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Gimpguy44 Author

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set up time machine

When I try to backup to my external hard drive with Time Machine it says the hard drive is full. How can I delete some past backups to make room?

iMac 21.5″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jun 26, 2020 6:57 PM

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rkaufmann87

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Posted on Jun 26, 2020 10:12 PM

You cannot, you have to do one of two things, re-format (erasing) the current drive OR replace the current drive with a higher capacity External Hard Disk and transfer your existing Backups to the new External Hard Disk.

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