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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 20, 2017 18:57:58 GMT -6
Has anyone ever made the mistake of trying to delete Mac Time machine backups off of an external hard drive? I did and now I have about 50 gb of files stuck in my trash. They won’t delete. Anyone have any ideas? I’ve tried sudo rm -R and then dragging the files...but then terminal just does nothing.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Nov 20, 2017 19:22:43 GMT -6
plug the drive into another computer to perform the delete?
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 20, 2017 22:49:45 GMT -6
It's my boot drive.
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Nov 21, 2017 1:31:21 GMT -6
You said it's an external HD.
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 21, 2017 8:21:09 GMT -6
My TM backs up to an external drive. The backups are now stuck in my boot drive trash as I drug them there.
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 21, 2017 8:58:58 GMT -6
Can you not copy your boot to another drive then reformat your boot drive and copy stuff back but not the trash ?
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Post by tasteliketape on Nov 21, 2017 9:09:25 GMT -6
Can you not use the “put back “ feature in trash to at least get it back on the original external drive . Then maybe hook up to a different computer.
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Post by Ward on Nov 21, 2017 9:13:02 GMT -6
Can you not use the “put back “ feature in trash to at least get it back on the original external drive . Then maybe hook up to a different computer. That should work. SHOULD |
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 21, 2017 10:07:23 GMT -6
Can you not use the “put back “ feature in trash to at least get it back on the original external drive . Then maybe hook up to a different computer. Won’t allow me to put it back. Something weird with Time Machine. So, whatever you do, don’t think, “Oh, I don’t really need backups from June 2016...I should just drag these to the trash to free up 20 odd gigs...” because then you’re fucked. |
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Post by EmRR on Nov 21, 2017 10:19:30 GMT -6
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Post by Ward on Nov 21, 2017 11:00:35 GMT -6
Can you not use the “put back “ feature in trash to at least get it back on the original external drive . Then maybe hook up to a different computer. Won’t allow me to put it back. Something weird with Time Machine. So, whatever you do, don’t think, “Oh, I don’t really need backups from June 2016...I should just drag these to the trash to free up 20 odd gigs...” because then you’re fucked. :-O he used a bad word... Why, this place could be getting as bad as GearSL*** |
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 21, 2017 11:07:40 GMT -6
Clarification...RGO does not censor Gearslutz.
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Post by bwoe on Nov 21, 2017 11:30:00 GMT -6
Time machine backups have an additional layer of security to ensure they don't get corrupted. This makes them harder to delete, but you should be able to do this in terminal:
sudo /System/Library/Extensions/TMSafetyNet.kext/Contents/MacOS/bypass rm -rfv /drag/your/files/here
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Post by curlygates on Nov 21, 2017 11:45:31 GMT -6
i made this same mistake several years back deleting from the disc instead of directly from time machine. I remember it being frustrating as all get out. But as i remember it the sudo / thing was what got it finally. And as i remember it you must type it in perfect and that was something i kept getting wrong. been to long for me to remember clearly but it seemened one youtube explanation made me miss a step in the sudo process that was needed. the post above is probably the correct one but if not watch all the videos you can because that was my experience
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 21, 2017 16:52:57 GMT -6
I need to partition my backup drive for time machine. Right now it exists along with a bunch of libraries. Doh.
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