URGENT: Deleting file on Mac will not delete Time Capsule copy?

Hi, I seem to have run out of disk space on my iMac, and my Time Capsule (2 TB, latest model) was supposed to be my solution, however: Seeing as Time Capsule takes "snapshots" and so on, will deleting a file from my computer also delete it at the next Time machine backup, or will it be safely stored in my Time Capsule ((I know Time Capsule also deletes the oldest backup "snapshots", but that´s only when it gets full, right? Any idea how to prevent this, as well))?

You MUST not do this..
http://pondini.org/TM/20.html
TM can at any time delete the file.. Eventually it will note that the file is missing and delete it from the backup.
Use another utility.. CCC, Chronosync..
Better still copy the files to the TC.
Simply drag and drop them to a new folder .. not inside the backup.
Big fat ugly BUTT... you then have but one copy of the file.. one day the TC will die..wipe itself, hdd crash.. you will have no backup. TM cannot backup a network drive.. TC is a backup device.. it cannot back itself up.
Think long and hard where you are going to move stuff.
In an imac as a desktop computer, buy external drive.. FW800 or Thunderbolt much preferred and faster than USB. Use external to provide extra space and TM can then do what it is best at.. backing up.. and TC can store backups as it is designed to.

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