Time Machine could not back up the disk “Macintosh HD - Data” because a snapshot of the disk could not be created.
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iMac 27″, macOS 11.4
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Can't back up since upgrade
iMac 27″, macOS 11.4
See used and available storage space on your Mac Sometimes, TM Backup can not create a Local Snapshot because there is not Enough Empty Space on the Internal Drive to store the Snapshot until it is transferred to the TM Backup Drive.
See used and available storage space on your Mac Sometimes, TM Backup can not create a Local Snapshot because there is not Enough Empty Space on the Internal Drive to store the Snapshot until it is transferred to the TM Backup Drive.
I too erased the external hard drive (4 tb) that was working fine to do my Time Machine backups and also purchased a 10 tb external hard drive (seagate backup) and time machine gives me the same error message "Time Machine could not back up the disk “MacintoshHD - Data” because it is nearly full." I deleted my back ups when I erased my 4 tb hard drive and now I have no back ups at all. What else can I do?
Hi Chestnutzki,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
Please go to Disk Utility (Finder > Go > Utilities), and select "View" > "Show All Devices" in Disk Utility.
Now, go down the list of devices in the left sidebar and take a screenshot of each device, including internal and your external Time Machine drive(s).
Next, upload all the screenshots here to Apple Support Communities in a post. (there should be at least 4 screenshots uploaded)
Resources:
Take a screenshot on your Mac - Apple Support
-Jack
Did that with technician last night-only option is to delete entire hard drive and reinstall
Oh and I have 1.1 tb of space on my 2.12 tb internal hard drive on my iMac
Please start a new thread on Apple Support Communities.
-Jack
Time Machine could not back up the disk “Macintosh HD - Data” because a snapshot of the disk could not be created.