dbremner · March 25, 2019 01:22
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
 Problem:
 Time Machine backups accumulate until they fill the drive.

 Solution:
 1. Run "tmutil listbackups" from a shell and pipe the output to a file.
 2. Use TextEdit pattern-based search and replace to quote each line of the file.
 3. Select a subset of the file with a buffer of several years.
 4. Open a terminal and run caffeinate to keep the computer from sleeping.
 5. Open an interactive root shell with "sudo -i"
 6. Use the following command to delete old backups.
 cat /Users/$username/remaining_backups.txt | xargs -n 1 tmutil delete
	Problem:
	Time Machine backups accumulate until they fill the drive.

	Solution:
	1. Run "tmutil listbackups" from a shell and pipe the output to a file.
	2. Use TextEdit pattern-based search and replace to quote each line of the file.
	3. Select a subset of the file with a buffer of several years.
	4. Open a terminal and run caffeinate to keep the computer from sleeping.
	5. Open an interactive root shell with "sudo -i"
	6. Use the following command to delete old backups.
	cat /Users/$username/remaining_backups.txt \| xargs -n 1 tmutil delete