Deleting Time Machine backups

[sananda]

I have just deleted some folders from Time Machine (by clicking on the gears and then clicking "delete all backups of ..... "), but I didn't get the hard drive space back on the Time Capsule.

I deleted about 50GB but Time Capsule reports having the same amount of space available as before the deletion.

Is this usual? How do I get the space back?

 

[claimed4all]

Did you empty your trash while the hard drive was plugged in? Give that a shot to clear up space.

 

[sananda]

Nothing to empty!

 

[claimed4all]

Yes, but your harddrive has a folder on it that is hidden and called "trash". It stores all of the data there until it is emptied. Just create a a file on the desktop, trash it, while the hard drive is plugged in and then empty it.

 

[sananda]

I tried that but unfortunately no change.

 

[claimed4all]

Thats all I got, sorry I could not help, hopefully somebody else will chime in soon for you.

 

[sananda]

thanks for your help.

 

[MM07]

If you re all up to date and need nothing in Time Machine, just reformat the drive and start Time Machine again.

I just did this a few weeks ago as my external drive was loosing space.

 

[sananda]

i might do that if no-one knows how to get the space back otherwise.