How to delete backups.db

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  1. seneca2008, Apr 28, 2008

    seneca2008 macrumors newbie

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    I used an external drive to create backups using time machine. I then bought time capsule and carried out a full back up of my ibook. I have tried to delete the old backup on my external drive but I get an error message saying "the operation cannot be completed because the item ByHost is in use".

    Can anyone please help me?

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  2. Thiol, Apr 29, 2008

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    I realize that this may be annoying, but how about just erasing the external drive with Disk Utility? That presumes you have nothing else on there...
     
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  3. netnothing, Apr 30, 2008

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    Have you turned Time Machine off?

    -Kevin
     
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  4. seneca2008, May 1, 2008

    seneca2008 thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Thanks for your replies.

    No I cant erase the external disc its full of stuff I need.

    Yes time machine is off. I have a time capsule now and the backups happen there.

    I had been trying to delete the folder through my wireless steup using time capsule but that clearly is not working.

    I have tried to plug the external drive into my mac directly and that looks more promising.
     
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  5. blueicedj, May 2, 2008

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    While in Time Machine, click the file or folder you want to delete. Press the action button (the one that looks like a gear) and an option will come up that says "delete all backups of (your file/folder)" Click that. It will erase all the versions of that file/folder that it has, except the newest one, which you can just delete normally. Hope this helps
     
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