Macbook 13 retina says "not enough space" when there is.

My macbook has 236GB free space and I am trying to copy a 180BG file-which I do all the time-from a Thunderbot drive. Today it is telling me ther eis not enough space. I went in to check permissions...the user account I sign in under is not listed and it says "read only". There are three users-System(read & write), everyone(read only) and a mysterious user named "wheel" (read only) which I deleted. Is the user name I sign in under actually "system"? I could have sworn it actually used to have my user name from the sign in screen...
Am I even barking up the right tree that permissions could be the issue for the "not enough space" issue? Any help appreciated.
thanks
NJ

From the menu bar, select
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Time Machine
If the padlock icon is closed, click it to unlock the settings and authenticate. Turn Time Machine OFF, then back ON and close the preference pane. Try the failed operation again.

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