Re: old time machine not deleting

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

Yes, in system Prefs you'll find only the name of the computer.  On your 
external HD, where the backup is stored, will be what Time Machine uses as it's 
backup format, a Sparse Disk Image.  It will be named the same as your computer 
name.  If you Trash that, restart your Computer, then you should be able to 
empty the Trash and create a new backup.  Depending on a few things, there are 
occasions where you need to turn off Time Machine first before it will allow 
the elimination of the old backup.  Turning off Time Machine is found in the 
Time Machine pane of System Preferences.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jul 15, 2016, at 14:59, Jean  wrote:

Hi Tim:
Thanks for the reply. In system preferences it just has the name of my 
computer. I do not see the name of my external drive. I don’t know what a 
sparce disk is or how to find it. Could you please clarify what needs to be 
deleted and how it is to be deleted?

Many thanks,
Jean

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Re: old time machine not deleting

[E.T.]

   System prefs, Time Machine. That will give you the name of the 
current drive holding your TM backups.


   If you want to start over, use Finder and open that drive then the 
folder and inside that you will find a folder with the computer name. 
Mine says Macbook Pro. Open that folder and you will see all the backups.


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On 7/15/2016 1:59 PM, Jean wrote:

Hi Tim:
Thanks for the reply. In system preferences it just has the name of my 
computer. I do not see the name of my external drive. I don’t know what a 
sparce disk is or how to find it. Could you please clarify what needs to be 
deleted and how it is to be deleted?

Many thanks,
Jean



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[Jean]

Hi Tim:
Thanks for the reply. In system preferences it just has the name of my 
computer. I do not see the name of my external drive. I don’t know what a 
sparce disk is or how to find it. Could you please clarify what needs to be 
deleted and how it is to be deleted?

Many thanks,
Jean

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Re: old time machine not deleting

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

Go into System Prefs, in the Sharing pane.  the computer name will be there.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jul 15, 2016, at 09:41, Joshua Tubbs  wrote:

Hmm. How can I find out my computer name? I think right now it is just “iMac”.
I am not sure what my old computer name was though which the backups are from.

> On Jul 15, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On the backup drive, there should be an item named Computer_Name which would 
> be a Sparse Disk Image bundle.  This is where backups for Time Machine 
> reside.  This is an openable item.  If you wish to remove it and start from 
> scratch, just throw it in the Trash.  The next time Time Machine goes to 
> complete a backup, it will give you an error message about the backup missing 
> or being modified, just confirm that you still wish to use this drive and it 
> will begin the backup process all over again.  Note that in this case though, 
> the backup may take quite a while as it needs to start over.  When 
> determining why old backups are not deleting, consider two things.  First, 
> the external drive that you're using should be at least twice as big as the 
> drive you're backing up.  This allows for the compression/decompression 
> process of the backups during the Time Machine process.  Second, if you use 
> this drive to store other items besides your Time Machine backups, then the 
> deleting of older backups usually will not occur.  You need to make sure that 
> this backup drive is only for Time Machine.  You are able to partition the 
> disk so that one volume is just for Time Machine backups and other volumes 
> are for other data if you wish, but the Time Machine location should only be 
> used for Time Machine backups.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Jul 15, 2016, at 00:01, Joshua Tubbs  wrote:
> 
> Same here. I get a notification every once in a while saying that my drive is 
> full and it can’t create another backup. I want to delete all of my Time 
> Machine backups. I know they are on this drive, but there is not a folder or 
> anything that tells me where they are located.
> 
>> On Jul 15, 2016, at 1:40 AM, Jean  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello All:
>> 
>> I noticed that my external disk is reporting that it is full. After some 
>> investigation, I discovered that my time machine backups which are on this 
>> disk go back over one year. Apparently the old backups are not deleting. How 
>> do I fix this?
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> Jean
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Re: old time machine not deleting

[Joshua Tubbs]

Hmm. How can I find out my computer name? I think right now it is just “iMac”.
I am not sure what my old computer name was though which the backups are from.

> On Jul 15, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On the backup drive, there should be an item named Computer_Name which would 
> be a Sparse Disk Image bundle.  This is where backups for Time Machine 
> reside.  This is an openable item.  If you wish to remove it and start from 
> scratch, just throw it in the Trash.  The next time Time Machine goes to 
> complete a backup, it will give you an error message about the backup missing 
> or being modified, just confirm that you still wish to use this drive and it 
> will begin the backup process all over again.  Note that in this case though, 
> the backup may take quite a while as it needs to start over.  When 
> determining why old backups are not deleting, consider two things.  First, 
> the external drive that you're using should be at least twice as big as the 
> drive you're backing up.  This allows for the compression/decompression 
> process of the backups during the Time Machine process.  Second, if you use 
> this drive to store other items besides your Time Machine backups, then the 
> deleting of older backups usually will not occur.  You need to make sure that 
> this backup drive is only for Time Machine.  You are able to partition the 
> disk so that one volume is just for Time Machine backups and other volumes 
> are for other data if you wish, but the Time Machine location should only be 
> used for Time Machine backups.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Jul 15, 2016, at 00:01, Joshua Tubbs  wrote:
> 
> Same here. I get a notification every once in a while saying that my drive is 
> full and it can’t create another backup. I want to delete all of my Time 
> Machine backups. I know they are on this drive, but there is not a folder or 
> anything that tells me where they are located.
> 
>> On Jul 15, 2016, at 1:40 AM, Jean  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello All:
>> 
>> I noticed that my external disk is reporting that it is full. After some 
>> investigation, I discovered that my time machine backups which are on this 
>> disk go back over one year. Apparently the old backups are not deleting. How 
>> do I fix this?
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> Jean
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Re: old time machine not deleting

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

On the backup drive, there should be an item named Computer_Name which would be 
a Sparse Disk Image bundle.  This is where backups for Time Machine reside.  
This is an openable item.  If you wish to remove it and start from scratch, 
just throw it in the Trash.  The next time Time Machine goes to complete a 
backup, it will give you an error message about the backup missing or being 
modified, just confirm that you still wish to use this drive and it will begin 
the backup process all over again.  Note that in this case though, the backup 
may take quite a while as it needs to start over.  When determining why old 
backups are not deleting, consider two things.  First, the external drive that 
you're using should be at least twice as big as the drive you're backing up.  
This allows for the compression/decompression process of the backups during the 
Time Machine process.  Second, if you use this drive to store other items 
besides your Time Machine backups, then the deleting of older backups usually 
will not occur.  You need to make sure that this backup drive is only for Time 
Machine.  You are able to partition the disk so that one volume is just for 
Time Machine backups and other volumes are for other data if you wish, but the 
Time Machine location should only be used for Time Machine backups.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jul 15, 2016, at 00:01, Joshua Tubbs  wrote:

Same here. I get a notification every once in a while saying that my drive is 
full and it can’t create another backup. I want to delete all of my Time 
Machine backups. I know they are on this drive, but there is not a folder or 
anything that tells me where they are located.

> On Jul 15, 2016, at 1:40 AM, Jean  wrote:
> 
> Hello All:
> 
> I noticed that my external disk is reporting that it is full. After some 
> investigation, I discovered that my time machine backups which are on this 
> disk go back over one year. Apparently the old backups are not deleting. How 
> do I fix this?
> Many thanks in advance,
> Jean
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Re: old time machine not deleting

[Joshua Tubbs]

Same here. I get a notification every once in a while saying that my drive is 
full and it can’t create another backup. I want to delete all of my Time 
Machine backups. I know they are on this drive, but there is not a folder or 
anything that tells me where they are located.

> On Jul 15, 2016, at 1:40 AM, Jean  wrote:
> 
> Hello All:
> 
> I noticed that my external disk is reporting that it is full. After some 
> investigation, I discovered that my time machine backups which are on this 
> disk go back over one year. Apparently the old backups are not deleting. How 
> do I fix this?
> Many thanks in advance,
> Jean
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old time machine not deleting

[Jean]

Hello All:

I noticed that my external disk is reporting that it is full. After some 
investigation, I discovered that my time machine backups which are on this disk 
go back over one year. Apparently the old backups are not deleting. How do I 
fix this?
Many thanks in advance,
Jean

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