Timemachine Full

NVRENUF! said:

guys my time machine back says full and wont back up any more ?

any ideas?

I am using an Netgear ready nas that has the time machine feature built into it.

all worked well until the allocated space got full now it just fails to back up

i thought it was meant to over write the oldest info.

some help please.

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Can't you manually delete older backups?

If you click on the disk and get info on it is there any space left?

TimeMachine built into it, not possible, it is Apple's software and there are no External disks that have this built in.

Can you not backup to a new bigger external hard drive?

NVRENUF! said:

it's full, as it worked till it got full.

I shouldn't have to delete it, TM says it overwrites the oldest but isn't in thiscase.

and the netgear does have time machine option in it.

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Learn More: http://www.apple.com/support/timemachine/

It's not TimeMachine, TimeMachine is software owned by Apple, this NAS is playing nice with Apple's TimeMachine, maybe too nice and TimeMachine does not work properly.

Look if there is any firmware update for the NAS you have.

I just searched and got this: Netgear adds personal cloud and remote Time Machine to ReadyNAS

Remote TimeMachine is just a protocol to make it easier for APPLE's TimeMachine to make a backup to it, it is not TimeMachine.

OllyW said:

As I read it he's using Time Machine on his Mac to back up to the HD space allocated in the Time Machine settings on his ReadyNAS.

You would expect it to function normally and delete the oldest backup once the allocated space is full.

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Netgear calls it remote TimeMachine, I just said the software is on his Mac, Netgear just plays nice with it and probably got permission from Apple to name it this way.


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Look if there is new firmware, that might be the problem, might but could also be your OS.

NVRENUF! said:

mmh, I have latest version of FW on nas, and i have the lastest Mountain lion with my new imac.

might have to ring netgear see what have to say. :/ painful

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Could be both, Apple has plenty of bugs too in their OS's so hard to tell which one is to blame.

There are more people having trouble with remote (afp) TimeMachine backups here on MR.

Saw your screenshot too late, but it has clearly an r behind TimeMachine.