Hi Forum,
i'm stuck in my bin folder - I cant empty a folder called 'Bos Mac mini', which is from an earlier volumebackup HD.
It seems still to make backups inside the bin folder.
When trying to erase - it takes immensenly long time to calculate and ends with long text about locked files
Mac mini (2018)
Open System Settings > General > Time Machine. Select the backup drive and click the minus sign. That removes the drive from Time Machine. Once you do that, you can erase the drive using Disk Utility which is in the Utilities folder.
Open System Settings > General > Time Machine. Select the backup drive and click the minus sign. That removes the drive from Time Machine. Once you do that, you can erase the drive using Disk Utility which is in the Utilities folder.
FWIW, you should not try to manually delete files from a Time Machine backup drive. The best thing to do now is remove the drive from Time Machine Settings, erase the drive and start a new set of backups.
That's very helpful, but I'm not able to either erase or communicate with Time Machine-
its simply open a window like a widget and show my a time line in the right side.
im not able to do anything in that window
Dear dialabrain,
thanks for your time and support :-)
perfect
All the best
B
You're most welcome.
emptying the bin - stuck because of backupfolder
