1/01/2013

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Re: Time Machine backup by "Bill Boulware" boulware0224

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Tue Jan 1, 2013 9:24 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Bill Boulware" boulware0224

Depends on what else is on the drive, if it is another/older backup then
yes it will delete the oldest information and back up but if you have some
other files that are not backup packages/archives stored on the drive it
will not erase those in favor of a backup.

On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Robin <roblenhart@earthlink.net> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Tried doing a backup and received the following message -
>
> Backup is too large for the backup disc.
>
> I am trying to backup 154GB of data - message says only 107.9GB of free
> space is available
>
> Isn't TM supposed to delete the oldest files if sufficient space is not
> available.
>
> ???
>
> Rob Lenhart
>
>
>

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