible under events and project but it finds no projects or events.
Please help if you can.
Thanks
Barry

Thanks... alas no one has responded.
I think I have the structure that you are recommending.
I have a root level directory (Final Cut Events) with the files in them.
The puzzling thing is that it used to work before the migration!.
Anyway I'm going to move the contents to the root and see what happens.
On a slightly different note...
I also posted a question about CPU utilization. Can I ask a question or two?
While rendering a short clip, I noticed burst of disk activity when the render started (likely loading the media files into ram since I have about 4Gigs available, then almost no activity while the render is happening, then more disk activity when its done.
However the cpu activity is not as high as I would have expected since rendering requires a lot of cpu.
What is your experience? I know some render is done by the GPU, but in my older i5 the CPU was about 100%, now in my i7 its about 50%.
Please look at the attached utilization for CPU and disk activity.
Thanks for any thoughts... Barry

Restore one hard disk from Time Machine backup

Is it possible to restore only one disk from Time machine backup? I have a SSD with OSX 10.8.5 on it while user folders are on a separate 4TB hard drive. I also have a Time Machine volume for backups. Yesterday the user drive failed beyond repair, but fortunatly I do have a recent backup. When I tried to resotre following insructions provided in the Time Machine manual, it does not give me an option to resore a specific disk from the backup, and tries to resotre only the System disk backup, in this case the SSD. Is there a way to restore a disk on which no system is installed?

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Disks Locked after Time Machine restore

All my disks appear locked in the finder after having to do a Time Machine restore. I can't write to them.
If I go to "Get Info" there's nothing indicating that it's locked.
I also tried changing "Permissions" to everyone Read & WRite, but it wouldn't let me and repairing permissions.
What's going on here? Some kind of permission problems I assume.

It keeps on asking for the password but won't let me type, or it just gives me a new line:
Last login: Thu Apr 10 11:47:39 on ttys000
new-host-2:~ erland$ ls -aldeO@ /Volumes/"Samples"
drwxrwxr-t 16 erland staff - 612 Oct 29 12:43 /Volumes/Samples
new-host-2:~ erland$ sudo chflags nouchg /Volumes/"Samples""
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new-host-2:~ erland$ ls -aldeO@ /Volumes/"Samples"
drwxrwxr-t 16 erland staff - 612 Oct 29 12:43 /Volumes/Samples
new-host-2:~ erland$
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Restoring disk from Time Machine

Hello!
I wiped my disk clean, rebooted using Snow Leopard DVD as a start up disk, and then attempted to restore my disk from my Time Machine backup. Everything seemed to flow just fine... UNTIL the "Transferring Information" window displayed "Transferring your Applications folder...". The blue progress bar has been stuck in the same place for 15 HOURS!!!!! The status still reads "Transferring your Applications folder...". Any insights into HOW I CAN MOVE FROM WHERE I AM TO SUCCESSFULLY RESTORING MY DISK FROM TIME MACHINE, IN A TIME-EFFECTIVE MANNER?
Oh man, I know someone out there can help! I really appreciate anything you can offer in advance! Thank you!
All the best,
NRM

Pondini wrote:
NathanMeffert wrote:
I followed this advice.
Did Disk Utility find any errors on your TM drive?
No errors.
"*The Mac OS X installation couldn't be completed.* / If you continue having a problem installing Mac OS X, the installation log may help you diagnose the problem. To save the log, click Save Log. / To start installing Mac OS X again, click Restart. / To start up your computer using a different disc, choose Startup Disk from the Utilities menu."
There is also a window that is titled "Installer log" will 248 lines that I do not know how to read. Many have phrases like "ReportCrash [179]".
So it didn't get as far as it did the first time? You may have a bad or damaged SL disc, or a problem reading it. See if you can clean the disc.
No it didn't. I tried to clean the disc. I have restarted, and retried, four times now, and continue to get the same message.
If you're anywhere near an Apple Store or Authorized Apple repair location, make an appointment and take your Mac, the disc, and your TM drive. See if they have another disc they'll let you use to see if you can get any farther.
Is this a Genius Bar appointment you're referring to?
One line, early on in the report, that jumped out to me, is "You can't save the file 'Autosave Information' because the volume 'Mac OS X Install DVD' is read only."
Yes, that is a bit irritating, isn't it? I don't know what good it is.
Well, I guess we all did our best. If there's anyone out there with any new insights, I'd love to hear 'em!!!
Again, big thanks to everyone!!!
Best,
NRM

Unable to perform a V2V to a CSV in Virtual Machine Manager if there is insufficient disk space on the local drive

Server 2012 R2 with 60 Gb SSD mirror
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2685247
does not work, as the attached vhdx storage never appears as volume in VMM / Fabric / Host / Properties / Storage
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new storage Available for Placement in VMM"
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Hi Sophia,
KB3000850 is installed, the server restarted. But I'm sorry to say, same situation:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Enable-DedupVolume "E:"
Enabled            UsageType          SavedSpace           SavingsRate
Volume
True               Default            26.95 MB             0 %
E:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Start-DedupJob -type Optimization -volume "E:" -wait
Type               ScheduleType       StartTime              Progress   State
Volume
Optimization       Manual
0 %        Failed                 E:
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ID 4119
Data Deduplication could not initialize change log under \\?\Volume{7a4277ad-72ee-11e4-80bf-0050569d1d6b}\System Volume Information\Dedup\Logs. The error code was 0x8056530a, There is insufficient disk space to perform the requested operation.
ID 4106
Data Deduplication warning: Available memory (4095 MB) is less than minimum required (4392 MB)
Error: 0x00000000, The operation completed successfully.
Volume E: is 549 GB and have 186 GB free
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Why am I getting a message "Insufficient Disk Space"

I installed a new hard drive yesterday, and used Time Machine to restore all the information from my old hard drive. Today I tried to open iPhoto and had a message that it was not found so I used the install disk for iPhoto and reinstalled. I have my former iPhoto Library, but when I try to import new photos from my desk top, I get the message "Insufficient Disk Space" "iPhoto cannot import your photos because there is not enough free space on the volume containing your iPhoto library". I don't understand since I have 354 GB available on my hard drive. What do I need to do to fix?

That's an indication that the library is damaged. Make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and apply the two fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
Launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #2
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
OT

Lost "Last Import" after Time Machine restore

I recently had a hard drive fail on me but was up to date on Time Machine backups. So after a rebuild of 10.6.2, I restored my system from Time Machine. But now, I noticed that the last batch of pictures I imported before the hard drive went, are gone. They are still listed in iPhoto under Last Imported. And their Events Descriptions are showing up but all pictures are just empty grey squares, leading me to believe the links were lost. So I opened up the contents of the iPhoto Library and sure enough those file folders were gone also.
Any ideas what could have happened? Maybe ways to get them back?
I'm assuming the pictures are gone at this point - about 215 including my son's 3rd Birthday. Fortunately though, I have lo-rez versions on my iPhone.

Experienced this myself today with the latest iPhoto on a Time Machine restore after a failed hard drive.
I would guess the cause is that iPhoto writes the 'last import' into a cache file, and not to the Originals folder on the hard drive until the next import. Since Time-Machine excludes many cache files from its backup to save time and space from meaningless change (caches should always be able to be rebuilt), the photos were never copied to the backup drive.
However, this is merely a guess, and is the only reason I could fathom as to why Time Machine did not back up photos that have been on the disk for over a month. Quick testing with local files wrote directly to the disk, which makes me think it may be only from a camera or some other device, but I am not sure exactly.
If someone happens to find a way to get back the photos, let us know. Exploring the iPhoto library in Time Machine yielded me nothing, neither did rebuilding the cache database or looking for orphaned photos.

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