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So I have an external hard drive that is dying. I am trying to copy files from the dying drive to a new external hard drive and it keeps getting errors.
Is there a way to copy files from Time Machine to this new hard drive. I DO NOT want to change my back up drive.
If I hit Restore, it will just copy the files to the dying hard drive. How can I get it to copy to the new external hard drive?
iMac 27″, macOS 11.7
In the Time Machine viewer, navigate to the file(s) you want to restore, then Control-click (or two-finger tap, or right click... whatever is your preference) then select "Restore <item> to..." from the contextual menu.
That will exit the TM interface and present you with the familiar "file save" dialog where you can select the restore location.
In the Time Machine viewer, navigate to the file(s) you want to restore, then Control-click (or two-finger tap, or right click... whatever is your preference) then select "Restore <item> to..." from the contextual menu.
That will exit the TM interface and present you with the familiar "file save" dialog where you can select the restore location.
That doesn't present me with the "file save" dialog. It just tries to restore it to the original drive (asks me if I want to keep original, keep both, or replace).
(Ventura 13.1)
If you are using an APFS formatted Time Machine drive, there is no copy elsewhere capability that will occur in your lifetime… Possible with an HFS+ formatted drive but will take almost as long.
Thanks. That worked. And Atlas shrugged.
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You're welcome.
Copy files from TIme Machine back up to a new location
