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time machine backups

despite using an external hard drive, time machine has stored 93 gb of backups on my internal hard drive. the hard drive is 'full' and i cant access any of it to erase it. how can i 1) make time machine use the external hd and 2) erase the backups from the disk that is full?

MacBook Air

Posted on Jan 21, 2022 8:19 PM

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Posted on Jan 21, 2022 9:31 PM

Hey rudi156. You can select which disk Time Machine backs up to. For more information, see here: Back up your Mac with Time Machine


I'm assuming that you have a partition set up on your Mac's hard drive for your current Time Machine backups. You can delete partitions using the following resource as a guide. See under, "Delete a partition." Partition a physical disk in Disk Utility on Mac


Cheers.

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Jan 21, 2022 9:31 PM in response to rudi156

Hey rudi156. You can select which disk Time Machine backs up to. For more information, see here: Back up your Mac with Time Machine


I'm assuming that you have a partition set up on your Mac's hard drive for your current Time Machine backups. You can delete partitions using the following resource as a guide. See under, "Delete a partition." Partition a physical disk in Disk Utility on Mac


Cheers.

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