My goal is to backup my pictures and movies and then delete them from my computer to open up more space. What's the best way to do this?

Let's say I let time machine backup my computer, then I delete most of my pictures (that are now backed up) to make room on my laptop's hard drive. The next time Time Machine backs up my computer will it overwrite the old backup with what it currently sees on my computer? Will it loose all of those pictures, because they're no longer on my laptop?

ardenm58 wrote:
Will it loose all of those pictures, because they're no longer on my laptop?
Yes eventually or sooner by large changes to your boot drive.
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