Yes, Anne, Time Machine does truncate the older files, I was trying my stupid pants on to see how they fit,
Lee, thanks, I did NOT hit the “y”, I didn’t know to. The main problem I’m having with this is the Administrative disk is a 4 tb and it’s full and creating all kinds of havoc, I’ve ordered a 10 TB tonight. This is an old cheese grater Mac and I’m trying to struggle along to see when and if Apple will bring out a new MacPro model sometime this year. John > On Mar 31, 2019, at 10:39 PM, Lee Larson <leelar...@me.com> wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2019, at 9:20 PM, John Robinson <profilecoven...@me.com > <mailto:profilecoven...@me.com>> wrote: > >> What do I need to do? I have many dates yet to erase and when I quit and >> restart I’ll get ONE to be deleted and the remaining two or three sit there >> with the readings you see in the terminal box above. > > Did you just try typing “y”? It’s asking you whether you want to override > permissions. > > By the way, I’ve always thought deleting the things behind Time Machine’s > back isn’t a good idea because you can sometimes mess up the hard links Time > Machine uses to keep track of files. Most of the files you see on a Time > Machine volume are really links to files rather than individual files. Time > Machine will usually take care of deleting stuff, if it needs more room. > > When I don’t want Time Machine to use all of a large disk, I make a smaller > partition on the disk and point Time Machine at that partition. > > L^2 > > ---- > Lee Larson > leelar...@me.com <mailto:leelar...@me.com> > > Glory awaits, gentlemen. In the words of General Tacticus, 'Let us take > history by the scrotum.' Of course, he was not a very honourable fighter. — > Terry Pratchett > Jingo > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=1dPY1N2668Bv74Q7-usLfAV4ZXo_LZacnev_8BVvBz8&s=SbTsrjz3xnnLsrUgzYSsabHsIFlslt3-nARe2vlInqI&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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