Deleted files and pictures to open free space on HD. But, the file volume went to backups. I want to know how I could delete the backups. I have already did a back up on my time machine. Thanks
I have deleted pictures and files to free space on my mac book air. It did not free space and the backups file shows that even deting files it did not help.
Please let me know how to delete the files on backups folder.
Thank you,
Cristiane
Have you emptied your trash?
Finder Menu > Empty trash…
That will remove the items that were on the internal disk & were in the Trash.
What is the backup you are talking about? Is this a Time Machine backup?
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