Re: How can I remove a no longer used time machine backup?

Use the Finder to delete the Backups.backupsb directory. 

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On Dec 6, 2011, at 8:02 AM, Jerry Levan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I used an attached disk for several weeks for a time machine backup destination.
> 
> After I added a NAS I no longer had any use for the older Time Machine backup.
> 
> The backup is heavily protected by ACLs and I don't seem to be able to find
> a magic command line that will recursively strip the ACL protections so I
> can delete the 'whole thing'.
> 
> Google seemed to think that there is a function 'fsaclctl' that can remove
> ACLs from a device but it does not appear to exist in mac osx 10.7.2 client.
> 
> Nuking the entire partition via disk utility seems a bit heavy handed…
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
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