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mcadorno Author

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Copy Time Machine Backup to new external drive

Several previous posts have discussed this issue but it's not clear yet if it's possible to have the new drive on a different format. In practice, Apple recommends the use of APFS, my backups started on Mac OS extended in late 2019. I understand that Time Machine would now work better using APFS. Is it possible to copy the backup file from a Mac OS extended disk to a an APFS disk?

If not, what are the drawbacks of Formatting the new disk with Mac OS extended and just keep using this format?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Dec 11, 2021 3:33 PM

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tbirdvet

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Posted on Dec 11, 2021 4:13 PM

With Monterey Time Machine will be formatted to APFS regardless what you specify. I would get another disk and use with Monterey and just keep your old one just in case it is needed.

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