I am trying to learn how delete old backups for Time Machine, my first back up is in 2011 and certainly do not need anymore. Actually I wouel like to delete everything from 2014 back to the beginning and only keep the past year stuff
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011)
Are your Time Machine backups on a Time Capsule??
See the instructions from Pondini
Q12 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
However I would not recommend you do it that way..
Very seldom does it work and you end up with unusable backup.
Simply archive off the old backups to a USB drive.. and wipe the TC and start a whole new backup.. after 6-12months you are unlikely to need the old backups ever again so wipe them.. and then backup the TC again to the USB drive and think seriously about starting over.
Are your Time Machine backups on a Time Capsule??
See the instructions from Pondini
Q12 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
However I would not recommend you do it that way..
Very seldom does it work and you end up with unusable backup.
Simply archive off the old backups to a USB drive.. and wipe the TC and start a whole new backup.. after 6-12months you are unlikely to need the old backups ever again so wipe them.. and then backup the TC again to the USB drive and think seriously about starting over.
learn about deleting old backups from Time Machine
