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Last active March 31, 2025 17:32
Script to automatically remote old Mac OSX Time Machine Backups older than a specified number of days

Prerequisites

  • gfind (via brew install findutils)
  • Time Machine drive mounted on your computer (or you can change path from standard /Volume/Time\ Machine\ Backups/Backups.backup.db/
  • Admin/sudo access in the OSX terminal

Script

  • Be sure to set the correct machine name. You can check the actual folder things are going into by looking in the backup location.
  • By default, it erases all backups older than 30 days. Adjust as desired.