On 24/01/2011, at 12:09 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > Can someone give me a pointer on this one ( not for me). > Time Machine comes up with "Time Machine Error This backup is too large for > the backup volume. The backup requires 3.3GB but only 1.2GB are available. > To select a larger volume or make the backup smaller by excluding file open > System Preferences ........" > Warn when old backups are deleted is checked but does not come up.
Hi Severin, Is this on a Leopard computer? This backup is too large (Leopard) If you have the Warn when old backups are deleted option checked in Time Machine Preferences > Options, your backup will fail with this message. Time Machine will not delete old backups while this option is checked. This doesn't necessarily indicate a problem; un-check the Warn . . . option in Time Machine Preferences, and try another backup. Time Machine will delete one or more of your oldest backups to make room for the new one. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
