Multiple backups?

[micnsu]

Anyone know why I would have so many backup folders after running Time Machine?

I was not on the computer at the time. I left it to run the backup overnight and woke up to see all these folders on my external hard drive.

 

[Erehy Dobon]

That's what it does.

Apple menu > System Preferences > Time Machine

"Time Machine keeps:

• Local snapshots as space permits
• Hourly backups for the past 24 hours
• Daily backups for the past month
• Weekly backups for all previous months

The oldest backups are deleted when your disk becomes full."

 

[IngerMan]

That’s how time machine works. Don’t delete any of them or you break the chain. It’s a auto system not to be be concerned about. It’s how it works.