On 2018-02-24 (17:03 MST), Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > To clarify: with the default 8 MB band size, the same behavior of assuming > that the space on the image is the same as the space on the host drive,
You said "The sparse bundle was the size of the partition minus a small amount ", so what are you expecting the free space to report? I only use a few sparse bundles, they are set to be maximum of 4.7GB and they report the proper amount of free space as maximum Size of bundle - space used on bundle, as I would expect. If you are making a custom sparse bundle with a custom band size I would not be at all surprised if something like Time Machine got very confused by that. Time machine is not just any app, and it has deep hooks into the system. As for deleting data from Time Machine, this is often tricky and just because you think you deleted something doesn't mean you did. What tool are you using to delete files to free up space? AFAIK, Time Machine only supports using sparse bundles that 1) it creates and 2) are on network shares. Could be wrong, it's not something I've spent a lot of time on. Time Machine is my primary backup, but that is only because it is convenient. The backup I rely on is Backblaze. -- "...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well-preserved piece, but to slide across the finish line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, and shouting GERONIMO!!!" -- Bill McKenna _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
