When Time Machine started to backup my files, at some point it was "Cleaning Up". What exactly does that mean? What is it cleaning up exactly for?
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Time Machine... cleaning up!
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Mr. Retrofire
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Time machine removes no longer necessary files and folders from the backup volume (i.e. TM deletes old backups and indices).