No, it shouldn’t be necessary. Which is why I suggested deselecting and reselecting the drive in Time Machine preferences. You will not lose any of the data, but it might force the system to start purging the oldest backups as it should. My choice to manually delete my backups is exactly that, my choice. It’s not caused by the system. When I used smaller capacity drives in the past, the backups were automatically purged, but I have a 3 TB drive and I prefer removing year plus old backups myself.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On Dec 29, 2020, at 1:55 PM, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote: > > The point is, we should not have to be doing this manually at all. According > to this article <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250>, > > > Time Machine automatically makes hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily > backups for the past month, and weekly backups for all previous months. The > oldest backups are deleted when your backup disk is full. > > > On 12/29/2020 1:38 PM, John Panarese wrote: >> Maybe, reselect the disk again and see if that causes it to start >> removing oldest backups? I’ve not encountered this. I usually start >> deleting old backups myself at some point when they are beyond a year old. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com <mailto:j...@macfortheblind.com> >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com <http://www.macfortheblind.com/> >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> >>> On Dec 29, 2020, at 1:30 PM, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> >>> <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote: >>> >>> I've had this problem probably since Sierra. My 3TB backup drive fills, and >>> even though Time Machine clearly stipulates that it will purge old backups >>> to create space for new ones, it just never does. If you've had this >>> problem, how did you solve it, other than manually trashing old backups you >>> no longer wanted? >> > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/9ec97efc-1eff-ba7f-650b-9fc544f31881%40noisynotes.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/9ec97efc-1eff-ba7f-650b-9fc544f31881%40noisynotes.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/F1C0F2E5-E34D-41B3-B28C-C860F404E9EF%40gmail.com.
