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how can you delete a incomplete time machine backup from a seperate disk that has become obsolete

MacBook Pro 15″

Posted on Jan 27, 2024 8:45 AM

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Posted on Jan 27, 2024 9:27 AM

If you no longer use, want or need the Time Machine backups on an external disk, then you can use Disk Utility to Erase and Format that external disk.

see > Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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Jan 27, 2024 9:27 AM in response to swampiefromleeuwarden

If you no longer use, want or need the Time Machine backups on an external disk, then you can use Disk Utility to Erase and Format that external disk.

see > Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support

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