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    Time Machine Backup Filled Internal Disk

    Hi everyone. Yesterday I tried to make a Time Machine backup of my MBP14 for the first time in two and a half months. During the backup, my Mac started running low on storage and I started deleting some files. After a while of doing this (and clearing the bin), I could not delete more files...
    • matbishop
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    • full disk mac macos safe mode time machine
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
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    iCloud confusion!

    Hi, I’d like to have some clarification and help on how iCloud works. I have an iMac with 1tb of storage and 2 MacBooks with 256gb of storage. If Optimise is ON all my files on iCloud are downloaded to the 2 MacBooks and run out of storage. My aim is to NOT OPTIMISE the 2 MacBooks and just go...
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    Disk full, but I can't delete any files because my disk is full

    Please I'm getting insane. I need to delete files to free up space in my MacBook Pro. But I can't. Because I need more space to free up space… So far, I've tried… : - …to (force) delete files without using trash. Didn't work. - to use the terminal and sudo rm rf. But I c'ant even type...
    • Another
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    • delete files full disk mac 10.13.6
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: macOS
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    Mac full despite optimizing storage!

    I have 2Tb of iCloud storage. On my MacBook I have 500GB. I keep getting "Mac storage is full" messages which keeps me from getting any work done. With Optimize Mac Storage on, shouldn't Mac automatically "throttle" what's on my MacBook so I can keep using it? In System Prefs, it shows...
    • shirokuma
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    • full disk icloud storage macbook optimized storage storage throttle unusable
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
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