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time machine not automatically clearing space

My Time machine back up is failing, seemingly because the backup drive is out of space. It does not appear to be automatically trimming. I cannot see a way to trigger that. Can you help?


Mac OS 10.15.7


Thanks

Bill

MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on May 28, 2021 5:39 AM

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Posted on May 29, 2021 9:10 AM

Hello Bevisioin,


We are here to help with Time Machine and the Mac.


If the Time Machine backup disk for your Mac is full start with the steps here.


Time Machine troubleshooting on Mac can help figure out the next applicable steps.


We hope this helps.


Cheers.



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