Can not delete sparsebundle backup

The backup for my mac that serves as the family media server has gotten so big that my original TC cannot back it up. I have bought a second TC dedicated to backing up this mac. Here is my problem... The sparsebundle for the media mac on the original TC takes up over 350 gb of its storage, so I want to delete it. But I can't. Every time I attempt, it tries for about 30 minutes and then errors out saying some of the data cannot be accessed. How can I get rid of this huge 350gb file so that I can free up the space for the other macs on my network?

MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Nov 6, 2009 4:20 AM

71 replies

Aug 15, 2010 11:09 AM in response to Robert Young4

Hi, This has been answered with a simpler and working solution. Please read the solution from rosskopp .

Have great day.

jdoom

Level 1

4 points

Oct 6, 2010 3:26 PM in response to cmaryg

Chairman,

What do you mean by "open network, then choose data"? Where is "Open Network" on my machine? that is new to me.

Oct 28, 2010 10:27 PM in response to LaszloMako

I mean: ...protocol, not Finder related... :))

May 28, 2011 1:11 PM in response to jedicpa

Had all the problems desribed above.

Sorted it by using Windows via VM, worked a treat.

56.8GB 158 mins

?why?

Jun 14, 2011 10:14 PM in response to Daniel Derome

This worked perfectly for me!

Graveyard deleted the sparsebundle file.. it will take a few minutes

Qvarnis

Level 1

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Sep 18, 2011 10:51 PM in response to zredbaron

Did I mention Graveyard is using 'rm -rf' ? 🙂

Oct 1, 2011 5:25 AM in response to cmaryg

Thank you for your procedure! I was able to remove the files and now have been able to remove the sparsebundle that I wanted gone.

Ringale

Level 1

4 points

Jan 26, 2012 5:46 PM in response to cmaryg

Charmian, you're the one!!!

Thnaks so much for your help!!

Ringale

Level 1

4 points

Feb 25, 2012 8:09 AM in response to namurphy

Try with CleanMyMac... very easy to use and also allow fast delete

Mar 24, 2013 1:47 PM in response to supasite

Disregard this, it took five minutes to show the subfolders

Alf70

Level 1

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Mar 26, 2013 12:49 AM in response to supasite

It works! Thanks.

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