RE: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
] On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs Sent: Sunday, 17 July 2016 3:05 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash Yes, but the backup data is in the trash now so can’t that is what I am trying to get rid of. > On Jul 16, 2016, at 3:50 AM, Simon Fogart

Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-16 Thread Tim Kilburn
mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs > Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 6:21 AM > To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash > > Hi everyone, > I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup

Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-16 Thread Joshua Tubbs
16 July 2016 6:21 AM > To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash > > Hi everyone, > I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the > trash, tell it that I want to remove all items, inclu

Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-16 Thread Tim Kilburn
Tubbs Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 6:21 AM To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries Subject: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash Hi everyone, I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the trash, tell it that I want to remove all items, including locke

RE: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
turday, 16 July 2016 6:26 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash Hi, If you restart your Mac, you should be able to empty the trash. Regarding a better backup solution, others may disagree, but I believe that Time Machine is your best op

RE: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 6:21 AM To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries Subject: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash Hi everyone, I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the tras

Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-15 Thread Jonathan Cohn
If you don't want to get a larger disk, another possibility would be to use one of the Network Based backup systems. The folks at Tidbits usually recommend having three types of backups. 1. Off-site (network based) so if everything in your house is irrecoverable you have a backup. 2. Time Machine

Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-15 Thread E.T.
I use both Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner and each will back up to completely separate external drives so if one dies I still have the other. I also do not put anything else on those drives/partitions. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On

Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-15 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you restart your Mac, you should be able to empty the trash. Regarding a better backup solution, others may disagree, but I believe that Time Machine is your best option. How much of your 2 TB internal is free? The recommendation of a drive being twice the size of what it's backing up

Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-15 Thread Joshua Tubbs
Hi everyone, I am wondering how to delete a time machine backup in the trash? I delete the trash, tell it that I want to remove all items, including locked ones, but then it tells me that some of the backup folders, such as the user folder, which is now on this new Mac, my home folder and someth