MobileMe: "Creating the iDisk on your computer failed (Not enough free space)" alert after upgrading iDisk storage

  • Last Modified: November 06, 2008
  • Article: TS1169
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Symptoms

After increasing the size of your MobileMe iDisk, the following alert may appear when you try to enable iDisk syncing with your local iDisk:

"Creating the iDisk on your computer failed (Not enough free space). Please make room on your hard disk and try"

This issue can occur when the iDisk is larger than 3.5 GB (3584 MB) in Mac OS X 10.4.x, or when the iDisk is larger than 2 GB (2048 MB) in Mac OS X 10.3.x.

Products Affected

Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.3, MobileMe

Resolution

For Mac OS X 10.4.x

Download and install the Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update.
 

For Mac OS X 10.3.9

Disable iDisk Syncing on your computer. The reliability of iDisk syncing is improved in later versions of Mac OS X.

To disable iDisk syncing:

  1. Restart your computer.
  2. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
  3. From the View menu, choose .Mac.
  4. Click the iDisk tab.
  5. Deselect "Create a local copy of your iDisk".
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