Thanks, Sam. I'd tried that (sorry, should have said originally) but that doesn't reduce the stated 'Estimated size of backup' value and so it seems my external HDD runs out of space even after it removes the most historic backups.
It's definitely the other Users that are taking up the space. I just need TimeMachine to properly ignore them?!?! On Sunday, 8 May 2022 at 11:20:59 UTC+1 Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Go to System Preferences > Time Machine > Options > exclude a folder > > exclude /Users/<user you don’t want to back up> > *_* > > Regards > Sam Mullen > > +44 (0)7747778022 <//+447747778022> > [email protected] > www.macambulance.com > [image: MacAmbulance] MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC > Support and Web Development > > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. > > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and > delete the email immediately. > > On 8 May 2022, at 09:48, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Morning all > > Is there any way of asking TimeMachine to only backup a single user on our > iMac. Only mine has all the family photos, and the other accounts are full > of delightful teen 'junk' none of which they're fussed about backing up. > > Is there any way of excluding those user home folders please? And if so, > how? I have looked online but nobody ever as helpful or clear as SMUG! > > I'm basically trying to avoid buying a bigger external drive for no reason. > > Thanks in advance > > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/b658eafe-45c1-463c-95e9-46088ce5b381n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/b658eafe-45c1-463c-95e9-46088ce5b381n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/1026ecd0-7acb-4560-a377-9d967f51a8d9n%40googlegroups.com.
