In "About this Mac", my mid 2014 MPB (10.13.6) is showing storage as:
Available: 21.69 GB
Capacity: 250.79 GB backed up
I back up to a Lacie external drive (via Firewire and an adaptor) using Time Machine. I don't remember the capacity of the Lacie but on the back I see (d2 Quadra v2). There is no mention of its capacity but only a serial number.
When I do a TM back up I'm getting a message to the effect that the external drive is full and everything prior to 2015 is not being backed up. So it seems that these old files are dropping off the end.
In fact, a lot of stuff on my MPB has been brought on board as and when I've acquired new Macs over the years. Some important documents on the MPB go back much earlier than 2015 and have probably not been edited since well before that time.
So am I right that these early documents are no longer getting backed up?
On the other hand, I use iCloud and so they should be up there. But perhaps iCloud is not a substitute for TM back ups?
Thanks in advance for comments.
M
Available: 21.69 GB
Capacity: 250.79 GB backed up
I back up to a Lacie external drive (via Firewire and an adaptor) using Time Machine. I don't remember the capacity of the Lacie but on the back I see (d2 Quadra v2). There is no mention of its capacity but only a serial number.
When I do a TM back up I'm getting a message to the effect that the external drive is full and everything prior to 2015 is not being backed up. So it seems that these old files are dropping off the end.
In fact, a lot of stuff on my MPB has been brought on board as and when I've acquired new Macs over the years. Some important documents on the MPB go back much earlier than 2015 and have probably not been edited since well before that time.
So am I right that these early documents are no longer getting backed up?
On the other hand, I use iCloud and so they should be up there. But perhaps iCloud is not a substitute for TM back ups?
Thanks in advance for comments.
M