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10.5: Create a Time Machine size limit for networked disks
Authored by: dkssud on Thu, Nov 29 2007 at 1:23AM PST

oki, i tried that in terminal...

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine MaxSize 471859200
[400GB limit on a 700GB drive]

seemed like it processed...
but now timemachine is not backing up at all...
what's the reset code?
[should have known that before i tried it i know... :s ]
thanks!
:)

10.5: Create a Time Machine size limit for networked disks
Authored by: serj69 on Mon, Dec 3 2007 at 4:04AM PST

defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine MaxSize

10.5: Create a Time Machine size limit for networked disks
Authored by: dkssud on Tue, Dec 4 2007 at 10:32PM PST

thanks!
:)
it works