Hello
My external Time Machine Drive is getting full. It has a folder 'Backups.backupdb' containing two subfolders, 'MacDeskTop' and 'MacDeskTop 2'.
'MacDeskTop 2' contains all the latest backups, 'MacDeskTop' contains old backups which I won't need, can I safely just delete it?
Many thanks
iMac 24″
Hi Joe! Whatever you do don´t delete TM backups by yourself, and do avoid otherwise tinkering with the contents of a TM drive. That´s the best way to corrupt the drive and render it completely useless, losing all your backups and leaving you no option but to erase and re-format the drive and start all over again. I´ve been there, done that! Time Machine will automatically delete old backups safely on its own when its dedicated drive starts running out of space. Just leave TM alone! Cheers!
Hi Joe! Whatever you do don´t delete TM backups by yourself, and do avoid otherwise tinkering with the contents of a TM drive. That´s the best way to corrupt the drive and render it completely useless, losing all your backups and leaving you no option but to erase and re-format the drive and start all over again. I´ve been there, done that! Time Machine will automatically delete old backups safely on its own when its dedicated drive starts running out of space. Just leave TM alone! Cheers!
You're welcome! Yes, just let TM do its own thing in its own time...
Thanks for the advice. I'll let it sort itself out.
Time Machine Backup folder
