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Leopard Time Machine: Delete Files or Folders from Backup | Mac OS X Leopard | Tech-Recipes

Started by qdideas · 9 months ago

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  • A User

    8 months ago

    Thanks that's really helpful.
    I was trying to right-click.
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  • Resuna

    7 months ago

    Any way of getting this without going into the damn starfield view?
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  • Fred

    7 months ago

    Finally someone who can actually explain me how to do it! Puff, thanks a lot man!
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  • John

    7 months ago

    What if you do this, and nothing happens. I am trying to delete the movies folder from itunes, (it is huge and I manage another backup of it elsewhere) but it does not go anywhere. Nothing happens at all.
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  • Franky

    7 months ago

    Thank you so much for that tip.

    You are my hero :-)
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  • micros

    6 months ago

    So after doing that, does it still have a backup of the most recent state of this folder, or is that one also removed?
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  • TM Newbie

    5 months ago

    I tried to my back ups of Parallels XP from TM. The files disappeared in the Star Field view, but the free space on the disk did not change? Do I need to empty the trash somehow?
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  • TM Newbie

    5 months ago

    I forgot the word "delete", i.e. I tried to delete my back ups...
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  • Jim

    5 months ago

    After following your instructions, it then asks for my password, but I can't type anything into that area. No curser, so I still can't delete pictures.
    Jim
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  • Diane

    5 months ago

    I can't enter my password either. Guess it's time to wipe the drive and start over. <sigh>
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  • Diane Bechtler

    1 month ago

    it takes a longish time depending on what is being deleted and how big the files are. Previous system in my case. 10 copies
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  • CSims

    3 weeks ago

    Thanks a ton. That is the fastest tech answer I have found in some time!
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  • d2

    3 weeks ago

    Did you try entering entering the starfield view, selecting the item to delete all backups of, telling Time Machine to delete all backups from the gear menu, EXITING THE STARFIELD VIEW, then typing your password in the pop-up window that remains popped up?
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  • zahadum

    3 weeks ago

    hmm, too bad that it is not possible to selectively delete files from time machine ...

    * all instances prior to a certain date;

    * all instance in a range(s) of dates;

    * all instances of a certain attribute ... such as size; or label (eg draft1, draft2 etc); or permission mask (ie ACL); or f-stop; or geo-tag; or comment; etc etc

    as usual, apple takes a great idea & never finishes the proper execution of it!

    ... and because apple has not offered any OSAX support (for scriptable plugins) nor designed a proper API (for parametric control from the shell), there is no way for the user to implement the features they need extensibly or modularly ...

    as is usualy with apple :-(

    sigh.
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  • Klaus Huber

    1 week ago

    I can`t see the gears, what is wrong?

    Greatings from Germany K. H.
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  • qdideas

    1 week ago

    Klaus:

    Before you enter Time Machine do the following:

    1. Open a Finder Window
    2. Click the View menu
    3. Select Show Toolbar

    Now enter Time Machine and you will see the gears.
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  • Klaus Huber

    1 week ago

    Thanks, now it`s all working perfect.

    Greatings from Germany.
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