On Jul 23, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Al Poulin wrote:
> I see that option when I "Enter Time Machine" from the top Menu > bar. Otherwise, going into the "volume" icon 'Backup of...' on the > Desktop, and moving into the folder 'Backups.backupdb,' and digging > down to one of the files in Users, say, the available selections > include: Move to Trash, Get Info, Compress, QuickLook, Copy. There > is no option for 'Delete all copies from backups.' It's probably a bad idea to go digging into the guts of a TM volume like that, rather than using the TM interface. The volume on your desktop is just another mounted volume to the finder, and will be treated as such. If you delete files that way, you'll probably screw up Time Machine's indexing. It would have been smart for Apple to not make a TM volume even visible on the desktop. > > Presumably, the options to 'Move to Trash' or 'Copy' would apply only > to that one copy inside the one, selected backup of a specific date/ > time. True? Yes, just that one. > > And you saved '20-25 Gb' ? Yeah I archived about 50-60 users over the time frame using that folder, so the folder contents were changing all the time. This is our 'spring cleaning on the servers' time, just before the new class arrives and we add a slew of new accounts. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
