Internal disk space is low

I'm getting this error message on a 1TB time capsule that is connected to an imac with about 700gb on it. I can't find anything that tells me what to do to fix this other than delete everything on the capsule and start again.
I assumed the time machine system would make space by deleting older stuff but this doesn't seem to be the case. Is there any way to set this up?
Thanks
David

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"Internal disk space low" warning question

Last night I got the blinking amber light with the warning that Time Capsule's "Internal disk space is low". My hard drive is 1TB and has 375 GB of remaining space. My time capsule is 1TB and is used only for backing up my computer. How do I remedy this situation? Shouldn't I still have 375 GB left on my Time Capsule if it's just mirroring my hard drive? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Bob, thank you for your answer! When will TC start deleting old backups and the green light come back again and amber light stop flashing?
I have the same problem and tried resolving it through deleting some backups that i did not need. I have 1Tb Time Capsule with all latest firmware and recently got the amber light blinking and the message that the "Internal disk space is low. Your Time capsule is low on storage space". I checked and I have something like 58 Gb left. So I deleted some big files that I did not really need on TC via Time Machine interface - "delete all backups of ...". It should have freed up additionally more than 100Gb, but when I checked again the remaining disk space has not changed from 58Gb. I read in forums about how to get this free space by compacting sparsebundle via "hdiutil compact..." command in terminal, as discussed here - http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=84284
Is this the only way to free space on TC? Is there an easier way to get it? Should I go for it or should I just wait until TC starts deleting old files, not to mess with the whole process?
Thank you in advance.

"Available disk space running low. Shuttting down session."

I've been running into problems on a few machines that I have installed e-Load on. When I start the stress test, I get into a few iterations and then suddenly, the test will stop running and I get the following message:
"Available disk space running low. Shutting down session."
Questions:
1.) What space is it referring to? The local machine or where the scripts are stored?
I can't seem to figure it out. The machines have more than enough space where e-Load is installed, over 10 Gigs free.
The scripts (repository) is on a shared network drive and that has 17 GB where the results are written to. Is there something I am missing?

And the following output from the bin directory:
Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
D:\Empirix\EmpAppServer\bin>dir
Volume in drive D is Application
Volume Serial Number is DC63-8FB3
Directory of D:\Empirix\EmpAppServer\bin
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12/06/2007 10:43 AM <DIR> ..
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08/12/2004 09:09 AM 3,638 admin_icon.ico
09/12/2005 02:48 PM 185 cleanup.bat
08/03/2007 08:08 AM 409 consoleclient.bat
08/03/2007 08:08 AM 344 counterclient.bat
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09/12/2005 02:48 PM 130 eload.url
02/10/2005 04:47 PM 3,638 eloadurl.ico
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09/12/2005 02:48 PM 3,638 eload_play.ico
09/12/2005 02:48 PM 3,638 eload_stop.ico
03/15/2006 03:07 AM 779 EmpirixSupport.bat
03/10/2006 03:54 AM 438 JbossService.bat
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05/02/2005 08:28 PM 33,305 run.jar
05/02/2005 08:23 PM 4,854 run.sh
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2 Dir(s) 124,410,523,648 bytes free
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Receiving an automatic notification from Windows Server when disk space is low

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Does Windows Server 2012 R2 have any such functionality built-in to enable monitoring of disk space?
We have an old VB Script file that sends me an email when disk space gets low.
Also, the following post discusses the topic regarding Windows Server 2008:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/c9878861-6ba5-4d3b-b6b0-6e4b33c41853/notification-when-low-disk-space?forum=windowsserver2008r2management
I was wondering if there was any change regarding this in
Windows Server 2012 R2 .
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Keith<o:p></o:p>
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Hi,
Windows Server 2012 stays the same on that topic, you still need some kind of monitoring on your disk space.
If you don't have a monitoring solution, like for example SCOM, you can for example with powershell do what you earlier did in VB script. Either you have a scheduled task that runs as often as you'd like, or you can utilize something called WMI eventing
to trigger on an event 'disk low' but thats a bit more complicated.
See below examples on some example scripts that you could use.
https://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/powershell/disk-space-monitoring-and-early-warning-with-powershell/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff730927.aspx
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/6e935887-6b30-4654-b977-6f5d289f3a63Hope
this helps you!
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PLEASE HELP!!! disk space is low message

i received a disk space is low message as i am working in my lightroom 5. i keep clicking ok and it does not let me get out of this screen. it is telling me i need to remove files or empty trash to make space. do i need to make space in lightroom or on my hard drive? please help, i have had this issue before.

25% seems pretty arbitrary and unreasonable.
With today's drive that means on a 2TB drive I need to keep 1/2 TB free. That means I am paying for 2TB with only 1.5 usable just to use LR. In my case where I have four 2TB drive I have to have 2TB free or equivalently have an entire drives worth of space (4*500M) I should not be using.
Even given that was true I get a similar message and it states I do not have at least 20M free on the drive where my catalog is. The drive where my catalog is has 800M+ of a 2TB drive free (exceeding the 25% rule).
And if you are talking about just the "C:" or "root" drive then I have a 250G drive with over 180M free. And neither my catalog or my pictures are on it.
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"internal disk space needs repair" Time Capsule error message

I had successfully transfered my entire iTunes library to my TC. Worked without a hitch for a week.
Today, I downloaded an album FROM iTunes. In the middle of the download, it froze. I noticed I was dismounted and my TC light had turned orange (now blinking) and I received the mesage "internal disk space needs repair."
From what I've read on this board, I'm supposed to reformat my TC and start again. That's an unacceptable solution. Is there another way?
Also does anyone have experience in archiving their TC? And will that preserve my precious (to me anyway) iTunes library?

vwozniak wrote:
Thank you, honestly it is all over my head!! Will pull out the books and see if I can figure out how to do what I need to do. But, thanks!!
If you don't understand something, ask!
Your backups are in a +sparse bundle+ on your Time Capsule's internal HD. That's what appears on your desktop and/or Finder sidebar when Time Machine is doing a backup (unless you've told the Finder not to show them). If it currently appears, just eject it, then right-click the TM icon in your Dock and select +Back Up Now.+
For the +TM Buddy+ widget, click your mouse on the words "Click here" in my previous post (anything on these forums that's shown in blue or purple, and is underlined when your mouse passes over it, is a "clickable link" -- clicking on it will take you to that web page.
On that page, click the Download button towards the upper right. That will download and install it. Then press whatever key or mouse button you have set up for Dashboard and select +Time Machine Buddy.+ You'll see a display like the one pictured on the web page.
If it doesn't show the box with messages, click the "disclosure" triangle to the left of the word Messages. That should show the messages for the last backup attempt. Click in the message area, and it should be outlined in blue (as shown on the web page). Then click Cmd-A to +Select All+ (and the whole background will turn blue), then Cmd-C to Copy to your clipboard.
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I tried creating a startup backup via Disk Utility. There wasn't enough space and now I have no internal disk space. How do I fix this?

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MacBook Pro becomes has spotlight problems when disk space gets low

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Disk space running low... but not really.

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10.5MiB /sbin
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e 0.0 B /mnt
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“However the disk space on 'D' is running low everyday.”
Base on my experience, it most possible is your application cache full the disk space, or you have configured the unsuitable VSS back up schedule.
The related KB:
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754054.aspx
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754054.aspx
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Disk space is low in drive

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First of all, what is the harddisk capacity of the machine in which IDES is installed?
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I have never set my internal drive as the backup location. I wouldn't even know how.
AppleCare tells me to erase and restore to fix the problem, but that still won't get back my precious internal hard disk space. Where was TM putting all that junk, and how can I get rid of it????

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