How do I delete old TM backups after trying to drag to trash?

Before finding out that draging TM backups to the finder trash was a no no, I did it. Now I an not get rid of those files. I have a new TM backup . . . that's no problem . . . I just can't seem to delete the old files.

Take a look at this part of Pondini's Time Machine troubleshooting guide:
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We have configured RMAN backup for one of our clients PROD instance[10.2.0.3] in 2010 Dec.
Now my doubt is how can i delte old backup files of Dec and January, only this two months backup files only i need to delte.
kindly suggest me.
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Regards
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Hello,
You can use this :
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when I try to delete old 4s backup from iCloud (I have a 5s) it tells me it cannot be deleted because in use. How to I fix that to delete it?

That should clear up on it's own when it times out in 3-5 days. Wait a few days, then try deleting it again.

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I use 10.9.4 and I found that TimeMachine deletes old weekly backups so that there are now 14-days backups.
I see no reason.
To make it clearer: Old backups from 2014-04-18, 2014-05-02, 2014-05-23, 2014-06-13 and 2014-06-27 were deleted.
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Oct 25 08:44:57 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Starting automatic backup
Oct 25 08:45:06 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Backing up to /dev/disk0s2: /Volumes/Jupiter_3/Backups.backupdb
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Oct 25 08:45:32 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Will copy (Zero KB) from Erde_1
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Oct 25 08:46:40 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Copied 21 items (641 KB) from volume Erde_1. Linked 416.
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Oct 25 08:46:43 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: 5.7 GB required (including padding), 1.31 TB available
Oct 25 08:46:54 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Copied 72 items (7.1 MB) from volume Erde_2. Linked 326.
Oct 25 08:46:56 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Copied 1 items (Zero KB) from volume Erde_1. Linked 13.
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Oct 25 08:48:25 macosmp.mboffice com.apple.backupd[83754]: Deleted /Volumes/Jupiter_3/Backups.backupdb/XXXXXX YYYYYYs Mac Pro/2014-05-02-000730 (1.37 GB)
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/dev/disk0s2   1.8Ti 639Gi 1.2Ti    35% 167459025 320835641   34%   /Volumes/Jupiter_3
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drwxr-xr-x+ 6 root staff   204 Jan 3 2014 ..
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jan 10 2014 2014-01-10-003938
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jan 17 2014 2014-01-17-002343
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jan 24 2014 2014-01-24-004504
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jan 31 2014 2014-01-31-074240
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Feb 7 2014 2014-02-07-094650
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Feb 14 2014 2014-02-14-000750
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Feb 21 2014 2014-02-21-004730
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Feb 28 2014 2014-02-28-074707
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Mar 7 2014 2014-03-07-134543
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Mar 14 2014 2014-03-14-092346
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Mar 21 2014 2014-03-21-001319
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Mar 28 2014 2014-03-28-000237
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Apr 4 2014 2014-04-04-091055
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Apr 11 2014 2014-04-11-085520
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Apr 25 2014 2014-04-25-100940
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 May 9 09:38 2014-05-09-093857
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 May 16 06:33 2014-05-16-063318
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 May 30 09:12 2014-05-30-091232
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jun 6 07:22 2014-06-06-072210
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jun 20 08:11 2014-06-20-081109
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jul 4 00:59 2014-07-04-005955
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jul 11 09:17 2014-07-11-091746
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jul 18 00:56 2014-07-18-005630
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Jul 25 10:31 2014-07-25-103105
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Aug 1 00:51 2014-08-01-005149
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Aug 8 00:03 2014-08-08-000331
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Aug 15 00:52 2014-08-15-005247
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Aug 22 00:41 2014-08-22-004118
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Aug 29 01:10 2014-08-29-011035
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Sep 5 07:57 2014-09-05-075711
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Sep 12 00:11 2014-09-12-001155
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Sep 19 00:46 2014-09-19-004627
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Sep 25 00:10 2014-09-25-001009
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Sep 26 07:58 2014-09-26-075822
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Sep 27 13:55 2014-09-27-135558
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Sep 28 00:29 2014-09-28-002922
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Sep 29 00:34 2014-09-29-003405
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Sep 30 08:15 2014-09-30-081533
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Oct 1 07:57 2014-10-01-075727
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Oct 2 07:42 2014-10-02-074251
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Oct 3 08:22 2014-10-03-082252
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Oct 4 00:00 2014-10-04-000013
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Oct 5 00:09 2014-10-05-000905
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drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Oct 7 07:41 2014-10-07-074157
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Oct 8 07:46 2014-10-08-074617
drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Oct 9 08:11 2014-10-09-081158
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drwxr-xr-x@ 7 root staff   238 Oct 17 00:10 2014-10-17-001018
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I was about to try this, but the problem was solved - by updating to ML DP3. Time Machine was able to report more specifically a UUID mismatch - which was strange as there had been no hardware changes:
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: MacBook Air
Deep event scan at path:/ reason:must scan subdirs|new event db|
Finished scan
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21.25 GB required (including padding), 17.99 GB available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Air/2012-05-06-132701.inProgress/36723EA8-68F9-4519-A71B-426EEEE06222 containing 896.2 MB; 18.88 GB now available, 21.25 GB required
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Air/2012-05-06-132701.inProgress/73A7127D-0521-46C0-AD8F-F7C6B6621F86 containing 4 KB; 18.88 GB now available, 21.25 GB required
Removed 2 expired backups so far, more space is needed - deleting oldest backups to make room
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/MacBook Air/2011-10-08-102105 containing 10.75 GB; 29.63 GB now available, 21.25 GB required
Deleted 3 backups containing 11.64 GB total; 29.63 GB now available, 21.25 GB required
Backup date range was shortened: oldest backup is now 15 Oct 2011
Copied 2.7 MB of 16.14 GB, 106708 of 360330 items
Copied 5.6 GB of 16.14 GB, 360849 of 360849 items
Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
Copied 394370 files (8.46 GB) from volume
Upshot is that after many hours it's back, and the sparseimage has been verified.
If it's of any use to anyone finding this, I would say that the solution seems to have been a Mac OS reinstall - which is counter-intuitive, but if all else fails, give it a go!

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I just switched to a new MBP, and my external drive does not recognize it. How do I delete old backups in order to make room on the external for the new computer's backups?
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