 Time Machine disk getting full
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TechToolProtection notified me that my Time Machine disk has only 15% available space. In the past, I have erased the disk and redone TM, and that is what I intend to do. I have forgotten how to format the disk for TM. Should it be Mac OS Extended or APFS? I recall that the former is correct but it has been a few years since I had to do this. Disk Utility lists Mac OS Extended as the default for erasure.
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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Re: Time Machine disk getting full
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Time Machine requires APFS as it now relies on APFS Snapshots for its backups.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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Jon
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Re: Time Machine disk getting full
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I owe you an apology for an incomplete response to your original question. Time Machine drives are formatted APFS (Case Sensitive). But if you have already formatted your drive incorrectly, Time Machine will correctly reformat it. You can also use APFS (Case Sensitive, Encrypted)
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
— Albert Einstein
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Re: Time Machine disk getting full
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I owe you an apology for an incomplete response to your original question. Time Machine drives are formatted APFS (Case Sensitive). But if you have already formatted your drive incorrectly, Time Machine will correctly reformat it. You can also use APFS (Case Sensitive, Encrypted) Your reply came about 20 minutes after I formatted the disk APFS and started the process, but as you said, it was automatically re-formatted APFS (Case Sensitive). The initial backup is in progress as I write this and everything appears to be going smoothly. Thanks again!
Jon
macOS 11.7.10, iMac Retina 5K 27-inch, late 2014, 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 1 TB fusion drive, 16 GB RAM, Epson SureColor P600, Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, MS Office 365
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