I have a 4TB Seagate hard drive that I was using with a Windows PC. I had about 800GB of data on it. I tried to back up some files from my MacBook to it but drive said “Not enough space”
Reformatted it (erased in disc utility using Mac journal extended)
still getting “Not enough space” error.
Bought brand new 5 TB hard drive still getting “Not enough space” error,
I can copy over about 40 GB before getting the error.
MacBook Pro
What's your OS? Time Machine needs to be APFS
Types of disks you can use with Time Machine on Mac - Apple Support
"APFS or APFS Encrypted disks are the preferred format for a Time Machine backup disk"
Thanks for the helpful info both.
I don’t get why my internal memory affects transfer of data to external hard drive. Instead of transferring entire bulky iCloud Documents folder to hard drive.
I have to copy 1 folder at a time to my desktop, then transfer to hard drive then trash folder and rinse and repeat. Is this normal or is there possibly some other issue going on?
Is your internal disk nearly full? This can cause this error notification
OS is Monterey 12.4
Formatted to APFS was able to back up with time machine. Created a partition 3.75T also APFS, tried to put files in and got the disk full error again.
It seems like it is. I don’t know why. I store everything on iCloud. New development, I only get the error when trying to transfer files from iCloud to drive.
iCloud is an interactive service; not an autonomous long term storage solution.
Depending on how you have it set up; the data is also kept on your internal drive.
5 TB External hard drive says “not enough space” but it’s empty.
