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How do I transfer my Time Machine backup to a new hard disk?

Posted on Apr 8, 2021 7:10 AM

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Posted on Apr 8, 2021 7:43 AM

There are many many articles that explain how to do this including:

https://www.howtogeek.com/335090/how-to-migrate-a-time-machine-backup-to-another-drive/

I assume that you are moving your existing Time Machine to a higher capacity and newer External Hard Disk. If that is not what you are intending to do, please let us know.

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Apr 8, 2021 7:43 AM in response to emor74

There are many many articles that explain how to do this including:

https://www.howtogeek.com/335090/how-to-migrate-a-time-machine-backup-to-another-drive/

I assume that you are moving your existing Time Machine to a higher capacity and newer External Hard Disk. If that is not what you are intending to do, please let us know.

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