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Error message - Disk ran out of space unexpectedly. But there's still plenty of space.

I have a 1TB external hard drive that I've been backing up to for several months. It has approximately 715GB available on it. However, I keep getting an error message today that says "The backup disk ran out of space unexpectedly." I did download Final Cut and Motion today and deleted some things from my internal hard drive that I don't use anymore or need.


Any clues as to why I would get this message when the Time Machine preferences states I have more than enough space available?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Sep 9, 2012 8:17 PM

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Error message - Disk ran out of space unexpectedly. But there's still plenty of space.

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