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vasyam
Oct 10, 2020Tutor
Deleting Redundant Time Machine Backup v2
Hello, After recovering failed btrfs due to a hard reset (many thanks again to StephenB!) I ran into issues with TimeMachine backups. I am looking to remove the old backups (this was very helpful ht...
StephenB
Oct 10, 2020Guru - Experienced User
If you are wanting to delete all the backups in the .timemachine folder, you should be able to just navigate into it and delete the the backups there (leaving .timemachine itself alone).
I'm not a mac user, but I believe you should also be able to delete the backups from the mac.
vasyam
Oct 10, 2020Tutor
Do I navigate to the .timemachine folder via ssh? I would appreciate an instruction on how to do it. Otherwise, I am unable to access this folder using
http[s]://[NAS]/admin/browse.html#path=%2Fdata%2F.timemachine.
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