Time Machine

I got a new external disk for backup. I keep getting an error message: Time Machine could not create a local snapshot to back up from. Now What?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 18, 2022 11:58 AM

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Barney-15E

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Apr 18, 2022 7:26 PM in response to carole220

You don't have enough room on the source drive.

Time Machine now makes a snapshot of the drive.

How much free space do you have on the drive you are backing up?

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