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Inheriting Time Machine backups

My current 2010 iMac (High Sierra) is backed up with Time Machine switching between two external HD. Will I get the option to inherit the backup history from both Time Machine drives when migrating to my new 2019 iMac (Catalina)? I plan to migrate from the old Mac over my ethernet network.

Posted on Nov 27, 2019 7:19 AM

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If you have a lot of data to migrate, then migrating over the network is just asking for trouble. Your best bet, is to plug the most recent Time Machine backup into the new iMac and migrate from it during the initial macOS setup.


To plug either of your standard USB Time Machine backup drives into your new iMac, you will need to get a UCB-C to USB adapter. see > USB-C to USB Adapter - Apple

Posted on Nov 27, 2019 7:57 AM

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Nov 27, 2019 7:57 AM in response to oler2b

If you have a lot of data to migrate, then migrating over the network is just asking for trouble. Your best bet, is to plug the most recent Time Machine backup into the new iMac and migrate from it during the initial macOS setup.


To plug either of your standard USB Time Machine backup drives into your new iMac, you will need to get a UCB-C to USB adapter. see > USB-C to USB Adapter - Apple

Inheriting Time Machine backups

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