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durban1960
durban1960
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May 17, 2022
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Dreaweaver showing backup files I cannot delete

  • May 17, 2022
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I have unistalled all Adobe Products and plists and everything on my Mac.  I still get all these backup files hogging up my manage Files Library. Please help.

 

    Correct answer Jon Fritz

    You need to define a site in DW to work within the program effectively. Rright now, you're showing the contents of your entire Computer.

     

    https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/how-to/define-a-dreamweaver-site.html

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    dw202
    Known Participant
    October 9, 2023

    The answer marked as the solution actually does not solve this problem. My Dreamweaver shows all drives, including the time machine backups, even with sites being defined. It is very annoying. There should be a way of excluding drives from the files location in Dreamweaver.

      Nancy OShea
      Nancy OShea
      Adobe Expert
      October 9, 2023

      This isn't a Dreamweaver issue, it's a Mac/Time Machine issue.

      https://cleanmymac.com/blog/delete-time-machine-backups

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator
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      dw202
      Known Participant
      October 10, 2023

      Thanks for trying, but you are wrong, for following reasons:

       

      - This has not always been a problem, but appeared at certain point, and never went away. It is dreamweaver. Other apps do not show backups, but volumes/drives only. Dreamveawer even shows volumes like Preboot, VM, and Updates which are otherwise no-show, even in Mac's Drive utility.

      - Backups are there for the purpose of backup, not to be deleted. It is a non-sense.

      - Apple recommends "never delete TM files manually as it will mess up the TM backups and files will get stuck in your trash."

       

      The link you provided is about if one struggles with space or whatever.

       

      Thanks

        Nancy OShea
        Nancy OShea
        Adobe Expert
        May 17, 2022

        Go to Site > New Site and define your local site folder.  Example, [volume]\MySiteFolder\  where [volume] is your primary hard drive.

         

         

         

        Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator
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        minedice
        New Participant
        May 18, 2022

        Thank you so much as mentioned it worked with the above purse when I created a site or at least to find one how do I close this conversation?

        BenPleysier
        BenPleysier
        Adobe Expert
        May 19, 2022

        You do not close a conversatiom that you did not originate.

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        Jon Fritz
        Jon FritzCorrect answer
        Adobe Expert
        May 17, 2022

        You need to define a site in DW to work within the program effectively. Rright now, you're showing the contents of your entire Computer.

         

        https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/how-to/define-a-dreamweaver-site.html

          durban1960
          durban1960Author
          New Participant
          May 18, 2022

          Thank you so much! Yes this worked perfectly.

           

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          BenPleysier
          BenPleysier
          Adobe Expert
          May 17, 2022

          Are the files set as `read-only`?

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          durban1960
          durban1960Author
          New Participant
          May 17, 2022

          Thqnk you for your response. I have no idea where these files are. I thought thwy were in my Time Machine files. Its a mystery. Dreamweaver works fine I just cannot get rid of all thes efiles.

           

           

           

           

           

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