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Time Machine couldn't complete backup.
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1945860" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>I took that as the space free on the TM drive. When TM runs and needs more space, it will delete the oldest backup on the drive to free space. It will then repeat that process until there is sufficient free space for the backup. So, in that case, what is left really doesn't matter. In addition, if for any reason TM cannot free up enough space, the error message will say so as the backup won't start at all. The error message that they are getting is not related to drive space. For some reason TM thinks that a file or set of files SHOULD be in the backup, but they are not there when TM gets to the process to back them up. I don't know how that can happen withough user intervention on an idle system. The log will/should show what TM is looking for so Howard can mark that file/folder to be skipped by the backup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1945860, member: 396914"] I took that as the space free on the TM drive. When TM runs and needs more space, it will delete the oldest backup on the drive to free space. It will then repeat that process until there is sufficient free space for the backup. So, in that case, what is left really doesn't matter. In addition, if for any reason TM cannot free up enough space, the error message will say so as the backup won't start at all. The error message that they are getting is not related to drive space. For some reason TM thinks that a file or set of files SHOULD be in the backup, but they are not there when TM gets to the process to back them up. I don't know how that can happen withough user intervention on an idle system. The log will/should show what TM is looking for so Howard can mark that file/folder to be skipped by the backup. [/QUOTE]
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