TM new external?

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  1. soccersquirt82, Sep 21, 2008

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    My external HD is deleting TM backups because it is out of space. In what order are the backups deleted (the oldest ones . . .)? Do I need to get another external?
     
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  2. techound1, Sep 21, 2008

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    Oldest first.

    No, not really.
     
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  3. ChrisA, Sep 21, 2008

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    Yes, the oldest ones are deleted first. Size the TM drive to be about 1.5 or 2 times the size of all the data you want it to back up and plan for growth.

    But no matter how large your TM drive is it will always fill up and the old backups will have to go. TM is designed to eventually fill up any disk yu give it. If you think about it that is the best way to go. Empty disk space does not serve any purpose
     
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