02-11-2021, 01:21 AM
Sarcany wrote:Well I thought so too. But there you go. It have the little red exclamation point icon and everything.
If you have 800GB available on a Time Machine backup drive, it sholdn't be bugging you to exclude items.
Sarcany wrote: Do you have a Parallels or VMware or other virtual machine? If so then consider excluding the virtual drive file.I moved my Parallels VMs to an external awhile back since I found out about the Parallels bug that won't allow you to reclaim space.
Sarcany wrote: Some apps including old versions of MS Office (Entourage and Outlook) can make large database files that you might reasonably exclude if you have IMAP email.I try to keep that junk tidy. And I've moved ALL my mail to the server.
Sarcany wrote: You may have a very large archive of iOS backups in the ~/Library/Application Support/MobileConfig folder which can be excluded.I don't think I do since I rarely back up to the computer.
At any rate. I'm not sure what happened but I came back to my desk and it was backing up. No idea what happened. Just looking now and it says I have 660gb available of 12tb. So we'll see what happens tomorrow when I reconnect the drive at work.