can I remove latest back ups from time machine

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can I remove latest back ups from time machine

I've restored from time machine backup to 10 days in the past.Time Machine as now performed 3 back ups of over 200 gb per back up this is filling up the back up drive 1.5 tb. Can I remove the last 10 days of my back ups, then restart time machine from that point

Mac mini (Late 2012)

Posted on Apr 17, 2013 11:26 PM

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Eric Ross

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Apr 18, 2013 12:07 AM in response to john6652

Time Machine will take care of deleting your old backups to make room. That's a built in function of Time Machine.

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seventy one

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Apr 18, 2013 12:17 AM in response to john6652

Pondini's notes are well worth reviewing. Certainly before you begin to think about deleting the unwanted. Deleting TM backups can lead to big trash problems.

http://pondini.org/TM/ Troubleshooting.html

Pondini FAQ

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