Miteshhiran

Q: Time Machine not deleting old backups to make space for new backups.

Hi there,

 

I recently started using Time Machine to backup data on external HD 1TB and its already full after just 5 to 6 backups, no problem with it as it says Time Machine will delete old backups to make space for new backups. But it always fail to delete and hence fail to back up.

 

It printed this:

 

Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “MAC Time Machine”.

 

The backup disk ran out of space unexpectedly. Time Machine will try to make more space available by removing expired backups during the next scheduled backup.

 

but it never deletes...

 

Please let me know if this is the bug with Mavericks or if there is a work around. Thanks. 

iPhone 4, iOS 6.1.2

Posted on Mar 22, 2014 11:13 AM

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