Two time machine back up folders

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Two time machine back up folders

I recently replaced my imac. I also have a 500gb drive containing my backups from 1/11/08 to 5/28/08, when I started time machine on the new mac it started a new backup folder (my name computer #2) from 5/31/08 to the present. How do I consolidate these files? When I try to drag one file to the other I am told that the file cannot be modified. Only the files in #2 show up in the time machine window.
Thanks, Tom

24" Imac 2.8 Ghz intel core 2, Mac OS X (10.5.3), 500 gb maxtell external HD

Posted on Jun 4, 2008 4:26 PM

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joshz

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Jun 4, 2008 4:28 PM in response to stuffaz

Use these steps to use the old backups: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080128003716101.
You'll have to remove the new ones. There's no way to merge them, unfortunately.

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