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Time Capsule

Trying to migrate from old Mac to new one, and it shows my last Time Capsule backup to be five days ago. How can I force a new backup before I migrate?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 19, 2021 11:41 AM

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Posted on Mar 19, 2021 11:45 AM

See the following from Start, pause, or resume a Time Machine backup on Mac - Apple Support


  • Click the Time Machine icon  in the menu bar, then choose Back Up Now.

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If the Time Machine icon isn’t in the menu bar, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Time Machine, then select “Show Time Machine in menu bar.”

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Mar 19, 2021 11:45 AM in response to gizella

See the following from Start, pause, or resume a Time Machine backup on Mac - Apple Support


  • Click the Time Machine icon  in the menu bar, then choose Back Up Now.

and

If the Time Machine icon isn’t in the menu bar, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Time Machine, then select “Show Time Machine in menu bar.”

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