time capsule can not backup

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time capsule can not backup

I have a 3Tb capsule but can not rebackup says not enought space? thought it was supposed to delete old backups and replace with new one?? Any ideas on what's happening?

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Posted on Nov 14, 2012 9:21 AM

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LaPastenague

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Nov 14, 2012 12:02 PM in response to TheBig Ragu

2.36TB backup sounds like a fresh whole new backup.. that would mean it needs to delete the entire old backup.. something is wrong I suggest to even have a backup that large.. it will also take a month.

Check Pondini for over large and backup not being able to be deleted.

http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

Try C4 and D4.. to start with.

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TheBig Ragu Author

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Nov 14, 2012 1:37 PM in response to LaPastenague

Basically it is a total backup of several drives 240gig SSD which has the OS used about 100 gig on it then a 3Tb user account drive which is only about .75 Tb used and a 3Tb Media drive which is about 1.3Tb used Guess I cannot back it all up. Oh by the way only takes about 10-12 hours for backup.. Thanks for trying to answer my question.

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TheBig Ragu Author

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Nov 14, 2012 1:41 PM in response to LaPastenague

Thanks that site did answer my question TC will not delete the last backup , you must have 2 backups on it to do another backup and it will delete the oldest 😝

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