# Backup Bridge — Status & Cleanup Plan
Generated: 2026-10-06 18:06 on SamCloud (Mac mini)

## 1. "Why 1.3 TB on a 2 TB drive?" — It's partitioned (no fault)
Physical drive: **TEAM TM8FPK002T 2.0 TB NVMe (disk4, external, healthy)**
Partition layout:
- `disk4s1` EFI 209.7 MB
- `disk4s2` → APFS Container **disk11** → volume **/Volumes/Backup Bridge** = **1.3 TB** (1.1 TiB used, 111 GiB free, 92%)
- `disk4s3` → APFS Container **disk5**  → volume **Time Machine** = **700 GB** (595 GB used)

1.3 TB + 0.7 TB = 2.0 TB. The drive is fine; 700 GB of it was handed to Time Machine.

## 2. Backup Bridge current usage (1.1 TiB used)
| Item | Size |
|---|---|
| TO_SERVER | 802 GB |
| MacMini Rsync Backup | 175 GB |
| DCIM | 58 GB |
| 101EOSR6 | 58 GB |
| 100CANON | 20 GB |
| MACBOOK_BACKUP | 14 GB |
| MacMini Config Backup | 11 GB |
| HOLD | 3.7 GB |
| SamCloudCore / REVIEW / LOGS | ~1.7 GB |

## 3. TO_SERVER/Sam_Storage analysis (802 GB, 137,943 files)
Compared against `/Volumes/Sam Storage` (rsync target). Verification = same
relative path + same size + MD5 of first/last 1 MB.

- **260 GB / 76,251 files are already byte-identical on `/Volumes/Sam Storage`** → safe duplicates.
- **600 GB / 61,645 files are NOT on the server** → unique, must be kept or moved.
- 47 files (425 MB) exist at the same path but differ → bridge copy often looks newer/larger
  (e.g. `Photography (2025)/Edits/Keisha Silver Shoot/*.jpg`, `Ready, Set.../GIF SINGLES/Erika*/*.jpg`).

### Unique (not-on-server) breakdown
Videography (441.7 GB):
- YellowMellow Interview 247 GB · LOWERSELF LST 95 GB · 150 Sterling 27 GB
- YellowMellow Poster Board 15.7 GB · FINALS 15 GB · LOWERSELF LST 4 MONTHS 14 GB
- Yellow Mellow Poster Queen 14 GB · Atlas Skateboard Look 13 GB

Photography: Photography (2025) 152 GB
VSCode: 4.9 GB / 51,639 files (almost certainly node_modules / caches = junk)

## 4. Proposed cleanup (needs confirmation)
1. **Delete the 260 GB of confirmed-identical duplicates** in TO_SERVER/Sam_Storage.
2. **Delete the 4.9 GB VSCode folder** (build junk).
3. **Move the ~600 GB unique content** (Videography projects + Photography 2025) to
   `/Volumes/Sam Storage` (942 GiB free) — consolidates and frees the bridge.
4. **Review the 47 differing files** first (bridge appears newer).

Result: TO_SERVER (~802 GB) reclaimed on the bridge.

## 5. Other candidates (your call)
- MacMini Rsync Backup 175 GB — full rsync copy of mini home (Jan 2026); redundant with live/Time Machine?
- DCIM 58 GB / 101EOSR6 58 GB / 100CANON 20 GB — raw camera imports; check vs server.
- MACBOOK_BACKUP 14 GB (Games) · MacMini Config Backup 11 GB · HOLD 3.7 GB.