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Time Machine - Backup Runs out of space
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<blockquote data-quote="JML_UK" data-source="post: 1850064" data-attributes="member: 345925"><p>Thanks for your thoughts folks, much appreciated</p><p></p><p>Of course 1tb not 1gb stupid me! And yes, it's an USB external HD - Toshiba Canvio Basics - 2.5 Inch (1TB) USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive - and I bought it March last year, so it's only just over a year old and has only been used for backups... but I guess it could have been faulty from start. As someone once said, "there are 2 types of hard drive - those that have failed and those that are about to fail!"</p><p></p><p>And when I re-formated it Disk Utility showed the usual near 1tb free each time, so I had no suspicions there. Can't imagine I'd have entered a terminal command by mistake - the last one i used was to unblock the Catalina update (I'd been holding off until I was sure there were no unexpected 32 bit programs lurking)</p><p></p><p>My 500gb drive is quite full... but I'm not worried about having backups going back too far - It's handy to be able to retrieve a file when I've "saved" instead of "saved as" - but I usually realise what I've done pretty quickly. In any case it's only saving a weeks worth of backups anyway. I really want an easy restore if the ssd goes down.</p><p></p><p>OK, the MBP has been rebooted several times, but I'll try reformatting again, rebooting, and try again one more time. if not, guess I'll try ordering another hard drive - as someone said, at £40 it's not a fortune, and you can never have too many backup drives! </p><p></p><p>What do you guys think about giving up on time machine... should I be thinking of another incremental backup system? I already use dropbox for docs and photos, so have a cloud based system for irreplaceable things, but I do like to have the equivalent of a disc image for quick restore, and TM is DESIGNED to work with Macs, isn't it?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for taking the trouble to reply everyone, much appreciated</p><p>John</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JML_UK, post: 1850064, member: 345925"] Thanks for your thoughts folks, much appreciated Of course 1tb not 1gb stupid me! And yes, it's an USB external HD - Toshiba Canvio Basics - 2.5 Inch (1TB) USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive - and I bought it March last year, so it's only just over a year old and has only been used for backups... but I guess it could have been faulty from start. As someone once said, "there are 2 types of hard drive - those that have failed and those that are about to fail!" And when I re-formated it Disk Utility showed the usual near 1tb free each time, so I had no suspicions there. Can't imagine I'd have entered a terminal command by mistake - the last one i used was to unblock the Catalina update (I'd been holding off until I was sure there were no unexpected 32 bit programs lurking) My 500gb drive is quite full... but I'm not worried about having backups going back too far - It's handy to be able to retrieve a file when I've "saved" instead of "saved as" - but I usually realise what I've done pretty quickly. In any case it's only saving a weeks worth of backups anyway. I really want an easy restore if the ssd goes down. OK, the MBP has been rebooted several times, but I'll try reformatting again, rebooting, and try again one more time. if not, guess I'll try ordering another hard drive - as someone said, at £40 it's not a fortune, and you can never have too many backup drives! What do you guys think about giving up on time machine... should I be thinking of another incremental backup system? I already use dropbox for docs and photos, so have a cloud based system for irreplaceable things, but I do like to have the equivalent of a disc image for quick restore, and TM is DESIGNED to work with Macs, isn't it? Thanks for taking the trouble to reply everyone, much appreciated John [/QUOTE]
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