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<blockquote data-quote="samr" data-source="post: 1462967" data-attributes="member: 279782">Hi all, I don't have much knowledge when it comes to computers/hard drives and usually end up making an inadvertent (yet serious) mistake when I try to go even an inch beyond the basics.&nbsp; That's why I'm asking for your help please. I have a Seagate GoFlex Turbo external drive and am running Mac OS X 10.5.8. My hard drive is almost full, even though I have no files on them anymore.&nbsp; What happened was I backed up my computer a few times and found that Time Machine was making duplicate copies of my computer.&nbsp; I was under the impression that a new backup would only back up changes to my computer and not a complete rewrite/backup of everything.&nbsp; I figured it was wasting space on my hard drive so I manually deleted the backups.&nbsp; Now, even though the files are deleted, there's no room on the drive. So here are my 2 questions:(1)&nbsp; How can I get back the space on the hard drive?&nbsp; Do I need to reformat the hard drive?&nbsp; And if so, which format do I pick?&nbsp; (I don't want to pick the wrong one and make the hard drive incompatible with my computer going forward). (2)&nbsp; Is there a way to set up Time Machine so that a backup only downloads *changes* to the files on my computer, rather than backing up the entire computer over and over? Again, I'm not too savvy with these things (which is why I'm making a new post - I couldn't understand any of the technical lingo I read on posts relating to my question) so can you please try to dumb it down for me?&nbsp; I REALLY appreciate any help.&nbsp; Thanks in advance! Sam</blockquote>

[QUOTE="samr, post: 1462967, member: 279782"] Hi all, I don't have much knowledge when it comes to computers/hard drives and usually end up making an inadvertent (yet serious) mistake when I try to go even an inch beyond the basics. That's why I'm asking for your help please. I have a Seagate GoFlex Turbo external drive and am running Mac OS X 10.5.8. My hard drive is almost full, even though I have no files on them anymore. What happened was I backed up my computer a few times and found that Time Machine was making duplicate copies of my computer. I was under the impression that a new backup would [I]only[/I] back up changes to my computer and not a complete rewrite/backup of everything. I figured it was wasting space on my hard drive so I manually deleted the backups. Now, even though the files are deleted, there's no room on the drive. [U]So here are my 2 questions:[/U] (1) How can I get back the space on the hard drive? Do I need to reformat the hard drive? And if so, which format do I pick? (I don't want to pick the wrong one and make the hard drive incompatible with my computer going forward). (2) Is there a way to set up Time Machine so that a backup only downloads *changes* to the files on my computer, rather than backing up the entire computer over and over? Again, I'm not too savvy with these things (which is why I'm making a new post - I couldn't understand any of the technical lingo I read on posts relating to my question) so can you please try to dumb it down for me? I REALLY appreciate any help. Thanks in advance! Sam [/QUOTE]

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