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Time machine backups in bin / trash. slow to delete
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<blockquote data-quote="ferrarr" data-source="post: 1851023" data-attributes="member: 376394"><p>If you eject the Time Machine backup drive, then the files should no longer be in the Trash. Once you format/wipe/erase the external drive, they files/data will be gone. </p><p></p><p>TM starts with a full backup, then adds like to those files that remain unchanged, while copying any changed/new data to the current backup. So, if you have files that haven't been changed, since the initial backup, there will be links to those files, go back throughout every instance of a Time Machine backup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ferrarr, post: 1851023, member: 376394"] If you eject the Time Machine backup drive, then the files should no longer be in the Trash. Once you format/wipe/erase the external drive, they files/data will be gone. TM starts with a full backup, then adds like to those files that remain unchanged, while copying any changed/new data to the current backup. So, if you have files that haven't been changed, since the initial backup, there will be links to those files, go back throughout every instance of a Time Machine backup. [/QUOTE]
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