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Can you transfer Time Machine 10.14 (Mojave) to Time Machine 10.15 (Catalina)?

Can you transfer Time Machine 10.14 (Mojave) to Time Machine 10.15 (Catalina)?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 14, 2020 11:17 AM

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Posted on Oct 15, 2020 1:39 PM

Yes, that's exactly the problem I thought I read and what I encountered with respect to going from Mojave to Catalina with respect to TM. I raised this question because my new TM drive, started when I switched to Catalina in the beginning of 2020, stopped working and, as I now will have to use a new drive, wanted to check if I could load it with my pre-Catalina archive of TM. I don't think that I will be able to do that. I wonder if some third party has some software/workaround to allow loading TM files created under Mojave to be on the same drive/in continuity with Catalina?

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Oct 15, 2020 1:39 PM in response to AnthonyTheGreat

Yes, that's exactly the problem I thought I read and what I encountered with respect to going from Mojave to Catalina with respect to TM. I raised this question because my new TM drive, started when I switched to Catalina in the beginning of 2020, stopped working and, as I now will have to use a new drive, wanted to check if I could load it with my pre-Catalina archive of TM. I don't think that I will be able to do that. I wonder if some third party has some software/workaround to allow loading TM files created under Mojave to be on the same drive/in continuity with Catalina?

Oct 14, 2020 5:28 PM in response to BDAqua

That's very helpful, but for some reason I feel unsure. That is, when I upgraded from an earlier MAC OS to Catalina, I received advice that the existing TM (Time Machine) files (from the earlier OS) could not be read from Catalina's TM. I wanted to start a new external drive so as to accommodate more space for my TM since my existing external drive was running out of space. I wonder what I had incorrect?

Can you transfer Time Machine 10.14 (Mojave) to Time Machine 10.15 (Catalina)?

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