Time Machine backup says no more room but there is one TB available?
Time Machine suddenly tells me it cannot back up as "the backup is too large for the backup disk." My backup hard drives are both 2TB capacity, and the data to be backed up is about 1.01TB. I have indicated that Time Machine should delete old backups to allow new ones to be stored.
Hi Joseph,
A couple of things, please look over Pondini's Time Machine FAQs & Time Machine Troubleshooting. If you cannot find a solution there you may want to consider reposting in the Snow Leopard forum. TM is part of OS X and you will find a section for TM in the version of OS X you're running which appears to be Snow Leopard.
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nas on airport extreme not recognized by time machine. same nas was previously used as time machine backup on different airport extreme. are there any configuration files that i can delete to fix this problem ?
Time Machine has been working just fine, but in the last week or two it has given up the ghost. I reset the connections to the drive, and it will basically save a few bytes of data and then hang.
Although Apple originally announced, prior to the release of the first 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Stations (AEBSn), that it would support Time Machine backups to AirPort Disks, they removed that option before they did finally release the base station for sale.
Since then, Apple has posted (as you have noted) that they DO NOT support Time Machine backups to AirPort Disks. As far as I know, they have not changed from that position and those who do these backups find that they become corrupted over time. Sorry, but it sounds like you just confirmed that for yourself.
1) Has one of the recent updates either on the AE (firmware) or OSX disabled this function?
No. Again, this feature has never been supported by Apple for every generation of AEBSn released.
2) Are there any changes I can make to get this working again?
If your data backups are critical to you, then you will want to use a different solution for your Time Machine backup destination drive strategy. I would suggest that you connect your WD My Book directly to your Mac in the mean time.
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Time Machine backup requires significantly more space than size of hard drive + external
I can't seem to figure out what is going on here. I recently purchased a new Macbook Pro with a 1T SSD hard drive, upgrading from an older MB Pro with a 500 GB hard drive. In the past I've used Time Machine to back up my hard drive and an external hard drive with RAW format photos and video footage that totals 441.56 GB. My internal internal hard drive currently is 487 GB, and I've used a 1TB time machine back up without problem to date.
I used Time Machine to install on the new system and it worked flawlessly, except that the Time Machine backups wouldn't continue. Time Machine--even when left overnight--would get hung up on Preparing Files to Back Up. So, I reformatted the Time Machine disk (lost the old backups) and attempted to back up from scratch. I then got a message that I need 3.37 TB to complete my new Time Machine back up, though the total size of the back up on disk is ~930 GB. I've read that Time Machine needs 20% - 30% overhead on disk to work well, but I can't figure out why it would require 3x the back up size. I'm hesitant to purchase a new 4 TB external hard drive as I suspect this is a software issue. I've tried reformatting the disk twice more (three total), rebooting my computer, etc. but I keep getting the 3.37 TB message. I'm operating Mavericks OS 10.9.4.
I would be grateful for insight on this.
Best,
AlexHi Linc, thanks for taking a look at this problem. I just reinitiated a backup to make sure it's most up-to-date. Without the external hard drive, I was able to complete a simple backup. After plugging the external in again, here's the log I got:
8/6/14 11:34:03.228 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Starting automatic backup
8/6/14 11:34:03.660 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Backing up to /dev/disk2s2: /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb
8/6/14 11:34:04.538 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78808]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:34:04.538 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:34:04.556 PM ReportCrash[78796]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78808] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233404_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:34:10.462 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Forcing deep traversal on source: "Media" (device: /dev/disk1s2 mount: '/Volumes/Media' fsUUID: BB6ACCE1-B004-3647-9721-0CE726FAA059 eventDBUUID: 0AC9DC0D-5BE3-4574-94C6-4B041C9C4A26)
8/6/14 11:34:10.469 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deep event scan at path:/Users/Alex/Pictures/Aperture Library.aplibrary/Database/apdb reason:contains changes|must scan subdirs|fsevent|missed reservation|file event|
8/6/14 11:34:10.573 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Finished scan
8/6/14 11:34:10.573 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Not using file event preflight for Macintosh HD
8/6/14 11:34:14.674 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78820]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:34:14.674 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:34:14.693 PM ReportCrash[78796]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78820] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233414_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:34:24.815 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78821]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:34:24.815 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:34:24.835 PM ReportCrash[78796]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78821] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233424_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:34:34.954 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78822]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:34:34.954 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:34:34.978 PM ReportCrash[78796]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78822] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233434_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:34:45.091 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78823]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:34:45.091 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:34:45.109 PM ReportCrash[78796]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78823] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233445_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:34:55.119 PM ReportCrash[78825]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:34:55.242 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78824]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:34:55.242 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:34:55.275 PM ReportCrash[78825]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78824] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233455_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:35:05.377 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78826]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:35:05.377 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:35:05.395 PM ReportCrash[78825]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78826] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233505_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:35:15.514 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78828]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:35:15.514 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:35:15.533 PM ReportCrash[78825]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78828] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233515_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:35:25.653 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78829]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:35:25.653 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:35:25.672 PM ReportCrash[78825]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78829] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233525_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:35:35.789 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78830]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:35:35.789 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:35:35.809 PM ReportCrash[78825]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78830] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233535_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:35:45.923 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78831]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:35:45.923 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:35:45.942 PM ReportCrash[78825]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78831] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233545_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:35:55.950 PM ReportCrash[78833]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:35:56.071 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78832]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:35:56.071 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:35:56.105 PM ReportCrash[78833]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78832] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233556_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:36:06.210 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78834]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:36:06.210 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:36:06.229 PM ReportCrash[78833]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78834] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233606_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:36:10.023 PM WindowServer[109]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
8/6/14 11:36:10.135 PM WindowServer[109]: CGXMuxCapture: Starting
8/6/14 11:36:10.136 PM WindowServer[109]: CGXMuxCapture: Acquired
8/6/14 11:36:10.136 PM WindowServer[109]: Display 0x4280882 captured by conn 0xdf03
8/6/14 11:36:14.010 PM WindowServer[109]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x04280882 device: 0x7f8682f01ec0 isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
8/6/14 11:36:16.346 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78836]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:36:16.346 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:36:16.365 PM ReportCrash[78833]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78836] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233616_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:36:19.883 PM WindowServer[109]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 10.86 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
8/6/14 11:36:20.172 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Killing auth hosts
8/6/14 11:36:20.172 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100055 destroyed
8/6/14 11:36:20.213 PM WindowServer[109]: CGXMuxCapture: Released
8/6/14 11:36:20.213 PM WindowServer[109]: Display 0x4280882 released by conn 0xdf03
8/6/14 11:36:20.237 PM WindowServer[109]: MPAccessSurfaceForDisplayDevice: Set up page flip mode on display 0x04280882 device: 0x7f8682f01ec0 isBackBuffered: 1 numComp: 3 numDisp: 3
8/6/14 11:36:26.343 PM com.apple.prefs.backup.remoteservice[78837]: assertion failed: 13E28: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [A40A0C7B-3216-39B4-8AE0-B5D3BAF1DA8A]: 0x25
8/6/14 11:36:26.396 PM com.apple.prefs.backup.remoteservice[78837]: assertion failed: 13E28: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [A40A0C7B-3216-39B4-8AE0-B5D3BAF1DA8A]: 0x25
8/6/14 11:36:26.512 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78838]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:36:26.512 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:36:26.536 PM ReportCrash[78833]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78838] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233626_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:36:26.614 PM com.apple.prefs.backup.remoteservice[78837]: Bogus event received by listener connection:
<error: 0x7fff74e8fb50> { count = 1, contents =
"XPCErrorDescription" => <string: 0x7fff74e8fe60> { length = 18, contents = "Connection invalid" }
8/6/14 11:36:30.840 PM iTunes[637]: Entered:_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:840
8/6/14 11:36:30.840 PM iTunes[637]: Entered:__thr_AMMuxedDeviceDisconnected, mux-device:840
8/6/14 11:36:30.841 PM iTunes[637]: tid:1aa47 - Mux ID not found in mapping dictionary
8/6/14 11:36:30.841 PM iTunes[637]: tid:1aa47 - Can't handle disconnect with invalid ecid
8/6/14 11:36:36.647 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78842]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:36:36.647 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:36:36.666 PM ReportCrash[78833]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78842] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233636_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:36:46.781 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78843]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:36:46.781 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:36:46.800 PM ReportCrash[78833]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78843] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233646_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:36:56.814 PM ReportCrash[78845]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:36:56.936 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78844]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:36:56.936 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:36:56.997 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78844] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233656_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:07.081 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78846]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:07.081 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:07.099 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78846] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233707_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:17.224 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78847]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:17.224 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:17.243 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78847] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233717_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:27.361 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78849]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:27.361 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:27.379 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78849] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233727_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:35.193 PM com.apple.usbmuxd[40]: _SendAttachNotification Device fc:25:3f:70:c5:7c@fe80::fe25:3fff:fe70:c57c._apple-mobdev2._tcp.local. has already appeared on interface 4. Suppressing duplicate attach notification.
8/6/14 11:37:37.496 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78851]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:37.496 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:37.515 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78851] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233737_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:47.636 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78852]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:47.636 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:47.656 PM ReportCrash[78845]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78852] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233747_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:37:57.665 PM ReportCrash[78855]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:37:57.785 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78854]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:37:57.785 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:37:57.845 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78854] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233757_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:07.920 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78856]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:07.920 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:07.939 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78856] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233807_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:18.056 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78859]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:18.056 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:18.076 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78859] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233818_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:28.000 PM kernel[0]: CODE SIGNING: cs_invalid_page(0x1000): p=78861[GoogleSoftwareUp] final status 0x0, allowing (remove VALID) page
8/6/14 11:38:28.205 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78860]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:28.205 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:28.225 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78860] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233828_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:38.341 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78862]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:38.341 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:38.360 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78862] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233838_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:48.481 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78863]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:48.481 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:48.499 PM ReportCrash[78855]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78863] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233848_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:38:58.507 PM ReportCrash[78865]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:38:58.628 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78864]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:38:58.628 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:38:58.664 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78864] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233858_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:08.768 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78866]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:08.768 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:08.787 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78866] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233908_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:18.907 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78868]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:18.907 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:18.926 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78868] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233918_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:29.043 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78869]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:29.043 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:29.063 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78869] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233929_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:33.045 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deep event scan at path:/Volumes/Media reason:must scan subdirs|require scan|
8/6/14 11:39:33.046 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Finished scan
8/6/14 11:39:33.046 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Not using file event preflight for Media
8/6/14 11:39:35.803 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Found 70992 files (587.73 GB) needing backup
8/6/14 11:39:35.834 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: 611.31 GB required (including padding), 518.88 GB available
8/6/14 11:39:35.834 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: No expired backups exist - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:39.185 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78870]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:39.185 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:39.204 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78870] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233939_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:47.777 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-041205 containing 29.2 MB; 518.92 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:39:47.777 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 1 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:49.315 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78872]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:49.315 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:49.334 PM ReportCrash[78865]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78872] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233949_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:39:50.722 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-050217 containing 16.4 MB; 518.93 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:39:50.722 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 2 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:54.321 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-060415 containing 37.3 MB; 518.97 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:39:54.321 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 3 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:59.342 PM ReportCrash[78874]: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
8/6/14 11:39:59.381 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-070639 containing 108.3 MB; 519.09 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:39:59.381 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 4 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:39:59.467 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78873]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:39:59.467 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:39:59.507 PM ReportCrash[78874]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78873] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-233959_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:40:02.467 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine/Backups.backupdb/Alex Edmunds’s MacBook Pro/2014-08-06-080909 containing 91.3 MB; 519.18 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:40:02.467 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Removed 5 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
8/6/14 11:40:02.467 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Deleted 5 backups containing 282.4 MB total; 519.18 GB now available, 611.31 GB required
8/6/14 11:40:02.467 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Backup date range was shortened: oldest backup is now Aug 6, 2014
8/6/14 11:40:03.163 PM com.apple.backupd[78806]: Backup failed with error 7: Not enough available disk space on the target volume.
8/6/14 11:40:09.597 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78877]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:40:09.597 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:40:09.616 PM ReportCrash[78874]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78877] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-234009_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:40:19.731 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78878]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:40:19.731 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:40:19.749 PM ReportCrash[78874]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78878] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-234019_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash
8/6/14 11:40:29.863 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist[78879]) Job appears to have crashed: Bus error: 10
8/6/14 11:40:29.863 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (cn.com.zte.MessageCenter.plist) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
8/6/14 11:40:29.882 PM ReportCrash[78874]: Saved crash report for MessageCenter[78879] version ??? to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/MessageCenter_2014-08-06-234029_Alex-Edmundss-M acBook-Pro.crash -
Time machine backup fails--not enough room.
I have a 2 TB drive in a Mac Pro running Yosemite (10.2) that I have been using for Time Machine backups. I have a 1 TB drive as my main hard drive that is about 2/3 full and another drive with less than 200 GB used. Unit recently, Time Machine has been working as it should. However, in the last week, I have been getting an error message saying there is not enough room (321 GB available). As I understand the process, older backups should be deleted when there is no longer enough room. Additionally, it should only be updating the backup and there should be enough room for that. Why can I not get a backup?
Try C4 in the 1st linked article.
Time Machine Troubleshooting
Time Machine Troubleshooting Problems -
I had my hard drive replaced and since my Time Machine backups say failed
I had my hard drive replace and since my Time Capsule backups are failing. The exact message is:
The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk.
The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use disk utility to repair your backup disk.No, replacing your hard drive has nothing to do with it. There is a problem with your backup drive. As far as Time Machine is concerned replacing a drive is no different than buying a new computer. Time Machine will need to make a brand new backup from scratch.
If you have a large enough backup drive this may not be a problem. Otherwise, you may not have sufficient space to maintain a new backup and keep the old one. So, I would suggest under the circumstances that you erase your backup drive, then start a new Time Machine backup from scratch.
Drive Erase
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After Disk Utility loads select the volume you wish to format from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
For additional help with Time Machine: Visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine. -
I use an external 500 GB WD hard drive for my Time-Machine backup.
Sometimes - several times - after i've disconnected the drive to go travelling, when i reconnect the external drive, Time Machine tries to resume but tells me there is not enough space on the drive, and to chose a bigger disk.
It is as if the previous backup file is "closed' and cannot be written to again.
The only fix i can find is to erase, start again from scratch and do a full backup from scratch - which totally defeats the purpose of Time Machine.
I've tried repairing the disk, nothing appears to allow the previous backup to be continued.
Suggestions please ??
Jean-Noel CozonHi Linc,
Thanks for getting back - if i understood correctly, the info you suggested i collect is hereunder ...
Jan 22 06:08:09 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4353]: Starting standard backup
Jan 22 06:08:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4353]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time-Machine MBP15 Backup/Backups.backupdb
Jan 22 06:10:54 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4353]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.12 GB requested (including padding), 234.07 GB available
Jan 22 06:18:20 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4353]: Copied 28083 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 06:21:57 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4353]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.13 GB requested (including padding), 231.88 GB available
Jan 22 06:29:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4353]: Copied 23509 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 06:32:01 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4353]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 22 06:32:01 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4353]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Jan 22 06:32:02 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4353]: Backup completed successfully.
Jan 22 07:08:09 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4474]: Starting standard backup
Jan 22 07:08:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4474]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time-Machine MBP15 Backup/Backups.backupdb
Jan 22 07:10:52 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4474]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.13 GB requested (including padding), 231.88 GB available
Jan 22 07:18:26 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4474]: Copied 28091 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 07:22:02 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4474]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.13 GB requested (including padding), 229.69 GB available
Jan 22 07:29:22 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4474]: Copied 23517 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 07:32:14 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4474]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 22 07:32:14 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4474]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Jan 22 07:32:15 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4474]: Backup completed successfully.
Jan 22 08:08:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4595]: Starting standard backup
Jan 22 08:08:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4595]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time-Machine MBP15 Backup/Backups.backupdb
Jan 22 08:10:56 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4595]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.13 GB requested (including padding), 229.68 GB available
Jan 22 08:18:19 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4595]: Copied 28099 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 08:21:50 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4595]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.14 GB requested (including padding), 227.49 GB available
Jan 22 08:29:18 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4595]: Copied 23525 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 08:32:09 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4595]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 22 08:32:09 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4595]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Jan 22 08:32:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4595]: Backup completed successfully.
Jan 22 09:08:09 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4716]: Starting standard backup
Jan 22 09:08:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4716]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time-Machine MBP15 Backup/Backups.backupdb
Jan 22 09:10:55 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4716]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.13 GB requested (including padding), 227.49 GB available
Jan 22 09:18:48 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4716]: Copied 28107 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 09:22:40 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4716]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.27 GB requested (including padding), 225.30 GB available
Jan 22 09:32:35 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4716]: Copied 23533 files (2.3 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 09:35:25 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4716]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 22 09:35:25 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4716]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Jan 22 09:35:26 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4716]: Backup completed successfully.
Jan 22 10:08:09 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4840]: Starting standard backup
Jan 22 10:08:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4840]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time-Machine MBP15 Backup/Backups.backupdb
Jan 22 10:10:51 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4840]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.14 GB requested (including padding), 225.18 GB available
Jan 22 10:18:12 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4840]: Copied 28115 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 10:21:49 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4840]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.14 GB requested (including padding), 222.99 GB available
Jan 22 10:29:05 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4840]: Copied 23541 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 10:32:00 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4840]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 22 10:32:00 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4840]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Jan 22 10:32:01 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4840]: Backup completed successfully.
Jan 22 11:08:09 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4963]: Starting standard backup
Jan 22 11:08:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4963]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Time-Machine MBP15 Backup/Backups.backupdb
Jan 22 11:10:53 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4963]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.14 GB requested (including padding), 222.82 GB available
Jan 22 11:18:10 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4963]: Copied 28123 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 11:21:46 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4963]: No pre-backup thinning needed: 3.14 GB requested (including padding), 220.63 GB available
Jan 22 11:30:13 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4963]: Copied 23553 files (2.2 GB) from volume MBP-15.
Jan 22 11:33:03 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4963]: Starting post-backup thinning
Jan 22 11:33:03 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4963]: No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Jan 22 11:33:04 MBP-15 com.apple.backupd[4963]: Backup completed successfully.
Currently, having once again yesterday flattened and restarted my T-M from scratch i probably overwrote all the backups since the last time i had to do that - and as long as i don't disconnect my external backup drive it seems OK now.
I'm a bit paranoid as i use my MBP both as my Mac, but also as my Virtual PC so i have a lot of technical and commercial data which i need to keep properly backed up.
Is it possible when i've ejected my TM backup disck, gone travelling, and then reconnected it some days later - that i am causing a new backup to start by hitting the 'Backup Now' command on the menu bar.... should i let TM pickup by itself automaticvally without porvoking a Backup Now command ?
Thanks in advance for any futher advice -
Hi,
At work we have a network system that allows backup of everyones mac via time machine is there a way I can exclude certain files and directories from this backup without removing them from the private time machine backup that I have?
Many thanks,
NickTime Machine is one app on your Mac, thus it will exclude the files on all back-ups.
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Time machine backup says latest bacup already in use, cannot complete backup
I had to close off my Imac by switching it off, because it hung. Since then the hourly incremental backups fail. I get the message "The backup on the time machine is already in use". I can't erase my time machine, because it doesn't show up as an external drive in the disk utility.
Anyone who has a solution?First, restart the Time Capsule by disconnecting the power adapter and reconnecting it. If other devices on the network can see it, you can skip this step.
From the menu bar, select
▹ System Preferences ▹ Network
Click the lock icon in the lower left corner of the window and authenticate to unlock the settings, if necessary. Click the Advanced button, then select the TCP/IP tab in the sheet that drops down. Click Renew DHCP lease.
Try again to back up.
If you still can't, open the Time Machine preference pane and delete the TC from the list of backup destinations. You may have to unlock the settings by clicking the lock icon in order to do this. Then add it back. -
Time Machine Backups.backupdb folder more than one directory for the same machine
Hi I am trouble shooting a Time Machine issue for somebody. They have multiple backup directories for the same machince in the Backups.backupdb folder. This causing the directory that is being used to have a restricted amount of space to use, therefore the backup timeline is only lasting for one month where oldest backups are being deleted. On top of this I notice that the options to delete individual backups or all of them is not available. I read that this can happen where there is duplication in backups.
Any suggestions in how to remove backups that are redundant and select the correct one to keep appreciated. And...suggestions on why this may have happpened. One reason could be that when the Mac was originaly bought, two portable iomega drive were purchaed one to use at a main residence and the other at a country home. Each disk may have been used at different times for Time Machine.Start with Pondini's TM FAQs.
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Can I consolidate Time Machine backup archives from more than one HDs?
I have several HDs with Time Machine archives on them. One is 1TB, one is 500GB, and another is 250GB. I am out of space on all three and I am considering buying a 3TB HD. Can I consolidate all the existing archives? If so, how do I do that? If not, how can I search all three (or four if I buy the new drive) archives if the Time Machine preference only allow me to use one archive HD at a time?
In Time Machine Preferences click on search another drive.
Have a nice day. -
Not sure how this all works but my problem is this: I have attached an external hard drive to my mac snow leopard 10.6 and am trying to back up my computer through Time Machine. When asked to select the drive as part of the set up, there is nothing to select. The box is empty. How do I set up Time Machine for back ups with an external drive? I am running Airport Extreme WI-FI (VERY confusing as I did not know the difference between Extreme and Capsule). Now to add another component...how does Icloud figure into all of this if I want to back up my computer systems, documents, etc? Is this a simplier way as long as I download Lion? Help!!!
Hello,
Problem is likely the Format of the External drive, for TM it needs to be Mac OSX extended Journaled & GUID Partition scheme for Intel based Macs...
How to format your disks...
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html
(To Install OSX on an IntelMac the Drive it needs the GUID Partitioning scheme mentioned at the bottom.)
Thanks to Pondini, Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks...
http://Pondini.org/OSX/DU.html
There are other free options for backing up if interested! -
I want to preorder an album but I also want to purchase (now) a song that has already been released. In the past I would, but then "complete album" later but it causes porblems with playlists (leaving prepurchased songs out and I have to manually add them to the album playlist). If I preorder the album now, do I get the already released songs now?
Hello jandcsmom,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iTunes Store: About pre-orders
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5714
Some pre-orders include songs that are available for download immediately. When you pre-order, you will be charged only for these songs and you will receive them immediately.
Have a nice day,
Mario -
Is there any way to create a time machine backup to an external hard drive with content already on it? I have a hard drive that i have used for pictures but when i try to run a backup it says i need to start from a blank drive. Can i get around it?
It would be much better if you had separate drives for the pictures and Time Machine backups.....but, if you want to use the same drive for both purposes, temporarily move the folder with the pictures to another location for safe storage.
Run the Time Machine backup on the hard drive and verify that everything is working correctly. Time Machine will format the disk for you in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as part of the backup process.
Then move the folder with the pictures back to the hard drive with the Time Machine backups.
When you have tested to make sure that everything is working again, then and only then should you delete the folder with pictures from the temporary storage area.
Again....it would be much better to keep Time Machine backups on a drive just for that purpose, and other data on another drive for that purpose. This is clearly one of those times when the fact that you can do something does not mean to imply that you should do it. -
Remove all time machine backups from a certain date and backward
Right, so here's what I want to do: I want to navigate back to a specific date -- for arguments sake let's say June -- and remove all time machine backups from that date and earlier. Is there an easy way to do so without going through every entry in time machine and "removing backup"?
I want to migrate my time machine backups to a new drive, but realize I don't really need EVERYTHING here since its for an older machine. So what I'd like to do is get my rather large 1.5 TB time machine backup down to a more manageable size and then migrate it to a new drive.I don't recommend deleting Time Machine snapshots. If you have multiple backup volumes, which you should have, and you need to repurpose one of them, you should just erase it. But if you want to try it anyway, and if you're running OS X 10.8 or later (not any older version), see below.
Don't attempt this procedure unless you have at least one other complete backup of all the data. You should have another backup anyway — one is never enough to be safe.
Navigate in the Finder to your backup disk, and then to the folder named "Backups.backupdb" at the top level of the volume. If you back up over a network, you'll first have to mount the "sparsebundle" file containing your backups by double-clicking it. Descend into the folder until you see the snapshots, which are represented by folders with a name that begins with the date of the snapshot. Drag the ones you don't want to the Trash and empty. Sometimes, for unknown and unpredictable reasons, the Trash will fail to empty with a cryptic error message. I don't know of any way to recover from that condition except to erase the backup volume and start over. -
Time Machine backup? pictures and external hard drive
I know this question has been asked before but I just wanted to make sure of something. Does a basic Time Machine backup backup all photos? And also a real basic question-- Is a Apple Time Capsule the same as a external hard drive?
You can save the pictures in Time Machine backup.. that is not a problem and what the TC is designed for.
You cannot off load the pictures from the internal disk of the computer and use the Time Capsule as the drive for a running library.. that is when it will get corrupted.. if you need more space for a library use External drive that plugs in by USB or FW or Thunderbolt. And it must be formatted standard Mac OS extend journaled.. then Time Machine can backup the drive to the Time Capsule.
I should also use the language more carefully.. the TC is fine for files even of pictures.. but it is unsuitable for an iphoto library or aperture library. I am always assuming on a Mac when people talk about pictures then they mean a library.. but if you save raw pictures from the camera onto a TC directly that is fine. The only issue that then arises is no automated backups.. TC is not a NAS in the normal sense of the word.. Every NAS has a built automated backup.. TC does not. You also cannot backup files on the TC using TM.. it was designed as a Target for Time Machine backups Not as a source. There are other backup products that will work.. but then you will need to figure out where to back up file to.. and the worst possible place is the USB on the TC.
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