HT201250 My timemachine won't delete my old backups, now it wont make new backups

My older backups are not being deleted and time machine wont back up my computer b/c there is no room.  All the support sites say its supposed to delete the old backups. Why wont it?

Hello Vic,
Have you looked through Pondini's extensive TM help site?
http://Pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Can't imaging something not being covered there.

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