deleting one instance of a file in Time Machine

[camner]

I know it is possible to delete all copies of a file backed up to Time Machine in Leopard.

Is it possible to back up only one instance of a file backup up to TM? I am using TM to backup my VMWare Fusion disk (about 13GB) and it takes up a lot of space and I don't need all those copies!

TIA...

[#1 Rhapsody]

You need to open Time Machine Preferences then Options and exclude your disk image. You can copy it to a the Time Machine disk so that you have one copy.

[camner]

Thanks. A followup question...I thought that a TM drive had to be dedicated to TM files only (unless it gets partitioned into multiple volumes). Are you saying it is OK to copy files manually to a TM drive and that it won't interfere with normal TM operation?

[Mattbook]

Yeah you can use it has a storage drive as well,, just dont put anything in the folder TM made on it..