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 <kilbu...@me.com> 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 <ori...@icloud.com> 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 <radiofore...@gmail.com> 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. 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