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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1865730" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>You cannot safely or properly deal with TM backups from within Finder, or from outside TM. At this point, if you cannot cancel the TM backup at all, you may be forced to start all over. 10GB on a 1TB drive is not sufficient space for any meaningful operation, particularly TM. You should have at least 100GB free to be able to do anything, preferably more like 200GB. Is there anything else on the drive besides TM backups? If not, you might have a read of this and follow the links it has for more: <a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-the-time-machine-backup-disk-is-full-mh15137/10.15/mac/10.15" target="_blank">https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-the-time-machine-backup-disk-is-full-mh15137/10.15/mac/10.15</a> If there is stuff other than TM there that you can move/delete to get more room, TM may be able to complete and you to recover your drive access.</p><p></p><p>On a sidenote, the "in progress" is not a file, but a function within TM, accessible only to TM, which is why it cannot be deleted. If the drive is well and truly hung up, you may be forced to reformat it completely to regain access, losing the entire backup set.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1865730, member: 396914"] You cannot safely or properly deal with TM backups from within Finder, or from outside TM. At this point, if you cannot cancel the TM backup at all, you may be forced to start all over. 10GB on a 1TB drive is not sufficient space for any meaningful operation, particularly TM. You should have at least 100GB free to be able to do anything, preferably more like 200GB. Is there anything else on the drive besides TM backups? If not, you might have a read of this and follow the links it has for more: [URL]https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-the-time-machine-backup-disk-is-full-mh15137/10.15/mac/10.15[/URL] If there is stuff other than TM there that you can move/delete to get more room, TM may be able to complete and you to recover your drive access. On a sidenote, the "in progress" is not a file, but a function within TM, accessible only to TM, which is why it cannot be deleted. If the drive is well and truly hung up, you may be forced to reformat it completely to regain access, losing the entire backup set. [/QUOTE]
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