Time Machine: Claim existing backups vs. Start separate backups
Hi Community,
Context:
I still have my old mac and would like to keep backups separate on the off chance that I need to do something on my old mac that requires a backup associated with it.
Questions:
- If I use “start separate backups”, it’s essentially like partitioning the drive so that old backups are on one side and new backups are on the other - is that right?
- Once separated, if on my new mac I needed (for some reason) to restore from a Time Machine backup associated with my old mac, that would still be possible, right?
- Compared to claiming existing backups, are there any downsides to using separate backups (aside from the obvious downside of not being able to access the backup history on the new mac)?
Thanks all
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.4