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Copying old Time Machine back ups to another external HD

How do I copy time machine back-ups either to the cloud or to another larger external HD which is also being used to store large video and audio files, and which will NOT be the new Time Machine HD backup?

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 7:19 PM

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Posted on Aug 10, 2020 8:04 PM

If you choose to move Time Machine backups from one drive to one that already contains other, non-Time Machine files, your only option is to follow these instructions:


Transfer Time Machine backups from one backup disk to another


Expect several days at least for completion.

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Copying old Time Machine back ups to another external HD

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