I want to delete specific directories from my Time Machine backups from the command line, I used the Time Machine app itself to remove backups for Xcode. I took 20 hours to complete!
I have a 2016 MacBook Pro I7 with 16GB of ram and a 960 GB SSD! That was just too long!
How can I do this with tmutil so I can still use my computer during the operation?
Thanks.
Ed Kenny
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15
If you try to manage the Time Machine Backups outside of the Time Machine interface, the odds are you will end up with a corrupted backup file that cannot be restored.
My suggestion is to start a new backup on a new drive and file the current drive away for future use, if necessary.
Have a nice day.
If you try to manage the Time Machine Backups outside of the Time Machine interface, the odds are you will end up with a corrupted backup file that cannot be restored.
My suggestion is to start a new backup on a new drive and file the current drive away for future use, if necessary.
Have a nice day.
tmutil doesn't do that.
Thanks for the suggestion. It seems very odd that the GUI is the only way to work with this, The computer is useless for any other work while plunge in the Time Machine.
Starting a new backup on a blank external drive will be infinitely easier and faster.
Have a nice day.
How can I remove a Directory from a time machine backup using tmutil?
