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Older backups on TC is greyed out

I recently backed up on the iMac Sierra latest updates etc.

Verified the last back up now I can only access backups from a month ago.

Yet says the TC hard drive is full.

How can I get into the older backups?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Mar 11, 2018 9:09 PM

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Posted on Mar 12, 2018 7:30 PM

It now appears that Time Machine actually deleted all the old backups (because they were likely corrupted) and started again with a new backup on the date of 170318.


Normally, you would see a message like the example below on your Mac when this occurs, but this is not always the case.


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Unfortunately, this type of corruption error is all too common in Sierra and High Sierra, and there is not really anything that you can do to prevent it.


If you want to stay with Time Machine, my recommendation would be to back up to a USB drive that is connected directly to your Mac.

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