Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

You might want to do the First Aid before you start filling the disk again just for the sake of maybe avoiding it not working properly when you do have the disk filled with old backups. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com W

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

Thanks. After this purge, the volume will be pretty empty, but I'm filling up the source disk pretty fast, so maybe it won't be as long as I thought before the backup drive is full again. Either way, I'm archiving this message and will revisit the issue the next time it happens and I try all th

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

I’m guessing there is something going on with the disk. Please remember to let me know what happens. I’d be curious, and I’ll do some poking around to see if there are any other potential solutions. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfort

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

I'll try it the next time it happens. For now, an easy solution is that I deleted a folder of old backups under another name. Trash is now emptying. Slowly. On 12/29/2020 2:42 PM, John Panarese wrote: Another shot in the dark here, but if this is a separate drive, try doing a first aid on it

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

Another shot in the dark here, but if this is a separate drive, try doing a first aid on it via Disk Utility. Maybe, there is something corrupted with a file or such. I vaguely recall I had to do this with my Time Capsule in the past in which I directly connected it to my Mac to do a disk repa

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

I did, and it didn't. On 12/29/2020 2:05 PM, John Panarese wrote:   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 a

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

You asked how I have dealt with this issue in the past, so I told you how I addressed the issue. It isn’t my problem that you didn’t like the answer. Next time, I won’t bother with you. - Brad - On Dec 29, 2020, at 12:52, Steve Matzura wrote: In my message, I clearly did say "other than trash

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

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,

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

The point is, we should not have to be doing this manually at all. According to this article , 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 old

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

In my message, I clearly did say "other than trashing it." So why did you give me the answer I specifically requested not be given? What a ridiculous notion--my drive fills up with perfectly good backups, so when I can't make any more, I'll just throw 'em all away. What a fantastically bad idea

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

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,

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

In the past, when my Time Machine backup has approached capacity, I have wiped the drive and made a clean start over. - Brad - On Dec 29, 2020, at 12:30, Steve Matzura wrote: I've had this problem probably since Sierra. My 3TB backup drive fills, and even though Time Machine clearly stipulat

Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

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