Q: Time Machine transfer to new disk didn't move all the times
I have a Time Machine backup on an external disk. It has been working fine. However, it was starting to run out of space, so I bought a new, larger HD.
I followed all the steps in Time Machine: How to transfer backups from a current backup drive to a new backup drive - Apple Support.
I then waited for 12 hours for everything to copy over.
Around midnight, I saw the copying was finished. There was a message that iWork hadn't been copied because it needed a different operating system. But I dismissed it. There were no other messages.
I switched Time Machine preferences to the new disk. And went to sleep.
This morning I entered Time Machine.
Only the very first date, from July 2014, was on the new TM disk. Then there were five times after midnight when the new disk had backed up.
But there was nothing from any of the years between the first date and the ones after midnight.
I know there are hundreds of TM captures on the original disk. And I have used them very well.
I have tried to copy over the individual folders from the old TM disk to the new one, but it's not possible to "modify the backups."
System 10.10.5
What to do?
MacBook Pro
Posted on Mar 7, 2016 4:47 AM
While in Time Machine, to see all mounted volumes shift - command - c. Information learned from Linc Davis.
If that doesn't work, try copying the file again using Disk Utility/Restore to copy the backup to a new location. Please note that this will reformat the destination partition.
Posted on Mar 10, 2016 2:10 PM


