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Q: OK, how to _delete_ a Time Machine backup?

I have an external hard drive, with a very old Time Machine back up that is unused today.

I want to clear this backup off the drive.  There is other stuff on it, so a complete reboot is out of the question.

 

So:  I dragged the back up to the Trash, and told it to delete everything.  It did not deleted the Time Machine back up folders.

It said I had read only access.  I specifically added my main account to it, gave everything in the folder read-write capability.

 

Still no go. 

1)     How do I delete this old, obsolete, unused material?

2)     How might I change the ownership so that I can delete it?

PowerMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), ='main machine'

Posted on Apr 11, 2015 10:11 AM

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