Anne, I don’t know if you want to try this but when I use TimeMachine to populate a new machine and I know all files are on the new machine I then Format the TimeMachine and begin a new backup immediately. I have a few hours where I am flying blind with no backup so it can be risky but in the past when I try to “delete” the files on TimeMachine I may as well take a couple week vacation, so the formatting is complete in seconds and the new backup is completed in a few hours.
John > On Jul 5, 2017, at 1:10 PM, Anne Cartwright <cartw...@aye.net> wrote: > > How can I erase the backups on my Time Machine? The problem is that the > backups were made on my “old” iMac. And when I hooked up my “new iMac it > recognizes it as a separate machine - which it is, even though the material > on the “new” iMac is the same as on the “old “ i Mac. And since it recognizes > it as a new machine it want to backup all that is on my “new” machine. Now > just what has been changed or is new since the last backup. > > I have hooked the Time Capsule to my “old” i Mac with an ethernet cable but > apparently I have somehow transferred Time Machine to my “new’ IMac and I get > the message that “There isn’t enough space on my Time Capsule.” The same > message I get from my ‘’new” i Mac. > > “new iMac”: Time Machine Preferences>Options: Options doesn’t show anything > and I hesitate trying to guess what should be there to delete. I want to > delete all and start over with my “new” i Mac. I have a backup on an external > LaCie HD. > > On my “old” iMac, I get: System Preferences>Time Machine>and a window with > the LaCe and two Time Machines listed and another choice of: To add or remove > a backup disk. However I don’t believe this will erase the material on the > Time Machine. > > How can I clear the Time Machine. Any ideas. > > Anne > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
