Luminaire Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hi all. I've been using time machine ever since I'v started using leopard; it's awesome. I've even used it to move my files from my Hackintosh to my new iMac 20". But now, Time Machine is being a bit stubborn. Maybe more people have been having this issue: Time Machine told me that it ran out of memory. Or more specifically, for the next backup. I scratched my head, what the hell? Isn't time machine supposed to remove an older backup if it did that? It should do that, I mean, my mac disk (Panthera Pardus) takes up 107 gigs. While my backup disk can be filled up to 134 gigs! Am I doing something wrong? I now face a few options: 1. You give me a brilliant suggestion. 2. I remove the disk, and make a brand new backup. 3. I buy a new backup disk (time capsule?) 4. I Leave some files from the backup. I would really appreciate any comment on this matter. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95891-time-machine-disk-full/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishduck Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Well Time Machine only logs changes so your basically just out of space. A bigger HDD (Maybe a TB driver) sounds like the best option. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95891-time-machine-disk-full/#findComment-684280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminaire Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 Yeah. But wouldn't (I'm just speculate here) it be possible that i would have the same case then too? That if I move some big files around when that one's filled up, it would give me the same error message? I'm still kind off dazzled by the problem I have now. The data I need to back up fits perfectly in the drive. Why will it not just delete (an) older backup(s)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95891-time-machine-disk-full/#findComment-684312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob356 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 you should have the option to warn when deleting old backups checked. See picture. That should do it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95891-time-machine-disk-full/#findComment-687497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminaire Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 I have tried that, actually :S Time machine doesn't have that much options to mess with, so I gues I've tried most of the possibilities. I bought myself a new external HDD, but it makes WAY more noise than my iMac :S. Is there an option or script, for that matter) to automatically mount and dismount the drive when I want it to backup? The noise is really annoying >_< Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/95891-time-machine-disk-full/#findComment-687771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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