Time Machine Not Enough Space

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Time Machine Not Enough Space

Hello.

I have a Seagate External Hard Drive I use(d) as a Time Machine to back up my iMac. It was working just fine until a few months ago, when it started saying randomly "Backup failed: Not enough space on Seagate Backup Plus Drive"

It's weird to me, since it's a 2 TB External however my iMac only has 500 GB's, so there's definitely enough storage.

I thought if I emptied the disk completely, that would help, but it's still saying there's not enough space.

There's definitely enough space for the EHD, so I have no idea what is going on.

Please someone help me.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 17, 2022 11:19 AM

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Feb 17, 2022 5:47 PM in response to tbirdvet

Ok, SO I figured out the problem. Time Machine wasn't just backing up my SSD, it was also backing up my External Hard Drive (that's also 2 TB), so obviously it won't fit in the backup.

I excluded the other External and now it's working just fine.

Thank you for your help!

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