Reset Time Machine

I've just upgraded my hardware and restored all the data to my new MBP using the Migration Assistant to copy from the old MBP.

The data from the old MBP is also on the Time Machine but not accessible from the new MBP. How can I delete the old data to free up the space? It takes almost 70% of the drive volume.

TIA

Steve

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Feb 16, 2023 2:59 AM

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Flybr1dge Author

Level 1

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Feb 16, 2023 3:09 AM in response to Flybr1dge

Forget it.

I used Disk Utility to Erase and rename it. Then deleted the old drive name from Time Machine and added the new named disk.

Sorted.

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