Hi, It wont have the space if it hasn’t been partitioned correctly or formatted to the correct file system.
I would go into disk utilities and re partition the drive either as one or two 2 gives you the option of other drive space for storage rather than backup. And 2. Make sure the partition is set to mac os journaled And once that is done the machine should tell you there is a ddrive plugged in and it shold going by what I’ve had happen ask if you wish to use the drive for time machine. Good luck and hope that helps., From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of CHUCK REICHEL Sent: Saturday, 27 August 2016 8:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: time machine "disc is to small" dialogue Hi List, I'm getting a time machine dialogue saying the disc chosen is to small even though its not! The disc i'm using for the time machine back up, is a glyph 2 tb . in size my mac hd that i'm backing up has 621.04 GB on disk theres no way a 2 tb drive can't back up a 621.04 GB! This is happening on my pro tools studio work box which is a mac pro with snow leopard. My el capitan box is just fine. any work arounds? TIA Chuck -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com<mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
