Time Machine space problem - comp.sys.mac.apps

When I upgraded to Mountain Lion a week ago, I lost a sparsebundle, and Time Machine could not restore it because I was unauthorized to do so (it was copy protected). I was very upset, and it has mostly already scrolled off of my Time Machine disk. I'm assuming those valuable data are gone for good now. Apparently some other change happened the same time, and now my backups are failing due to lack of space - something that has never happened since I got my current disk last year. I have no idea what to do to get Time Machine working again. I suppose there must be something useful about the change to Mountain Lion, but I haven't come across it. My wife's computer is a year older than mine and can't have it. We're waiting for the latest upgrade to Lion for her so that she can get back her screen resolutions that broke during the previous upgrade to Lion.

On 2012-08-04 23:53:08 +0000, Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> said: > When I upgraded to Mountain Lion a week ago, I lost a sparsebundle, > and Time Machine could not restore it because I was unauthorized to do > so (it was copy protected). I was very upset, and it has mostly > already scrolled off of my Time Machine disk. I'm assuming those > valuable data are gone for good now. > > Apparently some other change happened the same time, and now my > backups are failing due to lack of space - something that has never > happened since I got my current disk last year. > > I have no idea what to do to get Time Machine working again. > > I suppose there must be something useful about the change to Mountain > Lion, but I haven't come across it. My wife's computer is a year > older than mine and can't have it. We're waiting for the latest > upgrade to Lion for her so that she can get back her screen > resolutions that broke during the previous upgrade to Lion. If you do not want the past, reformat the back up disk to HFS extended, thereby erasing it, and start Time Machine again.

On 8/13/2012 12:13 AM PT, Graley typed: > If you do not want the past, reformat the back up disk to HFS extended, > thereby erasing it, and start Time Machine again. How come TM doesn't have an option to purge old backups? :( -- "Antacid: What ants use to get high." --unknown /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. A song is/was playing on this computer: Glyn R Brown - Rastan

In article <u8qdnWtVrqQTYbXNnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote: > On 8/13/2012 12:13 AM PT, Graley typed: > > > If you do not want the past, reformat the back up disk to HFS extended, > > thereby erasing it, and start Time Machine again. > > How come TM doesn't have an option to purge old backups? :( It does that automatically. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR

On 8/13/2012 6:12 AM PT, Jolly Roger typed: >>> If you do not want the past, reformat the back up disk to HFS extended, >>> thereby erasing it, and start Time Machine again. >> >> How come TM doesn't have an option to purge old backups? :( > > It does that automatically. Oh good. Does it let you do it manually too? I didn't see that in Mac OS X 10.5.8. -- "Why eat ants when an uncle will do?" --Tymoutta Aardvarka of Sarcastica /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer.

In article <LvidndahI7LOVLTNnZ2dnUVZ_radnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote: > On 8/13/2012 6:12 AM PT, Jolly Roger typed: > > >>> If you do not want the past, reformat the back up disk to HFS extended, > >>> thereby erasing it, and start Time Machine again. > >> > >> How come TM doesn't have an option to purge old backups? :( > > > > It does that automatically. > > Oh good. Does it let you do it manually too? I didn't see that in Mac OS > X 10.5.8. It's automatic. AFAIK, that's the only way to delete backups. It will create them until the disk is full, then start deleting them. Or you can wipe the disk with Disk Utility. -- DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... [I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically ignored]

- Ant <LvidndahI7LOVLTNnZ2dnUVZ_radnZ2d@earthlink.com> wrote: > Oh good. Does it let you do it manually too? I didn't see that in Mac OS > X 10.5.8. You can actually. All you have to do is open TM, go to the date you'd like to delete, and in the Finder bar just hit the gear and it should show you the option to delete the backup you're currently viewing. It will ask for your password and after you enter that it will begin to delete the backup. One thing that happens on my Mac's when I do this, is when deleting multiple backups the password box tends to not come to the front and I have to blindly type in my password. -- Man has made his bedlam; let him lie in it. -- Fred Allen

On 8/14/2012 2:02 AM PT, Chris typed: >> Oh good. Does it let you do it manually too? I didn't see that in Mac OS >> X 10.5.8. > > You can actually. All you have to do is open TM, go to the date you'd like to > delete, and in the Finder bar just hit the gear and it should show you the > option to delete the backup you're currently viewing. It will ask for your > password and after you enter that it will begin to delete the backup. One thing > that happens on my Mac's when I do this, is when deleting multiple backups the > password box tends to not come to the front and I have to blindly type in my > password. Thank you for the tips. :) -- "Ants never sleep." --Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) / /\ /\ \ Ant's Quality Foraged Links: http://aqfl.net | |o o| | \ _ / If crediting, then use Ant nickname and AQFL URL/link. ( ) If e-mailing, then axe ANT from its address if needed. Ant is currently not listening to any songs on this computer.