I recently had a Time Machine external drive go dead on me, but before it completely died, I copied a bunch of backups.backupdb files and because I didn't know any better, I simply moved them into a spot within my user directory. Anyway, I've decided that I don't really need those files (15 backup folders) and my new Time Machine drive is filled to the brim (990GB of 1TB) backing up 300G on my root HDD. I have no way of knowing how big those 15 folders are because I can't simply call up INFO and get a size... it calculates for hours.
So... I went into the Time Machine utility and pointed at the 15 folders and asked it to delete them. Its been just over 24 hours now and there's no progress that I can see. The directory looks the same... the folders are highlighted in yellow. I'm tempted to simply move them to the TRASH, and then empty the trash permanently. I don't need anything from those folders and otherwise, my iMac seems to be running just fine.
Before I make the move, I figured I'd ask for some advice and maybe figure out why the files are _not_ being deleted or why there's no progress bar or notification that something is taking place. I'm also wondering how much of my new TM Drive is being used to "save" those files and how to make sure I can eliminate them.
So... I went into the Time Machine utility and pointed at the 15 folders and asked it to delete them. Its been just over 24 hours now and there's no progress that I can see. The directory looks the same... the folders are highlighted in yellow. I'm tempted to simply move them to the TRASH, and then empty the trash permanently. I don't need anything from those folders and otherwise, my iMac seems to be running just fine.
Before I make the move, I figured I'd ask for some advice and maybe figure out why the files are _not_ being deleted or why there's no progress bar or notification that something is taking place. I'm also wondering how much of my new TM Drive is being used to "save" those files and how to make sure I can eliminate them.