I am using a new external drive(4TB) with Time Machine. On the drive that I had been using for TM(1TB), can I recover some space by deleting old backup versions? I hope to use the older drive to backup selected files, but not my entire Mac hard drive. MacBook Pro, OS Mojave
Thanks for your help.
Typically, messing with and/or manually delete old time Machine Backups corrupts the Time Machine database.
Not recommended.
Time Machine manages its own backups:
If you need to create a new backup from Mac—https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-you-need-to-create-a-new-backup-mh34042/10.14/mac/10.14
Typically, messing with and/or manually delete old time Machine Backups corrupts the Time Machine database.
Not recommended.
Time Machine manages its own backups:
If you need to create a new backup from Mac—https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-you-need-to-create-a-new-backup-mh34042/10.14/mac/10.14
Erasing/reformatting is the surest way of a successfully removing all content and starting a new.
Simply deleting Time Machine database, can lead to issues of items getting stuck in the trash bin and no way to remove them.
Merging the partition is another issue.
Partition a physical disk using Disk Utility on Mac - https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/partition-a-physical-disk-dskutl14https://support.ap
ref:
https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/erase-and-reformat-a-storage-device-dskutl14079/mac
https://support.apple.com/mac-backup
3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.
Boot clone https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081
How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
Use DiskUtility Restore feature https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/restore-a-disk-dskutl14062/mac
note: >System Preferences>Security & Privacy >Privacy>Full Disk Access
unlock the padlock, press the + button and add Disk Utility
Thanks for your answer, leroy. What if I decide to delete all of the Time Machine backups on that drive that I am no longer using for Time Machine-would that be advisable? Thanks
Thank you for the helpful resources. Lots to sort out, most of which is new and not familiar to me.
Delete old Backups from Time Machine
