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 <radiofore...@gmail.com> 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 -- 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 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
