Comments on: Removing backups from Apple’s Time Machine http://blog.weaverling.org/2009/05/27/removing-backups-apple-time-machine/ Just what the world needs, yet another blog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:43:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: weave http://blog.weaverling.org/2009/05/27/removing-backups-apple-time-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-13781 weave Sun, 30 May 2010 19:42:16 +0000 http://blog.weaverling.org/?p=349#comment-13781 Sounds to me like you have a quote in your filename. Note my example above where I have Weave's Time Capsule. There's a \ before the ' that is needed to get around that. Sounds to me like you have a quote in your filename. Note my example above where I have Weave’s Time Capsule. There’s a \ before the ‘ that is needed to get around that.

]]> By: Matt http://blog.weaverling.org/2009/05/27/removing-backups-apple-time-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-13780 Matt Sun, 30 May 2010 19:20:57 +0000 http://blog.weaverling.org/?p=349#comment-13780 I found myself with this same problem and was happy to find a solution here. HOWEVER, when I open up the Terminal application, and type "sudo hdiutil compact (my .sparsebundle filename), I get no prompt from the appliction for a password. After I hit "return" the text advances one line and I get this: > with a cursor sitting next to it. I've tried entering my password at the point, and nothing much happens. Any clue on what to do? Matt I found myself with this same problem and was happy to find a solution here.

HOWEVER, when I open up the Terminal application, and type “sudo hdiutil compact (my .sparsebundle filename), I get no prompt from the appliction for a password.

After I hit “return” the text advances one line and I get this:

>

with a cursor sitting next to it. I’ve tried entering my password at the point, and nothing much happens.

Any clue on what to do?

Matt

]]> By: weave http://blog.weaverling.org/2009/05/27/removing-backups-apple-time-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-13769 weave Sat, 29 May 2010 21:29:36 +0000 http://blog.weaverling.org/?p=349#comment-13769 Please paste in the command you used that didn't work. But don't get your hopes up because I'm not an expert on this utility at all. Alternatively I'd suggest just Googling that error. I *think* you might also be able to mount the sparsebundle within disk utility program and verify it using that. But right now I'm not anywhere I can test that myself. Please paste in the command you used that didn’t work. But don’t get your hopes up because I’m not an expert on this utility at all. Alternatively I’d suggest just Googling that error. I *think* you might also be able to mount the sparsebundle within disk utility program and verify it using that. But right now I’m not anywhere I can test that myself.

]]> By: _Dave http://blog.weaverling.org/2009/05/27/removing-backups-apple-time-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-13768 _Dave Sat, 29 May 2010 20:57:10 +0000 http://blog.weaverling.org/?p=349#comment-13768 I followed your steps but I keep getting this error "hdiutil: compact failed - internal error". Any thoughts on what is going wrong? I'm running 10.5.8 on a iMac and 10.6x on two laptops, with a 1tb duel banded Time capsule. Do I need to make sure that Terminal is the only thing running? I followed your steps but I keep getting this error “hdiutil: compact failed – internal error”. Any thoughts on what is going wrong? I’m running 10.5.8 on a iMac and 10.6x on two laptops, with a 1tb duel banded Time capsule. Do I need to make sure that Terminal is the only thing running?

]]> By: Jason http://blog.weaverling.org/2009/05/27/removing-backups-apple-time-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-13590 Jason Sat, 15 May 2010 16:37:53 +0000 http://blog.weaverling.org/?p=349#comment-13590 Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for, I had absolutely the same issue where I wanted to add a second Mac to my Time Capsule. I got as far as deleting the backups but could not figure out why my disk space was staying the same. I actually found that I can use the terminal window the manually "sudo rm -fR *"d the files. I think it is much faster than using the Time Machine/Finder (presumably because it bypasses the trash and just ditches the files in one fell swoop.) However, your way is probably easier. Still, after it was all done I was absolutely shocked to find that the disk space was still not given back to me! Your "sudo hdituil" did the trick perfectly, however -Thanks again! Thanks!

Exactly what I was looking for, I had absolutely the same issue where I wanted to add a second Mac to my Time Capsule. I got as far as deleting the backups but could not figure out why my disk space was staying the same.

I actually found that I can use the terminal window the manually “sudo rm -fR *”d the files. I think it is much faster than using the Time Machine/Finder (presumably because it bypasses the trash and just ditches the files in one fell swoop.) However, your way is probably easier.

Still, after it was all done I was absolutely shocked to find that the disk space was still not given back to me! Your “sudo hdituil” did the trick perfectly, however -Thanks again!

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