How to reduce size of time machine partition?

I have a hard drive which is rapidly filling up with TM backups going back 3 years.  I would like to reduce the allowable size of the partition without losing the latest backup.  How do I do that. Thanks Henry

Use iPhoto to delete phtots from it
If you need more storage get a larger disk or an external drive
The iPhoto libray is what it is - you can not modify it or change its size
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