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polyglot007
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Q: Do time capsules ever become full and need to be erased?

Do time capsules ever become full and need to be erased?

Time Capsule 802.11n (1st Gen), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 6, 2012 3:35 PM

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Q: Do time capsules ever become full and need to be erased?

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  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Apr 6, 2012 3:37 PM in response to polyglot007
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    Apr 6, 2012 3:37 PM in response to polyglot007

    Of course. Time Capsule is a finite resourse.

     

    Allan

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    polyglot007 polyglot007 Apr 6, 2012 4:53 PM in response to polyglot007
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    Apr 6, 2012 4:53 PM in response to polyglot007

    I thought the time capsule deletes older backups to make room for new ones.

  • by LaPastenague,

    LaPastenague LaPastenague Apr 6, 2012 6:04 PM in response to polyglot007
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    Apr 6, 2012 6:04 PM in response to polyglot007

    It is supposed to do that.. but if you have been saving a full backup of your disk then upgraded to Lion.. then continued using TM.. it is likely that some of it cannot be deleted.

     

    Also if anything else is stored on the disk.. even another Mac TM backup and especially files can that cannot be removed obviously then TM can run out of space and simply not manage its backup.

     

    You can plug in a USB drive and use that as new target.. but the backups have to be started again.. no bad thing.

     

    Or you can archive the existing TC disk to usb drive.. erase it and start again.. also a good thing to do.. store the archive and if you never need anything from it, after about a year you can probably wipe it.. depends on how you like doing this.