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212 gb used on my mac - 500 gb back-up....back-up disc is full???

help!!!
unless i'm being really dumb, surely i have approx 288 gb room free on my back-up as per the above numbers - how can it be full?

thanks

apple mac, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on May 17, 2009 11:32 PM

27 replies

May 20, 2009 4:30 AM in response to nellee1

Hmm, what is the format of your TM volume? Select it in Finder and press cmd+i. What does it say under Format?

Barney-15E

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May 20, 2009 4:35 AM in response to nellee1

Do you use VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop?
How about Microsoft Entourage?
How about a Database program?

nellee1 Author

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May 20, 2009 4:44 AM in response to Björn Herrmann

i did that but couldn't see the word format anywhere? sorry...

don't know it it means anything but when i open One Touch (my external hard drive) in finder it lists these two things:

- one touch back up
- backups.backupdb

the first one has approx 180 GB and the second one has approx 200 GB on it...not really sure what the difference between the 2 is but maybe one is a duplicate?

May 20, 2009 4:56 AM in response to nellee1

OK, looks like we got it. Backups.backupdb is the folder created by Time Machine. The other one seems to be a second backup software running. Did you install anything that came with that hard drive? Is there perhaps an app called One Touch Backup in /Applications?

I don't know what Format means in your language, but it's the fourth entry from the top. See this picture:

It should say Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

nellee1 Author

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May 20, 2009 5:54 AM in response to Björn Herrmann

i guess i probably installed a disc with the hard drive?

and yes, i found the format line and it says the same as yours (mac os extended (journaled)

really appreciate your help here bjorn

nellee1 Author

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May 20, 2009 5:55 AM in response to Björn Herrmann

but i can't find an app called one touch backup in applications...

May 20, 2009 6:01 AM in response to nellee1

Well, I can't help you much more, but it seems obvious that you are running 2 backup programs. Time Machine and the other one supplied by your drive. Read its instruction manual to find out and uninstall it and you should be fine.

nellee1 Author

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May 20, 2009 6:29 AM in response to nellee1

will do
thanks again for your help

nellee1 Author

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May 20, 2009 6:35 AM in response to Björn Herrmann

out of interest, how did you attach that screen shot to ypour reply?

May 21, 2009 1:51 AM in response to nellee1

I uploaded it to an image hoster and pasted its direct URL into my reply.

has55

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Jul 12, 2009 1:02 AM in response to Björn Herrmann

what company do you use for image holter?

grtgrfx

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Jul 21, 2009 11:50 AM in response to has55

Any server can work, including me.com, Apple's online hosting, or flickr.com, or a domain you host yourself (I have a domain with my website files on it that I rent from a web host for a monthly fee).

When you upload a file, you would note it's address such as www.flickr.com/myaccount/filename.jpg, and copy that address from the address bar, and past it into the message.

212 gb used on my mac - 500 gb back-up....back-up disc is full???