Deleting TM local backups from laptop

[johngrussell]

Hi,
I have a mbp and OS Lion 10.7.2. I notice with 'about this mac storage i have nearly 23gb of backup on my laptop. I think these are called local backups and I don't think I need them as I have TM and other external backups off site etc.
My question is, where do i local this backup and how do i delete it and how do I set my computer to not do it again.
Thank you for your help.
John

 

[Steve's Barber]

I just googled your post title:

http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/28/disable-time-machine-local-backups-in-mac-os-x-lion/

I did this on mine a while back. The hidden directory containing the local backups eventually gets reset to zero. Give it some time. Check your storage under "About this Mac".

 

[tug]

i did this command in terminal, it worked perfectly. now i want to be able to get rid of 'other' searched and found nothing, any ideas?

 

[Watabou]

i did this command in terminal, it worked perfectly. now i want to be able to get rid of 'other' searched and found nothing, any ideas?

I want to know how to find what "other" is too. I know my "other" seems to be the same size as my backups before I disabled the local backups.