Cant Delete files from my Time Machine

pfhannan · 04-25-2012, 05:58 AM

I am attempting to delete old backups on my time machine, and it will not allow me, any hints short of reformating it?

benwiggy · 04-25-2012, 06:48 AM

How and why are you attempting to delete TM backup files?

There is a mechanism within the TM app - right click on a file.

MY general advice for Time Machine and Spotlight is : you get the best results by leaving it alone. if you mess with it, it will go wrong.

NovaScotian · 04-25-2012, 08:49 AM

Been there, done that and it did go wrong -- Time Machine looks after itself unless the drive used is substantially too small for the stuff you want to back up.

04-25-2012, 05:58 AM	#1
pfhannan Major Leaguer Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 409	Cant Delete files from my Time Machine I am attempting to delete old backups on my time machine, and it will not allow me, any hints short of reformating it?

04-25-2012, 08:49 AM	#3
NovaScotian Hall of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 4,945	Been there, done that and it did go wrong -- Time Machine looks after itself unless the drive used is substantially too small for the stuff you want to back up. __________________ 17" MBP, OS X 10.8.3; 27" iMac, OS X 10.8.3

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04-25-2012, 06:48 AM	#2
benwiggy League Commissioner Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,038	How and why are you attempting to delete TM backup files? There is a mechanism within the TM app - right click on a file. MY general advice for Time Machine and Spotlight is : you get the best results by leaving it alone. if you mess with it, it will go wrong.