Deleting In Progress Backups

Hi people, here's the story,
I bought a new HD and wanted to use my old external as my Time Machine back up disk. I backed up my important data and did a fresh install of the OS. With my TM disc plugged in, it tried to do a backup of the new system but ran out of space on the TM disc. I am now stuck with a .inProgress file which i cant seem to delete or move.
What I wanted to do was delete this new backup (the inprogress one) whilst keeping my old backed up data, so wiping the TM Disc is not an option...
The disc also has other 90GB from another backup, unrelated to TM.
How can i delete this file? I think i have heard elsewhere that these backups are 'millions of 8MB files that can freeze up your computer,' is this correct?
any help is much appreciated,
Nick

ScottWGregory wrote:
Time Machine has been making an incremental backup for the last 2-3 hours, and it currently reads "Backing up 73KB of 8.25GB." This is not the first time I have backed up my HD with Time Machine, so it shouldn't take this long. Especially to a Firewire drive.
Some people have had success speeding up backups by stopping the backup, deleting the in-progress folder from the backups, and starting again with a new incremental backup.
No. *Never move, change, or delete anything in a TM backup via the Finder.* That can hopelessly corrupt them. TM will recover from a failed/cancelled backup all by itself.
Should I abort and try this, or am I better off just letting it plug away at it in the hopes that it will speed up after getting through a certain portion? At this rate, it's going to take forever.
Is this your first backup since upgrading to SL? If so, cancel the backup, do a Restart, and try again. That's solved this for a number of folks.
If not, try the things in item #B2 of the Time Machine - Troubleshooting *User Tip.*

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Hi,
I'm in the process of transitioning my Time Machine setup. For the moment, I have a local Time Machine volume backing up three Macs to the same Backups.bakupdb folder (I had set that up two years ago before reading Pondini's Time Machine FAQ).
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Phil_6379 wrote:
After all backups for the first computer I wanted to delete off the first temporary partition are deleted, the folder for this Mac is not empty ; it still contains all the 15 dates folder of the individual backups.
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I'll assume you mean a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device, not a Time Capsule or external HD connected to a Time Capsule or other Mac on your network.
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Hi all,
I have same problem as some of you have already faced.
I have some instances 10.2.0.4 running un archive log mode.
I take full hot backup daily.
I setup a rman script to backup and delete obsolete backups according to the following policy:
CONFIGURE RETENTION POLICY TO RECOVERY WINDOW OF 2 DAYS;
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BACKUP AS COMPRESSED BACKUPSET ARCHIVELOG ALL FORMAT '/mnt/rman_202/pnetpres/al_pres_%U';
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This are the ouputpus of the commands:
RMAN> REPORT OBSOLETE;
RMAN retention policy will be applied to the command
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no obsolete backups found
RMAN> LIST BACKUP OF ARCHIVELOG ALL;
List of Backup Sets
===================
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
1090 69.65M DISK 00:00:16 23-FEB-11
BP Key: 1093 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110223T061511
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_0jm5c6bf_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 1090
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 13 2173025156 21-FEB-11 2173028010 21-FEB-11
1 14 2173028010 21-FEB-11 2173041730 21-FEB-11
1 15 2173041730 21-FEB-11 2173041813 21-FEB-11
1 16 2173041813 21-FEB-11 2173106066 22-FEB-11
1 17 2173106066 22-FEB-11 2173108831 22-FEB-11
1 18 2173108831 22-FEB-11 2173116745 22-FEB-11
1 19 2173116745 22-FEB-11 2173117735 22-FEB-11
1 20 2173117735 22-FEB-11 2173117739 22-FEB-11
1 21 2173117739 22-FEB-11 2173117753 22-FEB-11
1 22 2173117753 22-FEB-11 2173165783 23-FEB-11
1 23 2173165783 23-FEB-11 2173168857 23-FEB-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
1411 125.43M DISK 00:00:28 24-FEB-11
BP Key: 1414 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110224T061643
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_0mm5eqqb_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 1411
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 18 2173108831 22-FEB-11 2173116745 22-FEB-11
1 19 2173116745 22-FEB-11 2173117735 22-FEB-11
1 20 2173117735 22-FEB-11 2173117739 22-FEB-11
1 21 2173117739 22-FEB-11 2173117753 22-FEB-11
1 22 2173117753 22-FEB-11 2173165783 23-FEB-11
1 23 2173165783 23-FEB-11 2173168857 23-FEB-11
1 24 2173168857 23-FEB-11 2173221907 23-FEB-11
1 25 2173221907 23-FEB-11 2173246002 24-FEB-11
1 26 2173246002 24-FEB-11 2173249177 24-FEB-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
1600 164.40M DISK 00:00:37 25-FEB-11
BP Key: 1603 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110225T061643
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_0pm5hf6b_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 1600
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 22 2173117753 22-FEB-11 2173165783 23-FEB-11
1 23 2173165783 23-FEB-11 2173168857 23-FEB-11
1 24 2173168857 23-FEB-11 2173221907 23-FEB-11
1 25 2173221907 23-FEB-11 2173246002 24-FEB-11
1 26 2173246002 24-FEB-11 2173249177 24-FEB-11
1 27 2173249177 24-FEB-11 2173313111 25-FEB-11
1 28 2173313111 25-FEB-11 2173316259 25-FEB-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
1829 132.24M DISK 00:00:30 26-FEB-11
BP Key: 1832 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110226T061627
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_0sm5k3hr_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 1829
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 25 2173221907 23-FEB-11 2173246002 24-FEB-11
1 26 2173246002 24-FEB-11 2173249177 24-FEB-11
1 27 2173249177 24-FEB-11 2173313111 25-FEB-11
1 28 2173313111 25-FEB-11 2173316259 25-FEB-11
1 29 2173316259 25-FEB-11 2173380316 26-FEB-11
1 30 2173380316 26-FEB-11 2173388686 26-FEB-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
2058 218.03M DISK 00:00:48 27-FEB-11
BP Key: 2061 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110227T061628
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_0vm5mnts_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 2058
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 28 2173313111 25-FEB-11 2173316259 25-FEB-11
1 29 2173316259 25-FEB-11 2173380316 26-FEB-11
1 30 2173380316 26-FEB-11 2173388686 26-FEB-11
1 31 2173388686 26-FEB-11 2173465280 27-FEB-11
1 32 2173465280 27-FEB-11 2173499757 27-FEB-11
1 33 2173499757 27-FEB-11 2173527280 27-FEB-11
1 34 2173527280 27-FEB-11 2173530545 27-FEB-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
2298 205.39M DISK 00:00:45 28-FEB-11
BP Key: 2301 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110228T061620
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_12m5pc9l_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 2298
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 30 2173380316 26-FEB-11 2173388686 26-FEB-11
1 31 2173388686 26-FEB-11 2173465280 27-FEB-11
1 32 2173465280 27-FEB-11 2173499757 27-FEB-11
1 33 2173499757 27-FEB-11 2173527280 27-FEB-11
1 34 2173527280 27-FEB-11 2173530545 27-FEB-11
1 35 2173530545 27-FEB-11 2173589000 28-FEB-11
1 36 2173589000 28-FEB-11 2173592018 28-FEB-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
2546 180.29M DISK 00:00:39 01-MAR-11
BP Key: 2549 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110301T061533
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_15m63to5_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 2546
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 32 2173465280 27-FEB-11 2173499757 27-FEB-11
1 33 2173499757 27-FEB-11 2173527280 27-FEB-11
1 34 2173527280 27-FEB-11 2173530545 27-FEB-11
1 35 2173530545 27-FEB-11 2173589000 28-FEB-11
1 36 2173589000 28-FEB-11 2173592018 28-FEB-11
1 37 2173592018 28-FEB-11 2173671730 01-MAR-11
1 38 2173671730 01-MAR-11 2173674751 01-MAR-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
2801 85.40M DISK 00:00:19 02-MAR-11
BP Key: 2804 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110302T061613
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_18m66i5d_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 2801
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 36 2173589000 28-FEB-11 2173592018 28-FEB-11
1 37 2173592018 28-FEB-11 2173671730 01-MAR-11
1 38 2173671730 01-MAR-11 2173674751 01-MAR-11
1 39 2173674751 01-MAR-11 2173736248 02-MAR-11
1 40 2173736248 02-MAR-11 2173739307 02-MAR-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
3058 137.93M DISK 00:00:30 03-MAR-11
BP Key: 3061 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110303T061548
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_1bm696gk_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 3058
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 38 2173671730 01-MAR-11 2173674751 01-MAR-11
1 39 2173674751 01-MAR-11 2173736248 02-MAR-11
1 40 2173736248 02-MAR-11 2173739307 02-MAR-11
1 41 2173739307 02-MAR-11 2173784198 02-MAR-11
1 42 2173784198 02-MAR-11 2173816111 03-MAR-11
1 43 2173816111 03-MAR-11 2173819171 03-MAR-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
3324 138.96M DISK 00:00:31 04-MAR-11
BP Key: 3327 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110304T061559
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_1em6bqsv_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 3324
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1 40 2173736248 02-MAR-11 2173739307 02-MAR-11
1 41 2173739307 02-MAR-11 2173784198 02-MAR-11
1 42 2173784198 02-MAR-11 2173816111 03-MAR-11
1 43 2173816111 03-MAR-11 2173819171 03-MAR-11
1 44 2173819171 03-MAR-11 2173882472 04-MAR-11
1 45 2173882472 04-MAR-11 2173885557 04-MAR-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
3597 178.07M DISK 00:00:39 05-MAR-11
BP Key: 3600 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110305T061543
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_1hm6ef8f_1_1
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1 46 2173885557 04-MAR-11 2173947612 05-MAR-11
1 47 2173947612 05-MAR-11 2173951657 05-MAR-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
3835 198.44M DISK 00:00:43 06-MAR-11
BP Key: 3838 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110306T061548
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_1km6h3kk_1_1
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1 46 2173885557 04-MAR-11 2173947612 05-MAR-11
1 47 2173947612 05-MAR-11 2173951657 05-MAR-11
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1 50 2174062014 06-MAR-11 2174087203 06-MAR-11
1 51 2174087203 06-MAR-11 2174090299 06-MAR-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
4131 185.94M DISK 00:00:40 07-MAR-11
BP Key: 4134 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110307T061546
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_1nm6jo0i_1_1
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Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
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1 48 2173951657 05-MAR-11 2174026607 06-MAR-11
1 49 2174026607 06-MAR-11 2174062014 06-MAR-11
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BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
4435 161.37M DISK 00:00:35 08-MAR-11
BP Key: 4438 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110308T061540
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_1qm6mccc_1_1
List of Archived Logs in backup set 4435
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 49 2174026607 06-MAR-11 2174062014 06-MAR-11
1 50 2174062014 06-MAR-11 2174087203 06-MAR-11
1 51 2174087203 06-MAR-11 2174090299 06-MAR-11
1 52 2174090299 06-MAR-11 2174147018 07-MAR-11
1 53 2174147018 07-MAR-11 2174149955 07-MAR-11
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BP Key: 4748 Status: AVAILABLE Compressed: YES Tag: TAG20110309T061555
Piece Name: /mnt/rman_202/pnetproy/al_pres_1tm6p0os_1_1
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Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 53 2174147018 07-MAR-11 2174149955 07-MAR-11
1 54 2174149955 07-MAR-11 2174239915 08-MAR-11
1 55 2174239915 08-MAR-11 2174242816 08-MAR-11
1 56 2174242816 08-MAR-11 2174304682 09-MAR-11
1 57 2174304682 09-MAR-11 2174307679 09-MAR-11
BS Key Size Device Type Elapsed Time Completion Time
5270 135.13M DISK 00:00:31 10-MAR-11
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List of Archived Logs in backup set 5270
Thrd Seq Low SCN Low Time Next SCN Next Time
1 55 2174239915 08-MAR-11 2174242816 08-MAR-11
1 56 2174242816 08-MAR-11 2174304682 09-MAR-11
1 57 2174304682 09-MAR-11 2174307679 09-MAR-11
1 58 2174307679 09-MAR-11 2174353241 09-MAR-11
1 59 2174353241 09-MAR-11 2174384330 10-MAR-11
1 60 2174384330 10-MAR-11 2174387259 10-MAR-11
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For example the backups of archivelog from Feb 21st will never be deleted unless I force the delete.
I'd like to understand why it happens :-)
Thanks a lot,
Regards,
Diego.

Can't back up my Iphone5 to my macbook pro, it tells me it may be corrupted, also I don't know how to delete the old backup to redo it

Can't back up my Iphone5 to my macbook pro, it tells me it may be corrupted, also I don't know how to delete the old backup to redo it

Hi Caveman337,
Welcome to the Support Communities! The resource below will explain how to delete an old iTunes backup. Before you do this, I would suggest creating an iCloud backup of your iPhone.
Back up and restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud or iTunes - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203977
Back up using iCloud
If you're using iCloud, it can automatically back up your content. Use these steps to turn on iCloud Backup:
Tap Settings > iCloud > Backup. If you're using iOS 7 or earlier, tap Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup.
Tap iCloud Backup to turn it on.
Tap Back Up Now.
After you turn on iCloud Backup, iCloud will back up your content automatically. You can return to this screen to see when the last back up happened.
Create and delete iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch backups in iTunes - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht4946
Where your backups are stored
The folder where your backup data is stored depends on your computer's operating system. Make sure the backup folder is included in your data-backup routine. iTunes places the backup files in these places:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
The "~" represents your Home folder. If you don't see Library in your Home folder, hold Option and click the Go menu.
Delete a backup
If you want to delete a backup created by iTunes:
Open iTunes Preferences:
Mac: Choose iTunes > Preferences.
Windows: Choose Edit > Preferences. Learn how to turn on menus in Windows 7 and 8.
Click Devices. (The iOS device doesn't need to be connected.)
iTunes will show the phone number, International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, and serial number of the backed up iPhone when you position your mouse pointer over a backup. (Only the serial number will be shown for iPad and iPod touch). You can use this to find the backup you want to delete.
Select the backup you want to remove.
Click Delete Backup.
When prompted, confirm that you want to remove the selected backup by clicking Delete Backup.
Click OK to close the iTunes Preferences Window.
Backups that have a date and time stamp in the backup name are copies of backups created by restoring the iOS device. The date and time in the left column are when the restore-from-backup occurred. The date and time in the right column are the last synced date; this shows how current the data is.
I hope this information helps ....
- Judy

HT1766 I cannot backup my iphone, it keeps telling me the backup is corrupt and not compatible. All forums have suggested I delete the last backup but that was months ago and I'm afraid if I do that and it still doesn't work, I won't have anything saved

I cannot backup my iphone, it keeps telling me the backup is corrupt and not compatible. All forums have suggested I delete the last backup but that was months ago and I'm afraid if I do that and it still doesn't work, I won't have anything saved. Can anyone help?

Try to connect in recovery mode, explained in this article:
iOS: Unable to update or restore
Before that, back up your device, explained here:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
How to back up your data and set up as a new device
You can check your warranty status here:
https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

Time Machine not freeing up space with manual delete of old backups

I have time machine backing up an external RAID to a Drobo with 7.2TB of total space. The total backup size as estimated by TM is 4.6TB. This setup was running fine for me for a while, until I added some internal drives full of data to my Mac Pro, and forgot to tell TM to exclude them. I didn't realize this until TM told me my backup disk was full. Fine, so I excluded those drives, and then deleted all backups of those drives, as well as going back and deleting quite a few old backups in their entirety. I even went and found about 500GB of data that I no longer needed, deleted it from my RAID and then again deleted all backups of that folder from TM. But after all this, my drive still only has about 70GB of free space on it. When I know at a minimum there should be 500GB free, if not 1-2TB free after all that spring cleaning. How can I get that free space back? It seems as if TM is holding it hostage. I should add that slowly over the few days since deleting, my Drobo free space slowly creeps up. Maybe about 10GB every hour when I go and check free space available. Is this just TM taking forever to delete the old backups, even after the computer has been restarted, shut down, etc. multiple times?
I really don't want to have to erase the entire TM drive and start over, as it takes days to backup 4.6TB of data and slows down my whole system. Any help is appreciated!

I have no direct experience with a Drobo, but in many threads about them, as with many other 3rd-party NASs, either the built-in software creates a sparse bundle, or the instructions have the user do so.
But yes, a sparse bundle is a sparse bundle is a sparse bundle , so if you can locate it via the Finder, and have permission to it, you should be able to compact it manually, per those instructions.
If not, you'll have to talk with the Drobo folks.

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