HD Storage, backup is taking all my space.

[alejandror91]

Hey guys, need help.

My 320GB Hard drive has 120 GB used for the section called 'backup', according to the storage tab in about this mac. This seems like way more than necessary for backup.

Why is it using that much space for backup and what can I do to reduce it?

 

[tug]

open terminal and write;

sudo tmutil disablelocal

press enter.

now check, your backups have gone. 🙂

 

[GGJstudios]

For more information: Time Machine local snapshots

 

[alejandror91]

open terminal and write;

sudo tmutil disablelocal

press enter.

now check, your backups have gone. 🙂

So what happens if I erase them, will it affect my time machine backup on an external HD?

 

[GGJstudios]

So what happens if I erase them, will it affect my time machine backup on an external HD?

No, only the local backups on your internal drive.

 

[alejandror91]

Great! Thanks a million to all you guys!

Ok so I did it and it worked perfectly, one last question though, will it start doing local backups again?

 

[GGJstudios]

Great! Thanks a million to all you guys!

Ok so I did it and it worked perfectly, one last question though, will it start doing local backups again?

As the article I linked states, you can turn them off in Time Machine.

 

[tug]

as ggjstudios says, or more simply, they won't show up in storage any more unless you write;

sudo tmutil enablelocal


glad to help. 🙂