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I've been using Time Machine to back up to an external 400GB drive. It's worked fine for months, but stopped backing up a few days ago.
After each attempted backup, it now gives me an error dialog stating the size of the backup will exceed the amount of space on the external drive. The problem is that a) it vastly overstates the size of the backup (by over 200GB); and b) it vastly understates the available space on the external drive.
I've gone so far as to completely erase the external drive, figuring I'd just start the Time Machine deal over from scratch. No dice. It's still giving me the same trouble.
Any ideas?
Ken
After each attempted backup, it now gives me an error dialog stating the size of the backup will exceed the amount of space on the external drive. The problem is that a) it vastly overstates the size of the backup (by over 200GB); and b) it vastly understates the available space on the external drive.
I've gone so far as to completely erase the external drive, figuring I'd just start the Time Machine deal over from scratch. No dice. It's still giving me the same trouble.
Any ideas?
Ken