Time Machine: What should I do when my backup drive fills up?
As your backup drive fills up, Time Machine will delete older backups to make room for new ones. Launch Time Machine and check how many weeks you are able to browse through. If you don’t mind loosing the older data, then you don’t need to do anything. If you want to save the older files, you’ll need to connect a new backup disk.
After you connect the new disk, open Time Machine preferences and click Change Disk to choose it as your new Time Machine backup disk. You’ll be able to access your older backups anytime by connecting your old backup disk. We recommend storing the old backup disk in another location in case of a disaster.
Published March 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Last modified on November 25, 2011 12:41 PM
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