Q: deleting "Backups" and stopping snapshots
about mac in mavericks is showing me that i have a 75 GB "Backup" on my computer which has basically caused me to have to move all my data off the laptop to my desktop machine.
i would like to get rid of this file and was told this would happen when i connect it physically to the Time Machine backup device (i have a time capsule). i was not able to get this to work.
1. does anyone know how to get rid of this file?
2. does anyone know if the terminal command listed at the bottom of this technical article is safe to use to stop these backups from being created?
i have a mid-2009 MBP running mavericks and i backup to a Time Capsule as well as to two external drives.
TIA
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Posted on Feb 15, 2014 1:56 PM
In Terminal:
sudo tmutil disablelocal
Turn off local Time Machine snapshots and trigger automatic cleanup of accumulated local snapshot data. Requires root privileges.
(use sudo tmutil enablelocal to turn back on)
Posted on Feb 15, 2014 2:06 PM