New drive for Time Machine
Since I have many versions of documents, etc... I want to manage my data and move my existing Time Machine Snapshots to a brand new and larger drive. The existing drive is a 2TB APFS formatted SSD. The new drive is a 4TB APFS formatted SSD (I don't want to let previous drives that contain Time Machine data succumb to bit rot while sitting on a shelf, so I would like to keep a larger Time Machine volume constantly connected).
When I follow the "Apple recommended" comment on this thread to Restore to a new drive the result is failure. That comment references this Apple document.
I have tried to Restore from my admin account using Disk Utility... failed
I have tried to Restore from Recovery mode using Disk Utililty... failed
I also read a question posted on these forums where the user spoke for over an hour with Apple support, and finally Tier 2 support, whom conveyed that this functionality was "intentionally broken" in Ventura to prevent users from compromising their Time Machine backups. Sorry can't find the link.
Any news on whether this is possible in Sonoma...
Maybe someone could explain Apple's rationale. Is Time Machine no longer considered by Apple to be a backup solution? What kind of backup solution is Time Machine, what is it's role? Why does Apple say it's "OK" to just delete your old Time Machine disk and "Start Over"?
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