-
All replies
-
Helpful answers
-
Aug 29, 2016 10:54 AM in response to Kaj Hejerby norman.chonacky,I have been trying to free external disk space, where my Time Machine backups are located. I intend to remove all, but preferably sub-folders selectively, from the existing, enclosing backup master folder.
In response to these attempts I have been confronted variously with both "permissions" conflicts for the files I am attempting to copy/move and sometimes "application" version conflicts for purported lack of support in my installed Applications relating to the data content files of that are I am attempting to copy. Is any of this the experience of those of you in this community?
I can understand a wish of Time Machine designers to maintain some integrity of the Time Machine database for file re-installation that it uses as the "in context" format to recover files that the Time Machine database offers. But it seems unreasonable to override all control for those of us who are willing to forgo the promise of this "slick" recovery method if our primary wish is to preserve the information in those files regardless of the Time Machine application to be the mechanism for its retrieval.
So, what is your suggestion of what I can do to copy Time Machine archival files without interference from Time Machine application protocols employed to prevent such "meddling" as I propose as needed?
Cheers - Norman
-
Aug 30, 2016 9:43 AM in response to norman.chonackyby Eric Root,You can corrupt your backup to the point where it won't work by deleting files within it.