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iMazing taking up 200GB of drive space!
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1826353" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Welcome to the forum, iMazingTeam! You said: This statement is key. In my case, and I don't think I am that unique, I had two devices that had been backed up using iMazing, so the first full backups were about 150GB total. Then because the incremental backups later fit into the same folder but with a new date attached, TM saw the file as changed, so it took a snapshot, using another 150GB of space. I changed the location of the backup to an external, but as the statement said, the original was not moved and not deleted, so the 300GB was tied up. I ended up deleting iMazing altogether, then used Finder to wipe out all of the backups on the internal drive, reinstalling iMazing and immediately configuring it to point to the external drive and started over. I ended up recovering over 300GB on the internal drive. Some of that was the original backups (about 150GB), some were the snapshot and the rest was cache that got reset and deleted with the uninstall process.</p><p></p><p>The only reason I started this thread in the first place is so that other users would look to see if they also have similar space being consumed by the iMazing backups. The product is good, and I'm still using it. iMazing tech support was supportive through the process. I have no beef with them, or with the product, but the fact is that if you let it back up to the internal drive, it could end up costing you a lot of space, maybe more than you know and can afford. I avoided having to buy a new 2T SSD to replace my 1T drive by freeing up 300GB. My SSD got down to less than 150GB remaining on a 1TB drive, but now has 460GB free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1826353, member: 396914"] Welcome to the forum, iMazingTeam! You said: This statement is key. In my case, and I don't think I am that unique, I had two devices that had been backed up using iMazing, so the first full backups were about 150GB total. Then because the incremental backups later fit into the same folder but with a new date attached, TM saw the file as changed, so it took a snapshot, using another 150GB of space. I changed the location of the backup to an external, but as the statement said, the original was not moved and not deleted, so the 300GB was tied up. I ended up deleting iMazing altogether, then used Finder to wipe out all of the backups on the internal drive, reinstalling iMazing and immediately configuring it to point to the external drive and started over. I ended up recovering over 300GB on the internal drive. Some of that was the original backups (about 150GB), some were the snapshot and the rest was cache that got reset and deleted with the uninstall process. The only reason I started this thread in the first place is so that other users would look to see if they also have similar space being consumed by the iMazing backups. The product is good, and I'm still using it. iMazing tech support was supportive through the process. I have no beef with them, or with the product, but the fact is that if you let it back up to the internal drive, it could end up costing you a lot of space, maybe more than you know and can afford. I avoided having to buy a new 2T SSD to replace my 1T drive by freeing up 300GB. My SSD got down to less than 150GB remaining on a 1TB drive, but now has 460GB free. [/QUOTE]
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