Kevin Sherman Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Hey o, since I just did an upgrade of Leopard (which worked mostly okay), I think it is time to do the old nuke and pave (as a Mac Genius called it.. ). I need the space on my external drive to back up and get ready for the action (where did 500GB go? Filled er up too fast). I want to delete my entire TM backup, as I will not need it anymore. I disabled TM, then went into Finder and deleted. Thing is, it spent nearly 2hrs just "preparing" to delete. Is there a better way to get rid of the backup? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72707-deleting-entire-time-machine-backup/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 You could try going into Terminal and doing: cd /Volumes/[Your Time Machine Drive] sudo rm -rf ./Backups.backupdb It might hang just like the Finder, though. Worth a try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72707-deleting-entire-time-machine-backup/#findComment-514510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 how about just erasing it in disk utility? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72707-deleting-entire-time-machine-backup/#findComment-514527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Sherman Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 You could try going into Terminal and doing: cd /Volumes/[Your Time Machine Drive] sudo rm -rf ./Backups.backupdb It might hang just like the Finder, though. Worth a try. I will give that a short... how about just erasing it in disk utility? I don't want to wipe the whole drive. I don't have any other HDs at the moment with the capacity to back up the beast... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72707-deleting-entire-time-machine-backup/#findComment-514550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Sherman Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 Well, I used the Finder to delete overnight, and I awoke in the morning to find that all the files were still on the drive... Booo... I will try the terminal next... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72707-deleting-entire-time-machine-backup/#findComment-514810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Sherman Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 Well, the plot thickens... When trying to delete from Terminal, I got messages for every files that I don't have permission to delete the files. Any reason why that is? Before I deleted, it asked me for my password, and I entered it (I am the owner of the computer, so I have an admin password). Any thoughts? This is really frustrating... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72707-deleting-entire-time-machine-backup/#findComment-515996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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