Apple ’s   Time Capsule   combined a Wi - Fi stem place and a intemperate ride for networked information accession and Time Machine backups . The companydiscontinuedthe gimmick and other related to connection cogwheel , but there are plenty still in operation .

A job with Time Capsule is that its crusade can get filled with outdated backup man if you transmigrate calculator and do n’t adopt the sometime backup bent .   Fortunately , Time Capsule exposes that data in a particular direction , making it possible to delete undesirable backup man .

The Data leaflet in the Time Capsule mass hold Time Machine backups . ( Yes , the screen seizure is ancient , from the last time I used Time Capsule for relief . )

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admonition : These deletions are n’t reversible . Make doubly sure before your delete a Time Machine backup man from your Time Capsule that it ’s the one or ones you really intend .

Mount your Time Capsule volume in the Finder . ( If you ’ve forget the password , you’re able to utilize AirPort Utility to reset file share-out background . )

launch the Data folder .

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Find any disk images that agree to outdated substitute and throw those in the Trash .

You may be prompted to empty the methamphetamine immediately , because it ’s a networked volume . If so , correspond to do so . Otherwise , empty the trash from the Finder carte .

Eject the bulk from the Finder ( Finder > Eject ) .

This Mac 911 article is in reply to a doubt pass on by Macworld lecturer Steve .

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