scottskywalker
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: Time Machine backup said I have less space on Hard Drive
OS X El Capitan
Version 10.11.3
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
Processor 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Startup Disk OSX
The Genius Bar replaced my 3 TB hard drive with a new one under the repair extension program. I tried to transfer everything from my latest Time Machine on my external drive. It said there was not enough room. The total data the Time Machine backup was 1.12 TB and the machine said the drive was 1 TB. So I checked my receipt and it shows that it is a 3 TB drive.
I wanted to use the same account that I had used on the original drive but for some reason it appeared that I was not able to do that with this drive. I don’t remember what was on the screen at the time. So I created a new user name to get into the machine. Then I wanted to make sure I was using the username I used on the old drive. Somehow I was able to switch it to let me log in with my username and password I used on my old drive.
When I got in there were a series of dialog box prompts.
CommCenter wants to use the “Local Items” keychain.
Please enter the keychain password
Password:
Cancel OK
Messages Agent wants to use the “Local Items” keychain.
Please enter the keychain password
Password:
Cancel OK
talent wants to use the “Local Items” keychain.
Please enter the keychain password
Password:
Cancel OK
ScopedBookmarkAgent wants to use the “Local Items” keychain.
Please enter the keychain password
Password:
Cancel OK
Safari wants to use the “Local Items” keychain.
Please enter the keychain password
Password:
Cancel OK
The password each time was the new username I created for this new hard drive.
The username I created for this new drive to get past the login is now listed in Deleted Users with a folder with that created name. That folder contains empty folders for Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music and Pictures, and Public which contains an empty Drop Box folder.
Instead of showing one drive the machine shows two. One labeled OS X with 106.27 GB. Another labeled OSXX with 3 TB. So I cannot understand why it said that the machine only had 1 TB of storage. It should have shown that it was 3 TB of storage and the 1.12 TB of data in the Time Machine backup should have transferred.
I would like a solution that helps me accomplish these objectives:
- I want my iPhone to be able to connect with my iMac with the same iCloud account.
- I want the keychain password prompts gone.
- I want to import my last Time Machine backup.
I would appreciate any help you can give describing what course of action I can follow to solve this. Thank you!
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
Linc Davis
Level 10
(207,995 points)
Please back up all data before proceeding.
Double-click the line below on this page to select it:
com.apple.scopedbookmarksagent.xpc
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Keychain Access application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Click in the search field in the upper right corner of the Keychain Access window and press command-V to paste the text you copied earlier. A password item with the above name should appear in the window. Press delete and confirm when prompted. Quit Keychain Access and see whether the prompts have stopped.
Credit for this observation to ASC member bad_friday.
