If you have the patience, could you give an example based on the above situation where you actually do want to delete everything related to that macro. Basically, you would delete all backups related to that macro ?
thank you
Yes, just as if you had 90 actual copies (i.e. not hard links), if you delete all 90 copies or hard links, then the files are gone.
-rob.
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OK. thanks very much
Version 2.9 is out, linked in the first article in this thread or via the in-macro update checker. The only change in this version is how duplicate-named and leading-dot-named macros and groups are handled.
Before, a sample of such items was included in the dialog box. But if you wanted to change all such macros, you had to run the macro a number of times to see all the macros. Version 2.9 now writes the full lists into two files in a temporary folder, and opens that folder when the macro finishes. This should make it much easier to find and change all such names, for all those so inclined.
If you tell MBU to ignore dupes and dots names, then nothing changes—the files aren't created, because the entire routine is skipped.
-rob.
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I am so much looking forward to trying this.
Git would be overkill.
Thank you.
Frankly this should be part of KM.
Great macro which I use a few times a week.
Sometimes the macro "freezes" for lack of a better word and I have to manually quit.
Below are 2 failed attempts followed by one successful run.
How sould I troubleshoot this issue ?
thanks very much
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Is there anything that looks relevant in the log file?
-rob.
Thanks very much for this superb macro which I use many times a week.
I noticed a 267 GB snapshot (purgeable space) which appeared on my hard drive and which was not explained by Mac OS Ventura, not time machine nor carbon copy cloner or any other app. I was wondering, based on if it could be related to this macro which if I understand correctly uses snapshots to save space.
thanks very much
The macro uses symbolic links, not APFS snapshots. I don't se any way that the macro could create anything like that at all—it just creates symbolic links in Terminal.
Where on the drive is that 267GB file?
-rob.
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How do you mean "not explained"? Appeared where? And how did you notice it?
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OK, so it's not MacroBackerUpper. thank you
no location that I could ascertain.with Daisy Disk. Purgeable space.
space on my primary drive ↓
by adding up the usual suspect namely time machine and CCC
Which still leaves sleep images, caches, temporary system files, swap, stuff other apps write out on a temporary basis, and probably a bunch of other stuff. I've only got 8GB of TM snapshots here, but the Finder is showing 27GB purgeable.
If it is a snapshot you should be able to view it in Disk Utility by making sure "Show APFS Snapshots" is selected in the "View" menu and then selecting your data volume (the startup volume will only have OS update snapshots, if any).
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FANTASTIC TIP !!!! At last a solution for an irritant that has been pestering me for years which was to list snapshots (easy with terminal) WITH THEIR SIZE. Between my post and your answer, I had deleted the purgeable space with Clean My Mac, there are other snapshots I can see.
So thanks very much.!
yes. Clean My Mac can see and deal with all that. I was following the latest take control book about mac problem solving by @joekissell
I found the following article and app by The Eclectic Light Company useful. The app is for expert users like yourselves, but the section on purgeable space is very useful for me.