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MacPro Hard Drive

I am trying to delete files, especially large ones, from my hard drive as I have over 90 percent storage of the HD.

Of this there is almost 200 GB storage of iOS files which are the iPhone and iPad back ups. We have iPhone 7 models but the backups don't show which are earlier iPhone models (5 and 6) and which are iPhone 7

Can I delete all these? Then do fresh back-up our iPhones and iPad.
Is there a way I can transfer to an external drive?

Suggestions welcome

Thanks

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on Dec 1, 2019 6:18 PM

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c1defence Author

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Dec 1, 2019 6:57 PM in response to Malcolm J. Rayfield

Thanks Malcolm.

So by the dates I should keep the latest (2019) and delete ones 2018 and older. There are four dated between 2015-2017.

But is there any way to copy to an external HD? I understand this not possible with Apple/Mac.

Cheers

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Dec 1, 2019 7:07 PM in response to c1defence

Right-click on a backup and select Show in Finder. You can then use Finder to copy the backup (it is actually a folder) to another drive.

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Dec 1, 2019 6:27 PM in response to c1defence

Go to the iTunes Devices preference. This will show all the iPhone and iPad backups. You can right-click on a backup and select Delete to remove ones you don't need.

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c1defence Author

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Dec 2, 2019 7:30 AM in response to Malcolm J. Rayfield

Great! Many thanks, Malcolm

Cheers!

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