Time Capsule full-can't figure it out
Hi,
I am running a Macbook Pro 15" with 10.5.8 with approximately 280GB hard drive. I also run Windows via VM Fusion Ware that takes up about 60GB. I have a 500GB Time Capsule that was working great until a few weeks ago. The Time Capsule now shows only 48.2GB out of 463.8 GB available so TM will not backup anymore. It seems like TM is backing up my entire computer multiple times instead of just the changes. Any ideas how this is possible since the computer itself only has 280GB hard drive? And how can I fix this problem? Thanks.
mac167969 wrote:
I did not realize that prevented the backups from being deleted...I just thought it was for notification purposes.
That does confuse folks, because the option and behavior were changed on Snow Leopard; on Leopard, the backup fails with a message; on Snow Leopard, the backup(s) are deleted, and a message is sent at the end of the new backup. See #C4 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting for details.
Of course now I tried all this I got an error message: "Time Machine Error. The backup disk image could not be mounted". Any ideas what this means?
Try re-selecting it in Time Machine Prefs > Options.
If that doesn't help, try a "full reset" per #A4 in the article above.
If still no joy, see #P4 in Using Time Machine with a Time Capsule.
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